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 
101,372 
10,225 
23,518 
6,022 
7,339 
6,781 
acres 
85,976,552 
44,444 
600,660 
348,764 
603,880 
787,267 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,828,946 
201,220 
536,701 
138,868 
166,934 
148,544 
acres 
562,433,686 
901,872 
13,741,281 
8,059,940 
13,723,072 
17,227,449 
Partnership 
farms 
137,987 
8,872 
23,851 
7,331 
9,206 
9,310 
acres 
156,076,785 
38,418 
630,865 
425,277 
757,196 
1,076,205 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98,911 
6,393 
16,362 
4,938 
6,016 
6,030 
acres 
128,378,262 
27,809 
429,770 
286,727 
494,598 
697,151 
Corporation 
farms 
106,716 
9,661 
20,538 
5,154 
5,830 
5,761 
acres 
131,272,892 
40,471 
515,319 
298,164 
479,354 
666,099 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
8,065 
17,776 
4,467 
5,056 
5,064 
acres 
118,795,904 
33,960 
447,167 
258,328 
415,963 
585,304 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2,308 
115 
290 
87 
124 
147 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
92,834 
7,950 
17,486 
4,380 
4,932 
4,917 
Other than family held 
farms 
11,574 
1,596 
2,762 
687 
774 
697 
acres 
12,476,988 
6,511 
68,152 
39,836 
63,391 
80,795 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1,136 
79 
209 
44 
84 
63 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10,438 
1,517 
2,553 
643 
690 
634 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35,654 
3,881 
8,459 
2,345 
2,972 
2,766 
acres 
64,744,294 
16,070 
219,662 
136,306 
244,490 
321,181 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
566,469 
41,952 
105,896 
30,434 
36,675 
37,266 
workers 
2,736,417 
141,420 
404,060 
121,063 
146,871 
150,782 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
256,887 
17,186 
38,806 
10,296 
12,214 
12,943 
workers 
999,596 
45,603 
118,402 
32,709 
40,112 
42,385 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
418,055 
30,946 
80,988 
23,910 
29,061 
29,303 
workers 
1,736,821 
95,817 
285,658 
88,354 
106,759 
108,397 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
18,911 
1,012 
2,939 
986 
1,075 
1,166 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3,360 
427 
1,029 
230 
255 
248 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
892,842 
103,006 
263,160 
66,180 
77,651 
70,960 
workers 
2,062,011 
240,469 
607,241 
154,578 
181,950 
167,856 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
223,634 
223,634 
1 0 to 49 acres 
589,549 
- 
589,549 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
153,698 
- 
- 
153,698 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
184,942 
- 
- 
- 
184,942 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
166,381 
- 
- 
- 
- 
166,381 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
129,026 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
84,317 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
63,636 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
198,085 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
142,555 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
91,273 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
82,207 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
369,332 
5,065 
39,040 
16,052 
26,257 
25,587 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
43,021 
14,051 
15,335 
2,686 
2,475 
1,949 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
93,020 
28,406 
35,388 
5,939 
5,545 
4,412 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
52,777 
20,149 
19,153 
3,158 
2,865 
2,261 
Other crop farming (1119) 
496,837 
15,080 
149,527 
48,231 
58,952 
49,831 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
5,132 
304 
959 
429 
449 
504 
Cotton farming (11192) 
8,915 
50 
333 
155 
207 
348 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) . 
482,790 
14,726 
148,235 
47,647 
58,296 
48,979 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
619,172 
51,309 
163,785 
50,245 
61,118 
57,056 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
13,734 
698 
1,460 
591 
979 
1,101 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
46,005 
1,222 
2,614 
1,728 
3,612 
4,639 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21,687 
5,315 
6,789 
1,100 
1,253 
893 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
52,849 
10,099 
20,513 
4,147 
4,282 
3,397 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
73,272 
22,191 
32,781 
4,602 
3,969 
2,843 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
227,597 
50,049 
103,164 
15,219 
13,635 
12,412 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
913,246 
60,623 
200,628 
65,578 
84,031 
82,042 
number 
89,994,614 
1,088,031 
3,240,352 
1,589,261 
2,740,276 
3,363,354 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
243,071 
44,347 
114,541 
21,156 
20,379 
14,406 
1 0 to 49 
394,222 
13,115 
80,660 
40,353 
54,887 
52,743 
50 to 99 
118,394 
1,433 
3,023 
2,926 
6,749 
1 1 ,442 
100 to 199 
76,729 
887 
1,113 
686 
1,369 
2,516 
200 to 499 
52,878 
603 
797 
285 
382 
611 
500 or more 
27,952 
238 
494 
172 
265 
324 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
777,943 
43,162 
156,594 
55,874 
73,197 
72,562 
number 
38,208,825 
451 ,489 
1 ,507,339 
782,748 
1,301,900 
1,659,855 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
82 United States 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
