Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
2,039,093 
72,922 
73,066 
91,039 
135,707 
128,886 
acres 
810,233,654 
184,475,362 
120,883,940 
112,739,483 
108,593,101 
62,266,013 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
101,372 
8,677 
5,803 
6,314 
8,686 
8,085 
acres 
85,976,552 
24,228,349 
13,555,907 
12,293,847 
10,301,766 
6,533,865 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,828,946 
42,870 
54,398 
74,115 
116,173 
113,493 
acres 
562,433,686 
90,308,520 
77,544,756 
80,874,338 
82,382,803 
50,354,420 
Partnership 
farms 
137,987 
18,670 
10,019 
9,924 
12,660 
10,650 
acres 
156,076,785 
66,661,805 
24,099,997 
19,559,558 
15,666,648 
7,786,238 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98,911 
15,802 
8,030 
7,730 
9,242 
7,466 
acres 
128,378,262 
56,585,872 
20,165,406 
16,151,333 
12,503,837 
6,080,777 
Corporation 
farms 
106,716 
19,127 
12,309 
10,256 
10,434 
7,540 
acres 
131,272,892 
54,907,009 
25,921,566 
18,372,051 
12,373,626 
5,657,984 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
17,303 
11,597 
9,556 
9,437 
6,675 
acres 
118,795,904 
48,412,289 
24,801,241 
17,238,842 
1 1 ,585,384 
5,035,633 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2,308 
654 
199 
195 
168 
168 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
92,834 
16,649 
11,398 
9,361 
9,269 
6,507 
Other than family held 
farms 
1 1 ,574 
1,824 
712 
700 
997 
865 
acres 
12,476,988 
6,494,720 
1,120,325 
1,133,209 
788,242 
622,351 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1,136 
429 
71 
44 
79 
71 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10,438 
1,395 
641 
656 
918 
794 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35,654 
993 
836 
1,358 
2,408 
2,305 
acres 
64,744,294 
7,329,710 
4,051,566 
5,325,365 
15,039,975 
7,333,681 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
566,469 
69,844 
53,686 
54,203 
62,999 
45,937 
workers 
2,736,417 
1,144,690 
262,365 
226,593 
245,031 
148,881 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
256,887 
57,744 
35,876 
31,760 
30,700 
17,557 
workers 
999,596 
564,564 
104,831 
78,134 
68,374 
34,809 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
418,055 
44,394 
35,230 
36,741 
45,126 
35,225 
workers 
1,736,821 
580,126 
157,534 
148,459 
176,657 
114,072 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
18,911 
5,688 
2,615 
2,481 
2,701 
1,399 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3,360 
164 
183 
305 
576 
470 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
892,842 
22,016 
25,874 
34,584 
54,973 
54,610 
workers 
2,062,011 
46,354 
53,603 
76,680 
128,381 
130,348 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
223,634 
1,296 
1,333 
1,645 
3,088 
4,937 
1 0 to 49 acres 
589,549 
5,047 
3,844 
3,730 
8,939 
12,882 
50 to 69 acres 
153,698 
1,606 
1,275 
1,539 
3,299 
4,742 
70 to 99 acres 
184,942 
1,925 
1,640 
2,134 
4,844 
10,940 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
166,381 
2,051 
1,658 
2,438 
7,410 
14,705 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
129,026 
1,778 
1,562 
2,321 
10,413 
13,615 
180 to 219 acres 
84,317 
1,456 
1,335 
2,165 
10,049 
9,731 
220 to 259 acres 
63,636 
1,308 
1,166 
2,686 
10,080 
7,836 
260 to 499 acres 
198,085 
5,888 
6,769 
22,674 
36,045 
24,991 
500 to 999 acres 
142,555 
9,314 
21,730 
28,036 
23,650 
17,073 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
91,273 
19,327 
21,379 
14,045 
13,161 
7,562 
2,000 acres or more 
82,207 
30,664 
13,871 
12,240 
10,697 
4,974 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
369,332 
33,531 
42,150 
51,418 
67,421 
52,204 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
43,021 
2,528 
1,031 
1,137 
2,021 
2,828 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
93,020 
4,240 
3,088 
4,204 
8,144 
8,581 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
52,777 
2,456 
1,718 
2,380 
4,523 
5,443 
Other crop farming (1119) 
496,837 
5,265 
5,598 
6,528 
1 1 ,863 
15,432 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
5,132 
292 
360 
564 
878 
952 
Cotton farming (11192) 
8,915 
1,209 
1,701 
1,521 
1,863 
1,039 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
482,790 
3,764 
3,537 
4,443 
9,122 
13,441 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
619,172 
4,659 
7,161 
12,654 
26,402 
36,550 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
13,734 
2,635 
1,444 
1,433 
1,789 
1,832 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
46,005 
6,782 
5,466 
10,594 
14,250 
5,023 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21,687 
5,747 
1,894 
1,044 
790 
416 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
52,849 
12,637 
7,092 
2,612 
963 
489 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
73,272 
87 
107 
213 
538 
902 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
227,597 
1,093 
813 
1,436 
2,971 
4,288 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
913,246 
31,994 
33,181 
45,903 
70,649 
67,833 
number 
89,994,614 
36,869,235 
10,412,723 
10,005,603 
9,886,706 
6,036,217 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
243,071 
872 
1,037 
1,304 
2,808 
3,987 
1 0 to 49 
394,222 
3,998 
4,677 
6,072 
13,863 
21,358 
50 to 99 
118,394 
2,824 
3,814 
7,124 
19,262 
20,037 
100 to 199 
76,729 
3,494 
5,947 
13,883 
19,175 
16,734 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
134 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
