Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
_ 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
12 
_ 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
3 
28 
26 
- 
- 
1 
10 
3 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
1 
188 
69 
- 
1 
15 
7 
8 
46 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
25,125 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
36,784 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
190 
2,143 
4,119 
_ 
52 
47 
1,806 
230 
1,015 
workers 
527 
5,526 
9,557 
- 
198 
97 
5,787 
532 
2,412 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
114 
627 
1,123 
- 
37 
19 
1,012 
53 
469 
workers 
274 
1,357 
1,985 
- 
134 
40 
2,394 
86 
847 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
134 
1,750 
3,370 
- 
36 
32 
1,176 
190 
703 
workers 
253 
4,169 
7,572 
- 
64 
57 
3,393 
446 
1,565 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
4 
28 
23 
- 
2 
- 
23 
- 
19 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
1 
8 
9 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
77 
4,032 
7,800 
_ 
35 
101 
1,809 
986 
2,192 
workers 
147 
8,639 
17,281 
- 
88 
330 
4,514 
2,398 
5,225 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
9 
75 
643 
_ 
7 
49 
379 
416 
665 
1 0 to 49 acres 
22 
2,275 
4,959 
- 
8 
72 
1,351 
1,046 
2,014 
50 to 69 acres 
10 
1,006 
1,918 
- 
11 
11 
385 
171 
355 
70 to 99 acres 
22 
1,131 
2,250 
- 
8 
8 
377 
112 
343 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
14 
1,185 
2,013 
- 
4 
20 
356 
68 
309 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
17 
805 
1,340 
- 
13 
2 
243 
26 
161 
180 to 219 acres 
22 
590 
940 
- 
2 
6 
149 
18 
117 
220 to 259 acres 
15 
423 
641 
- 
- 
2 
102 
15 
56 
260 to 499 acres 
58 
1,206 
1,709 
- 
18 
3 
250 
24 
139 
500 to 999 acres 
88 
776 
859 
- 
9 
3 
170 
2 
70 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
52 
324 
291 
- 
3 
1 
41 
6 
43 
2,000 acres or more 
39 
211 
135 
- 
4 
- 
12 
- 
41 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
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) 
368 
10,007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
368 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
- 
10,007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
17,698 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
71 
1,445 
17,386 
_ 
87 
44 
1,237 
117 
252 
number 
9,741 
82,743 
963,297 
- 
17,035 
1,738 
102,631 
1,263 
13,150 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2 
296 
3,017 
- 
20 
22 
141 
77 
123 
1 0 to 49 
23 
782 
9,758 
- 
15 
13 
474 
39 
85 
50 to 99 
15 
178 
2,602 
- 
10 
4 
317 
1 
18 
100 to 199 
13 
102 
1,272 
- 
22 
3 
188 
- 
9 
200 to 499 
16 
60 
578 
- 
11 
2 
95 
- 
10 
500 or more 
2 
27 
159 
- 
9 
- 
22 
- 
7 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
70 
1,339 
16,327 
_ 
87 
32 
1,181 
80 
189 
number 
6,243 
52,428 
564,815 
- 
9,137 
1,080 
62,781 
667 
8,963 
Beef cows farms 
70 
1,335 
16,320 
_ 
24 
32 
1,173 
79 
188 
number 
6,243 
52,398 
564,373 
- 
1,288 
(D) 
62,037 
(D) 
8,957 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2 
378 
4,263 
- 
12 
18 
170 
59 
88 
10 to 49 
29 
714 
9,215 
- 
5 
8 
574 
20 
66 
50 to 99 
16 
128 
1,755 
- 
- 
3 
267 
- 
11 
100 to 199 
17 
72 
783 
- 
5 
1 
112 
- 
9 
200 to 499 
4 
34 
237 
- 
2 
2 
50 
- 
12 
500 or more 
2 
9 
67 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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