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U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012

Table 838. Farms—Number, Acreage, and Value by State: 2002 and 2007

[2,129 represents 2,129,000. Data have been adjusted for coverage; see text, this section and Appendix III]

State

Number of farms 

(1,000)

Land in farms

(mil. acres)

Average size

of farm

(acres)

Total value of land 

and buildings 1

(bil. dol.) 

Market value of 

agricultural

products sold

and government 

payments, 

2007

(mil. dol.)

Total

number of 

operators,

2007

2002 2007 2002 2007 2002 2007 2002 2007 (1,000)

 U.S. . . . . . 2,129 2,205 938.3 922.1 441 418 1,144.9 1,744.3 305,204 3,337

AL. . . . . . . . 45 49 8.9 9.0 197 185 15.1 20.7 4,540 71

AK. . . . . . . . 1 1 0.9 0.9 1,479 1,285 0.3 0.3 59 1

AZ. . . . . . . . 7 16 26.6 26.1 3,645 1,670 10.6 19.5 3,290 26

AR. . . . . . . . 47 49 14.5 13.9 305 281 21.2 32.5 7,778 75

CA. . . . . . . . 80 81 27.6 25.4 346 313 96.1 162.5 34,125 131

CO. . . . . . . . 31 37 31.1 31.6 991 853 23.8 33.1 6,217 61

CT. . . . . . . . 4 5 0.4 0.4 85 83 3.5 5.1 556 8

DE. . . . . . . . 2 3 0.5 0.5 226 200 2.3 5.3 1,092 4

FL. . . . . . . . 44 47 10.4 9.2 236 195 29.3 52.1 7,831 73

GA. . . . . . . . 49 48 10.7 10.2 218 212 22.6 31.6 7,337 69

HI. . . . . . . . . 5 8 1.3 1.1 241 149 4.6 8.6 516 11

ID. . . . . . . . . 25 25 11.8 11.5 470 454 15.3 22.7 5,788 40

IL. . . . . . . . . 73 77 27.3 26.8 374 348 66.7 101.5 13,816 111

IN. . . . . . . . . 60 61 15.1 14.8 250 242 38.4 52.9 8,532 92

IA. . . . . . . . . 91 93 31.7 30.7 350 331 64.2 104.2 21,124 136

KS. . . . . . . . 64 66 47.2 46.3 733 707 32.6 42.2 14,840 97

KY. . . . . . . . 87 85 13.8 14.0 160 164 25.5 37.5 4,928 124

LA. . . . . . . . 27 30 7.8 8.1 286 269 12.2 16.7 2,787 44

ME. . . . . . . . 7 8 1.4 1.3 190 166 2.3 3.0 626 13

MD. . . . . . . . 12 13 2.1 2.1 170 160 8.5 14.4 1,868 20

MA. . . . . . . . 6 8 0.5 0.5 85 67 4.6 6.4 494 12

MI. . . . . . . . . 53 56 10.1 10.0 190 179 27.1 34.2 5,872 85

MN. . . . . . . . 81 81 27.5 26.9 340 332 41.8 69.2 13,626 120

MS. . . . . . . . 42 42 11.1 11.5 263 273 15.6 21.4 5,108 61

MO. . . . . . . . 107 108 29.9 29.0 280 269 45.3 63.2 7,832 164

MT. . . . . . . . 28 30 59.6 61.4 2,139 2,079 23.3 47.6 3,025 47

NE. . . . . . . . 49 48 45.9 45.5 930 953 35.7 52.7 15,893 72

NV. . . . . . . . 3 3 6.3 5.9 2,118 1,873 2.8 3.6 517 5

NH. . . . . . . . 3 4 0.4 0.5 132 113 1.4 2.3 202 7

NJ. . . . . . . . 10 10 0.8 0.7 81 71 7.4 11.3 994 16

NM. . . . . . . . 15 21 44.8 43.2 2,954 2,066 10.6 14.6 2,218 32

NY. . . . . . . . 37 36 7.7 7.2 206 197 12.9 16.3 4,481 58

NC. . . . . . . . 54 53 9.1 8.5 168 160 28.0 34.7 10,461 77

ND. . . . . . . . 31 32 39.3 39.7 1,283 1,241 15.8 30.6 6,444 45

OH. . . . . . . . 78 76 14.6 14.0 187 184 39.6 49.2 7,302 114

OK. . . . . . . . 83 87 33.7 35.1 404 405 23.8 40.6 6,016 131

OR. . . . . . . . 40 39 17.1 16.4 427 425 20.4 31.0 4,463 65

PA. . . . . . . . 58 63 7.7 7.8 133 124 26.3 37.3 5,885 95

RI. . . . . . . . . 1 1 0.1 0.1 71 56 0.6 1.1 67 2

SC. . . . . . . . 25 26 4.8 4.9 197 189 10.1 14.0 2,420 37

SD. . . . . . . . 32 31 43.8 43.7 1,380 1,401 19.6 39.1 6,841 47

TN. . . . . . . . 88 79 11.7 11.0 133 138 28.5 37.1 2,713 117

TX. . . . . . . . 229 247 129.9 130.4 567 527 100.5 165.6 21,722 373

UT. . . . . . . . 15 17 11.7 11.1 768 664 9.0 13.9 1,438 26

VT. . . . . . . . 7 7 1.2 1.2 189 177 2.5 3.6 680 11

VA. . . . . . . . 48 47 8.6 8.1 181 171 23.3 34.1 2,961 71

WA. . . . . . . . 36 39 15.3 15.0 426 381 22.4 29.8 6,931 64

WV. . . . . . . . 21 24 3.6 3.7 172 157 4.8 8.8 595 35

WI. . . . . . . . 77 78 15.7 15.2 204 194 35.8 49.0 9,163 123

WY. . . . . . . . 9 11 34.4 30.2 3,651 2,726 10.2 15.5 1,186 19

1

 Based on reports for a sample of farms.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2007 Census of Agriculture, Vol. 1. See also 

<http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/index.asp>.