Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
68,050 
828 
802 
1,002 
1,576 
2,174 
percent 
100.0 
1.2 
1.2 
1.5 
2.3 
3.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,867,812 
1,842,328 
781,281 
650,218 
701,428 
761,458 
Average size of farm 
acres 
160 
2,225 
974 
649 
445 
350 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
68,050 
828 
802 
1,002 
1,576 
2,174 
$1,000 
3,678,702 
1,890,794 
577,281 
365,743 
253,086 
151,606 
Average per farm 
dollars 
54,059 
2,283,568 
719,801 
365,013 
160,588 
69,736 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
18,763 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,988 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,846 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9,319 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,753 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,174 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,174 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,576 
- 
- 
- 
1,576 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,002 
- 
- 
1,002 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
802 
- 
802 
_ 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
828 
828 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
632 
632 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
147 
147 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
49 
49 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
68,050 
828 
802 
1,002 
1,576 
2,174 
$1,000 
3,611,037 
1,871,953 
569,617 
359,166 
247,754 
147,144 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
5,691 
564 
472 
594 
762 
606 
$1,000 
1,301,303 
777,728 
227,397 
145,834 
88,725 
28,589 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,376 
539 
440 
493 
603 
301 
$1,000 
1,254,383 
777,299 
226,755 
144,021 
85,435 
20,872 
Corn 
farms 
4,219 
534 
422 
503 
600 
415 
$1,000 
545,802 
337,745 
89,901 
56,344 
33,736 
11,973 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,597 
495 
368 
369 
291 
74 
$1,000 
511,478 
337,090 
88,659 
53,643 
26,919 
5,167 
Wheat 
farms 
1,467 
363 
256 
237 
213 
121 
$1,000 
135,500 
91,950 
21,796 
12,210 
5,592 
1,881 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
640 
330 
173 
104 
28 
5 
$1,000 
121,865 
91,047 
19,725 
8,939 
1,887 
267 
Soybeans 
farms 
3,633 
523 
425 
494 
599 
412 
$1,000 
612,286 
342,925 
114,979 
76,216 
48,920 
14,527 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,843 
508 
395 
414 
434 
92 
$1,000 
580,877 
342,585 
114,170 
74,291 
44,175 
5,656 
Sorghum 
farms 
82 
31 
12 
15 
11 
5 
$1,000 
4,986 
3,236 
522 
729 
261 
142 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33 
21 
6 
4 
1 
1 
$1,000 
4,031 
2,957 
(D) 
529 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
21 
7 
2 
3 
4 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
476 
476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
6 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
57 
6 
7 
6 
4 
6 
$1,000 
1,298 
660 
(D) 
(D) 
38 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
4 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,033 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
934 
54 
62 
117 
135 
156 
$1,000 
108,224 
32,438 
21,288 
29,839 
12,567 
6,628 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
364 
51 
55 
109 
101 
48 
$1,000 
97,988 
32,359 
21,045 
29,603 
11,685 
3,297 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
546 
224 
107 
79 
53 
24 
$1,000 
253,428 
200,314 
32,641 
13,718 
4,433 
1,044 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
438 
218 
105 
72 
35 
8 
$1,000 
250,711 
200,164 
(D) 
13,476 
3,942 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,273 
36 
34 
34 
48 
64 
$1,000 
72,885 
45,493 
11,310 
5,921 
3,063 
2,071 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
106 
23 
23 
21 
22 
17 
$1,000 
66,224 
45,396 
11,205 
5,720 
2,727 
1,176 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
647 
10 
9 
13 
23 
33 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,869 
924 
(D) 
787 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
22 
3 
4 
4 
3 
8 
$1,000 
5,470 
(D) 
1,823 
771 
(D) 
563 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
279 
2 
5 
6 
6 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
543 
(D) 
348 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
1 
2 
2 
2 
4 
$1,000 
2,960 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
427 
8 
6 
11 
19 
29 
$1,000 
3,895 
1,286 
(D) 
381 
(D) 
440 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
$1,000 
2,330 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,149 
64 
50 
79 
114 
104 
$1,000 
294,740 
219,082 
24,749 
22,429 
14,122 
5,768 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
346 
60 
44 
71 
93 
78 
$1,000 
284,898 
218,979 
24,659 
22,274 
13,727 
5,259 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
