Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Idaho 
Illinois 
Indiana 
Iowa 
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,862 
20,222 
14,350 
27,906 
16,943 
19,586 
workers 
48,225 
63,985 
46,590 
79,838 
48,853 
68,586 
$1 ,000 payroll 
592,484 
594,616 
445,331 
697,719 
531,492 
377,169 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,404 
8,738 
5,680 
11,861 
7,289 
7,363 
workers 
2,404 
8,738 
5,680 
11,861 
7,289 
7,363 
2 workers 
farms 
1,750 
4,758 
3,458 
6,683 
4,060 
4,438 
workers 
3,500 
9,516 
6,916 
13,366 
8,120 
8,876 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,648 
4,073 
3,052 
5,952 
3,590 
4,042 
workers 
5,598 
13,659 
10,323 
20,070 
12,172 
13,538 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1,073 
1,882 
1,593 
2,564 
1,544 
2,490 
workers 
6,942 
1 1 ,489 
9,785 
15,753 
9,350 
15,448 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
987 
771 
567 
846 
460 
1,253 
workers 
29,781 
20,583 
13,886 
18,788 
1 1 ,922 
23,361 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,036 
8,649 
5,930 
11,099 
7,698 
6,047 
workers 
19,365 
22,022 
15,733 
25,620 
18,972 
18,689 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,543 
4,768 
3,069 
6,470 
4,476 
3,074 
workers 
1,543 
4,768 
3,069 
6,470 
4,476 
3,074 
2 workers 
farms 
879 
1,876 
1,310 
2,362 
1,626 
1,265 
workers 
1,758 
3,752 
2,620 
4,724 
3,252 
2,530 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
713 
1,245 
982 
1,496 
1,061 
983 
workers 
2,414 
4,203 
3,251 
4,870 
3,531 
3,274 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
479 
535 
380 
530 
356 
456 
workers 
3,107 
3,266 
2,309 
3,293 
2,159 
2,876 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
422 
225 
189 
241 
179 
269 
workers 
10,543 
6,033 
4,484 
6,263 
5,554 
6,935 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
5,854 
15,378 
10,918 
21,219 
12,202 
16,044 
workers 
28,860 
41,963 
30,857 
54,218 
29,881 
49,897 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,985 
7,056 
4,494 
9,079 
5,365 
6,053 
workers 
1,985 
7,056 
4,494 
9,079 
5,365 
6,053 
2 workers 
farms 
1,387 
4,050 
2,927 
5,570 
3,268 
3,822 
workers 
2,774 
8,100 
5,854 
11,140 
6,536 
7,644 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,262 
2,820 
2,197 
4,548 
2,553 
3,523 
workers 
4,216 
9,278 
7,372 
15,234 
8,518 
1 1 ,743 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
629 
1,000 
974 
1,543 
813 
1,790 
workers 
4,002 
5,887 
5,848 
9,250 
4,897 
10,933 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
591 
452 
326 
479 
203 
856 
workers 
15,883 
1 1 ,642 
7,289 
9,515 
4,565 
13,524 
Reported only workers working 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,008 
4,844 
3,432 
6,687 
4,741 
3,542 
workers 
8,844 
10,007 
6,816 
12,876 
10,355 
10,365 
$1 ,000 payroll 
214,113 
205,831 
124,706 
242,534 
214,652 
137,160 
Reported only workers working 
less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,826 
11,573 
8,420 
16,807 
9,245 
13,539 
workers 
10,501 
26,895 
20,504 
39,849 
20,284 
39,227 
$1 ,000 payroll 
26,052 
66,115 
46,459 
94,568 
48,677 
53,080 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 1 50 days 
farms 
2,028 
3,805 
2,498 
4,412 
2,957 
2,505 
150 days or more, workers 
10,521 
12,015 
8,917 
12,744 
8,617 
8,324 
less than 150 days, workers 
18,359 
15,068 
10,353 
14,369 
9,597 
10,670 
$1 ,000 payroll 
352,318 
322,670 
274,166 
360,617 
268,164 
186,930 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
656 
213 
209 
69 
73 
1,487 
workers 
7,216 
2,434 
2,016 
341 
448 
10,820 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
617 
198 
188 
54 
58 
1,181 
workers 
6,934 
2,385 
1,841 
257 
403 
8,448 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
39 
15 
21 
15 
15 
306 
workers 
282 
49 
175 
84 
45 
2,372 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,404 
24,372 
23,247 
26,555 
21,555 
33,069 
workers 
27,485 
50,979 
57,799 
58,413 
46,808 
76,822 
--continued 
302 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
