Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
46 
25 
27 
86 
101 
73 
95 
acres 
7,161 
5,148 
6,470 
30,303 
71,255 
104,784 
1,681,152 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
296 
146 
106 
368 
313 
241 
321 
acres 
46,689 
29,297 
25,510 
131,495 
211,192 
329,778 
2,113,054 
Partnership 
farms 
48 
27 
21 
90 
118 
109 
164 
acres 
7,478 
5,612 
4,982 
30,793 
83,822 
152,316 
1,021,907 
Registered under state law 
farms 
32 
23 
21 
78 
102 
102 
144 
acres 
5,017 
4,752 
4,982 
27,158 
72,197 
143,173 
940,747 
Corporation 
farms 
20 
21 
12 
69 
59 
55 
110 
acres 
3,152 
4,172 
2,904 
25,413 
42,780 
72,592 
1,503,946 
Family held 
farms 
17 
17 
12 
67 
54 
48 
94 
acres 
2,711 
3,379 
2,904 
(D) 
38,627 
63,295 
1,408,458 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
3 
6 
5 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
17 
16 
12 
64 
48 
43 
83 
Other than family held 
farms 
3 
4 
_ 
2 
5 
7 
16 
acres 
441 
793 
- 
(D) 
4,153 
9,297 
95,488 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3 
4 
- 
1 
1 
4 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
10 
6 
3 
13 
23 
24 
76 
acres 
1,566 
1,221 
715 
4,543 
16,696 
33,114 
20,131,289 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
145 
81 
60 
292 
284 
232 
404 
workers 
808 
739 
437 
1,698 
4,391 
2,436 
8,012 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
79 
39 
38 
214 
196 
187 
315 
workers 
561 
362 
176 
710 
3,235 
1,774 
4,515 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
99 
60 
30 
162 
169 
120 
236 
workers 
247 
377 
261 
988 
1,156 
662 
3,497 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
5 
3 
8 
8 
8 
25 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
198 
85 
75 
267 
217 
166 
268 
workers 
524 
262 
279 
816 
578 
500 
834 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
374 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
200 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
142 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
540 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
513 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
429 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
671 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
16 
5 
4 
25 
41 
32 
20 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
15 
21 
17 
25 
5 
8 
29 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
22 
10 
6 
23 
10 
5 
7 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
3 
3 
3 
11 
8 
3 
1 
Other crop farming (1119) 
76 
48 
32 
127 
166 
139 
120 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
15 
10 
10 
45 
41 
37 
21 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) . 
61 
38 
22 
82 
125 
102 
99 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
76 
37 
41 
149 
159 
149 
363 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
3 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
6 
3 
4 
8 
3 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3 
- 
3 
- 
5 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
40 
33 
10 
66 
44 
18 
19 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
110 
30 
23 
110 
64 
68 
105 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
126 
78 
50 
188 
195 
188 
422 
number 
60,372 
39,745 
16,282 
35,854 
214,600 
162,851 
174,914 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
27 
23 
17 
38 
12 
17 
29 
1 0 to 49 
53 
38 
16 
85 
85 
69 
87 
50 to 99 
17 
4 
4 
26 
41 
40 
61 
100 to 199 
12 
4 
1 
10 
18 
13 
69 
200 to 499 
3 
2 
6 
19 
23 
36 
109 
500 or more 
14 
7 
6 
10 
16 
13 
67 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
102 
66 
44 
165 
188 
172 
409 
number 
37,584 
19,157 
12,981 
22,297 
44,172 
34,843 
101,524 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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