Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
1,491 
620 
8 
147 
135 
380 
365 
1,887 
percent 
- 
19.2 
8.0 
0.1 
1.9 
1.7 
4.9 
4.7 
24.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
159,004 
36,952 
1,015 
50,367 
7,128 
15,851 
24,278 
62,273 
Average size of farm 
acres 
- 
107 
60 
127 
343 
53 
42 
67 
33 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,491 
620 
8 
147 
135 
380 
365 
1,887 
$1,000 
- 
21,318 
3,802 
(D) 
56,841 
(D) 
10,987 
1,506 
41,054 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
- 
14,298 
6,132 
(D) 
386,673 
(D) 
28,912 
4,125 
21,756 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
431 
281 
1 
23 
38 
216 
157 
1,054 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
247 
98 
- 
- 
33 
82 
92 
136 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
204 
94 
- 
- 
20 
34 
58 
175 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
219 
84 
- 
- 
16 
14 
33 
142 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
195 
28 
- 
- 
18 
15 
15 
151 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
106 
21 
2 
3 
2 
5 
6 
99 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
56 
7 
3 
14 
5 
2 
2 
52 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
25 
6 
1 
34 
1 
7 
2 
42 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4 
1 
1 
35 
2 
1 
- 
27 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
4 
- 
- 
24 
- 
2 
- 
3 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
2 
- 
6 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
1 
- 
4 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
_ 
1,491 
620 
8 
147 
135 
380 
365 
1,887 
$1,000 
- 
19,696 
3,307 
850 
55,455 
1,924 
10,932 
1,495 
39,993 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
. 
33 
9 
2 
57 
. 
. 
3 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,937 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,117 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
- 
31 
9 
2 
57 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
462 
(D) 
(D) 
3,736 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
18 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(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 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(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 
158 
12 
11 
7 
17 
12 
32 
$1,000 
- 
2,350 
3 
- 
341 
13 
57 
12 
80 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
- 
95 
2 
- 
5 
3 
2 
2 
14 
$1,000 
- 
1,081 
(D) 
- 
80 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
368 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
- 
44 
1 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
6 
$1,000 
- 
557 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
- 
78 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
14 
$1,000 
- 
524 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
43 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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