Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
5,899 
7,398 
6,957 
7,151 
7,226 
6,377 
percent 
7.9 
9.9 
9.3 
9.6 
9.7 
8.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
984,261 
1,037,142 
732,064 
547,131 
458,433 
443,550 
Average size of farm 
acres 
167 
140 
105 
77 
63 
70 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,899 
7,398 
6,957 
7,151 
7,226 
6,377 
$1,000 
214,607 
119,744 
49,936 
25,727 
12,137 
1,677 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,380 
16,186 
7,178 
3,598 
1,680 
263 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
6,377 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,226 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
7,151 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
6,957 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
7,398 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,899 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Total sales 
farms 
5,899 
7,398 
6,957 
7,151 
7,226 
6,377 
$1,000 
197,018 
94,174 
31,082 
13,436 
5,055 
870 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,007 
2,919 
1,384 
753 
385 
80 
$1,000 
113,604 
35,793 
7,569 
2,200 
603 
43 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
2,930 
1,864 
868 
381 
203 
46 
$1,000 
62,937 
18,982 
4,276 
1,025 
299 
24 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
367 
244 
71 
42 
19 
9 
$1,000 
4,678 
1,966 
313 
108 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,199 
1,220 
478 
257 
134 
13 
$1,000 
42,859 
13,172 
2,452 
827 
204 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
65 
50 
25 
13 
1 
1 
$1,000 
362 
229 
25 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
575 
436 
210 
131 
50 
21 
$1,000 
2,768 
1,444 
502 
221 
69 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
202 
318 
226 
243 
98 
17 
$1,000 
4,059 
3,155 
1,057 
686 
126 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
161 
245 
198 
139 
65 
31 
$1,000 
2,683 
2,649 
976 
389 
82 
17 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
114 
174 
120 
95 
42 
17 
$1,000 
2,065 
1,967 
725 
(D) 
54 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
76 
106 
85 
56 
24 
14 
$1,000 
618 
682 
250 
(D) 
29 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
142 
152 
118 
62 
20 
6 
$1,000 
3,153 
1,803 
597 
142 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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