Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
10 
287 
89 
35 
6 
54 
126 
8 
101 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
45 
2,018 
1,447 
116 
153 
205 
274 
138 
1,953 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
94 
13,598 
6,286 
133 
396 
239 
438 
722 
4,685 
acres 
1 1 1 ,857 
8,379,383 
14,788,822 
984,261 
346,920 
121,002 
(D) 
346,191 
33,484,038 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,500 
89,449 
131,788 
5,889 
27,744 
8,212 
18,959 
10,593 
50,718 
workers 
20,217 
281 ,726 
319,889 
28,938 
164,006 
45,654 
81,373 
25,527 
160,975 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,155 
30,100 
45,065 
3,332 
20,865 
4,997 
1 1 ,364 
3,490 
25,556 
workers 
10,622 
80,159 
88,219 
17,130 
110,295 
26,952 
42,730 
6,676 
68,412 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,226 
70,128 
101,942 
4,024 
16,154 
5,473 
1 1 ,857 
8,107 
34,392 
workers 
9,595 
201,567 
231,670 
11,808 
53,711 
18,702 
38,643 
18,851 
92,563 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
273 
2,169 
1,429 
74 
864 
127 
426 
206 
808 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
17 
347 
420 
20 
39 
16 
87 
44 
206 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,327 
190,100 
284,835 
5,375 
21,348 
9,511 
25,945 
37,122 
115,040 
workers 
4,416 
419,484 
668,596 
12,711 
60,266 
25,160 
66,240 
92,366 
272,945 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
50 
14,726 
51,309 
698 
1,222 
5,315 
10,099 
22,191 
50,049 
1 0 to 49 acres 
333 
148,235 
163,785 
1,460 
2,614 
6,789 
20,513 
32,781 
103,164 
50 to 69 acres 
155 
47,647 
50,245 
591 
1,728 
1,100 
4,147 
4,602 
15,219 
70 to 99 acres 
207 
58,296 
61,118 
979 
3,612 
1,253 
4,282 
3,969 
13,635 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
348 
48,979 
57,056 
1,101 
4,639 
893 
3,397 
2,843 
12,412 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
411 
38,723 
41,271 
974 
3,920 
719 
2,198 
1,797 
8,111 
180 to 219 acres 
271 
22,308 
28,758 
775 
3,539 
506 
1,434 
919 
4,539 
220 to 259 acres 
237 
15,928 
20,725 
660 
3,226 
436 
1,115 
623 
2,921 
260 to 499 acres 
1,177 
43,998 
60,608 
2,403 
1 1 ,290 
1,669 
3,036 
1,463 
7,802 
500 to 999 acres 
2,002 
23,749 
36,630 
1,969 
6,639 
1,676 
1,744 
857 
4,432 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,105 
11,681 
20,816 
1,129 
2,565 
938 
648 
441 
2,471 
2,000 acres or more 
1,619 
8,520 
26,851 
995 
1,011 
393 
236 
786 
2,842 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,915 
482,790 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
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 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
619,172 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattlefeedlots(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 
1,447 
79,111 
596,178 
13,057 
45,863 
7,061 
18,176 
10,483 
27,107 
number 
125,395 
3,731,073 
42,964,834 
13,992,282 
15,863,747 
358,270 
1,016,206 
200,384 
838,970 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
162 
26,804 
159,998 
357 
1,716 
3,610 
7,063 
7,158 
15,476 
1 0 to 49 
639 
36,976 
281,942 
3,185 
6,344 
1,922 
5,919 
2,707 
8,763 
50 to 99 
289 
7,806 
71,812 
2,173 
11,913 
596 
2,431 
324 
1,362 
100 to 199 
194 
4,001 
40,506 
1,963 
12,520 
494 
1,583 
149 
711 
200 to 499 
139 
2,553 
27,452 
2,600 
7,920 
325 
936 
87 
537 
500 or more 
24 
971 
14,468 
2,779 
5,450 
114 
244 
58 
258 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,345 
68,021 
516,199 
6,640 
45,663 
5,261 
14,774 
7,413 
19,056 
number 
72,887 
2,079,044 
20,488,636 
633,576 
9,083,574 
133,534 
539,921 
94,466 
347,191 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,345 
66,444 
513,580 
6,572 
5,660 
4,851 
13,841 
6,993 
17,955 
number 
72,755 
2,018,414 
20,404,406 
630,576 
186,654 
125,276 
509,394 
93,212 
324,011 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
207 
28,151 
183,432 
567 
2,376 
2,733 
5,522 
5,114 
1 1 ,463 
10 to 49 
692 
29,484 
241,013 
3,205 
2,259 
1,408 
5,213 
1,577 
5,226 
50 to 99 
235 
4,730 
47,484 
1,323 
595 
404 
1,825 
163 
671 
100 to 199 
137 
2,389 
23,254 
757 
282 
222 
888 
82 
385 
200 to 499 
66 
1,397 
14,091 
533 
121 
75 
353 
46 
167 
500 or more 
8 
293 
4,306 
187 
27 
9 
40 
11 
43 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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