Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
38,076 
1,917 
1,292 
663 
848 
1,226 
percent 
100.0 
5.0 
3.4 
1.7 
2.2 
3.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,931,080 
3,090,810 
974,341 
480,920 
456,335 
470,120 
Average size of farm 
acres 
287 
1,612 
754 
725 
538 
383 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
38,076 
1,917 
1,292 
663 
848 
1,226 
$1,000 
6,622,229 
4,881,383 
997,987 
252,233 
140,962 
91,054 
Average per farm 
dollars 
173,921 
2,546,366 
772,436 
380,443 
166,229 
74,269 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
7,616 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,334 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,565 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,269 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,645 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,340 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,129 
$100,000 to $249,999 
920 
- 
- 
- 
809 
97 
$250,000 to $499,999 
660 
- 
- 
621 
39 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,303 
_ 
1,261 
42 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,948 
1,917 
31 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,380 
1,349 
31 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
441 
441 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
127 
127 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
38,076 
1,917 
1,292 
663 
848 
1,226 
$1,000 
6,441,025 
4,808,137 
974,200 
242,803 
133,505 
85,731 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,190 
843 
663 
402 
430 
372 
$1,000 
2,302,071 
1,675,468 
399,583 
122,419 
60,401 
24,185 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,563 
814 
642 
394 
395 
318 
$1,000 
2,278,234 
1,674,888 
398,932 
122,151 
59,629 
22,634 
Corn 
farms 
2,065 
680 
421 
208 
139 
85 
$1,000 
837,202 
671,152 
119,368 
30,208 
9,396 
3,374 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,357 
661 
408 
179 
79 
30 
$1,000 
829,331 
670,795 
119,067 
29,390 
7,872 
2,207 
Wheat 
farms 
1,247 
394 
291 
134 
136 
96 
$1,000 
135,162 
78,408 
35,333 
10,313 
6,956 
2,299 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
702 
328 
217 
82 
62 
13 
$1,000 
124,161 
76,260 
33,299 
8,679 
5,025 
898 
Soybeans 
farms 
3,274 
774 
605 
348 
370 
309 
$1,000 
1,172,379 
794,062 
228,459 
75,247 
42,726 
17,892 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,203 
758 
575 
324 
331 
215 
$1,000 
1,151,959 
793,623 
227,564 
74,407 
41,508 
14,857 
Sorghum 
farms 
237 
89 
39 
29 
29 
16 
$1,000 
25,110 
15,562 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
138 
75 
30 
20 
8 
5 
$1,000 
23,610 
15,185 
4,640 
2,396 
1,012 
378 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
259 
164 
57 
34 
3 
- 
$1,000 
131,278 
115,763 
11,391 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
249 
159 
57 
33 
- 
$1,000 
131,068 
115,676 
11,391 
4,002 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
78 
13 
5 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
939 
521 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
555 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
- 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
822 
361 
161 
93 
55 
43 
$1,000 
367,847 
288,322 
50,031 
18,915 
5,980 
2,658 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
668 
353 
157 
82 
42 
34 
$1,000 
364,745 
288,131 
49,920 
18,494 
5,714 
2,486 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,205 
53 
33 
18 
37 
51 
$1,000 
82,338 
54,022 
10,226 
3,869 
3,199 
1,927 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
122 
41 
26 
16 
22 
17 
$1,000 
71,723 
53,896 
9,954 
(D) 
2,953 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
890 
23 
17 
22 
35 
70 
$1,000 
23,771 
1,836 
3,043 
4,736 
3,879 
3,640 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
107 
12 
7 
15 
26 
47 
$1,000 
16,296 
1,652 
2,956 
4,688 
3,789 
3,211 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
575 
19 
9 
16 
11 
44 
$1,000 
1 1 ,080 
1,463 
368 
2,512 
736 
1,723 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
48 
10 
2 
8 
6 
22 
$1,000 
6,064 
1,292 
(D) 
2,444 
(D) 
1,317 
Berries 
farms 
409 
6 
8 
8 
27 
32 
$1,000 
12,692 
374 
2,675 
2,224 
3,143 
1,917 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
59 
3 
5 
7 
20 
24 
$1,000 
10,109 
(D) 
2,656 
(D) 
3,064 
1,827 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
457 
14 
18 
26 
53 
46 
$1,000 
61,125 
29,088 
1 1 ,878 
6,880 
7,765 
2,559 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
142 
13 
17 
24 
51 
37 
$1,000 
57,943 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,420 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
