Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
68,050 
4,149 
768 
605 
1,034 
15,889 
573 
percent 
100.0 
6.1 
1.1 
0.9 
1.5 
23.3 
0.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,867,812 
2,855,128 
76,143 
31,103 
96,920 
1,923,264 
150,160 
Average size of farm 
acres 
160 
688 
99 
51 
94 
121 
262 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
68,050 
4,149 
768 
605 
1,034 
15,889 
573 
$1,000 
3,678,702 
1,425,086 
78,984 
6,796 
294,148 
349,685 
99,900 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
54,059 
343,477 
102,844 
1 1 ,233 
284,476 
22,008 
174,345 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
18,763 
92 
100 
315 
63 
6,766 
5 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,988 
109 
128 
81 
88 
4,153 
5 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,846 
208 
148 
77 
83 
2,027 
17 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9,319 
377 
150 
64 
131 
1,163 
43 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,999 
661 
88 
33 
187 
791 
109 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,753 
568 
50 
16 
142 
358 
87 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,174 
421 
31 
10 
88 
193 
91 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,576 
558 
20 
3 
94 
151 
87 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,002 
409 
19 
2 
66 
139 
87 
$500,000 to $999,999 
802 
338 
19 
3 
36 
69 
28 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
828 
408 
15 
1 
56 
79 
14 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
632 
306 
8 
1 
43 
61 
13 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
147 
85 
3 
- 
7 
15 
1 
$5,000,000 or more 
49 
17 
4 
" 
6 
3 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
68,050 
4,149 
768 
605 
1,034 
15,889 
573 
$1,000 
3,611,037 
1,394,862 
78,754 
6,693 
293,784 
331,296 
98,408 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
5,691 
4,123 
51 
2 
14 
443 
131 
$1,000 
1,301,303 
1,199,522 
2,908 
(D) 
(D) 
62,783 
8,053 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,376 
2,014 
13 
2 
4 
196 
42 
$1,000 
1,254,383 
1,163,736 
2,664 
(D) 
(D) 
60,104 
6,887 
Corn 
farms 
4,219 
2,987 
41 
2 
7 
341 
93 
$1,000 
545,802 
498,622 
1,560 
(D) 
71 
29,676 
2,622 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,597 
1,393 
9 
1 
- 
124 
16 
$1,000 
511,478 
472,419 
1,418 
(D) 
- 
27,273 
1,555 
Wheat 
farms 
1,467 
1,208 
8 
3 
115 
41 
$1,000 
135,500 
126,437 
471 
- 
85 
5,563 
946 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
640 
586 
3 
- 
- 
34 
5 
$1,000 
121,865 
115,678 
(D) 
- 
- 
4,171 
509 
Soybeans 
farms 
3,633 
3,036 
14 
2 
10 
230 
59 
$1,000 
612,286 
567,050 
873 
(D) 
(D) 
27,359 
4,485 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,843 
1,620 
5 
2 
4 
123 
24 
$1,000 
580,877 
541,972 
710 
(D) 
(D) 
25,282 
3,740 
Sorghum 
farms 
82 
65 
- 
8 
- 
$1,000 
4,986 
4,738 
- 
- 
- 
180 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33 
32 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
4,031 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Barley 
farms 
21 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
476 
476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
57 
28 
6 
. 
. 
8 
. 
$1,000 
1,298 
1,266 
3 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,033 
1,033 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
934 
95 
7 
1 
6 
631 
573 
$1,000 
108,224 
18,160 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
82,959 
80,428 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
364 
66 
2 
280 
264 
$1,000 
97,988 
17,522 
(D) 
- 
- 
76,370 
74,364 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
546 
315 
- 
- 
228 
- 
$1,000 
253,428 
122,284 
- 
- 
- 
130,704 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
438 
263 
- 
- 
- 
173 
- 
$1,000 
250,711 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
129,241 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,273 
65 
766 
40 
52 
138 
13 
$1,000 
72,885 
1,063 
68,747 
(D) 
493 
1,078 
393 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
106 
6 
90 
1 
2 
5 
3 
$1,000 
66,224 
630 
64,152 
(D) 
(D) 
507 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
647 
12 
107 
351 
24 
58 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
81 
(D) 
5,690 
92 
418 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
22 
- 
3 
17 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
5,470 
- 
(D) 
3,909 
- 
(D) 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
279 
2 
21 
181 
10 
18 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
(D) 
38 
46 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,960 
- 
- 
2,960 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
427 
10 
94 
197 
18 
49 
4 
$1,000 
3,895 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
54 
371 
36 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
160 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
