Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
2,645 
5,269 
5,565 
5,334 
5,476 
7,616 
percent 
6.9 
13.8 
14.6 
14.0 
14.4 
20.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
963,178 
1,272,610 
964,589 
715,306 
623,605 
719,976 
Average size of farm 
acres 
364 
242 
173 
134 
114 
95 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,645 
5,269 
5,565 
5,334 
5,476 
7,616 
$1,000 
92,355 
82,617 
39,722 
19,198 
9,137 
1,390 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,917 
15,680 
7,138 
3,599 
1,669 
183 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
2,645 
5,269 
5,565 
5,334 
5,476 
7,616 
$1,000 
77,986 
65,965 
28,534 
12,051 
4,438 
826 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
401 
446 
292 
163 
90 
30 
$1,000 
10,494 
5,249 
1,578 
426 
127 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
114 
160 
105 
69 
51 
22 
$1,000 
1,766 
1,128 
365 
148 
63 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
62 
51 
50 
11 
15 
- 
$1,000 
872 
538 
276 
25 
15 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
291 
285 
137 
78 
28 
4 
$1,000 
7,633 
3,528 
859 
214 
42 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
8 
11 
12 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
116 
44 
62 
(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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
19 
11 
3 
11 
5 
4 
$1,000 
107 
10 
16 
(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 
26 
42 
17 
10 
- 
- 
$1,000 
732 
534 
124 
24 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
158 
268 
248 
215 
92 
31 
$1,000 
3,879 
3,012 
1,339 
700 
140 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
120 
204 
196 
113 
45 
40 
$1,000 
2,786 
2,367 
953 
352 
69 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
85 
146 
128 
72 
24 
16 
$1,000 
1,815 
1,556 
576 
222 
35 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
41 
86 
94 
55 
25 
24 
$1,000 
971 
812 
376 
130 
34 
13 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
48 
98 
67 
59 
12 
16 
$1,000 
1,273 
1,151 
326 
179 
16 
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 
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