Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,453 
808 
1,306 
250 
277 
259 
acres 
2,772,951 
3,350 
31,746 
14,350 
22,623 
29,952 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
59,732 
21,829 
21,105 
2,671 
2,558 
2,249 
acres 
12,000,544 
83,966 
467,569 
153,194 
208,682 
258,198 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
1,176 
2,300 
541 
543 
483 
acres 
6,934,159 
4,943 
58,824 
30,943 
44,877 
55,684 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,283 
868 
1,748 
439 
436 
408 
acres 
5,929,592 
3,672 
45,366 
25,200 
35,880 
47,074 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
958 
1,490 
358 
359 
325 
acres 
5,359,671 
3,869 
36,467 
20,778 
29,410 
37,314 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
773 
1,273 
303 
299 
281 
acres 
4,209,678 
3,227 
31,365 
17,489 
24,452 
32,251 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
22 
24 
9 
15 
15 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
751 
1,249 
294 
284 
266 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
185 
217 
55 
60 
44 
acres 
1,149,993 
642 
5,102 
3,289 
4,958 
5,063 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
3 
13 
9 
12 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
182 
204 
46 
48 
33 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
674 
916 
130 
141 
165 
acres 
1,274,627 
2,892 
21,783 
7,565 
11,470 
18,789 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
33,955 
7,568 
10,008 
1,790 
1,829 
1,791 
workers 
465,422 
26,454 
60,207 
15,638 
18,280 
22,521 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
20,018 
2,814 
4,871 
1,017 
1,152 
1,219 
workers 
205,851 
7,748 
21,067 
5,207 
7,534 
9,049 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
22,621 
5,608 
6,910 
1,224 
1,209 
1,129 
workers 
259,571 
18,706 
39,140 
10,431 
10,746 
13,472 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2,921 
320 
766 
186 
214 
180 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
755 
146 
376 
62 
49 
42 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31,965 
11,425 
1 1 ,382 
1,457 
1,345 
1,154 
workers 
72,020 
24,875 
25,409 
3,300 
2,972 
2,769 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
24,637 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
- 
25,811 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
- 
- 
3,700 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
- 
- 
- 
3,601 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,222 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,533 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
53 
335 
Ill 
165 
159 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
4,191 
1,870 
1,117 
128 
96 
116 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
35,945 
12,108 
13,244 
1,964 
1,810 
1,424 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,390 
2,015 
937 
94 
67 
77 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,815 
353 
1,947 
318 
450 
376 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
194 
9 
19 
7 
2 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
5,621 
344 
1,928 
311 
448 
371 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
2,394 
3,499 
557 
606 
596 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
156 
14 
23 
5 
10 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,594 
88 
190 
74 
84 
141 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
446 
239 
149 
4 
14 
8 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
580 
400 
55 
44 
34 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
3,246 
1,351 
1,235 
132 
106 
100 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
3,572 
2,735 
258 
149 
189 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
3,048 
4,918 
818 
886 
938 
number 
5,370,531 
62,409 
224,048 
125,355 
148,661 
258,436 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
2,501 
3,220 
365 
345 
321 
1 0 to 49 
4,687 
424 
1,443 
340 
379 
411 
50 to 99 
1,128 
49 
65 
37 
52 
48 
100 to 199 
914 
30 
38 
8 
38 
37 
200 to 499 
896 
22 
45 
24 
13 
19 
500 or more 
1,743 
22 
107 
44 
59 
102 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,566 
2,010 
3,411 
554 
633 
724 
number 
2,399,249 
21,885 
115,726 
58,267 
64,648 
128,567 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
