Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Okanogan 
Pacific 
Pend Oreille 
Pierce 
San Juan 
Skagit 
Skamania 
Snohomish 
Farms 
number 
1,449 
288 
1,478 
1,074 
-KHI 
1,438 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,205,285 
43,619 
49,483 
! jF s wadi 
106,538 
70,863 
Average size of farm 
acres 
832 
158 
151 
33 
57 
99 
45 
49 
Median size of farm 
acres 
42 
30 
54 
10 
26 
20 
21 
10 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,103,226 
546,279 
462,512 
476,152 
756,469 
752,365 
456,963 
791,114 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,326 
3,456 
3,054 
14,222 
13,228 
7,585 
10,166 
16,054 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
106,600 
19,989 
13,110 
52,540 
7,789 
127,804 
5,272 
57,695 
Average per farm 
dollars 
73,568 
60,572 
45,520 
35,548 
28,428 
118,998 
36,611 
40,122 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
244 
70 
18 
657 
49 
328 
41 
610 
1 0 to 49 acres 
514 
134 
113 
603 
151 
456 
67 
574 
50 to 179 acres 
383 
80 
115 
186 
59 
181 
31 
189 
180 to 499 acres 
142 
26 
30 
28 
11 
62 
5 
48 
500 to 999 acres 
75 
7 
5 
- 
3 
25 
- 
9 
1 ,000 acres or more 
91 
13 
7 
4 
1 
22 
- 
8 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,041 
252 
203 
672 
194 
698 
83 
715 
acres 
129,232 
12,962 
15,315 
11,524 
5,522 
66,765 
1,312 
29,082 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
941 
226 
173 
603 
180 
612 
81 
609 
acres 
78,819 
6,529 
12,433 
9,643 
4,332 
57,055 
972 
23,425 
Irrigated land 
farms 
952 
103 
45 
330 
99 
303 
50 
285 
acres 
51,723 
2,487 
903 
2,834 
343 
19,239 
352 
5,331 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
287,120 
36,782 
3,954 
90,933 
4,245 
272,275 
5,538 
139,486 
Average per farm 
dollars 
198,150 
111,460 
13,730 
61,524 
15,492 
253,515 
38,456 
97,000 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
249,837 
7,437 
2,315 
23,896 
2,582 
201,007 
1,535 
63,216 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
37,283 
29,345 
1,640 
67,037 
1,663 
71,268 
4,003 
76,270 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
542 
123 
146 
864 
104 
486 
75 
800 
$2,500 to $4,999 
156 
31 
45 
182 
46 
159 
13 
193 
$5,000 to $9,999 
141 
33 
53 
168 
31 
116 
20 
132 
$10,000 to $24,999 
128 
45 
23 
151 
54 
93 
17 
130 
$25,000 to $49,999 
104 
18 
8 
42 
22 
45 
5 
53 
$50,000 to $99,999 
73 
27 
6 
26 
9 
44 
4 
36 
$100,000 or more 
305 
53 
7 
45 
8 
131 
10 
94 
Government payments 
farms 
137 
31 
8 
19 
10 
119 
- 
71 
$1,000 
2,383 
305 
27 
96 
41 
1,442 
- 
620 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
482 
93 
42 
328 
94 
406 
18 
506 
$1,000 
13,297 
2,572 
201 
5,398 
643 
6,755 
372 
7,076 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
285,383 
26,307 
3,716 
87,562 
5,418 
252,540 
6,040 
141,079 
Average per farm 
dollars 
196,952 
79,719 
12,902 
59,244 
19,774 
235,139 
41,944 
98,108 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
1,449 
330 
288 
1,478 
274 
1,074 
144 
1,438 
$1,000 
17,417 
13,352 
466 
8,865 
-489 
27,933 
-130 
6,103 
Average per farm 
dollars 
12,020 
40,461 
1,619 
5,998 
-1,785 
26,008 
-905 
4,244 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
703 
151 
109 
694 
145 
515 
66 
511 
Other 
number 
746 
179 
179 
784 
129 
559 
78 
927 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
834 
196 
182 
884 
169 
671 
93 
954 
200 days or more 
number 
457 
125 
117 
558 
91 
402 
57 
677 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
466 
119 
90 
612 
66 
407 
47 
517 
number 
35,471 
5,837 
2,752 
11,555 
1,795 
30,783 
558 
23,888 
Beef cows 
farms 
376 
93 
68 
508 
47 
298 
38 
416 
number 
19,316 
1,806 
(D) 
3,621 
999 
4,073 
(D) 
3,357 
Milk cows 
farms 
16 
10 
2 
23 
13 
47 
2 
50 
number 
48 
1,424 
(D) 
1,161 
48 
13,284 
(D) 
11,181 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
330 
81 
65 
373 
49 
320 
27 
328 
number 
(D) 
2,667 
1,375 
10,492 
924 
11,685 
194 
9,006 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
33 
1 
10 
70 
18 
33 
10 
50 
number 
248 
(D) 
(D) 
435 
134 
198 
40 
463 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
30 
24 
71 
36 
67 
4 
51 
number 
291 
- 
474 
867 
217 
403 
47 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
75 
7 
8 
116 
52 
63 
10 
83 
number 
1,527 
151 
147 
1,863 
1,026 
1,251 
172 
1,431 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
218 
38 
63 
406 
67 
230 
48 
327 
number 
3,929 
721 
1,284 
(D) 
1,625 
(D) 
840 
759,220 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
12 
5 
9 
28 
10 
24 
1 
14 
number 
(D) 
56 
200 
2,716 
596 
2,819 
(D) 
690 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
213 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
8 
- 
6 
- 
29 
- 
33 
acres 
1,090 
- 
- 
96 
- 
7,117 
- 
4,192 
tons 
23,292 
- 
- 
1,084 
- 
158,592 
- 
93,478 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
19 
1 
- 
3 
5 
30 
- 
9 
acres 
13,958 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
45 
7,851 
- 
1,355 
bushels 
553,194 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,035 
498,776 
- 
87,794 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
15 
- 
3 
- 
28 
- 
8 
acres 
8,927 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
6,471 
- 
1,131 
bushels 
378,542 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
432,999 
- 
78,852 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
14 
1 
- 
5 
9 
- 
4 
acres 
5,031 
(D) 
- 
- 
45 
1,380 
- 
224 
bushels 
174,652 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,035 
65,777 
- 
8,942 
-continued 
234 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
