Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
59,732 
2,073 
1,535 
2,351 
4,696 
5,113 
acres 
12,000,544 
2,964,370 
1,177,648 
1,409,267 
1,620,991 
1,052,341 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
2,093 
856 
939 
1,164 
807 
acres 
6,934,159 
3,819,135 
764,566 
640,770 
804,148 
215,729 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,283 
1,864 
774 
793 
942 
631 
acres 
5,929,592 
3,148,941 
709,989 
598,450 
701,978 
169,560 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
1,965 
661 
656 
724 
534 
acres 
5,359,671 
3,637,758 
304,517 
297,002 
395,615 
229,179 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
1,631 
567 
578 
619 
445 
acres 
4,209,678 
2,792,322 
286,570 
217,159 
377,444 
97,693 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
126 
15 
27 
18 
15 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
1,505 
552 
551 
601 
430 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
334 
94 
78 
105 
89 
acres 
1,149,993 
845,436 
17,947 
79,843 
18,171 
131,486 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
93 
10 
6 
13 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
241 
84 
72 
92 
78 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
202 
134 
171 
338 
225 
acres 
1,274,627 
530,215 
115,973 
71,322 
172,251 
78,786 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
33,955 
5,975 
2,688 
3,049 
4,407 
3,333 
workers 
465,422 
314,058 
30,618 
25,351 
31,631 
16,133 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
20,018 
5,625 
2,288 
2,258 
2,730 
1,656 
workers 
205,851 
160,690 
12,400 
8,653 
8,712 
4,058 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
22,621 
3,327 
1,549 
1,879 
2,887 
2,267 
workers 
259,571 
153,368 
18,218 
16,698 
22,919 
12,075 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
2,921 
891 
351 
312 
450 
267 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
755 
24 
31 
86 
134 
126 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31,965 
797 
730 
1,178 
2,377 
2,689 
workers 
72,020 
1,710 
1,441 
2,558 
5,061 
6,057 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
91 
106 
186 
373 
878 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
348 
235 
732 
3,040 
3,842 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
122 
132 
452 
774 
454 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
149 
294 
546 
706 
311 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
251 
395 
492 
464 
215 
140 to 179 acres 
2,533 
286 
312 
350 
323 
146 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
250 
266 
196 
148 
78 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
240 
186 
156 
96 
87 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
1,170 
563 
488 
269 
178 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
1,306 
411 
185 
211 
181 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
1,022 
112 
123 
179 
139 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
1,098 
174 
211 
339 
170 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
275 
339 
460 
407 
264 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
4,191 
663 
124 
139 
221 
309 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
35,945 
2,815 
1,968 
2,536 
4,632 
4,581 
production (1 1 14) 
3,390 
364 
175 
203 
352 
298 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,815 
540 
216 
239 
367 
279 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
194 
87 
29 
18 
23 
14 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,621 
453 
187 
221 
344 
265 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
209 
172 
332 
631 
652 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
156 
25 
15 
16 
27 
18 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,594 
1,249 
113 
59 
51 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
446 
4 
2 
2 
13 
8 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
116 
15 
32 
41 
31 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
3,246 
19 
21 
23 
46 
43 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
54 
26 
76 
134 
186 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
1,644 
391 
545 
1,009 
880 
number 
5,370,531 
4,409,827 
207,546 
182,218 
213,836 
98,861 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
60 
22 
48 
154 
150 
10 to 49 
4,687 
45 
47 
78 
148 
193 
50 to 99 
1,128 
26 
17 
44 
101 
158 
100 to 199 
914 
38 
44 
80 
228 
256 
200 to 499 
896 
119 
125 
161 
307 
110 
500 or more 
1,743 
1,356 
136 
134 
71 
13 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,566 
1,471 
299 
445 
764 
685 
number 
2,399,249 
1,946,513 
96,392 
93,447 
96,990 
51,213 
Beef cows 
farms 
10,925 
331 
198 
381 
713 
663 
number 
583,594 
168,649 
70,356 
86,166 
93,986 
50,745 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,173 
46 
25 
45 
129 
120 
1 0 to 49 
2,704 
44 
29 
58 
101 
133 
50 to 99 
801 
41 
13 
37 
83 
224 
100 to 199 
542 
34 
17 
54 
209 
159 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
