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 
11,736 
100.0 
11,069 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
30,363,641 
100.0 
30,169,526 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
6,688 
57.0 
6,838 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
2,418,931 
8.0 
2,576,017 
summer fallow 
farms 
414 
3.5 
456 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
5,558 
47.4 
5,573 
acres 
135,010 
0.4 
134,737 
acres 
1,440,605 
4.7 
1,536,240 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,079 
9.2 
820 
1 to 49 acres 
1,902 
16.2 
1,667 
acres 
431,568 
1.4 
395,806 
1 to 9 acres 
496 
4.2 
310 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
714 
6.1 
576 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
488 
4.2 
418 
acres 
360,419 
1.2 
348,436 
20 to 29 acres 
373 
3.2 
336 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
453 
3.9 
309 
30 to 49 acres 
545 
4.6 
603 
acres 
71,149 
0.2 
47,370 
50 to 99 acres 
797 
6.8 
895 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
924 
7.9 
907 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,147 
9.8 
1,239 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
9,159 
78.0 
8,555 
500 to 999 acres 
488 
4.2 
542 
acres 
27,203,663 
89.6 
27,012,269 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
224 
1.9 
241 
2,000 acres or more 
76 
0.6 
82 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
6,905 
58.8 
5,343 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
309,479 
1.0 
185,434 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
832 
7.1 
2,030 
acres 
282,997 
0.9 
419,772 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
2,213 
18.9 
1,875 
acres 
695,329 
2.3 
620,005 
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 
510 
(X) 
555 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
207,291 
(X) 
281,307 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
980 
8.4 
978 
acres 
297,589 
1.0 
356,209 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
1,142 
(X) 
1,383 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,177 
10.0 
758 
acres 
1,890,710 
(X) 
1,999,675 
acres 
262,730 
0.9 
129,059 
16 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
