Farms and land in farms final estimates 2008-2012

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Farms and Land in Farms
United States
Department of
Agriculture
Final Estimates 2008-2012
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
May 2014
Statistical
Bulletin
Number 1030

Contents
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size - United States: 2008-2012.4
Number of Farms - States and United States: 2008-2012.5
Land in Farms - States and United States: 2008-2012 .6
Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2008.7
Land in Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2008.9
Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2009.11
Land in Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2009.13
Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2010.15
Land in Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2010.17
Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2011.19
Land in Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2011.21
Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2012.23
Land in Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States and United States: 2012.25
Percent of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: Economic Sales Class - United States:
2008-2012 .27
Average Farm Size - States and United States: 2008-2012.28
Farm Definition.29
Farm Definition History.30
Special Note Regarding the 2007 Estimates.31
Statistical Bulletin.32
Contacts.33
Farms and Land in Farms Final Estimates 2008-2012 (May 2014)
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size - United States: 2008-2012
Number Land Average
Year of in farm
farms farms size
(number) (1,000 acres) (acres)
2008 . 2,184,500 918,600 421
2009 . 2,169,660 917,590 423
2010. 2,149,520 915,660 426
2011 . 2,131,240 914,420 429
2012. 2,109,810 914,600 433
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Number of Farms - States and United States: 2008-2012
State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
(number) (number) (number) (number) (number)
Alabama . 47,600 46,800 46,000 45,000 43,200
Alaska. 700 710 720 740 760
Arizona . 16,400 17,100 18,000 19,000 20,000
Arkansas . 48,700 47,900 47,000 46,000 45,100
California . 80,300 79,800 79,200 78,400 77,900
Colorado. 36,500 36,100 36,300 36,600 36,200
Connecticut. 5,100 5,300 5,500 5,800 6,000
Delaware . 2,500 2,450 2,500 2,450 2,450
Florida . 47,500 47,700 47,600 47,700 47,700
Georgia. 46,600 45,300 44,200 43,400 42,300
Hawaii. 7,400 7,300 7,200 7,100 7,000
Idaho . 25,400 25,800 25,400 25,100 24,800
Illinois . 76,600 76,200 75,900 75,500 75,100
Indiana. 60,700 61,100 61,200 61,100 58,700
Iowa. 91,400 90,300 89,100 88,900 88,600
Kansas . 64,700 63,900 63,100 62,400 61,800
Kentucky. 83,500 81,800 80,100 78,600 77,100
Louisiana . 29,900 29,700 29,000 28,500 28,100
Maine. 8,100 8,100 8,100 8,200 8,200
Maryland. 12,800 12,600 12,500 12,400 12,300
Massachusetts. 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,800
Michigan . 54,400 53,700 53,300 52,700 52,200
Minnesota . 79,600 78,400 76,800 75,400 74,500
Mississippi . 41,100 40,500 39,700 38,800 38,100
Missouri . 106,500 105,000 103,000 101,000 99,200
Montana . 29,300 29,500 29,100 28,700 28,000
Nebraska . 48,200 48,600 49,500 49,700 50,000
Nevada . 3,300 3,500 3,750 3,900 4,150
New Hampshire . 4,200 4,250 4,300 4,300 4,400
New Jersey. 10,000 9,800 9,600 9,400 9,100
New Mexico . 20,900 21,200 22,000 23,800 24,700
New York. 36,500 36,400 36,000 35,800 35,500
North Carolina . 52,500 52,400 51,500 50,800 50,200
North Dakota . 31,800 31,600 31,300 31,100 31,000
Ohio. 75,300 75,100 75,400 75,300 75,500
Oklahoma . 85,500 84,300 83,200 81,500 80,200
Oregon . 38,000 37,500 36,900 36,200 35,400
Pennsylvania . 62,400 61,600 60,800 60,000 59,300
Rhode Island . 1,200 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250
South Carolina. 26,600 26,500 26,000 25,900 25,300
South Dakota. 31,400 31,800 31,900 32,000 32,000
Tennessee . 77,200 75,200 72,800 70,600 68,100
Texas . 248,000 248,500 248,500 248,500 249,000
Utah. 16,800 17,200 17,500 17,900 18,000
Vermont. 7,100 7,100 7,200 7,300 7,300
Virginia . 46,900 46,900 46,500 46,100 46,000
Washington. 39,100 38,700 38,200 37,800 37,300
West Virginia . 23,000 23,200 22,400 21,900 21,500
Wisconsin . 76,400 74,900 73,200 71,200 69,800
Wyoming . 11,200 11,400 11,600 11,800 11,700
United States . 2,184,500 2,169,660 2,149,520 2,131,240 2,109,810
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Land in Farms - States and United States: 2008-2012
State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
(1,000 acres) (1,000 acres) (1,000 acres) (1,000 acres) (1,000 acres)
Alabama. 8.900 8.900 8,900 8,900 8.900
Alaska . 870 860 850 840 830
Arizona . 25.900 25,500 24.800 25,000 26,200
Arkansas. 13,800 13.700 13.700 13.700 13.800
California. 25.400 25.500 25.500 25.600 25.600
Colorado . 31.400 31.300 31.500 31.600 31.900
Connecticut. 400 420 410 420 440
Delaware. 500 490 500 510 510
Florida. 9,300 9,350 9.400 9,450 9,550
Georgia . 10.300 9,800 9,700 9,700 9,600
Hawaii. 1,100 1,110 1,100 1,130 1,130
Idaho. 11.500 11.500 11.500 11.600 11.800
Illinois. 26.700 26.900 26.900 27,000 26.900
Indiana. 14,790 14,790 14,790 14.700 14,700
Iowa . 30.700 30.700 30.600 30.600 30.600
Kansas . 46,200 46.200 46.200 46.100 46,100
Kentucky. 13,800 13.500 13.400 13.200 13,000
Louisiana . 8,000 7,950 7,950 7,850 7.900
Maine. 1,400 1,400 1.400 1,400 ‘ 1,450
Maryland . 2,050 2,060 2,050 2,040 2,030
Massachusetts . 520 520 530 530 520
Michigan . 9,970 9,970 9,980 10,000 9,950
Minnesota . 26,600 26.500 26,300 26.100 26,000
Mississippi . 10.900 10,800 10.900 10,900 10.900
Missouri . 29,000 28,800 28.700 28.500 28.300
Montana. 60,600 60.500 60.600 60.700 59,800
Nebraska . 45.500 45.500 45.400 45.400 45.300
Nevada . 5.900 5,920 5,920 5,890 5,910
New Hampshire 470 470 470 460 470
New Jersey . 710 720 710 720 720
New Mexico ..... 42.900 43.200 43.400 43,100 43,200
New York . 7,200 7.100 7,100 7,100 7,180
North Carolina . 8,500 8,500 8.400 8,300 8,410
North Dakota .... 39.600 39.600 39.500 39.500 39.300
Ohio . 13.900 13,860 13,840 13.800 14,000
Oklahoma . 35,000 34.900 34.700 34.400 34.400
Oregon. 16.300 16.300 16.200 16.200 16.300
Pennsylvania ... 7,720 7.700 7,650 7,570 7,700
Rhode Island ... 70 70 70 70 70
South Carolina 5,000 4.900 5,000 5,000 4,970
South Dakota .. 43.600 43.500 43,400 43,300 43.300
Tennessee . 10.900 10.900 10.800 10.800 10,900
Texas . 131,200 131,900 131,600 131,500 130,200
Utah . 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000
Vermont . 1,230 1,230 1,240 1,240 1,250
Virginia. 8,000 8.100 8,200 8,200 8,300
Washington. 14.700 14.600 14,600 14.600 14,700
West Virginia ... 3,700 3.700 3,600 3,600 3,610
Wisconsin . 15,000 14.900 14.700 14,600 14.600
Wyoming. 29.900 30,000 30,000 30,000 30.400
United States .. 918,600 917,590 915,660 914,420 914,600
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Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States, and United States: 2008
State Economic sales class
and $1,000- $10,000- $100,000- $250,000- $500,000 Total
region $9,999 $99,999 $249,999 $499,999 & over
(number) (number) (number) (number) (number) (number)
Northeast
Connecticut. 3,200 (D) (D) (D) (D) 5,100
Maine. 5,200 (D) (D) (D) (D) 8,100
Massachusetts. 4,800 (D) (D) (D) (D) 7,700
New Hampshire . 2,950 (D) (D) (D) (D) 4,200
New Jersey. 6,500 (D) (D) (D) (D) 10,000
New York . 18,300 10,900 3,100 1,850 2,350 36,500
Pennsylvania . 35,600 15,900 5,700 2,900 2,300 62,400
Rhode Island . 730 (D) (D) (D) (D) 1,200
Vermont. 4,050 (D) (D) (D) (D) 7,100
Other States 1 . (X) 11,210 2,200 1,170 1,390 (X)
Total . 81,330 38,010 11,000 5,920 6,040 142,300
North Central
Illinois . 33,500 18,500 8,200 7,600 8,800 76,600
Indiana. 31,300 16,100 5,240 3,630 4,430 60,700
Iowa. 29,900 27,700 13,300 9,700 10,800 91,400
Kansas . 27,500 22,400 6,600 4,000 4,200 64,700
Michigan . 31,300 14,800 3,650 2,050 2,600 54,400
Minnesota . 35,100 22,000 9,000 6,300 7,200 79,600
Missouri . 56,400 37,900 5,800 2,900 3,500 106,500
Nebraska . 13,000 14,700 7,400 5,900 7,200 48,200
North Dakota. 10,700 9,200 4,100 3,600 4,200 31,800
Ohio. 40,200 22,600 5,900 3,300 3,300 75,300
South Dakota. 9,500 9,600 5,100 3,800 3,400 31,400
Wisconsin . 37,700 20,700 8,900 5,000 4,100 76,400
Total . 356,100 236,200 83,190 57,780 63,730 797,000
See footnote(s) at end of table.
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Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - Region, States, and United States: 2008 (continued)
Economic sales class
State
and $1,000- $10,000- $100,000- $250,000- $500,000 Total
region $9,999 $99,999 $249,999 $499,999 & over
(number) (number) (number) (number) (number) (number)
South .
Alabama. 30,700 12,000 1,300 1,200 2,400 47,600
Arkansas. 27,400 13,400 1,550 1,500 4,850 48,700
Delaware. 970 (D) (D) (D) (D) 2,500
Florida. 29,300 12,900 2,050 1,150 2,100 47,500
Georgia . 29,200 10,100 2,200 1,400 3,700 46,600
Kentucky . 51,800 25,600 2,900 1,400 1,800 83,500
Louisiana . 18,400 8,100 1,100 700 1,600 29,900
Maryland . 7,000 (D) (D) (D) (D) 12,800
Mississippi. 26,700 9,800 1,000 850 2,750 41,100
North Carolina . 32,700 11,200 2,000 2,350 4,250 52,500
Oklahoma. 49,600 28,000 4,000 1,900 2,000 85,500
South Carolina . 19,300 5,300 600 300 1,100 26,600
Tennessee . 54,000 19,300 1,650 850 1,400 77,200
Texas . 162,500 66,700 7,800 4,500 6,500 248,000
Virginia. 29,500 13,600 1,500 950 1,350 46,900
West Virginia. 18,000 (D) (D) (D) (D) 23,000
Other States 2. (X) 8,290 1,230 850 1,960 (X)
Total. 587,070 244,290 30,880 19,900 37,760 919,900
West .
Alaska . 370 (D) (D) (D) (D) 700
Arizona. 12,500 (D) (D) (D) (D) 16,400
California. 34,700 25,900 6,700 4,000 9,000 80,300
Colorado . 20,700 10,200 2,600 1,250 1,750 36,500
Hawaii . 4,450 (D) (D) (D) (D) 7,400
Idaho. 13,700 6,900 1,800 1,200 1,800 25,400
Montana. 13,200 9,100 3,700 2,050 1,250 29,300
Nevada . 1,800 (D) (D) (D) (D) 3,300
New Mexico . 13,900 5,200 790 420 590 20,900
Oregon . 23,700 9,100 2,200 1,250 1,750 38,000
Utah . 10,200 4,800 870 440 490 16,800
Washington . 24,100 8,850 2,050 1,650 2,450 39,100
Wyoming . 5,200 (D) (D) (D) (D) 11,200
Other States 3. (X) 9,840 2,220 1,160 1,460 (X)
Total. 178,520 89,890 22,930 13,420 20,540 325,300
United States . 1,203,020 608,390 148,000 97,020 128,070 2,184,500
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(X) Not applicable.
1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont.
2 Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia.
3 Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada and Wyoming.
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