Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
72,641 
4,965 
2,712 
3,621 
6,301 
6,267 
acres 
20,951,605 
7,940,053 
2,054,284 
2,109,827 
2,743,712 
1,404,508 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,453 
705 
382 
423 
622 
510 
acres 
2,772,951 
1,090,800 
386,369 
343,238 
527,112 
107,054 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
59,732 
2,084 
1,551 
2,365 
4,716 
5,134 
acres 
12,000,544 
2,969,265 
1,184,256 
1,427,189 
1,657,998 
1,024,890 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
2,113 
852 
934 
1,171 
807 
acres 
6,934,159 
3,868,641 
726,388 
637,731 
838,806 
191,865 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,283 
1,882 
770 
789 
946 
632 
acres 
5,929,592 
3,196,871 
672,771 
594,027 
731,631 
150,317 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
1,967 
660 
661 
721 
537 
acres 
5,359,671 
3,639,248 
303,482 
319,769 
402,202 
245,628 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
1,632 
567 
583 
616 
448 
acres 
4,209,678 
2,793,052 
286,295 
239,926 
384,031 
114,142 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
126 
15 
28 
17 
15 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
1,506 
552 
555 
599 
433 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
335 
93 
78 
105 
89 
acres 
1,149,993 
846,196 
17,187 
79,843 
18,171 
131,486 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
93 
10 
6 
13 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
242 
83 
72 
92 
78 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
203 
134 
172 
343 
220 
acres 
1,274,627 
530,865 
115,643 
71,226 
181,083 
71,705 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
33,955 
6,006 
2,692 
3,046 
4,420 
3,331 
workers 
465,422 
314,195 
30,611 
25,365 
31,742 
16,056 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
20,018 
5,655 
2,276 
2,263 
2,735 
1,651 
workers 
205,851 
160,770 
12,355 
8,663 
8,748 
4,062 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
22,621 
3,341 
1,562 
1,876 
2,891 
2,271 
workers 
259,571 
153,425 
18,256 
16,702 
22,994 
11,994 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2,921 
891 
351 
314 
452 
268 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
755 
24 
31 
86 
136 
127 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31,965 
809 
734 
1,177 
2,387 
2,693 
workers 
72,020 
1,735 
1,446 
2,556 
5,084 
6,060 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
91 
106 
186 
375 
885 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
350 
233 
734 
3,064 
3,846 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
123 
131 
453 
783 
453 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
149 
294 
549 
706 
314 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
251 
395 
500 
469 
205 
140 to 179 acres 
2,533 
287 
311 
362 
314 
151 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
250 
267 
199 
146 
79 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
240 
186 
164 
89 
86 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
1,174 
595 
466 
260 
181 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
1,327 
395 
182 
210 
191 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
1,024 
112 
122 
181 
144 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
1,101 
172 
215 
354 
163 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
294 
359 
465 
385 
260 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
4,191 
663 
126 
137 
223 
311 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
35,945 
2,819 
1,965 
2,543 
4,661 
4,583 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,390 
364 
175 
203 
352 
298 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,815 
542 
216 
240 
371 
297 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
194 
87 
30 
18 
22 
14 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,621 
455 
186 
222 
349 
283 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
212 
170 
336 
643 
651 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
156 
25 
15 
16 
27 
19 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,594 
1,255 
107 
59 
54 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
446 
4 
2 
2 
13 
8 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
116 
15 
32 
41 
31 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,246 
19 
21 
23 
46 
43 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
54 
26 
76 
135 
190 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
1,653 
385 
555 
1,019 
880 
number 
5,370,531 
4,418,405 
200,010 
183,846 
219,136 
94,481 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
60 
22 
48 
154 
150 
10 to 49 
4,687 
45 
47 
79 
150 
195 
50 to 99 
1,128 
26 
17 
44 
106 
158 
100 to 199 
914 
40 
43 
86 
226 
260 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
134 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
