Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
73 
84 
65 
210 
158 
171 
134 
acres 
11,401 
16,486 
15,489 
74,454 
110,811 
245,507 
479,542 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
2,855 
2,100 
1,459 
4,050 
1,999 
923 
491 
acres 
447,638 
414,503 
347,507 
1,417,809 
1,346,377 
1,241,999 
1,527,431 
Partnership 
farms 
92 
103 
101 
335 
303 
595 
856 
acres 
14,476 
20,363 
24,147 
121,357 
217,117 
896,650 
2,948,233 
Registered under state law 
farms 
55 
71 
63 
215 
227 
527 
784 
acres 
8,626 
14,127 
14,898 
78,977 
163,308 
798,203 
2,695,141 
Corporation 
farms 
100 
86 
64 
246 
258 
224 
131 
acres 
15,781 
17,041 
15,014 
89,817 
178,341 
308,775 
499,118 
Family held 
farms 
92 
82 
62 
218 
226 
199 
117 
acres 
14,500 
16,261 
(D) 
79,042 
155,798 
272,936 
457,112 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
3 
3 
2 
5 
6 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
91 
79 
59 
216 
221 
193 
112 
Other than family held 
farms 
8 
4 
2 
28 
32 
25 
14 
acres 
1,281 
780 
(D) 
10,775 
22,543 
35,839 
42,006 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
8 
4 
2 
26 
31 
24 
14 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
34 
54 
30 
94 
38 
18 
17 
acres 
5,284 
10,808 
7,113 
32,700 
27,364 
23,672 
71,213 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
653 
595 
456 
1,506 
1,261 
1,373 
1,363 
workers 
1,543 
1,296 
1,033 
3,782 
3,160 
4,876 
7,308 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
215 
181 
148 
559 
681 
1,118 
1,265 
workers 
444 
377 
292 
1,066 
1,311 
2,474 
4,835 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
513 
475 
360 
1,130 
851 
820 
813 
workers 
1,099 
919 
741 
2,716 
1,849 
2,402 
2,473 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
3 
1 
11 
27 
53 
81 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 
1 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,272 
1,052 
738 
2,104 
1,107 
532 
273 
workers 
2,973 
2,328 
1,712 
4,843 
2,570 
1,123 
542 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
146 
135 
101 
434 
583 
1,005 
1,127 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
6 
7 
5 
10 
5 
4 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
17 
10 
7 
17 
6 
3 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
14 
7 
_ 
12 
1 
1 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
638 
472 
297 
789 
391 
209 
148 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
7 
2 
4 
29 
23 
87 
100 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) . 
631 
470 
293 
760 
368 
122 
48 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
1,841 
1,396 
1,015 
2,879 
1,264 
439 
172 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
14 
9 
7 
25 
14 
7 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
7 
10 
12 
9 
9 
1 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
209 
175 
136 
420 
262 
68 
26 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
23 
11 
9 
13 
3 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
166 
111 
65 
117 
59 
22 
12 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,171 
1,695 
1,236 
3,593 
1,685 
596 
280 
number 
91,419 
93,216 
85,205 
340,325 
276,481 
229,517 
204,616 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
172 
75 
50 
88 
15 
6 
4 
1 0 to 49 
1,336 
917 
532 
1,005 
254 
42 
17 
50 to 99 
571 
498 
461 
1,242 
396 
67 
21 
100 to 199 
79 
182 
156 
943 
521 
135 
23 
200 to 499 
3 
17 
34 
297 
439 
195 
72 
500 or more 
10 
6 
3 
18 
60 
151 
143 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
2,048 
1,599 
1,187 
3,434 
1,615 
550 
251 
number 
53,391 
52,436 
44,590 
178,632 
145,716 
91,365 
80,007 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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