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 
$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 
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 
6,785 
9,887 
7,622 
5,756 
4,613 
14,112 
acres 
1,004,096 
1,144,598 
408,760 
331,990 
240,682 
1,569,095 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
465 
430 
230 
147 
91 
448 
acres 
77,202 
46,036 
51,685 
53,269 
8,323 
81,863 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,810 
8,865 
6,985 
5,374 
4,300 
12,548 
acres 
843,044 
965,348 
362,879 
288,383 
172,715 
1,104,577 
Partnership 
farms 
686 
700 
406 
237 
205 
873 
acres 
130,995 
92,022 
33,599 
37,235 
50,340 
326,537 
Registered under state law 
farms 
518 
527 
285 
159 
136 
639 
acres 
107,154 
71,295 
27,076 
33,046 
47,865 
297,539 
Corporation 
farms 
368 
363 
235 
147 
83 
619 
acres 
39,118 
89,147 
33,889 
16,333 
3,536 
267,319 
Family held 
farms 
318 
319 
191 
122 
76 
473 
acres 
30,435 
72,796 
21,609 
14,889 
1,434 
251,069 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
11 
10 
7 
- 
25 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
308 
308 
181 
115 
76 
448 
Other than family held 
farms 
50 
44 
44 
25 
7 
146 
acres 
8,683 
16,351 
12,280 
1,444 
2,102 
16,250 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
4 
4 
3 
2 
22 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
47 
40 
40 
22 
5 
124 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
286 
337 
220 
146 
130 
589 
acres 
64,001 
56,351 
13,600 
7,014 
21,452 
141,687 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,882 
3,413 
2,168 
1,496 
928 
3,573 
workers 
11,769 
12,631 
5,909 
3,799 
2,397 
10,948 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,175 
1,144 
706 
439 
291 
1,683 
workers 
2,386 
2,259 
1,251 
814 
576 
3,967 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,137 
2,662 
1,675 
1,156 
694 
2,356 
workers 
9,383 
10,372 
4,658 
2,985 
1,821 
6,981 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
193 
173 
87 
52 
27 
113 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
142 
92 
45 
26 
10 
36 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,249 
4,894 
3,799 
2,733 
2,365 
7,125 
workers 
7,380 
11,440 
8,467 
6,116 
5,527 
16,209 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,902 
4,735 
4,523 
3,321 
2,696 
5,817 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,509 
3,274 
2,056 
1,615 
1,405 
5,725 
50 to 69 acres 
315 
306 
255 
207 
122 
552 
70 to 99 acres 
255 
373 
191 
173 
136 
461 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
185 
275 
168 
167 
99 
508 
140 to 1 79 acres 
143 
249 
145 
113 
105 
353 
180 to 219 acres 
84 
116 
98 
49 
31 
158 
220 to 259 acres 
82 
101 
57 
32 
21 
131 
260 to 499 acres 
224 
355 
190 
110 
47 
381 
500 to 999 acres 
212 
229 
108 
66 
34 
276 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
134 
159 
31 
31 
9 
93 
2,000 acres or more 
105 
93 
24 
20 
13 
174 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
202 
133 
67 
55 
38 
38 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
291 
586 
729 
470 
427 
228 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,471 
5,511 
3,802 
2,284 
1,129 
2,177 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
325 
625 
407 
233 
209 
199 
Other crop farming (1119) 
370 
575 
514 
464 
388 
1,838 
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) 
361 
567 
508 
464 
388 
1,838 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
871 
1,626 
1,412 
1,414 
1,171 
3,261 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
29 
17 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4 
- 
10 
3 
- 
95 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
10 
28 
51 
54 
109 
165 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
32 
41 
54 
82 
202 
556 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
107 
324 
264 
373 
612 
1,414 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
438 
799 
528 
472 
433 
4,658 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,272 
2,173 
1,686 
1,614 
1,387 
4,140 
number 
66,888 
67,776 
27,777 
22,064 
9,749 
60,399 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
365 
675 
753 
950 
1,106 
3,113 
10 to 49 
372 
1,114 
865 
639 
276 
905 
50 to 99 
347 
301 
52 
23 
3 
51 
1 00 to 1 99 
154 
63 
11 
- 
- 
31 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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