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) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
19,597 
8,083 
1,048 
3,746 
1,442 
1,085 
1,088 
4,245 
percent 
- 
26.3 
10.8 
1.4 
5.0 
1.9 
1.5 
1.5 
5.7 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
3,274,522 
1,364,122 
312,325 
1,395,539 
542,325 
153,804 
52,933 
373,261 
Average size of farm 
acres 
- 
167 
169 
298 
373 
376 
142 
49 
88 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
19,597 
8,083 
1,048 
3,746 
1,442 
1,085 
1,088 
4,245 
$1,000 
- 
784,610 
604,925 
615,873 
2,097,720 
2,746,033 
1,259,422 
18,514 
291,623 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
- 
40,037 
74,839 
587,665 
559,989 
1,904,323 
1,160,757 
17,016 
68,698 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,626 
966 
2 
22 
31 
309 
248 
1,914 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
5,098 
660 
- 
1 
39 
147 
175 
543 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
4,287 
1,036 
2 
2 
32 
94 
196 
473 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
3,436 
1,332 
15 
2 
20 
52 
191 
380 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
2,292 
1,578 
100 
17 
25 
28 
145 
397 
$25,000 to $49,999 
_ 
833 
920 
133 
127 
14 
26 
74 
183 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
395 
658 
222 
515 
13 
19 
41 
129 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
194 
461 
144 
1,161 
85 
15 
6 
62 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
114 
217 
150 
1,002 
106 
26 
6 
38 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
98 
162 
152 
508 
252 
112 
4 
40 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
224 
93 
128 
389 
825 
257 
2 
86 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
169 
65 
72 
273 
521 
136 
2 
65 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
48 
24 
33 
75 
206 
65 
- 
16 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
7 
4 
23 
41 
98 
56 
- 
5 
Total sales 
farms 
_ 
19,597 
8,083 
1,048 
3,746 
1,442 
1,085 
1,088 
4,245 
$1,000 
- 
708,069 
592,275 
610,670 
2,056,187 
2,734,271 
1,256,805 
17,646 
287,102 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
1,272 
1,757 
631 
2,894 
796 
173 
75 
272 
$1,000 
- 
242,372 
103,065 
99,374 
275,965 
358,713 
55,287 
1,244 
66,593 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
453 
474 
331 
1,424 
707 
124 
3 
125 
$1,000 
- 
233,782 
87,793 
93,531 
246,588 
357,150 
54,568 
581 
65,177 
Corn 
farms 
- 
872 
1,389 
540 
2,658 
717 
157 
53 
226 
$1,000 
- 
112,687 
72,628 
68,931 
207,299 
254,780 
40,095 
773 
45,572 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
288 
366 
256 
1,159 
641 
112 
2 
113 
$1,000 
- 
106,181 
60,215 
63,384 
177,105 
253,124 
39,242 
(D) 
44,384 
Wheat 
farms 
- 
299 
128 
38 
258 
34 
16 
8 
27 
$1,000 
- 
44,859 
1,543 
693 
4,510 
1,101 
1,147 
46 
712 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
166 
2 
4 
19 
6 
3 
- 
4 
$1,000 
- 
42,979 
(D) 
(D) 
1,574 
752 
944 
- 
402 
Soybeans 
farms 
- 
524 
604 
331 
1,074 
647 
103 
22 
147 
$1,000 
- 
68,820 
26,557 
29,199 
55,566 
101,091 
13,189 
367 
18,847 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
286 
139 
163 
343 
486 
67 
2 
91 
$1,000 
- 
64,571 
17,835 
25,331 
38,939 
96,847 
12,242 
(D) 
17,965 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
1 
9 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
62 
57 
12 
228 
4 
3 
5 
13 
$1,000 
- 
1,360 
(D) 
(D) 
1,165 
294 
1 
10 
84 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
7 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
418 
447 
84 
1,146 
45 
15 
31 
64 
$1,000 
- 
14,645 
2,054 
469 
7,383 
1,447 
855 
49 
1,377 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
39 
4 
1 
7 
7 
3 
- 
1 
$1,000 
12,845 
280 
(D) 
1,328 
1,150 
808 
- 
(D) 
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 
241 
54 
18 
50 
50 
24 
7 
36 
$1,000 
- 
46,281 
828 
1,511 
3,449 
5,055 
(D) 
(D) 
861 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
103 
2 
6 
16 
25 
3 
1 
2 
$1,000 
44,675 
(D) 
1,416 
2,615 
4,266 
600 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
- 
75 
18 
3 
13 
2 
10 
5 
18 
$1,000 
- 
888 
33 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
5 
77 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
534 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
- 
39 
3 
2 
11 
1 
5 
3 
9 
$1,000 
- 
469 
12 
(D) 
94 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
58 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
- 
47 
17 
2 
7 
1 
6 
2 
10 
$1,000 
- 
419 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
19 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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