Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
100 
82 
56 
212 
221 
135 
109 
acres 
15,390 
16,031 
13,379 
76,987 
154,994 
186,000 
420,770 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
2,673 
1,867 
1,259 
3,350 
1,787 
584 
277 
acres 
418,267 
367,780 
300,026 
1,170,266 
1 ,209,483 
771 ,638 
897,309 
Partnership 
farms 
125 
97 
76 
282 
263 
203 
192 
acres 
19,497 
19,269 
18,268 
102,315 
185,569 
281,821 
741,042 
Registered under state law 
farms 
80 
52 
50 
183 
193 
161 
164 
acres 
12,362 
10,244 
12,026 
66,174 
137,164 
223,806 
615,815 
Corporation 
farms 
78 
57 
35 
140 
145 
103 
91 
acres 
12,249 
11,105 
8,431 
48,169 
103,459 
136,986 
388,394 
Family held 
farms 
70 
47 
33 
126 
133 
92 
88 
acres 
11,022 
9,100 
(D) 
43,447 
95,016 
122,038 
372,006 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
2 
5 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
69 
47 
33 
124 
128 
89 
86 
Other than family held 
farms 
8 
10 
2 
14 
12 
11 
3 
acres 
1,227 
2,005 
(D) 
4,722 
8,443 
14,948 
16,388 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
2 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
8 
8 
2 
13 
8 
11 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
21 
20 
12 
43 
35 
21 
19 
acres 
3,296 
4,001 
2,907 
14,786 
25,447 
27,019 
113,455 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
847 
544 
434 
1,312 
992 
545 
454 
workers 
2,678 
1,620 
1,350 
3,346 
2,663 
1,838 
2,319 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
257 
161 
147 
429 
450 
358 
372 
workers 
809 
354 
384 
886 
918 
891 
1,487 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
707 
440 
340 
1,035 
718 
333 
249 
workers 
1,869 
1,266 
966 
2,460 
1,745 
947 
832 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
21 
2 
12 
21 
21 
14 
18 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
3 
2 
2 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,315 
911 
616 
1,671 
964 
375 
178 
workers 
2,921 
2,051 
1,335 
3,900 
2,156 
835 
351 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
136 
123 
74 
252 
199 
127 
114 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
45 
17 
12 
46 
8 
4 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
78 
39 
30 
68 
29 
13 
11 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
31 
18 
12 
42 
17 
6 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
822 
612 
438 
1,264 
864 
376 
250 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
17 
22 
15 
58 
88 
52 
39 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
805 
590 
423 
1,206 
776 
324 
211 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
1,340 
940 
641 
1,709 
859 
291 
135 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
2 
- 
18 
9 
3 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
6 
2 
3 
3 
1 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
243 
149 
102 
250 
170 
41 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
26 
18 
15 
24 
2 
6 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
161 
117 
56 
139 
70 
43 
41 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,672 
1,190 
806 
2,256 
1,223 
466 
296 
number 
81,954 
66,632 
53,999 
201,033 
209,000 
148,469 
187,751 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
87 
59 
34 
73 
24 
3 
4 
1 0 to 49 
935 
574 
320 
651 
196 
53 
24 
50 to 99 
512 
404 
287 
740 
217 
72 
31 
100 to 199 
118 
140 
147 
645 
385 
95 
37 
200 to 499 
20 
12 
18 
137 
357 
170 
86 
500 or more 
- 
1 
- 
10 
44 
73 
114 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,617 
1,142 
787 
2,188 
1,183 
454 
282 
number 
52,521 
41,321 
34,872 
123,583 
123,963 
75,988 
90,368 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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