Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
77,064 
100.0 
85,260 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
13,049,347 
100.0 
13,993,121 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
61,314 
79.6 
72,015 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
6,336,247 
48.6 
7,278,098 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,737 
2.3 
2,255 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
52,547 
68.2 
57,528 
acres 
44,731 
0.3 
41,737 
acres 
5,349,545 
41.0 
5,057,883 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
45,709 
59.3 
49,003 
1 to 49 acres 
34,662 
45.0 
38,212 
acres 
2,745,655 
21.0 
3,107,137 
1 to 9 acres 
8,920 
11.6 
9,559 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
21,224 
27.5 
24,495 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
9,896 
12.8 
10,683 
acres 
665,010 
5.1 
808,124 
20 to 29 acres 
7,272 
9.4 
8,017 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
32,854 
42.6 
34,024 
30 to 49 acres 
8,574 
11.1 
9,953 
acres 
2,080,645 
15.9 
2,299,013 
50 to 99 acres 
8,772 
11.4 
9,826 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
4,735 
6.1 
5,328 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
2,524 
3.3 
2,634 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
50,952 
66.1 
48,775 
500 to 999 acres 
901 
1.2 
763 
acres 
3,223,610 
24.7 
2,912,424 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
565 
0.7 
462 
2,000 acres or more 
388 
0.5 
303 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
52,715 
68.4 
46,192 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
743,835 
5.7 
695,462 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
7,226 
9.4 
24,187 
acres 
325,588 
2.5 
1,473,676 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
15,891 
20.6 
18,156 
acres 
661,114 
5.1 
746,539 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
6,906 
(X) 
8,437 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
317,928 
(X) 
375,049 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
13,126 
17.0 
14,120 
acres 
560,327 
4.3 
617,045 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
5,798 
(X) 
4,949 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
2,057 
2.7 
3,233 
acres 
2,465,576 
(X) 
1,690,465 
acres 
56,056 
0.4 
87,757 
16 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
