Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
133,147 
219,563 
196,354 
178,053 
174,813 
536,695 
acres 
38,831,562 
39,550,590 
21,539,887 
14,236,001 
10,594,881 
64,869,766 
Partnership 
farms 
10,631 
13,739 
9,804 
7,056 
5,930 
30,087 
acres 
5,061,527 
4,264,090 
1,919,029 
1,002,991 
701,291 
11,386,830 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,206 
9,072 
6,362 
4,482 
3,660 
20,709 
acres 
3,809,408 
3,196,111 
1,424,245 
655,560 
448,097 
9,008,181 
Corporation 
farms 
6,705 
8,194 
5,423 
4,175 
3,508 
19,833 
acres 
2,812,079 
2,675,291 
1,043,394 
583,920 
405,237 
7,874,011 
Family held 
farms 
5,944 
7,187 
4,758 
3,649 
3,053 
16,705 
acres 
2,560,168 
2,408,023 
941,611 
518,467 
306,430 
6,208,690 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
99 
107 
120 
74 
74 
470 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,845 
7,080 
4,638 
3,575 
2,979 
16,235 
Other than family held 
farms 
761 
1,007 
665 
526 
455 
3,128 
acres 
251,911 
267,268 
101,783 
65,453 
98,807 
1,665,321 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
52 
29 
28 
33 
273 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
726 
955 
636 
498 
422 
2,855 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,390 
3,458 
2,664 
2,138 
1,940 
15,504 
acres 
1 ,645,599 
12,940,568 
939,958 
3,785,462 
1 ,769,592 
20,764,107 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
44,566 
56,898 
39,452 
29,859 
25,018 
88,216 
workers 
128,568 
153,209 
96,022 
71,355 
57,971 
212,655 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
13,987 
14,532 
10,296 
7,754 
6,854 
31,316 
workers 
25,415 
26,192 
17,670 
13,564 
1 1 ,909 
56,752 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
35,768 
47,664 
32,142 
24,162 
19,865 
64,946 
workers 
103,153 
127,017 
78,352 
57,791 
46,062 
155,903 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
1,009 
953 
523 
315 
225 
1,106 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
465 
442 
236 
139 
103 
310 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
66,041 
1 1 1 ,089 
98,055 
88,143 
85,884 
256,565 
workers 
157,051 
265,211 
231,184 
206,691 
201,171 
576,723 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
8,298 
21,393 
25,758 
30,027 
38,896 
87,105 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,839 
53,068 
68,930 
79,996 
87,884 
243,686 
50 to 69 acres 
10,135 
20,088 
23,189 
19,960 
16,701 
51,469 
70 to 99 acres 
16,384 
29,182 
27,623 
20,953 
15,459 
54,634 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
16,333 
29,716 
23,442 
14,867 
10,627 
44,061 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
14,306 
23,327 
14,744 
8,666 
5,734 
33,520 
180 to 219 acres 
10,909 
15,671 
8,632 
4,798 
3,227 
17,116 
220 to 259 acres 
8,687 
1 1 ,340 
5,050 
2,947 
1,868 
1 1 ,407 
260 to 499 acres 
26,392 
25,980 
10,997 
5,988 
3,698 
31,527 
500 to 999 acres 
12,527 
9,884 
3,806 
2,019 
1,297 
15,491 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,367 
3,404 
1,351 
739 
492 
7,076 
2,000 acres or more 
2,696 
1,901 
723 
462 
308 
5,027 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41,768 
37,621 
21,754 
13,402 
8,446 
4,514 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
4,150 
8,241 
8,089 
6,473 
4,194 
2,440 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
9,871 
15,342 
12,047 
8,691 
5,555 
13,495 
production (1 '' 14) 
5,807 
9,867 
6,052 
4,414 
3,922 
6,279 
Other crop farming (1119) 
20,916 
39,423 
42,365 
45,050 
53,579 
254,157 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
890 
743 
354 
136 
39 
15 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
861 
625 
230 
96 
42 
22 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
19,165 
38,055 
41,781 
44,818 
53,498 
254,120 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
55,841 
108,767 
98,024 
82,016 
63,169 
127,714 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
2,113 
2,118 
387 
50 
38 
14 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,601 
476 
235 
104 
25 
1,546 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
394 
903 
1,188 
1,631 
3,207 
4,482 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
460 
856 
1,232 
2,261 
6,119 
18,147 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,657 
4,714 
5,902 
8,701 
15,513 
35,040 
production (1125, 1129) 
8,295 
16,626 
16,970 
18,629 
22,424 
134,291 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
83,572 
140,881 
117,706 
95,122 
76,039 
156,389 
number 
5,158,219 
5,093,023 
2,486,065 
1,347,059 
774,734 
2,410,462 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,412 
16,644 
27,935 
39,995 
47,251 
95,151 
10 to 49 
35,323 
92,354 
83,510 
53,219 
27,877 
54,116 
50 to 99 
27,684 
27,083 
5,451 
1,640 
719 
4,655 
100 to 199 
12,328 
4,158 
646 
209 
137 
1,355 
200 to 499 
1,648 
550 
116 
50 
52 
807 
500 or more 
177 
92 
48 
9 
3 
305 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
74,509 
126,945 
104,644 
82,491 
63,281 
120,238 
number 
2,968,155 
3,060,426 
1,502,642 
797,349 
448,665 
1,173,990 
Beef cows 
farms 
72,474 
125,530 
103,578 
81,485 
62,295 
118,037 
number 
2,935,797 
3,049,020 
1,496,064 
792,533 
444,581 
1,165,828 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,045 
21,700 
38,090 
49,482 
47,853 
82,303 
10 to 49 
41,819 
93,703 
63,907 
31,540 
14,218 
33,621 
50 to 99 
19,087 
9,110 
1,403 
409 
176 
1,453 
100 to 199 
3,171 
855 
129 
49 
39 
465 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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