Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,181 
1,022 
105 
54 
613 
568 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,691 
2,265 
286 
140 
1,381 
1,310 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,603 
1,272 
216 
115 
834 
769 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,251 
1,714 
376 
161 
1,184 
1,067 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,559 
1,069 
346 
144 
833 
726 
$50,000 or more 
4,582 
2,058 
1,811 
713 
2,084 
2,498 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
23,382 
19,670 
2,787 
925 
10,431 
12,951 
Average net loss 
dollars 
30,433 
18,143 
85,905 
124,631 
26,564 
33,549 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,452 
1,303 
102 
47 
737 
715 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,020 
6,315 
543 
162 
3,264 
3,756 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,533 
4,899 
495 
139 
2,424 
3,109 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,463 
4,630 
661 
172 
2,332 
3,131 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,928 
1,472 
350 
106 
803 
1,125 
$50,000 or more 
1,986 
1,051 
636 
299 
871 
1,115 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
36 
3 
24 
9 
10 
26 
$1,000 
3,530 
(D) 
2,387 
(D) 
803 
2,727 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,086 
8,100 
2,953 
1,033 
5,642 
6,444 
$1,000 
311,995 
151,523 
116,826 
43,646 
122,860 
189,135 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,752 
714 
761 
277 
755 
997 
$1,000 
44,501 
10,568 
23,851 
10,082 
16,352 
28,148 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,711 
2,807 
718 
186 
1,864 
1,847 
$1,000 
1 1 1 ,349 
64,037 
36,362 
10,949 
52,227 
59,122 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
745 
600 
125 
20 
304 
441 
$1,000 
20,054 
12,053 
7,784 
217 
6,607 
13,447 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
585 
426 
128 
31 
220 
365 
$1,000 
15,313 
7,809 
4,306 
3,198 
4,910 
10,403 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
5,022 
2,677 
1,730 
615 
2,367 
2,655 
$1,000 
29,583 
1 1 ,340 
13,397 
4,847 
13,435 
16,148 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
713 
313 
274 
126 
283 
430 
$1,000 
38,625 
1 1 ,063 
20,176 
7,386 
12,036 
26,589 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
221 
123 
84 
14 
111 
110 
$1,000 
1,629 
396 
1,005 
228 
727 
903 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,319 
1,714 
403 
202 
917 
1,402 
$1,000 
50,838 
34,192 
9,945 
6,701 
16,500 
34,338 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
25,045 
18,246 
4,981 
1,818 
12,055 
12,990 
acres 
7,526,742 
2,022,069 
3,783,973 
1,720,700 
2,888,088 
4,638,654 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
20,846 
14,551 
4,644 
1,651 
9,862 
10,984 
acres 
4,342,904 
924,177 
2,415,653 
1,003,074 
1,573,703 
2,769,201 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
14,265 
12,171 
1,503 
591 
6,890 
7,375 
50 to 99 acres 
1,740 
985 
628 
127 
828 
912 
100 to 199 acres 
1,257 
561 
560 
136 
614 
643 
200 to 499 acres 
1,474 
507 
721 
246 
731 
743 
500 to 999 acres 
874 
186 
494 
194 
374 
500 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
767 
93 
456 
218 
287 
480 
2,000 acres or more 
469 
48 
282 
139 
138 
331 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,099 
1,576 
433 
90 
838 
1,261 
acres 
125,262 
44,027 
75,882 
5,353 
46,697 
78,565 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
850 
624 
191 
35 
382 
468 
acres 
32,034 
17,283 
10,886 
3,865 
12,069 
19,965 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,408 
4,532 
1,329 
547 
3,105 
3,303 
acres 
1,829,484 
854,918 
660,557 
314,009 
830,308 
999,176 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,963 
689 
848 
426 
889 
1,074 
acres 
1,197,058 
181,664 
620,995 
394,399 
425,311 
771,747 
Total woodland 
farms 
10,198 
8,606 
1,405 
187 
4,331 
5,867 
acres 
2,139,141 
1,823,587 
289,429 
26,125 
1,686,959 
452,182 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,624 
3,705 
832 
87 
1,893 
2,731 
acres 
1,141,696 
912,716 
214,133 
14,847 
902,009 
239,687 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
6,908 
5,998 
784 
126 
2,941 
3,967 
acres 
997,445 
910,871 
75,296 
11,278 
784,950 
212,495 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
