Table 8. 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 
68,050 
100.0 
79,280 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
10,867,812 
100.0 
10,969,798 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
51,019 
75.0 
61,274 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
5,329,692 
49.0 
6,047,348 
summer fallow 
farms 
95 
0.1 
96 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
44,908 
66.0 
48,292 
acres 
539 
(Z) 
222 
acres 
4,546,788 
41.8 
4,226,440 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
42,898 
63.0 
43,439 
1 to 49 acres 
30,748 
45.2 
33,934 
acres 
2,303,156 
21.2 
2,042,868 
1 to 9 acres 
6,702 
9.8 
7,905 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
22,524 
33.1 
25,028 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
9,667 
14.2 
10,274 
acres 
737,308 
6.8 
769,416 
20 to 29 acres 
6,653 
9.8 
7,407 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
28,260 
41.5 
26,310 
30 to 49 acres 
7,726 
11.4 
8,348 
acres 
1,565,848 
14.4 
1,273,452 
50 to 99 acres 
7,280 
10.7 
7,651 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
3,502 
5.1 
3,555 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,842 
2.7 
1,769 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
47,710 
70.1 
48,245 
500 to 999 acres 
701 
1.0 
611 
acres 
2,915,268 
26.8 
2,545,047 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
450 
0.7 
463 
2,000 acres or more 
385 
0.6 
309 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
42,220 
62.0 
35,426 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
319,696 
2.9 
334,535 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
5,852 
8.6 
21,089 
acres 
407,005 
3.7 
1,190,823 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
10,167 
14.9 
12,828 
acres 
375,899 
3.5 
630,085 
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 
3,437 
(X) 
5,220 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
179,740 
(X) 
289,200 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
8,939 
13.1 
9,625 
acres 
322,744 
3.0 
416,333 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
3,041 
(X) 
3,275 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,652 
2.4 
3,980 
acres 
2,070,554 
(X) 
1,864,247 
acres 
52,616 
0.5 
213,530 
16 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
