Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,442 
3,038 
2,457 
2,112 
2,201 
5,891 
percent 
8.7 
10.8 
8.8 
7.5 
7.9 
21.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
2,444,849 
1,692,442 
838,336 
428,746 
1,157,905 
3,420,419 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,001 
557 
341 
203 
526 
581 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,442 
3,038 
2,457 
2,112 
2,201 
5,891 
$1,000 
87,355 
48,687 
17,568 
7,601 
3,623 
721 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,772 
16,026 
7,150 
3,599 
1,646 
122 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
5,891 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,201 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
2,112 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
2,457 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
3,038 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,442 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,442 
3,038 
2,457 
2,112 
2,201 
5,891 
$1,000 
69,616 
36,740 
13,347 
5,905 
2,942 
520 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
457 
266 
123 
55 
19 
6 
$1,000 
11,807 
3,105 
641 
160 
23 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
14 
14 
4 
4 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
128 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
358 
168 
84 
28 
10 
6 
$1,000 
8,635 
1,840 
461 
80 
10 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
119 
89 
31 
17 
4 
- 
$1,000 
2,236 
941 
121 
47 
6 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
58 
30 
12 
6 
4 
. 
$1,000 
580 
(D) 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
24 
49 
66 
46 
33 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
297 
127 
51 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
21 
77 
79 
62 
40 
9 
$1,000 
558 
811 
422 
195 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
18 
65 
73 
51 
29 
7 
$1,000 
554 
770 
416 
(D) 
47 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
4 
15 
13 
16 
11 
2 
$1,000 
5 
41 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
47 
88 
60 
38 
28 
12 
$1,000 
1,121 
1,042 
302 
108 
40 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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