Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
19 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
7 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
120 
7 
4 
2 
17 
31 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
383 
14 
5 
18 
11 
189 
- 
acres 
202,812 
9,204 
(D) 
(D) 
291 
118,269 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
11,216 
636 
313 
320 
345 
2,333 
_ 
workers 
32,948 
1,749 
1,704 
1,289 
3,570 
6,053 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,174 
294 
97 
71 
258 
741 
- 
workers 
10,311 
706 
288 
175 
2,025 
1,631 
- 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
8,625 
451 
274 
280 
229 
1,884 
- 
workers 
22,637 
1,043 
1,416 
1,114 
1,545 
4,422 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
170 
12 
14 
13 
32 
32 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
41 
1 
4 
9 
2 
9 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
19,008 
564 
530 
643 
239 
4,109 
- 
workers 
42,969 
1,083 
1,309 
1,469 
486 
8,786 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,919 
40 
233 
216 
187 
84 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,267 
327 
475 
489 
229 
2,297 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
158 
71 
101 
38 
1,016 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
138 
85 
102 
29 
1,153 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
148 
83 
106 
36 
1,199 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
136 
45 
78 
31 
822 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
123 
17 
39 
18 
612 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
74 
12 
30 
12 
438 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
252 
46 
68 
42 
1,264 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
199 
8 
29 
17 
864 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
127 
4 
13 
6 
376 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
114 
4 
11 
8 
250 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
1,836 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,083 
- 
1,083 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,282 
- 
- 
1,282 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
653 
- 
- 
- 
653 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,375 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
- 
- 
- 
- 
368 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
10,007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,007 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
177 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,815 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,904 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
21,149 
283 
118 
82 
27 
1,516 
_ 
number 
1,236,467 
37,456 
2,524 
3,928 
961 
92,484 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
38 
53 
20 
6 
298 
- 
10 to 49 
11,415 
111 
58 
42 
15 
805 
- 
50 to 99 
3,211 
48 
4 
10 
4 
193 
- 
100 to 199 
1,654 
38 
1 
5 
1 
115 
- 
200 to 499 
812 
32 
2 
5 
1 
76 
- 
500 or more 
242 
16 
- 
- 
- 
29 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
19,771 
263 
103 
74 
26 
1,409 
_ 
number 
731 ,903 
20,828 
1,615 
2,674 
672 
58,671 
- 
Beef cows farms 
19,685 
263 
102 
73 
26 
1,405 
_ 
number 
722,787 
20,804 
1,605 
(D) 
672 
58,641 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,130 
53 
57 
22 
8 
380 
- 
1 0 to 49 
10,835 
113 
40 
36 
15 
743 
- 
50 to 99 
2,232 
40 
3 
8 
1 
144 
- 
100 to 199 
1,038 
30 
2 
5 
2 
89 
- 
200 to 499 
364 
21 
- 
2 
- 
38 
- 
500 or more 
86 
6 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
176 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
