Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,487 
5,176 
3,551 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
1,675,399 
1,713,388 
1,160,590 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
600 
670 
792 
651 
548 
489 
509 
498 
number 
165,803,445 
206,132,684 
181,420,343 
137,801,700 
120,830,210 
98,516,358 
75,974,462 
53,916,803 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4,301 
4,653 
4,249 
6,308 
5,854 
9,143 
13,715 
18,711 
acres 
960,721 
780,608 
593,564 
590,024 
575,878 
605,287 
553,943 
563,467 
bushels 
81,645,799 
83,636,352 
64,081,209 
59,605,812 
58,459,483 
67,755,811 
47,899,079 
48,544,140 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
776 
884 
1,126 
1,288 
1,253 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
48,509 
52,565 
66,010 
69,309 
68,482 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
630,517 
577,940 
928,810 
965,115 
958,535 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,493 
1,358 
1,780 
2,518 
2,360 
3,011 
4,579 
8,357 
acres 
328,209 
254,944 
279,978 
311,764 
305,175 
276,243 
324,984 
720,123 
bushels 
20,315,789 
10,445,442 
13,061,055 
13,744,203 
13,482,402 
12,175,250 
12,749,682 
25,038,992 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1,493 
1,358 
1,780 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
328,209 
254,944 
279,978 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
20,315,789 
10,445,442 
13,061,055 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
98 
78 
113 
147 
133 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,405 
1,679 
2,135 
1,684 
1,581 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
88,272 
83,840 
131,167 
80,167 
74,403 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
23 
18 
12 
28 
27 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,101 
997 
1,221 
942 
918 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
136,962 
45,265 
69,530 
49,272 
47,592 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
79 
72 
139 
118 
113 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
11,496 
10,107 
19,389 
10,074 
9,958 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
840,448 
831,540 
1,554,244 
610,539 
604,949 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
25 
48 
52 
13 
13 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,104 
1,533 
1,427 
590 
590 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
14,529 
8,961 
17,656 
6,730 
6,730 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
3,656 
2,967 
3,974 
5,411 
4,926 
5,232 
7,797 
14,359 
acres 
1,229,385 
976,011 
1,088,889 
1,192,312 
1,156,282 
915,223 
1,184,778 
2,104,123 
bushels 
45,165,597 
18,552,793 
33,646,638 
39,021,072 
37,976,452 
30,313,156 
27,367,017 
55,353,433 
Cotton, all 
farms 
546 
779 
920 
1,271 
1,156 
2,137 
2,545 
1,850 
acres 
376,997 
504,057 
533,755 
496,843 
472,165 
598,838 
411,100 
241,998 
bales 
701,581 
581,236 
813,853 
662,888 
629,487 
793,302 
566,890 
306,159 
Tobacco 
farms 
935 
1,610 
8,206 
15,608 
14,995 
22,953 
25,052 
36,515 
acres 
23,801 
20,109 
35,960 
60,414 
59,427 
75,621 
51,578 
82,390 
pounds 
49,576,260 
38,652,986 
73,563,865 
108,175,585 
106,785,282 
139,367,463 
85,715,814 
155,161,237 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
39,339 
42,280 
46,957 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,742,486 
1,784,808 
1,917,323 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
3,729,026 
2,732,930 
4,011,467 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rice 
farms 
6 
6 
4 
2 
2 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
645 
2,317 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
53,411 
240,029 
34,550 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
10 
8 
- 
11 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
610 
23 
- 
(D) 
44 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
246,455 
20,500 
- 
(D) 
57,400 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
22 
19 
23 
20 
17 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
26 
23 
23 
26 
22 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
30,860 
14,610 
23,828 
20,782 
16,982 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
1,284 
1,543 
1,501 
1,326 
1,162 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
32,854 
34,013 
39,502 
35,451 
34,609 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
450 
398 
192 
437 
376 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
359 
304 
423 
706 
611 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
59 
57 
64 
90 
78 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
161 
166 
279 
457 
424 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
719 
786 
688 
1,293 
1,043 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3,036 
2,866 
3,288 
5,298 
4,427 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
