Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
1,948 
1,303 
660 
920 
1,340 
percent 
100.0 
5.1 
3.4 
1.7 
2.4 
3.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,931,080 
3,145,835 
965,047 
471,205 
492,643 
597,086 
Average size of farm 
acres 
287 
1,615 
741 
714 
535 
446 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
38,076 
1,948 
1,303 
660 
920 
1,340 
$1,000 
6,622,229 
4,913,643 
987,538 
241 ,242 
142,925 
92,462 
Average per farm 
dollars 
173,921 
2,522,404 
757,896 
365,518 
155,353 
69,002 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,340 
$100,000 to $249,999 
920 
- 
- 
- 
920 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
660 
- 
- 
660 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,303 
_ 
1,303 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,948 
1,948 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,380 
1,380 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
441 
441 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
127 
127 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
38,076 
1,948 
1,303 
660 
920 
1,340 
$1,000 
6,441,025 
4,837,811 
964,620 
231 ,584 
133,708 
83,501 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,190 
874 
673 
394 
458 
369 
$1,000 
2,302,071 
1,702,267 
389,577 
112,172 
58,576 
21,591 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,563 
845 
652 
385 
415 
266 
$1,000 
2,278,234 
1,701,687 
388,925 
111,861 
57,512 
18,248 
Corn 
farms 
2,065 
693 
427 
195 
148 
81 
$1,000 
837,202 
677,121 
116,037 
27,916 
9,753 
2,895 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,357 
674 
413 
164 
81 
25 
$1,000 
829,331 
676,764 
115,706 
27,026 
8,077 
1,757 
Wheat 
farms 
1,247 
411 
293 
130 
133 
91 
$1,000 
135,162 
81,735 
33,376 
10,166 
6,075 
2,084 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
702 
345 
213 
79 
54 
11 
$1,000 
124,161 
79,587 
31,172 
8,536 
4,142 
723 
Soybeans 
farms 
3,274 
805 
614 
336 
393 
303 
$1,000 
1,172,379 
808,355 
225,613 
68,560 
41,352 
16,221 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,203 
789 
583 
313 
339 
179 
$1,000 
1,151,959 
807,916 
224,701 
67,737 
39,571 
12,034 
Sorghum 
farms 
237 
91 
41 
29 
30 
12 
$1,000 
25,110 
15,842 
4,849 
(D) 
(D) 
330 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
138 
77 
31 
20 
8 
2 
$1,000 
23,610 
15,465 
4,666 
2,300 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
259 
174 
56 
25 
3 
1 
$1,000 
131,278 
118,530 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
249 
169 
56 
24 
$1,000 
131,068 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
78 
14 
6 
2 
3 
$1,000 
939 
683 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
4 
1 
- 
$1,000 
555 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
- 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
822 
367 
164 
90 
56 
50 
$1,000 
367,847 
289,555 
51,231 
17,122 
5,857 
2,669 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
668 
359 
160 
77 
43 
29 
$1,000 
364,745 
289,363 
51,121 
16,685 
5,561 
2,016 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,205 
55 
33 
16 
39 
50 
$1,000 
82,338 
55,641 
8,732 
3,744 
3,319 
1,811 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
122 
43 
25 
15 
23 
16 
$1,000 
71 ,723 
55,514 
8,435 
(D) 
3,045 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
890 
23 
17 
22 
35 
75 
$1,000 
23,771 
1,836 
3,043 
4,736 
3,879 
3,729 
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 
49 
$1,000 
11,080 
1,463 
368 
2,512 
736 
1,791 
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 
35 
$1,000 
12,692 
374 
2,675 
2,224 
3,143 
1,938 
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 
106 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
