Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
368 
6,213 
3,079 
- 
51 
82 
608 
289 
1,205 
acres 
(D) 
680,800 
150,714 
- 
25,886 
9,141 
91,026 
4,709 
28,579 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
368 
3,812 
2,604 
- 
47 
48 
435 
117 
746 
acres 
180,607 
474,974 
118,936 
- 
23,004 
6,765 
81,451 
1,655 
17,670 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
56 
2,727 
1,884 
- 
1 
32 
213 
104 
671 
50 to 99 acres 
36 
470 
438 
- 
4 
5 
68 
13 
52 
100 to 199 acres 
57 
252 
200 
- 
7 
5 
61 
- 
21 
200 to 499 acres 
106 
145 
71 
- 
22 
2 
44 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
63 
80 
9 
- 
8 
1 
30 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
31 
94 
1 
- 
3 
3 
15 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
19 
44 
1 
- 
2 
" 
4 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
9 
360 
498 
- 
8 
22 
86 
96 
338 
acres 
775 
24,989 
15,455 
- 
713 
862 
1,812 
1,057 
6,634 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
34 
528 
94 
- 
2 
11 
47 
27 
41 
acres 
(D) 
17,794 
1,863 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,930 
533 
465 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
60 
2,559 
404 
- 
3 
22 
154 
92 
190 
acres 
(D) 
152,164 
12,028 
- 
278 
1,196 
4,920 
1,295 
3,590 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
13 
283 
98 
- 
5 
4 
27 
15 
29 
acres 
(D) 
10,879 
2,432 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
913 
169 
220 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
207 
5,194 
3,878 
_ 
53 
110 
774 
687 
2,410 
acres 
49,567 
941,282 
307,668 
- 
6,736 
8,568 
87,230 
26,108 
137,458 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
13 
1,004 
2,443 
- 
29 
32 
275 
368 
1,002 
acres 
(D) 
40,937 
81,136 
- 
1,066 
434 
6,141 
5,367 
25,926 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
204 
4,658 
2,467 
- 
43 
100 
638 
457 
1,801 
acres 
(D) 
900,345 
226,532 
- 
5,670 
8,134 
81,089 
20,741 
111,532 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
..farms 
59 
2,308 
5,252 
- 
70 
128 
734 
903 
3,360 
acres 
(D) 
109,834 
324,418 
10,884 
2,959 
37,827 
14,175 
87,587 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
242 
4,346 
3,704 
- 
52 
169 
997 
777 
2,999 
acres 
12,723 
141,631 
43,432 
- 
1,767 
1,949 
20,663 
5,772 
29,381 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
64 
239 
89 
_ 
23 
13 
65 
25 
124 
acres 
15,294 
37,742 
3,423 
- 
4,702 
619 
4,120 
115 
1,074 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
64 
232 
45 
- 
22 
10 
48 
6 
31 
acres 
15,294 
37,074 
1,496 
- 
4,267 
593 
3,897 
14 
83 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
18 
52 
- 
6 
4 
18 
19 
97 
acres 
- 
668 
1,927 
- 
435 
26 
223 
101 
991 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
.. farms 
50 
1,961 
129 
- 
2 
10 
53 
28 
51 
acres 
3,559 
110,064 
4,974 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,645 
836 
1,554 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
257 
355 
278 
- 
24 
16 
91 
5 
25 
acres 
151,917 
260,389 
48,059 
15,893 
5,156 
56,608 
77 
2,014 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
28 
(D) 
- 
" 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
368 
7,278 
5,851 
- 
80 
236 
1,238 
1,100 
4,157 
$1,000 
695,080 
5,004,556 
2,727,685 
- 
95,398 
83,285 
927,872 
212,880 
1,476,758 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
1,888,803 
687,628 
466,191 
- 
1,192,471 
352,903 
749,493 
193,527 
355,246 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,724 
2,671 
3,301 
2,107 
3,682 
3,919 
4,194 
5,218 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
13 
610 
576 
- 
7 
57 
95 
209 
377 
$50,000 to $99,999 
21 
701 
600 
- 
2 
29 
96 
176 
414 
$100,000 to $199,999 
24 
1,277 
1,166 
- 
9 
47 
215 
288 
920 
$200,000 to $499,999 
56 
2,398 
1,986 
- 
20 
68 
340 
357 
1,660 
$500,000 to $999,999 
85 
1,204 
917 
- 
11 
17 
242 
66 
597 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
61 
620 
416 
_ 
19 
12 
140 
3 
141 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
79 
332 
155 
- 
7 
4 
88 
1 
38 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
23 
101 
28 
- 
5 
2 
18 
- 
5 
$10,000,000 or more 
6 
35 
7 
- 
" 
- 
4 
" 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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