Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
1,136 
98 
66 
170 
86 
297 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
10,438 
1,235 
405 
948 
1,481 
2,083 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
35,654 
4,826 
734 
2,348 
1,137 
13,710 
18 
acres 
64,744,294 
3,327,785 
131,934 
1,869,919 
(D) 
8,496,811 
5,571 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
566,469 
133,209 
15,656 
39,841 
25,432 
98,428 
3,479 
workers 
2,736,417 
382,559 
246,423 
657,977 
292,661 
330,435 
28,492 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
256,887 
64,726 
7,935 
19,216 
14,791 
35,550 
1,295 
workers 
999,596 
134,279 
86,109 
171,122 
150,953 
96,719 
5,938 
Less than 150 days farms 
418,055 
96,730 
12,716 
31,246 
19,056 
76,358 
3,004 
workers 
1,736,821 
248,280 
160,314 
486,855 
141,708 
233,716 
22,554 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
18,911 
2,356 
1,996 
5,448 
1,446 
3,731 
1,289 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
3,360 
217 
172 
1,326 
200 
613 
249 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
892,842 
115,092 
20,240 
41,494 
22,275 
194,565 
2,138 
workers 
2,062,011 
237,300 
53,649 
94,634 
48,859 
429,285 
5,385 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
223,634 
5,065 
14,051 
28,406 
20,149 
15,080 
304 
1 0 to 49 acres 
589,549 
39,040 
15,335 
35,388 
19,153 
149,527 
959 
50 to 69 acres 
153,698 
16,052 
2,686 
5,939 
3,158 
48,231 
429 
70 to 99 acres 
184,942 
26,257 
2,475 
5,545 
2,865 
58,952 
449 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
166,381 
25,587 
1,949 
4,412 
2,261 
49,831 
504 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
129,026 
25,285 
1,074 
2,948 
1,274 
39,455 
321 
180 to 219 acres 
84,317 
17,545 
697 
1,887 
844 
22,874 
295 
220 to 259 acres 
63,636 
15,196 
468 
1,300 
571 
16,395 
230 
260 to 499 acres 
198,085 
57,665 
1,391 
3,437 
1,407 
45,914 
739 
500 to 999 acres 
142,555 
58,448 
1,159 
2,001 
691 
26,309 
558 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
91,273 
46,143 
867 
950 
268 
14,037 
251 
2,000 acres or more 
82,207 
37,049 
869 
807 
136 
10,232 
93 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
369,332 
369,332 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
43,021 
- 
43,021 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
93,020 
- 
- 
93,020 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
52,777 
- 
- 
- 
52,777 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
496,837 
- 
- 
- 
- 
496,837 
5,132 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
5,132 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,132 
5,132 
Cotton farming (11192) 
8,915 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,915 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
482,790 
- 
- 
- 
- 
482,790 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
619,172 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
13,734 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
46,005 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21,687 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
52,849 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
73,272 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
227,597 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
913,246 
99,479 
5,086 
5,594 
2,445 
82,717 
2,159 
number 
89,994,614 
10,245,497 
161,466 
251,874 
89,840 
4,011,244 
154,776 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
243,071 
13,504 
2,972 
2,751 
1,282 
27,184 
218 
1 0 to 49 
394,222 
40,227 
1,681 
2,006 
884 
38,642 
1,027 
50 to 99 
118,394 
18,503 
193 
397 
151 
8,539 
444 
100 to 199 
76,729 
13,854 
123 
243 
72 
4,511 
316 
200 to 499 
52,878 
9,953 
83 
127 
31 
2,827 
135 
500 or more 
27,952 
3,438 
34 
70 
25 
1,014 
19 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
777,943 
81,083 
3,986 
4,576 
1,957 
71,335 
1,969 
number 
38,208,825 
4,360,773 
83,863 
151,307 
56,199 
2,235,785 
83,854 
Beef cows farms 
727,906 
78,880 
3,568 
4,478 
1,809 
69,719 
1,930 
number 
28,956,553 
4,226,986 
76,638 
149,683 
55,688 
2,174,029 
82,860 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
261,017 
15,357 
2,315 
2,428 
1,046 
28,664 
306 
1 0 to 49 
333,205 
38,876 
1,015 
1,529 
618 
31,266 
1,090 
50 to 99 
71,184 
12,931 
122 
281 
73 
5,312 
347 
100 to 199 
36,428 
7,686 
58 
121 
29 
2,664 
138 
200 to 499 
20,564 
3,525 
40 
81 
25 
1,507 
44 
500 or more 
5,508 
505 
18 
38 
18 
306 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
192 United States 2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
