Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,288 
4,332 
4,222 
3,668 
2,967 
14,653 
percent 
6.0 
11.4 
11.1 
9.6 
7.8 
38.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
668,815 
797,855 
542,159 
343,808 
215,781 
2,890,136 
Average size of farm 
acres 
292 
184 
128 
94 
73 
197 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,288 
4,332 
4,222 
3,668 
2,967 
14,653 
$1,000 
85,420 
73,858 
33,123 
15,280 
6,201 
44,729 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,334 
17,049 
7,845 
4,166 
2,090 
3,053 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
7,616 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,620 
2,856 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
3,232 
241 
1,861 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
3,839 
380 
86 
1,260 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
4,074 
364 
46 
18 
767 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,134 
246 
14 
10 
2 
239 
$50,000 to $99,999 
146 
10 
5 
- 
- 
50 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,288 
4,332 
4,222 
3,668 
2,967 
14,653 
$1,000 
79,264 
68,207 
29,995 
13,234 
5,008 
939 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
395 
462 
295 
176 
114 
38 
$1,000 
11,393 
6,126 
1,779 
518 
178 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
106 
167 
99 
80 
56 
24 
$1,000 
1,740 
1,335 
347 
195 
74 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
52 
61 
53 
10 
20 
- 
$1,000 
821 
669 
307 
35 
22 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
293 
298 
144 
78 
45 
10 
$1,000 
8,590 
4,053 
1,018 
249 
74 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
7 
10 
15 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
64 
65 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
19 
9 
7 
11 
5 
4 
$1,000 
99 
5 
42 
(D) 
8 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
35 
43 
18 
13 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,174 
592 
135 
39 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
150 
262 
251 
220 
99 
31 
$1,000 
3,803 
3,034 
1,363 
724 
152 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
119 
199 
200 
113 
50 
42 
$1,000 
2,848 
2,318 
1,011 
362 
76 
21 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
84 
143 
134 
73 
26 
16 
$1,000 
1,869 
1,519 
617 
228 
39 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
42 
84 
94 
54 
28 
26 
$1,000 
980 
799 
395 
134 
37 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
47 
99 
62 
60 
16 
16 
$1,000 
1,272 
1,152 
316 
183 
23 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 81 
