Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,931 
1,788 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,265 
3,895 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,266 
2,017 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,637 
2,271 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,681 
1,419 
$50,000 or more 
3,877 
2,510 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
21,419 
19,416 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,105 
13,904 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,010 
1,874 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
6,989 
6,495 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,944 
4,544 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,767 
4,302 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,663 
1,488 
$50,000 or more 
1,046 
713 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
199 
102 
$1,000 
44,683 
1 1 ,809 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income frem farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,166 
10,139 
$1,000 
168,762 
92,266 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,154 
907 
$1,000 
21,811 
1 1 ,623 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,743 
2,994 
$1,000 
47,481 
27,351 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,972 
1,697 
$1,000 
48,742 
33,365 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
497 
355 
$1,000 
5,961 
1,646 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,881 
4,118 
$1,000 
15,313 
5,315 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
577 
404 
$1,000 
15,897 
7,016 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
370 
299 
$1,000 
1,723 
1,363 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
970 
810 
$1,000 
11,834 
4,588 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
23,905 
20,586 
acres 
5,075,579 
2,407,596 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,595 
15,124 
acres 
4,292,113 
1,823,062 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
10,594 
9,840 
50 to 99 acres 
2,513 
2,225 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,602 
1,368 
200 to 499 acres 
1,072 
847 
500 to 999 acres 
654 
452 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
603 
272 
2,000 acres or more 
557 
120 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,275 
1,990 
acres 
160,511 
125,099 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
844 
722 
acres 
37,878 
26,506 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
7,073 
5,983 
acres 
558,250 
414,631 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
792 
654 
acres 
26,827 
18,298 
Total woodland 
farms 
23,347 
20,504 
acres 
3,469,315 
2,392,251 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
9,216 
8,406 
acres 
470,724 
396,151 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,758 
15,336 
acres 
2,998,591 
1,996,100 
Partnership 
89 
231 
156 
221 
160 
922 
1,092 
53,254 
82 
276 
244 
243 
82 
165 
85 
28,278 
1,294 
51,951 
182 
7,776 
465 
13,138 
151 
6,445 
82 
2,680 
505 
9,013 
130 
6,983 
53 
266 
97 
5,650 
2,131 
2,249,596 
1,635 
2,133,058 
413 
172 
135 
129 
120 
258 
408 
156 
17,373 
61 
6,580 
663 
87,332 
78 
5,253 
1,626 
554,673 
521 
46,897 
1,354 
507,776 
Registered 
under 
state law 
64 
129 
106 
142 
120 
803 
728 
66,342 
45 
180 
155 
154 
56 
138 
76 
26,681 
988 
40,375 
144 
6,060 
351 
7,794 
103 
5,085 
67 
2,498 
391 
7,407 
106 
5,954 
44 
257 
81 
5,319 
1,582 
2,028,255 
1,264 
1,937,119 
256 
119 
87 
96 
102 
225 
379 
115 
15,706 
44 
5,639 
472 
65,385 
55 
4,406 
1,118 
444,679 
319 
33,327 
971 
411,352 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
140 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
