Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 te 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.... number 
1,243 
433 
451 
83 
97 
63 
percent 
100.0 
34.8 
36.3 
6.7 
7.8 
5.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
69,589 
(D) 
11,155 
4,763 
8,159 
7,462 
Average size of farm 
acres 
56 
(D) 
25 
57 
84 
118 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,243 
433 
451 
83 
97 
63 
$1,000 
61,997 
9,196 
12,584 
1,797 
4,777 
4,543 
Average per farm 
dollars 
49,877 
21,238 
27,902 
21,648 
49,251 
72,118 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
297 
104 
129 
22 
28 
6 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
105 
40 
32 
12 
3 
1 
$2,500 to $4,999 
178 
75 
56 
23 
11 
8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
168 
53 
76 
8 
11 
14 
$10,000 to $24,999 
200 
74 
62 
4 
28 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
86 
32 
29 
5 
5 
4 
$50,000 to $99,999 
101 
34 
40 
6 
3 
9 
$100,000 to $249,999 
57 
20 
17 
1 
3 
3 
$250,000 to $499,999 
26 
1 
7 
1 
2 
6 
$500,000 to $999,999 
16 
_ 
3 
1 
2 
1 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1 ,000,000 to $2,499,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
1,243 
433 
451 
83 
97 
63 
$1,000 
59,652 
(D) 
11,741 
(D) 
4,489 
4,279 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
35 
14 
1 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
848 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
31 
- 
14 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, eilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
238 
86 
100 
8 
7 
17 
$1,000 
9,331 
938 
1,802 
166 
534 
1,459 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
7 
11 
- 
3 
5 
$1,000 
7,448 
441 
1,006 
- 
500 
1,338 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
136 
53 
39 
9 
16 
9 
$1,000 
4,131 
286 
426 
395 
590 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
- 
3 
1 
4 
5 
$1,000 
3,397 
- 
220 
(D) 
570 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
58 
25 
15 
4 
4 
4 
$1,000 
1,758 
239 
328 
(D) 
554 
229 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
- 
3 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
1,169 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
554 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
97 
32 
26 
7 
14 
8 
$1,000 
2,373 
47 
98 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,071 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
291 
139 
100 
6 
11 
11 
$1,000 
32,831 
5,977 
5,841 
761 
2,648 
1,613 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
39 
34 
5 
3 
4 
$1,000 
30,500 
4,848 
4,894 
(D) 
2,566 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
52 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
