Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
39,417 
1,026 
1,444 
560 
766 
1,299 
acres 
6,542,453 
505,269 
496,253 
293,099 
421,319 
523,435 
Partnership 
farms 
2,107 
230 
135 
77 
94 
142 
acres 
1,415,100 
496,352 
129,409 
53,183 
82,041 
84,666 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,376 
196 
108 
64 
67 
86 
acres 
1,103,761 
427,637 
98,996 
45,346 
58,753 
56,853 
Corporation 
farms 
1,316 
202 
155 
51 
77 
55 
acres 
742,289 
159,324 
108,043 
(D) 
69,242 
39,909 
Family held 
farms 
1,177 
173 
148 
48 
64 
52 
acres 
690,184 
153,219 
96,770 
58,927 
64,785 
38,219 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
7 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,154 
166 
148 
46 
64 
50 
Other than family held 
farms 
139 
29 
7 
3 
13 
3 
acres 
52,105 
6,105 
1 1 ,273 
(D) 
4,457 
1,690 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
19 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
17 
7 
3 
13 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
383 
4 
20 
1 
10 
14 
acres 
202,812 
11,866 
17,724 
(D) 
5,514 
9,438 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,216 
1,109 
1,063 
441 
501 
657 
workers 
32,948 
6,529 
3,830 
1,329 
1,587 
1,914 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,174 
811 
642 
278 
273 
216 
workers 
10,311 
3,719 
1,555 
614 
665 
367 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,625 
638 
676 
286 
361 
537 
workers 
22,637 
2,810 
2,275 
715 
922 
1,547 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
170 
44 
20 
13 
17 
11 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
41 
5 
2 
1 
2 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,008 
550 
725 
259 
389 
665 
workers 
42,969 
1,189 
1,705 
512 
870 
1,511 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,919 
33 
33 
27 
20 
37 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,267 
234 
501 
121 
79 
115 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
89 
161 
42 
34 
40 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
112 
158 
40 
26 
49 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
128 
132 
48 
33 
103 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
91 
117 
39 
35 
124 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
71 
57 
13 
46 
111 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
67 
27 
17 
53 
101 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
162 
107 
84 
259 
389 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
137 
203 
149 
210 
323 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
115 
192 
64 
97 
95 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
223 
66 
45 
55 
23 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
108 
102 
95 
216 
250 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,083 
8 
12 
11 
13 
57 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,282 
2 
1 
4 
34 
59 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
653 
47 
50 
35 
58 
78 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
131 
243 
125 
224 
222 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
368 
37 
77 
59 
63 
42 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,007 
94 
166 
66 
161 
180 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
20 
59 
80 
273 
741 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
10 
5 
15 
18 
13 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
177 
11 
8 
1 
1 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,815 
1,096 
1,246 
297 
91 
24 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,904 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
29 
27 
26 
19 
58 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,149 
738 
587 
259 
463 
941 
number 
1,236,467 
169,348 
126,388 
75,138 
111,535 
140,063 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
18 
34 
10 
6 
15 
10 to 49 
11,415 
207 
197 
62 
54 
110 
50 to 99 
3,211 
184 
136 
42 
70 
194 
100 to 199 
1,654 
144 
83 
42 
122 
378 
200 to 499 
812 
110 
67 
49 
178 
244 
500 or more 
242 
75 
70 
54 
33 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
19,771 
706 
559 
249 
434 
903 
number 
731,903 
74,517 
66,323 
41,760 
65,509 
84,332 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,685 
696 
554 
240 
420 
892 
number 
722,787 
70,070 
65,178 
40,377 
64,378 
83,980 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,130 
31 
52 
15 
7 
17 
1 0 to 49 
10,835 
280 
249 
73 
83 
169 
50 to 99 
2,232 
177 
113 
45 
83 
294 
100 to 199 
1,038 
120 
56 
42 
125 
358 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
