Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
24,721 
21,610 
1,290 
939 
percent 
100.0 
87.4 
5.2 
3.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,201,023 
20,481,373 
8,536,426 
7,921,222 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,748 
948 
6,617 
8,436 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
24,721 
21,610 
1,290 
939 
$1,000 
2,620,735 
1 ,088,992 
995,698 
805,952 
Average per farm 
dollars 
106,012 
50,393 
771 ,859 
858,309 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,282 
8,533 
273 
156 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
3,306 
3,097 
80 
41 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,810 
2,609 
66 
32 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,648 
2,382 
134 
98 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,326 
2,027 
102 
66 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,283 
1,035 
96 
84 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,169 
846 
142 
117 
$100,000 to $249,999 
885 
600 
125 
102 
$250,000 to $499,999 
433 
241 
102 
92 
$500,000 to $999,999 
260 
115 
58 
57 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
319 
125 
112 
94 
$1 ,000,000 to $2,499,999 
149 
62 
40 
35 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
51 
20 
17 
15 
$5,000,000 or more 
119 
43 
55 
44 
Total sales 
farms 
24,721 
21,610 
1,290 
939 
$1,000 
2,550,147 
1,045,234 
983,616 
795,165 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
1,078 
857 
97 
80 
$1,000 
125,148 
51,509 
(D) 
25,876 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
289 
172 
62 
54 
$1,000 
119,672 
47,406 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
farms 
370 
257 
50 
47 
$1,000 
86,607 
36,070 
(D) 
21,132 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
203 
120 
42 
39 
$1,000 
84,480 
34,326 
(D) 
(D) 
Wheat 
farms 
262 
173 
43 
32 
$1,000 
17,548 
7,420 
3,505 
2,864 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
72 
40 
22 
18 
$1,000 
14,974 
5,635 
3,147 
2,613 
Soybeans 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
159 
112 
21 
15 
$1,000 
(D) 
6,707 
1,610 
1,123 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
44 
27 
10 
7 
$1,000 
7,718 
5,402 
1,329 
934 
Barley 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
481 
454 
9 
5 
$1,000 
11,290 
1,312 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
2 
4 
3 
$1,000 
10,307 
(D) 
(D) 
691 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
195 
116 
41 
38 
$1,000 
(D) 
15,344 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
133 
77 
33 
30 
$1,000 
31,907 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,970 
1,806 
54 
37 
$1,000 
96,329 
45,152 
13,641 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
78 
18 
17 
$1,000 
87,639 
37,201 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
2,825 
2,555 
111 
97 
$1,000 
110,875 
25,820 
38,046 
36,304 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
152 
74 
35 
32 
$1,000 
97,253 
14,376 
37,116 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
2,751 
2,490 
110 
96 
$1,000 
110,540 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
151 
74 
35 
32 
$1,000 
97,055 
14,376 
37,116 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
117 
104 
3 
2 
$1,000 
335 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
360 
299 
10 
10 
$1,000 
44,888 
(D) 
341 
341 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
59 
29 
2 
2 
$1,000 
43,202 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
132 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
