Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
77,064 
7,192 
1,299 
708 
860 
24,096 
2,534 
percent 
100.0 
9.3 
1.7 
0.9 
1.1 
31.3 
3.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,049,347 
3,709,005 
69,390 
39,414 
51,330 
3,322,828 
556,894 
Average size of farm 
acres 
169 
516 
53 
56 
60 
138 
220 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
77,064 
7,192 
1,299 
708 
860 
24,096 
2,534 
$1,000 
5,237,155 
1,676,732 
24,338 
6,591 
75,369 
574,646 
306,462 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
67,959 
233,139 
18,736 
9,310 
87,639 
23,848 
120,940 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
15,689 
187 
60 
182 
70 
5,087 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,575 
319 
126 
89 
53 
4,408 
11 
$2,500 to $4,999 
9,689 
519 
255 
128 
80 
3,997 
51 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11,448 
948 
362 
151 
105 
3,617 
164 
$10,000 to $24,999 
12,961 
1,179 
268 
120 
239 
3,338 
455 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,956 
983 
135 
24 
128 
1,533 
558 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,184 
837 
59 
5 
88 
1,023 
560 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,068 
783 
25 
6 
49 
673 
451 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,469 
545 
7 
3 
20 
267 
178 
$500,000 to $999,999 
959 
464 
1 
- 
17 
105 
70 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,066 
428 
1 
- 
11 
48 
35 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
804 
328 
1 
- 
9 
44 
32 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
205 
81 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
$5,000,000 or more 
57 
19 
- 
" 
1 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
77,064 
7,192 
1,299 
708 
860 
24,096 
2,534 
$1,000 
5,067,334 
1,617,836 
23,737 
6,298 
74,797 
518,995 
296,340 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
12,228 
7,187 
150 
8 
50 
1,655 
705 
$1,000 
1,656,983 
1,472,717 
715 
7 
931 
62,031 
30,846 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,483 
2,771 
3 
- 
3 
282 
130 
$1,000 
1,551,357 
1,408,246 
335 
- 
732 
47,861 
23,836 
Corn 
farms 
9,642 
5,361 
137 
4 
44 
1,351 
543 
$1,000 
693,575 
609,575 
(D) 
(D) 
345 
27,535 
13,607 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,191 
1,830 
1 
1 
135 
71 
$1,000 
613,650 
561,145 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
16,751 
9,111 
Wheat 
farms 
2,152 
1,552 
17 
1 
3 
219 
107 
$1,000 
202,462 
183,908 
79 
(D) 
(D) 
6,420 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
785 
704 
- 
1 
34 
19 
$1,000 
182,112 
168,858 
- 
- 
(D) 
4,363 
2,686 
Soybeans 
farms 
6,217 
4,674 
15 
2 
9 
602 
290 
$1,000 
752,272 
671,849 
(D) 
(D) 
500 
27,843 
13,207 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,470 
2,069 
3 
3 
155 
72 
$1,000 
686,608 
626,479 
163 
- 
(D) 
19,548 
9,255 
Sorghum 
farms 
175 
75 
3 
1 
1 
11 
4 
$1,000 
2,581 
2,070 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
14 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
1,409 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
118 
69 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 
$1,000 
2,525 
2,066 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
13 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,529 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
180 
61 
13 
. 
7 
28 
8 
$1,000 
3,567 
3,249 
12 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
13 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
3,043 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
4,530 
528 
23 
2 
9 
3,095 
2,534 
$1,000 
356,603 
55,834 
605 
(D) 
116 
260,285 
225,881 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,685 
252 
3 
- 
1,215 
1,041 
$1,000 
298,427 
50,587 
319 
- 
- 
219,758 
192,757 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
2,231 
90 
1,294 
47 
130 
314 
54 
$1,000 
28,787 
1,416 
18,442 
196 
1,680 
3,784 
999 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
95 
5 
63 
- 
5 
14 
4 
$1,000 
10,261 
(D) 
6,856 
- 
515 
1,662 
565 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,113 
31 
174 
558 
58 
147 
11 
$1,000 
7,839 
368 
598 
5,541 
147 
816 
35 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
18 
2 
2 
12 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
2,347 
(D) 
(D) 
1,817 
- 
(D) 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
565 
13 
37 
375 
17 
71 
2 
$1,000 
5,238 
265 
227 
3,971 
43 
538 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
2 
1 
11 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,009 
(D) 
(D) 
1,539 
- 
(D) 
- 
Berries 
farms 
677 
19 
151 
262 
50 
94 
10 
$1,000 
2,602 
104 
370 
1,570 
104 
278 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
160 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
