Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
38,076 
100.0 
41,959 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
10,931,080 
100.0 
11,456,241 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
23,905 
62.8 
27,349 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
5,075,579 
46.4 
5,530,825 
summer fallow 
farms 
792 
2.1 
818 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
17,595 
46.2 
18,773 
acres 
26,827 
0.2 
35,994 
acres 
4,292,113 
39.3 
4,223,708 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
23,347 
61.3 
24,190 
1 to 49 acres 
10,594 
27.8 
1 1 ,503 
acres 
3,469,315 
31.7 
3,610,991 
1 to 9 acres 
2,675 
7.0 
2,768 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
9,216 
24.2 
10,051 
1 0 to 19 acres 
2,711 
7.1 
3,045 
acres 
470,724 
4.3 
561,225 
20 to 29 acres 
2,332 
6.1 
2,546 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,758 
46.6 
17,968 
30 to 49 acres 
2,876 
7.6 
3,144 
acres 
2,998,591 
27.4 
3,049,766 
50 to 99 acres 
2,513 
6.6 
2,861 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,602 
4.2 
1,641 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,072 
2.8 
1,071 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
21,345 
56.1 
21,085 
500 to 999 acres 
654 
1.7 
555 
acres 
1,751,532 
16.0 
1,639,243 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
603 
1.6 
575 
2,000 acres or more 
557 
1.5 
567 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
22,888 
60.1 
18,292 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
634,654 
5.8 
675,182 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,275 
6.0 
8,109 
acres 
160,511 
1.5 
741,307 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
8,170 
21.5 
7,315 
acres 
622,955 
5.7 
565,810 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
9,458 
(X) 
10,714 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
959,724 
(X) 
1,107,406 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
7,073 
18.6 
5,850 
acres 
558,250 
5.1 
473,000 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
2,998 
(X) 
2,801 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
844 
2.2 
1,170 
acres 
3,093,164 
(X) 
2,819,629 
acres 
37,878 
0.3 
56,816 
16 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
