Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
37,249 
100.0 
39,284 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
14,748,107 
100.0 
14,972,789 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
25,045 
67.2 
26,005 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
7,526,742 
51.0 
7,609,210 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,963 
5.3 
2,125 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
20,846 
56.0 
20,091 
acres 
1,197,058 
8.1 
1,295,750 
acres 
4,342,904 
29.4 
4,387,169 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
10,198 
27.4 
10,438 
1 to 49 acres 
14,265 
38.3 
13,251 
acres 
2,139,141 
14.5 
1,988,322 
1 to 9 acres 
7,969 
21.4 
6,536 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,624 
12.4 
5,045 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
3,110 
8.3 
3,150 
acres 
1,141,696 
7.7 
1,516,554 
20 to 29 acres 
1,524 
4.1 
1,708 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
6,908 
18.5 
6,761 
30 to 49 acres 
1,662 
4.5 
1,857 
acres 
997,445 
6.8 
471,768 
50 to 99 acres 
1,740 
4.7 
1,813 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
1,257 
3.4 
1,366 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,474 
4.0 
1,406 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
18,465 
49.6 
18,898 
500 to 999 acres 
874 
2.3 
964 
acres 
4,518,550 
30.6 
4,775,287 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
767 
2.1 
814 
2,000 acres or more 
469 
1.3 
477 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
23,631 
63.4 
20,427 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
563,674 
3.8 
599,970 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,099 
5.6 
6,166 
acres 
125,262 
0.8 
371,026 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
7,922 
21.3 
7,678 
acres 
3,058,576 
20.7 
2,851,015 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
3,864 
(X) 
3,722 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
1,474,873 
(X) 
1,602,342 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
6,408 
17.2 
5,672 
acres 
1,829,484 
12.4 
1,527,638 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
4,192 
(X) 
4,545 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
850 
2.3 
1,038 
acres 
2,928,924 
(X) 
2,621,075 
acres 
32,034 
0.2 
27,627 
16 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
