Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.... number 
7,338 
616 
2,258 
573 
650 
786 
percent 
100.0 
8.4 
30.8 
7.8 
8.9 
10.7 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,251,713 
2,560 
56,663 
33,002 
54,291 
90,871 
Average size of farm 
acres 
171 
4 
25 
58 
84 
116 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,338 
616 
2,258 
573 
650 
786 
$1,000 
790,035 
10,207 
32,734 
9,811 
17,450 
19,894 
Average per farm 
dollars 
107,663 
16,570 
14,497 
17,122 
26,847 
25,310 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,624 
176 
763 
145 
144 
145 
$1,000 to $2,499 
879 
116 
404 
67 
89 
95 
$2,500 to $4,999 
824 
89 
317 
81 
103 
89 
$5,000 to $9,999 
993 
87 
319 
115 
112 
167 
$10,000 to $24,999 
915 
81 
219 
88 
102 
118 
$25,000 to $49,999 
564 
28 
129 
45 
34 
81 
$50,000 to $99,999 
409 
20 
52 
19 
42 
41 
$100,000 to $249,999 
488 
13 
41 
7 
16 
35 
$250,000 to $499,999 
320 
3 
7 
3 
4 
13 
$500,000 to $999,999 
161 
2 
5 
3 
3 
2 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
161 
1 
2 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
107 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
43 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
7,338 
616 
2,258 
573 
650 
786 
$1,000 
776,105 
10,077 
32,257 
9,600 
16,973 
19,481 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
397 
6 
20 
13 
15 
21 
$1,000 
26,320 
1 
18 
42 
72 
216 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
113 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
22,247 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Corn 
farms 
348 
4 
7 
7 
11 
14 
$1,000 
23,486 
(D) 
15 
35 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
19,578 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Wheat 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
$1,000 
149 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
33 
- 
4 
- 
1 
3 
$1,000 
2,488 
- 
(Z) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,293 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sorghum 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$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 
45 
2 
13 
5 
4 
5 
$1,000 
111 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
2 
6 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
814 
132 
341 
70 
65 
60 
$1,000 
21,274 
1,167 
4,447 
1,313 
2,096 
2,237 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
3 
19 
7 
11 
9 
$1,000 
15,917 
257 
2,423 
835 
1,724 
1,874 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
582 
67 
261 
52 
49 
52 
$1,000 
13,494 
340 
1,959 
404 
320 
400 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
1 
9 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
10,494 
(D) 
718 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
171 
17 
83 
11 
7 
11 
$1,000 
10,258 
71 
1,226 
229 
(D) 
168 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
- 
8 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
9,072 
- 
667 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Berries 
farms 
475 
58 
206 
46 
44 
43 
$1,000 
3,235 
269 
733 
175 
(D) 
231 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,265 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
661 
152 
290 
48 
35 
50 
$1,000 
25,562 
6,471 
12,282 
1,084 
1,562 
1,085 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
24 
32 
2 
8 
5 
$1,000 
19,903 
5,454 
10,038 
(D) 
1,186 
515 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
54 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
