Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,735 
8,783 
6,902 
5,252 
4,208 
13,084 
acres 
842,528 
940,541 
356,015 
256,197 
163,194 
1,217,452 
Partnership 
farms 
667 
682 
383 
209 
180 
1,004 
acres 
128,312 
78,678 
27,102 
26,993 
46,957 
381,769 
Registered under state law 
farms 
506 
518 
261 
134 
119 
741 
acres 
104,309 
63,675 
20,547 
21,436 
45,302 
345,405 
Corporation 
farms 
360 
344 
230 
135 
79 
673 
acres 
34,244 
128,450 
28,222 
14,380 
3,260 
287,044 
Family held 
farms 
311 
302 
192 
112 
74 
514 
acres 
27,191 
112,821 
20,628 
13,436 
1,314 
263,100 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
7 
6 
5 
- 
35 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
301 
295 
186 
107 
74 
479 
Other than family held 
farms 
49 
42 
38 
23 
5 
159 
acres 
7,053 
15,629 
7,594 
944 
1,946 
23,944 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
4 
2 
3 
2 
25 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
47 
38 
36 
20 
3 
134 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
281 
328 
203 
140 
123 
635 
acres 
61,190 
55,403 
9,430 
6,442 
18,081 
155,534 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,852 
3,413 
2,142 
1,451 
915 
3,730 
workers 
11,102 
13,157 
5,844 
3,608 
2,322 
11,598 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,175 
1,139 
698 
424 
273 
1,752 
workers 
2,393 
2,246 
1,270 
768 
520 
4,141 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,106 
2,669 
1,655 
1,115 
696 
2,471 
workers 
8,709 
10,911 
4,574 
2,840 
1,802 
7,457 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
190 
178 
79 
40 
25 
138 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
139 
93 
45 
24 
10 
43 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,180 
4,860 
3,730 
2,703 
2,293 
7,428 
workers 
7,221 
11,314 
8,308 
6,017 
5,380 
16,953 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,881 
4,717 
4,507 
3,325 
2,697 
5,876 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,467 
3,264 
2,036 
1,579 
1,368 
5,900 
50 to 69 acres 
320 
307 
244 
193 
98 
604 
70 to 99 acres 
250 
367 
178 
158 
115 
527 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
172 
275 
160 
146 
92 
560 
140 to 1 79 acres 
145 
220 
129 
100 
82 
440 
180 to 219 acres 
80 
104 
95 
37 
24 
199 
220 to 259 acres 
72 
100 
51 
24 
21 
156 
260 to 499 acres 
220 
331 
173 
77 
44 
470 
500 to 999 acres 
197 
207 
87 
50 
30 
365 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
133 
148 
34 
31 
6 
113 
2,000 acres or more 
106 
97 
24 
16 
13 
186 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
211 
136 
70 
58 
38 
38 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
282 
593 
727 
478 
427 
228 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,436 
5,515 
3,808 
2,289 
1,130 
2,235 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
325 
622 
410 
231 
211 
199 
Other crop farming (1119) 
324 
468 
393 
301 
249 
2,439 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
9 
8 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
315 
460 
387 
301 
249 
2,439 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
863 
1,614 
1,400 
1,408 
1,175 
3,311 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
30 
17 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
4 
- 
10 
3 
- 
95 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
10 
25 
51 
54 
109 
168 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
29 
40 
52 
79 
195 
572 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
101 
307 
270 
374 
621 
1,421 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
428 
800 
519 
461 
435 
4,690 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,258 
2,164 
1,675 
1,598 
1,397 
4,203 
number 
67,643 
68,210 
27,016 
21,794 
9,678 
63,902 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
359 
664 
737 
935 
1,118 
3,149 
10 to 49 
357 
1,111 
871 
641 
274 
922 
50 to 99 
348 
303 
53 
20 
3 
55 
1 00 to 1 99 
158 
66 
12 
- 
- 
32 
200 to 499 
34 
13 
1 
- 
2 
24 
500 or more 
2 
7 
1 
2 
- 
21 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
919 
1,672 
1,222 
1,233 
1,013 
2,843 
number 
35,516 
33,259 
13,130 
8,175 
5,024 
19,590 
Beef cows 
farms 
904 
1,640 
1,191 
1,218 
967 
2,719 
number 
35,412 
33,127 
12,987 
8,099 
4,910 
19,157 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
245 
668 
692 
977 
871 
2,355 
10 to 49 
360 
828 
483 
238 
92 
338 
50 to 99 
247 
123 
14 
3 
2 
14 
100 to 199 
44 
18 
1 
- 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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