Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,651 
100 
314 
96 
120 
106 
acres 
920,093 
402 
8,592 
5,430 
9,583 
12,535 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
39,417 
2,734 
12,519 
3,995 
4,356 
4,016 
acres 
6,542,453 
13,588 
342,045 
232,651 
356,859 
462,541 
Partnership 
farms 
2,107 
81 
357 
143 
124 
164 
acres 
1,415,100 
376 
9,870 
8,175 
10,178 
18,720 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,376 
52 
203 
78 
68 
92 
acres 
1,103,761 
212 
5,246 
4,425 
5,681 
10,606 
Corporation 
farms 
1,316 
84 
304 
67 
97 
115 
acres 
742,289 
335 
8,147 
3,776 
8,032 
13,206 
Family held 
farms 
1,177 
67 
273 
64 
82 
102 
acres 
690,184 
266 
7,273 
(D) 
6,805 
1 1 ,666 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
3 
3 
2 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,154 
64 
270 
64 
80 
100 
Other than family held 
farms 
139 
17 
31 
3 
15 
13 
acres 
52,105 
69 
874 
(D) 
1,227 
1,540 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
19 
2 
10 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
15 
21 
3 
15 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
383 
20 
87 
30 
28 
47 
acres 
202,812 
80 
2,135 
1,744 
2,366 
5,576 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,216 
527 
2,511 
918 
1,046 
1,086 
workers 
32,948 
1,462 
7,291 
2,507 
2,853 
3,021 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,174 
222 
804 
300 
309 
365 
workers 
10,311 
617 
1,934 
692 
633 
706 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,625 
378 
1,987 
701 
852 
885 
workers 
22,637 
845 
5,357 
1,815 
2,220 
2,315 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
170 
8 
24 
11 
9 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
41 
- 
9 
7 
10 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,008 
1,340 
5,847 
1,815 
2,031 
1,945 
workers 
42,969 
3,067 
13,351 
4,201 
4,551 
4,250 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,919 
2,919 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,267 
- 
13,267 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
- 
- 
4,235 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
- 
- 
- 
4,605 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,342 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
40 
327 
158 
138 
148 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,083 
233 
475 
71 
85 
83 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,282 
216 
489 
101 
102 
106 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
653 
187 
229 
38 
29 
36 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
84 
2,297 
1,016 
1,153 
1,199 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
9 
22 
10 
22 
14 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
10,007 
75 
2,275 
1,006 
1,131 
1,185 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
643 
4,959 
1,918 
2,250 
2,013 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
7 
8 
11 
8 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
177 
49 
72 
11 
8 
20 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,815 
379 
1,351 
385 
377 
356 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,904 
416 
1,046 
171 
112 
68 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
665 
2,014 
355 
343 
309 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,149 
714 
5,425 
2,170 
2,531 
2,400 
number 
1,236,467 
7,416 
77,841 
47,057 
70,531 
84,784 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
514 
2,086 
409 
321 
201 
1 0 to 49 
11,415 
184 
3,254 
1,662 
1,888 
1,674 
50 to 99 
3,211 
11 
75 
87 
307 
468 
100 to 199 
1,654 
3 
10 
11 
14 
49 
200 to 499 
812 
2 
- 
1 
1 
8 
500 or more 
242 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
19,771 
603 
4,817 
2,027 
2,386 
2,285 
number 
731 ,903 
4,799 
50,567 
31,990 
46,102 
55,829 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
