Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
35,119 
192 
2,226 
4,708 
9,634 
10,190 
8,169 
percent 
47.1 
0.3 
3.0 
6.3 
12.9 
13.7 
11.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
4,856,600 
15,512 
249,705 
642,823 
1,289,222 
1 ,444,747 
1,214,591 
Average size of farm 
acres 
138 
81 
112 
137 
134 
142 
149 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
35,119 
192 
2,226 
4,708 
9,634 
10,190 
8,169 
$1,000 
2,005,560 
9,921 
151,304 
339,414 
652,455 
545,745 
306,722 
Average per farm 
dollars 
57,108 
51,670 
67,971 
72,093 
67,724 
53,557 
37,547 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,727 
28 
213 
595 
1,346 
1,437 
1,108 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,537 
18 
199 
604 
1,395 
1,716 
1,605 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,324 
14 
196 
615 
1,361 
1,567 
1,571 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,885 
21 
231 
564 
1,324 
1,394 
1,351 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,556 
40 
270 
625 
1,239 
1,324 
1,058 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,061 
15 
307 
476 
857 
878 
528 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,303 
45 
421 
574 
994 
838 
431 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,255 
8 
276 
378 
643 
626 
324 
$250,000 to $499,999 
883 
1 
78 
169 
282 
243 
110 
$500,000 to $999,999 
341 
1 
26 
51 
120 
99 
44 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
247 
1 
9 
57 
73 
68 
39 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
183 
- 
8 
52 
49 
47 
27 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
45 
1 
1 
3 
16 
17 
7 
$5,000,000 or more 
19 
- 
- 
2 
8 
4 
5 
Total sales 
farms 
35,119 
192 
2,226 
4,708 
9,634 
10,190 
8,169 
$1,000 
1,909,626 
9,640 
147,353 
328,558 
629,235 
517,753 
277,087 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
11,685 
102 
1,239 
1,986 
3,394 
3,182 
1,782 
$1,000 
1,108,211 
5,554 
102,172 
206,889 
331,515 
308,256 
153,826 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,251 
47 
648 
946 
1,551 
1,377 
682 
$1,000 
994,122 
4,844 
89,971 
188,385 
298,849 
276,588 
135,484 
Corn 
farms 
9,013 
56 
1,021 
1,547 
2,662 
2,489 
1,238 
$1,000 
707,889 
3,054 
67,451 
134,638 
215,730 
193,055 
93,961 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,592 
24 
425 
681 
1,080 
937 
445 
$1,000 
604,842 
2,613 
54,199 
118,910 
185,154 
164,502 
79,465 
Wheat 
farms 
967 
1 
87 
143 
281 
267 
188 
$1,000 
32,985 
(D) 
(D) 
4,873 
7,527 
10,751 
7,953 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
128 
6 
19 
34 
42 
27 
$1,000 
20,769 
- 
492 
2,883 
3,935 
7,726 
5,733 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,181 
64 
715 
1,219 
2,113 
1,997 
1,073 
$1,000 
351,210 
2,477 
31,097 
64,930 
105,393 
98,419 
48,894 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,128 
19 
203 
390 
618 
610 
288 
$1,000 
247,741 
1,409 
19,723 
48,020 
73,574 
70,895 
34,121 
Sorghum 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
$1,000 
4 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
158 
- 
11 
31 
38 
50 
28 
$1,000 
2,432 
- 
396 
322 
(D) 
913 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
2 
4 
1 
4 
3 
$1,000 
1,393 
- 
(D) 
210 
(D) 
463 
368 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,215 
10 
97 
183 
348 
347 
230 
$1,000 
13,690 
(D) 
(D) 
2,126 
2,633 
5,118 
2,445 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
5 
10 
10 
17 
10 
$1,000 
7,133 
- 
448 
1,097 
1,009 
3,583 
996 
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 
722 
62 
127 
208 
215 
110 
$1,000 
21,172 
- 
1,811 
3,312 
4,477 
6,261 
5,311 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
97 
- 
6 
15 
17 
38 
21 
$1,000 
14,312 
- 
1,062 
2,049 
2,498 
4,464 
4,239 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
537 
3 
27 
49 
176 
196 
86 
$1,000 
6,602 
6 
341 
(D) 
(D) 
2,971 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
19 
- 
2 
2 
5 
5 
5 
$1,000 
2,409 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,439 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
374 
- 
16 
39 
124 
131 
64 
$1,000 
5,170 
- 
327 
559 
1,204 
2,280 
800 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
2 
2 
3 
2 
5 
$1,000 
1,798 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
176 
(D) 
369 
Berries 
farms 
208 
3 
11 
16 
64 
80 
34 
$1,000 
1,431 
6 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
691 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
3 
$1,000 
471 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
400 
14 
39 
115 
146 
86 
$1,000 
41,446 
- 
1,033 
2,119 
13,158 
12,129 
13,007 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
115 
- 
2 
13 
31 
44 
25 
$1,000 
38,043 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
12,293 
10,913 
12,210 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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