Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
1,243 
100.0 
1,219 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
69,589 
100.0 
67,819 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
806 
64.8 
926 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
22,593 
32.5 
24,457 
summer fallow 
farms 
27 
2.2 
24 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
746 
60.0 
823 
acres 
143 
0.2 
120 
acres 
18,933 
27.2 
19,325 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
666 
53.6 
674 
1 to 49 acres 
656 
52.8 
723 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
28,874 
1 to 9 acres 
426 
34.3 
430 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
198 
15.9 
197 
1 0 to 19 acres 
117 
9.4 
147 
acres 
2,281 
3.3 
2,240 
20 to 29 acres 
55 
4.4 
78 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
583 
46.9 
577 
30 to 49 acres 
58 
4.7 
68 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
26,634 
50 to 99 acres 
43 
3.5 
52 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
25 
2.0 
35 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
19 
1.5 
12 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
521 
41.9 
517 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
0.2 
1 
acres 
6,440 
9.3 
6,144 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
917 
73.8 
824 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
8,344 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
83 
6.7 
187 
acres 
1,377 
2.0 
2,194 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
166 
13.4 
186 
acres 
2,283 
3.3 
2,938 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
11 
(X) 
- 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
503 
(X) 
- 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
125 
10.1 
138 
acres 
1,726 
2.5 
2,298 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
47 
(X) 
55 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
43 
3.5 
55 
acres 
2,621 
(X) 
2,418 
acres 
414 
0.6 
520 
16 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
