Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
4,753 
9,999 
9,319 
8,846 
9,988 
18,763 
percent 
7.0 
14.7 
13.7 
13.0 
14.7 
27.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,148,172 
1,551,782 
958,950 
696,139 
608,259 
1,167,797 
Average size of farm 
acres 
242 
155 
103 
79 
61 
62 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4,753 
9,999 
9,319 
8,846 
9,988 
18,763 
$1,000 
164,453 
157,349 
66,191 
31,590 
16,480 
4,129 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,600 
15,736 
7,103 
3,571 
1,650 
220 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Total sales 
farms 
4,753 
9,999 
9,319 
8,846 
9,988 
18,763 
$1,000 
158,657 
150,042 
61,392 
27,892 
13,998 
3,421 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
794 
891 
498 
281 
138 
91 
$1,000 
18,977 
10,516 
2,600 
724 
175 
39 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
527 
573 
303 
165 
105 
72 
$1,000 
8,953 
5,340 
1,326 
338 
119 
29 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
133 
84 
35 
16 
7 
2 
$1,000 
1,359 
548 
121 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
436 
393 
202 
105 
29 
15 
$1,000 
8,610 
4,567 
1,144 
345 
45 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
51 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
9 
6 
2 
9 
1 
1 
$1,000 
3 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Tobacco 
farms 
168 
158 
55 
17 
7 
5 
$1,000 
3,266 
1,812 
320 
54 
9 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
37 
17 
3 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
977 
276 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
115 
196 
231 
213 
180 
122 
$1,000 
1,809 
1,502 
969 
504 
198 
44 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
67 
90 
106 
102 
114 
80 
$1,000 
622 
(D) 
453 
230 
139 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
37 
40 
56 
43 
54 
21 
$1,000 
471 
385 
259 
92 
61 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
38 
54 
66 
68 
67 
61 
$1,000 
151 
(D) 
194 
138 
79 
25 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
177 
201 
150 
99 
89 
22 
$1,000 
4,702 
2,728 
791 
245 
118 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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