Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
42,203 
1,388 
1,681 
669 
952 
1,535 
acres 
8,209,594 
1,052,048 
673,308 
376,287 
562,206 
697,521 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,651 
140 
105 
68 
88 
86 
acres 
920,093 
157,455 
100,135 
73,289 
60,715 
71,097 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
39,417 
1,042 
1,447 
569 
796 
1,375 
acres 
6,542,453 
532,188 
488,544 
302,691 
426,340 
576,120 
Partnership 
farms 
2,107 
237 
131 
79 
105 
137 
acres 
1,415,100 
508,894 
120,037 
(D) 
92,588 
89,835 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,376 
201 
106 
65 
77 
82 
acres 
1,103,761 
436,445 
93,358 
44,269 
68,254 
64,338 
Corporation 
farms 
1,316 
203 
158 
49 
79 
60 
acres 
742,289 
162,724 
(D) 
(D) 
76,413 
84,025 
Family held 
farms 
1,177 
174 
151 
46 
66 
57 
acres 
690,184 
156,619 
98,146 
(D) 
71 ,956 
82,335 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
7 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,154 
167 
151 
44 
66 
55 
Other than family held 
farms 
139 
29 
7 
3 
13 
3 
acres 
52,105 
6,105 
(D) 
(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 
11 
17 
acres 
202,812 
1 1 ,866 
(D) 
(D) 
17,450 
33,263 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,216 
1,132 
1,060 
434 
538 
684 
workers 
32,948 
6,607 
3,808 
1,304 
1,647 
1,960 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,174 
824 
643 
275 
282 
225 
workers 
10,311 
3,755 
1,547 
602 
674 
387 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,625 
652 
672 
284 
389 
553 
workers 
22,637 
2,852 
2,261 
702 
973 
1,573 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
170 
44 
21 
15 
14 
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 
554 
725 
277 
403 
692 
workers 
42,969 
1,193 
1,711 
540 
894 
1,602 
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 
119 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
89 
161 
42 
38 
39 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
112 
158 
40 
26 
52 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
128 
133 
47 
36 
106 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
91 
117 
39 
40 
127 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
71 
57 
13 
56 
110 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
67 
27 
17 
57 
105 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
162 
109 
94 
262 
423 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
142 
212 
146 
219 
340 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
126 
188 
63 
104 
97 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
231 
60 
49 
54 
34 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
113 
100 
112 
210 
248 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,083 
8 
15 
8 
13 
61 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,282 
2 
1 
4 
35 
65 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
653 
47 
50 
35 
58 
78 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
144 
244 
119 
239 
238 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
368 
43 
77 
54 
68 
37 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) 
10,007 
101 
167 
65 
171 
201 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
20 
63 
83 
300 
798 
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 
1,101 
1,241 
297 
91 
24 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,904 
- 
1 
- 
4 
5 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
30 
28 
24 
22 
56 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,149 
746 
589 
265 
493 
1,000 
number 
1,236,467 
171,118 
130,704 
75,060 
114,576 
145,054 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
18 
34 
10 
6 
16 
1 0 to 49 
11,415 
207 
197 
64 
56 
117 
50 to 99 
3,211 
186 
137 
41 
74 
214 
100 to 199 
1,654 
145 
83 
45 
135 
404 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
