Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
- 
7,152 
5,436 
107 
41 
31 
54 
201 
1,327 
acres 
- 
2,806,294 
3,303,537 
44,770 
24,892 
53,554 
1,903 
39,821 
367,937 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
4,454 
4,630 
95 
39 
22 
27 
150 
938 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
* 
951,115 
1,681,080 
27,811 
22,471 
40,271 
355 
18,642 
193,968 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
2,365 
1,041 
13 
6 
15 
26 
88 
753 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
603 
628 
14 
1 
- 
1 
24 
84 
100 to 199 acres 
- 
521 
749 
28 
6 
- 
- 
11 
35 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
510 
1,197 
25 
15 
- 
- 
20 
23 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
254 
606 
11 
6 
- 
- 
5 
13 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
123 
294 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
78 
115 
1 
2 
7 
1 
24 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
450 
824 
7 
6 
4 
7 
42 
293 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
222,764 
500,437 
1,864 
(D) 
(D) 
634 
7,475 
59,158 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
696 
1,166 
22 
2 
5 
9 
29 
93 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
94,309 
394,574 
4,609 
(D) 
1,367 
(D) 
2,931 
16,934 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
2,949 
889 
14 
5 
7 
13 
29 
152 
acres 
- 
1,345,143 
447,195 
4,521 
(D) 
(D) 
839 
5,194 
37,648 
In cultivated summer fallow 
..farms 
- 
472 
803 
18 
5 
5 
3 
23 
55 
acres 
- 
192,963 
280,251 
5,965 
589 
9,340 
(D) 
5,579 
60,229 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
1,175 
1,328 
17 
12 
15 
40 
95 
963 
acres 
- 
411,237 
1,007,199 
1,998 
1,333 
609 
2,677 
9,571 
1,109,395 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
614 
1,107 
14 
8 
6 
27 
66 
696 
acres 
- 
226,767 
891,185 
1,827 
720 
512 
1,757 
7,376 
793,082 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
697 
366 
4 
5 
10 
23 
41 
413 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
184,470 
116,014 
171 
613 
97 
920 
2,195 
316,313 
pastured (see text) 
..farms 
- 
3,964 
7,429 
132 
58 
70 
155 
484 
4,058 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
4,693,027 
25,857,102 
320,499 
41,121 
35,291 
6,998 
263,654 
4,161,766 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
4,199 
5,223 
83 
56 
64 
154 
371 
3,165 
acres 
- 
174,177 
250,695 
1,739 
2,339 
1,762 
1,539 
2,974 
68,725 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
2,532 
3,338 
68 
45 
30 
51 
219 
1,309 
acres 
- 
421,993 
903,580 
17,948 
16,259 
4,558 
542 
9,327 
75,439 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
2,450 
2,586 
52 
34 
17 
15 
94 
591 
acres 
- 
361,766 
614,146 
14,778 
14,216 
4,302 
177 
4,621 
31,172 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
622 
1,724 
36 
29 
18 
41 
180 
943 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
60,227 
289,434 
3,170 
2,043 
256 
365 
4,706 
44,267 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
2,275 
611 
14 
1 
3 
8 
12 
87 
acres 
- 
1,154,206 
315,368 
4,530 
(D) 
(D) 
774 
1,947 
46,915 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
734 
1,480 
29 
11 
8 
3 
30 
68 
acres 
- 
663,862 
2,122,655 
14,169 
9,087 
40,594 
(D) 
12,207 
162,609 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
11 
21 
3 
2 
- 
1 
4 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
548 
3,192 
602 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
7,398 
8,703 
162 
75 
88 
206 
576 
5,261 
$1,000 
- 
8,885,800 
21,377,781 
325,581 
102,362 
116,272 
62,326 
278,004 
5,958,846 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
1,201,108 
2,456,369 
2,009,756 
1,364,822 
1,321,272 
302,552 
482,645 
1,132,645 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
1,099 
703 
882 
1,469 
1,275 
4,752 
880 
1,044 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
394 
765 
13 
10 
8 
17 
78 
558 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
571 
329 
4 
2 
10 
18 
61 
327 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
1,039 
699 
5 
5 
12 
50 
98 
718 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
2,386 
1,805 
36 
23 
43 
93 
214 
1,998 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
1,374 
1,434 
31 
12 
7 
22 
59 
909 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
777 
1,216 
29 
7 
1 
2 
38 
331 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
567 
1,401 
29 
10 
1 
4 
21 
268 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
167 
635 
8 
5 
1 
- 
7 
73 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
123 
419 
7 
1 
5 
- 
- 
79 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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