Arizona

2007 Number of Farms Land in Farms Average Size of Farm Market Value of Products Sold Crop Sales $1,913,014,000 (59 percent) Livestock Sales $1,321,538,000 (41 percent) Average Per Farm Government Payments Average Per Farm Receiving Payments $206,852 $55,947,000 $49,077 15,637 26,117,899 acres 1,670 acres $3,234,552,000

2002 7,294 26,586,577 acres 3,645 acres $2,395,447,000

% change + 114 -2 - 54 + 35

$328,413 $31,760,000 $38,127

- 37 + 76 + 29

Arizona
Ranked items within U.S., 2007
Item
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000) Total value of agricultural products sold Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse Value of livestock, poultry, and their products VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas Tobacco Cotton and cottonseed Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes Fruits, tree nuts, and berries Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops Other crops and hay Poultry and eggs Cattle and calves Milk and other dairy products from cows Hogs and pigs Sheep, goats, and their products Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Cotton, all Vegetables harvested for sale Wheat for grain, all Lettuce, all TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number) Layers Pullets for laying flock replacement Cattle and calves Hogs and pigs Sheep and lambs (D) (D) 1,000,038 (D) 153,829 (D) 25 31 (D) 11 50 50 50 50 50 309,018 171,300 137,574 85,567 66,820 40 11 10 34 2 50 17 50 47 50 117,494 147,761 865,260 97,745 417,792 19 266,943 (D) 585,479 634,509 (D) (D) 12,126 2,713 7,206 35 9 3 15 11 47 12 37 22 13 (D) 31 30 42 34 50 17 17 50 50 50 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 3,234,552 1,913,014 1,321,538 29 23 33 50 50 50

Quantity

U.S. Rank

Universe 1

Other State Highlights

Economic Characteristics
Farms by value of sales: Less than $1,000 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or more Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($) Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

Quantity
7,266 2,366 1,721 1,377 862 201 307 126 358 298 204 551 2,782,786 177,962 583,946 37,344

Operator Characteristics
Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other Principal operators by sex: Male Female Average age of principal operator (years) All operators by race : American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race All operators of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin 2
2

Quantity
9,553 6,084 9,617 6,020 58.5 13,794 99 51 19 11,355 87 1,293

See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology. (D) Cannot be disclosed. 1 Universe is number of states in U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.