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 
- 
20,855 
21,456 
450 
804 
124 
898 
668 
3,466 
acres 
- 
1,146,284 
1,396,745 
35,308 
157,426 
29,561 
93,041 
11,633 
103,498 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
15,220 
19,894 
421 
772 
88 
662 
442 
2,455 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
* 
684,104 
1,145,531 
29,678 
143,897 
25,874 
78,780 
6,479 
62,607 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
11,615 
12,646 
194 
162 
45 
460 
422 
2,158 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
2,177 
4,252 
130 
202 
11 
70 
16 
192 
100 to 199 acres 
- 
917 
2,026 
75 
223 
8 
56 
4 
75 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
408 
828 
21 
143 
11 
33 
- 
22 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
81 
120 
1 
30 
5 
28 
- 
7 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
16 
19 
- 
10 
6 
10 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
6 
3 
2 
2 
5 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1,719 
3,051 
51 
158 
26 
166 
144 
803 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
78,292 
150,003 
3,190 
7,501 
405 
4,984 
2,432 
27,718 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
815 
432 
9 
24 
8 
60 
24 
87 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
19,590 
12,292 
216 
799 
76 
2,749 
98 
891 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
7,441 
2,125 
46 
78 
26 
234 
137 
602 
acres 
- 
349,739 
78,441 
1,921 
3,978 
3,186 
5,996 
2,604 
11,241 
In cultivated summer fallow 
..farms 
- 
474 
445 
10 
46 
4 
27 
6 
54 
acres 
- 
14,559 
10,478 
303 
1,251 
20 
532 
20 
1,041 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
13,268 
18,853 
366 
604 
144 
975 
947 
3,657 
acres 
- 
895,391 
1,059,398 
24,151 
33,338 
11,114 
43,835 
28,059 
143,317 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
3,794 
12,130 
241 
312 
60 
380 
507 
1,719 
acres 
- 
137,224 
367,896 
8,129 
8,287 
1,838 
7,175 
8,135 
37,811 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
11,105 
11,290 
229 
452 
105 
803 
634 
2,469 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
758,167 
691,502 
16,022 
25,051 
9,276 
36,660 
19,924 
105,506 
pastured (see text) 
..farms 
- 
8,808 
26,719 
496 
767 
157 
951 
1,451 
6,347 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
515,900 
1,914,193 
48,196 
60,253 
4,737 
31,298 
26,406 
250,237 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
14,306 
20,592 
395 
698 
183 
1,289 
1,238 
5,532 
acres 
- 
208,359 
250,840 
6,333 
11,021 
3,346 
18,913 
7,233 
53,950 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
302 
315 
7 
50 
4 
56 
14 
96 
acres 
- 
2,996 
3,303 
52 
550 
673 
1,334 
40 
1,205 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
288 
281 
7 
50 
3 
46 
11 
51 
acres 
- 
(D) 
2,369 
52 
550 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
297 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
19 
46 
- 
- 
1 
13 
4 
45 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
(D) 
934 
(D) 
(D) 
28 
908 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
3,899 
1,035 
43 
35 
12 
113 
49 
144 
acres 
- 
188,540 
46,622 
1,675 
801 
963 
2,580 
789 
4,559 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
575 
857 
32 
162 
15 
104 
17 
39 
acres 
- 
68,839 
92,169 
4,040 
38,918 
17,558 
40,909 
280 
4,764 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
15 
4 
- 
20 
- 
6 
- 
4 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
144 
(D) 
2,888 
75 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
21,562 
30,041 
541 
890 
262 
1,603 
1,746 
7,826 
$1,000 
- 
6,761,184 
11,837,222 
295,617 
811,337 
189,410 
876,088 
288,620 
3,526,306 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
313,569 
394,036 
546,426 
911,615 
722,939 
546,531 
165,304 
450,589 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
2,444 
2,562 
2,593 
3,096 
3,885 
4,683 
3,936 
6,400 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
2,233 
2,530 
17 
22 
61 
173 
283 
845 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
3,380 
3,711 
34 
31 
27 
203 
406 
1,003 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
5,566 
6,903 
95 
87 
76 
350 
544 
2,120 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
7,279 
10,347 
219 
237 
65 
458 
430 
2,498 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
2,109 
4,313 
108 
285 
5 
214 
78 
758 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
660 
1,512 
46 
152 
6 
115 
5 
359 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
284 
643 
18 
67 
13 
75 
- 
174 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
40 
69 
4 
4 
3 
10 
- 
41 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
11 
13 
- 
5 
6 
5 
- 
28 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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