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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
156,396 
263,404 
241,884 
225,669 
231,271 
418,849 
acres 
49,885,649 
52,218,994 
30,196,091 
20,447,473 
16,196,586 
52,330,962 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
8,804 
12,899 
9,618 
8,127 
7,643 
16,716 
acres 
3,850,406 
3,516,617 
1,738,515 
1,134,622 
932,965 
7,889,693 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
140,174 
241 ,284 
224,973 
211,954 
218,435 
391,077 
acres 
41,657,871 
44,473,255 
26,485,999 
18,075,900 
14,480,759 
35,795,065 
Partnership 
farms 
11,518 
15,998 
12,416 
9,749 
8,990 
1 7,393 
acres 
5,761,534 
5,277,901 
2,511,228 
1 ,483,458 
1 ,237,767 
6,030,651 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,892 
10,714 
8,133 
6,348 
5,679 
1 1 ,875 
acres 
4,309,328 
3,970,208 
1 ,849,060 
1,034,555 
863,782 
4,864,104 
Corporation 
farms 
7,359 
9,426 
6,815 
5,613 
5,076 
12,761 
acres 
3,547,215 
3,249,993 
1 ,455,593 
942,944 
648,844 
4,196,067 
Family held 
farms 
6,503 
8,221 
5,911 
4,808 
4,323 
10,808 
acres 
2,960,294 
2,860,023 
1,257,804 
808,330 
509,493 
3,326,571 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
122 
138 
175 
128 
138 
223 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,381 
8,083 
5,736 
4,680 
4,185 
10,585 
Other than family held 
farms 
856 
1,205 
904 
805 
753 
1,953 
acres 
586,921 
389,970 
197,789 
134,614 
139,351 
869,496 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
48 
72 
57 
63 
69 
133 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
808 
1,133 
847 
742 
684 
1,820 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,888 
4,803 
4,412 
4,072 
4,000 
7,579 
acres 
2,273,247 
2,518,710 
1,631,191 
849,248 
1,370,200 
17,021,401 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
46,158 
60,977 
44,187 
34,969 
30,897 
62,612 
workers 
132,364 
161,412 
106,542 
81,561 
70,920 
156,058 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
14,288 
15,589 
1 1 ,724 
9,257 
8,663 
23,729 
workers 
25,815 
27,818 
20,033 
15,856 
14,970 
44,392 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
37,162 
50,862 
35,784 
27,979 
24,274 
45,278 
workers 
106,549 
133,594 
86,509 
65,705 
55,950 
1 1 1 ,666 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,005 
967 
571 
375 
305 
804 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
473 
437 
237 
148 
111 
256 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
69,359 
119,619 
108,711 
100,295 
101,153 
201,648 
workers 
164,588 
283,139 
253,339 
231,371 
232,446 
461,762 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
8,388 
21,915 
26,496 
31,066 
41,647 
81,823 
1 0 to 49 acres 
22,735 
56,379 
75,093 
91,948 
111,566 
197,386 
50 to 69 acres 
10,573 
21,725 
26,327 
25,056 
22,774 
34,782 
70 to 99 acres 
16,908 
31,878 
32,460 
28,058 
21,649 
32,506 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
16,850 
32,653 
28,087 
19,789 
14,333 
26,407 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
14,996 
26,440 
19,826 
12,727 
8,561 
16,787 
180 to 219 acres 
11,459 
17,495 
10,848 
6,316 
4,543 
8,920 
220 to 259 acres 
9,151 
12,758 
6,759 
3,942 
2,668 
5,282 
260 to 499 acres 
28,155 
31,463 
15,313 
8,185 
5,652 
12,950 
500 to 999 acres 
14,344 
12,713 
4,873 
2,775 
1,908 
6,139 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,432 
4,018 
1,667 
980 
753 
2,949 
2,000 acres or more 
2,948 
2,074 
867 
546 
447 
2,879 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1 1 11) 
41,382 
37,233 
20,840 
12,263 
7,516 
3,374 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
4,238 
8,350 
8,129 
6,347 
4,086 
2,326 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
10,000 
15,486 
12,167 
8,712 
5,628 
12,770 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production \'\'\^A) 
5,824 
9,966 
6,087 
4,450 
3,903 
6,027 
Other crop farming (1119) 
27,561 
62,547 
75,600 
84,778 
102,076 
99,589 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
858 
773 
309 
107 
27 
12 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
775 
521 
183 
67 
25 
11 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
25,928 
61,253 
75,108 
84,604 
102,024 
99,566 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
58,019 
110,787 
98,309 
81,459 
63,150 
120,022 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2,097 
2,048 
357 
50 
35 
14 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,522 
489 
220 
110 
52 
1,497 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
420 
947 
1,256 
1,655 
3,289 
4,229 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
492 
1,003 
1,555 
2,633 
6,719 
16,654 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,764 
5,066 
6,193 
9,024 
15,722 
33,656 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
8,620 
17,589 
17,903 
19,907 
24,325 
128,652 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
85,593 
142,910 
117,961 
94,557 
76,006 
146,659 
number 
5,110,753 
5,008,433 
2,447,791 
1 ,353,858 
823,939 
2,039,356 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,841 
17,811 
29,107 
40,391 
47,221 
91,692 
1 0 to 49 
37,401 
94,828 
82,824 
52,126 
27,591 
49,484 
50 to 99 
28,057 
25,836 
5,159 
1,665 
876 
3,740 
100 to 199 
11,586 
3,799 
677 
255 
200 
979 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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