Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,485 
34 
251 
79 
97 
129 
acres 
989,018 
125 
7,378 
4,566 
8,121 
15,138 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
39,351 
1,738 
11,194 
3,554 
4,631 
4,357 
acres 
8,154,759 
8,907 
312,827 
205,693 
379,470 
504,598 
Partnership 
farms 
3,344 
65 
373 
133 
189 
199 
acres 
4,299,853 
306 
11,106 
7,782 
15,528 
22,788 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,469 
40 
222 
64 
92 
109 
acres 
3,803,864 
180 
6,752 
3,744 
7,508 
12,400 
Corporation 
farms 
1,842 
79 
289 
104 
116 
145 
acres 
1,164,901 
315 
8,158 
6,106 
9,531 
16,904 
Family held 
farms 
1,643 
63 
254 
93 
105 
132 
acres 
1,047,260 
243 
7,340 
(D) 
8,658 
15,422 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
32 
3 
1 
1 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,611 
60 
253 
92 
105 
130 
Other than family held 
farms 
199 
16 
35 
11 
11 
13 
acres 
117,641 
72 
818 
(D) 
873 
1,482 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
22 
6 
7 
2 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
177 
10 
28 
11 
9 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
534 
36 
91 
36 
50 
36 
acres 
191,273 
178 
2,504 
2,127 
4,155 
4,155 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,715 
281 
1,825 
635 
795 
972 
workers 
33,104 
902 
4,046 
1,292 
1,821 
2,045 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,732 
120 
678 
215 
260 
292 
workers 
13,663 
393 
1,224 
355 
438 
454 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,325 
207 
1,314 
476 
601 
765 
workers 
19,441 
509 
2,822 
937 
1,383 
1,591 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
205 
1 
11 
8 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
24 
3 
3 
- 
8 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,073 
824 
5,393 
1,666 
2,101 
2,011 
workers 
43,305 
1,928 
12,235 
3,636 
4,809 
4,606 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,918 
1,918 
1 0 to 49 acres 
11,947 
- 
1 1 ,947 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
3,827 
- 
- 
3,827 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,986 
- 
- 
- 
4,986 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,737 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,737 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,081 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,343 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,654 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,725 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,598 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,760 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1,495 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,234 
8 
228 
104 
168 
195 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
441 
101 
209 
32 
38 
23 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
403 
62 
181 
43 
25 
27 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
252 
89 
95 
8 
12 
11 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,838 
107 
2,604 
923 
1,188 
1,072 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
286 
- 
15 
6 
8 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
8,552 
107 
2,589 
917 
1,180 
1,067 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
22,009 
644 
4,955 
1,965 
2,727 
2,712 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
106 
- 
5 
- 
11 
13 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
228 
45 
83 
15 
17 
19 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,298 
160 
934 
270 
360 
278 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,111 
217 
583 
116 
91 
45 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,148 
485 
2,070 
350 
349 
342 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,866 
705 
5,497 
2,170 
3,104 
3,134 
number 
1,615,774 
7,605 
67,347 
42,857 
77,359 
99,827 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,075 
548 
2,700 
512 
543 
362 
1 0 to 49 
13,049 
136 
2,716 
1,567 
2,284 
2,243 
50 to 99 
4,124 
10 
76 
74 
243 
465 
100 to 199 
2,155 
5 
5 
11 
32 
63 
200 to 499 
1,070 
6 
- 
6 
- 
1 
500 or more 
393 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
23,442 
500 
4,528 
1,966 
2,842 
2,922 
number 
822,222 
4,046 
39,511 
26,094 
45,862 
60,572 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
