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 
493 
890 
835 
748 
933 
2,629 
percent 
6.4 
11.5 
10.8 
9.6 
12.0 
33.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,453 
52,028 
57,807 
37,407 
35,944 
101,518 
Average size of farm 
acres 
80 
58 
69 
50 
39 
39 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
493 
890 
835 
748 
933 
2,629 
$1,000 
16,934 
14,187 
5,794 
2,671 
1,539 
648 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,349 
15,940 
6,939 
3,570 
1,649 
247 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2,629 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
933 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
748 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
835 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
890 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
493 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
493 
890 
835 
748 
933 
2,629 
$1,000 
16,039 
13,499 
5,555 
2,592 
(D) 
(D) 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
19 
18 
11 
6 
2 
12 
$1,000 
207 
87 
29 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
16 
13 
10 
4 
2 
6 
$1,000 
173 
67 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
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 
1 
4 
1 
1 
. 
. 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
125 
279 
255 
134 
117 
94 
$1,000 
2,063 
2,550 
1,130 
332 
151 
41 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
171 
277 
127 
53 
43 
50 
$1,000 
3,547 
2,298 
512 
147 
61 
27 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
55 
63 
40 
19 
19 
7 
$1,000 
881 
519 
177 
(D) 
32 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
138 
241 
102 
40 
26 
50 
$1,000 
2,666 
1,779 
335 
(D) 
30 
26 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
119 
245 
141 
57 
44 
20 
$1,000 
2,875 
2,299 
529 
97 
69 
8 
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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