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) 
Flog 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) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
_ 
6 
93 
_ 
87 
2 
18 
1 
3 
number 
- 
30 
442 
- 
7,849 
(D) 
744 
(D) 
6 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
5 
88 
- 
24 
2 
8 
1 
3 
10 to 49 
- 
1 
5 
- 
21 
- 
3 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
5 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
59 
1,065 
13,930 
_ 
69 
35 
1,045 
89 
185 
number 
3,498 
30,315 
398,482 
- 
7,898 
658 
39,850 
596 
4,187 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
70 
1,027 
14,896 
_ 
55 
11 
1,008 
35 
139 
number 
5,291 
38,538 
486,311 
- 
5,025 
827 
50,429 
311 
7,106 
$1,000 
3,728 
25,898 
343,728 
- 
4,055 
482 
32,669 
274 
5,528 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
47 
701 
10,867 
- 
46 
7 
787 
16 
71 
number 
1,887 
14,248 
185,397 
- 
2,043 
219 
20,868 
109 
935 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
60 
815 
12,094 
- 
41 
8 
852 
23 
112 
number 
3,404 
24,290 
300,914 
- 
2,982 
608 
29,561 
202 
6,171 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
43 
160 
- 
7 
169 
95 
59 
77 
number 
- 
971 
1,415 
- 
85 
132,715 
4,682 
502 
582 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
- 
41 
146 
- 
6 
107 
87 
57 
76 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
9 
- 
1 
20 
5 
2 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
17 
2 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
20 
1 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
_ 
24 
85 
_ 
7 
115 
47 
32 
46 
number 
- 
385 
422 
- 
31 
13,735 
150 
118 
181 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
- 
33 
121 
- 
3 
149 
81 
49 
53 
number 
- 
586 
993 
- 
54 
118,980 
4,532 
384 
401 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
_ 
16 
77 
_ 
1 
160 
29 
18 
38 
number 
- 
(D) 
1,115 
- 
(D) 
410,514 
(D) 
143 
291 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
31,234 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
39 
102 
- 
2 
8 
75 
403 
52 
number 
- 
877 
3,181 
- 
(D) 
131 
2,606 
13,098 
872 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
- 
28 
63 
- 
1 
8 
55 
305 
33 
number 
- 
479 
1,692 
- 
(D) 
97 
1,699 
7,218 
600 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
- 
17 
60 
- 
2 
6 
35 
279 
15 
number 
- 
578 
1,346 
- 
(D) 
51 
702 
15,910 
250 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10 
1,047 
3,605 
_ 
27 
61 
789 
416 
3,515 
number 
72 
5,217 
16,781 
- 
76 
318 
4,419 
1,625 
33,027 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
10 
963 
3,422 
- 
25 
55 
752 
398 
3,481 
number 
72 
4,735 
15,370 
- 
70 
290 
4,094 
1,482 
30,191 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
- 
71 
336 
- 
- 
3 
59 
37 
1,397 
number 
- 
128 
1,306 
- 
- 
6 
144 
61 
5,495 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
_ 
184 
429 
_ 
5 
17 
280 
1,597 
183 
number 
- 
4,258 
5,623 
- 
27 
140 
3,407 
35,404 
2,016 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2 
95 
201 
- 
3 
6 
110 
1,254 
77 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
1,938 
- 
17 
38 
961 
18,361 
649 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2 
212 
867 
- 
11 
43 
1,251 
401 
404 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
510,477 
- 
364 
342 
8,865,122 
7,760 
41,907 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2 
212 
864 
- 
11 
43 
870 
401 
403 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
31 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
175 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
137 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
1 00,000 or more 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1 
31 
90 
- 
2 
2 
439 
72 
55 
number 
(D) 
119,510 
1,245 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5,227,503 
741 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
2 
31 
87 
- 
2 
4 
668 
71 
77 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
71 
7,903,646 
996 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
1 
1 
5 
- 
1 
- 
253 
2 
15 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
165 
- 
(D) 
- 
10,729,621 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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