Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,632 
958 
862 
4,086 
4,237 
4,424 
6,437 
percent 
8.5 
3.1 
2.8 
13.2 
13.7 
14.3 
20.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
414,560 
189,716 
204,469 
1,504,518 
3,017,670 
6,333,780 
27,175,175 
Average size of farm 
acres 
158 
198 
237 
368 
712 
1,432 
4,222 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,632 
958 
862 
4,086 
4,237 
4,424 
6,437 
$1,000 
66,405 
25,119 
29,574 
247,040 
655,700 
1,777,064 
8,378,801 
Average per farm 
dollars 
25,230 
26,220 
34,309 
60,460 
154,756 
401,687 
1,301,662 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
254 
88 
42 
229 
141 
62 
36 
$1,000 to $2,499 
181 
64 
50 
132 
57 
19 
8 
$2,500 to $4,999 
692 
136 
118 
310 
57 
30 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
589 
261 
237 
727 
210 
31 
13 
$10,000 to $24,999 
395 
161 
178 
960 
612 
111 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
244 
115 
90 
577 
560 
182 
30 
$50,000 to $99,999 
197 
85 
83 
499 
704 
366 
85 
$100,000 to $249,999 
64 
40 
57 
531 
1,005 
970 
512 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4 
3 
5 
99 
719 
1,365 
928 
$500,000 to $999,999 
8 
5 
1 
15 
147 
1,080 
1,723 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
4 
- 
1 
7 
25 
208 
3,077 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2 
- 
- 
3 
21 
198 
2,449 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1 
- 
1 
2 
2 
10 
487 
$5,000,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
141 
Total sales 
farms 
2,632 
958 
862 
4,086 
4,237 
4,424 
6,437 
$1,000 
55,447 
20,900 
24,820 
219,172 
612,652 
1,705,934 
8,172,330 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
469 
163 
188 
1,214 
2,276 
3,577 
5,856 
$1,000 
21,611 
10,159 
12,818 
121,826 
438,001 
1,404,111 
6,791,070 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
187 
89 
106 
782 
1,821 
3,215 
5,586 
$1,000 
14,641 
8,406 
10,638 
111,897 
427,866 
1 ,394,948 
6,784,358 
Corn 
farms 
109 
51 
68 
402 
943 
1,794 
3,620 
$1,000 
6,278 
3,262 
4,040 
34,175 
125,423 
363,444 
1,920,328 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
27 
29 
240 
661 
1,364 
3,048 
$1,000 
4,924 
2,510 
3,084 
30,917 
118,701 
353,604 
1,905,558 
Wheat 
farms 
227 
61 
101 
668 
1,520 
2,742 
4,788 
$1,000 
5,328 
2,254 
3,699 
28,151 
108,740 
392,223 
1,991,888 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
17 
25 
224 
880 
2,194 
4,383 
$1,000 
993 
1,216 
1,694 
17,463 
92,527 
376,307 
1,980,491 
Soybeans 
farms 
155 
71 
52 
557 
1,140 
1,951 
3,105 
$1,000 
6,060 
2,867 
2,411 
37,083 
122,912 
378,801 
1,414,113 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
44 
19 
20 
299 
849 
1,694 
2,883 
$1,000 
2,720 
1,503 
1,597 
29,991 
115,283 
371 ,070 
1,407,820 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
32 
8 
22 
130 
373 
784 
1,763 
$1,000 
733 
155 
644 
4,146 
(D) 
58,410 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
2 
2 
24 
118 
463 
1,276 
$1,000 
276 
(D) 
(D) 
2,213 
11,827 
51,658 
276,017 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
98 
41 
52 
391 
1,005 
1,888 
3,816 
$1,000 
3,213 
1,621 
2,025 
18,271 
64,381 
211,234 
1,178,200 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
19 
14 
11 
139 
485 
1,293 
3,203 
$1,000 
1,550 
1,220 
1,086 
12,635 
53,992 
198,864 
1,164,537 
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 
8 
6 
7 
13 
23 
28 
83 
$1,000 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
3,529 
12,374 
25,780 
206,636 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
5 
15 
22 
73 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3,450 
12,321 
25,665 
206,555 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
3 
4 
_ 
5 
4 
2 
5 
$1,000 
17 
2 
- 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
23 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
3 
4 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
17 
2 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
2 
4 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
7 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
. 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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