Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,379 
5,166 
5,283 
4,555 
4,072 
12,867 
acres 
637,514 
880,038 
548,720 
367,958 
253,808 
1,615,040 
Partnership 
farms 
163 
252 
197 
151 
102 
564 
acres 
86,750 
82,892 
35,687 
21,782 
14,408 
327,930 
Registered under state law 
farms 
81 
150 
97 
73 
55 
399 
acres 
53,402 
48,998 
19,681 
13,350 
8,334 
272,411 
Corporation 
farms 
108 
122 
77 
66 
55 
348 
acres 
63,728 
29,331 
18,092 
(D) 
15,292 
171,172 
Family held 
farms 
104 
112 
64 
59 
51 
302 
acres 
62,812 
(D) 
17,511 
8,820 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
111 
63 
59 
50 
295 
Other than family held 
farms 
4 
10 
13 
7 
4 
46 
acres 
916 
(D) 
581 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
4 
10 
13 
7 
4 
39 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
12 
33 
34 
10 
17 
228 
acres 
5,035 
9,284 
6,917 
(D) 
2,026 
133,758 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
908 
1,471 
1,085 
870 
656 
2,455 
workers 
2,269 
3,752 
2,455 
2,026 
1,612 
5,645 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
255 
302 
267 
187 
149 
794 
workers 
458 
507 
412 
330 
285 
1,399 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
747 
1,292 
881 
737 
568 
1,902 
workers 
1,811 
3,245 
2,043 
1,696 
1,327 
4,246 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
16 
7 
3 
6 
27 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
7 
2 
10 
- 
2 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,208 
2,542 
2,447 
2,132 
1,987 
6,104 
workers 
2,665 
5,759 
5,380 
4,726 
4,582 
14,070 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
57 
181 
309 
359 
603 
1,260 
1 0 to 49 acres 
199 
896 
1,676 
2,102 
2,144 
5,200 
50 to 69 acres 
144 
504 
766 
615 
412 
1,428 
70 to 99 acres 
205 
695 
884 
619 
414 
1,403 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
271 
878 
753 
407 
309 
1,280 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
283 
653 
407 
243 
128 
777 
180 to 219 acres 
269 
454 
267 
133 
75 
545 
220 to 259 acres 
200 
336 
134 
74 
36 
337 
260 to 499 acres 
644 
698 
298 
155 
79 
940 
500 to 999 acres 
314 
206 
64 
56 
28 
540 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
59 
50 
25 
14 
12 
188 
2,000 acres or more 
17 
22 
8 
5 
6 
109 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
257 
238 
204 
163 
79 
124 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
130 
268 
249 
167 
112 
56 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
68 
255 
221 
152 
79 
407 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
59 
118 
83 
34 
44 
47 
Other crop farming (1119) 
408 
832 
982 
902 
734 
5,572 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
28 
24 
21 
10 
4 
3 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
380 
808 
961 
892 
730 
5,569 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,599 
3,478 
3,447 
2,655 
1,882 
3,464 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
6 
11 
21 
23 
88 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
49 
49 
129 
303 
505 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
18 
74 
98 
202 
437 
1,069 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
93 
254 
245 
357 
553 
2,652 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,867 
3,897 
3,693 
2,841 
2,040 
3,823 
number 
167,459 
192,728 
101,062 
53,287 
26,932 
72,527 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
38 
138 
309 
631 
890 
1,726 
10 to 49 
414 
2,252 
3,039 
2,111 
1,124 
1,845 
50 to 99 
733 
1,242 
305 
95 
24 
186 
100 to 199 
585 
223 
32 
4 
2 
39 
200 to 499 
97 
42 
8 
- 
- 
17 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,818 
3,778 
3,541 
2,673 
1,864 
3,246 
number 
108,818 
126,541 
68,232 
35,504 
18,093 
42,274 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,818 
3,775 
3,536 
2,671 
1,862 
3,221 
number 
108,794 
126,466 
68,050 
35,420 
1 7,975 
42,099 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
65 
231 
651 
1,076 
1,132 
1,853 
10 to 49 
720 
2,914 
2,776 
1,567 
725 
1,279 
50 to 99 
777 
551 
99 
26 
5 
62 
100 to 199 
235 
69 
10 
2 
- 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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