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 
1,894 
2,958 
2,650 
2,535 
2,864 
11,313 
acres 
1,196,957 
868,367 
460,562 
272,071 
217,652 
2,435,221 
Partnership 
farms 
227 
296 
204 
177 
149 
905 
acres 
169,250 
126,374 
47,781 
50,588 
24,013 
892,650 
Registered under state law 
farms 
188 
234 
160 
123 
116 
680 
acres 
150,967 
105,785 
42,659 
30,823 
17,883 
787,390 
Corporation 
farms 
188 
192 
136 
124 
104 
672 
acres 
119,973 
157,924 
41,526 
37,504 
22,771 
331,064 
Family held 
farms 
155 
171 
110 
105 
93 
582 
acres 
102,245 
147,038 
30,753 
33,179 
(D) 
268,151 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
2 
2 
2 
1 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
152 
169 
108 
103 
92 
570 
Other than family held 
farms 
33 
21 
26 
19 
11 
90 
acres 
17,728 
10,886 
10,773 
4,325 
(D) 
62,913 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
2 
3 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
29 
21 
26 
17 
8 
83 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
59 
79 
75 
53 
59 
531 
acres 
31,750 
49,131 
19,450 
10,261 
5,424 
523,139 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
605 
729 
523 
448 
442 
1,937 
workers 
1,560 
1,707 
1,115 
1,002 
933 
4,152 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
241 
242 
178 
175 
161 
870 
workers 
448 
365 
273 
256 
246 
1,300 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
439 
570 
388 
317 
316 
1,365 
workers 
1,112 
1,342 
842 
746 
687 
2,852 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
12 
13 
18 
13 
11 
23 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
14 
20 
5 
7 
7 
9 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,084 
1,731 
1,688 
1,497 
1,559 
5,969 
workers 
2,544 
4,183 
3,907 
3,630 
3,634 
13,184 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
115 
335 
482 
544 
800 
1,800 
1 0 to 49 acres 
353 
854 
1,091 
1,165 
1,428 
4,813 
50 to 69 acres 
80 
199 
191 
220 
175 
679 
70 to 99 acres 
191 
347 
315 
290 
250 
1,013 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
137 
236 
186 
125 
137 
782 
140 to 1 79 acres 
191 
257 
177 
136 
95 
999 
180 to 219 acres 
103 
144 
80 
57 
55 
346 
220 to 259 acres 
49 
95 
56 
53 
31 
281 
260 to 499 acres 
367 
415 
236 
153 
106 
1,191 
500 to 999 acres 
359 
358 
136 
87 
51 
809 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
251 
185 
80 
30 
39 
402 
2,000 acres or more 
172 
100 
35 
29 
9 
306 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
427 
332 
162 
84 
62 
39 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
17 
57 
90 
65 
32 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
53 
138 
98 
83 
39 
95 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
45 
89 
45 
44 
51 
77 
Other crop farming (1119) 
456 
683 
643 
778 
1,107 
5,642 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
456 
683 
643 
778 
1,107 
5,642 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,017 
1,514 
1,348 
1,112 
797 
1,976 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
39 
36 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
51 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
11 
17 
52 
116 
120 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
13 
16 
25 
103 
432 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
26 
105 
127 
149 
285 
448 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
279 
543 
515 
494 
584 
4,523 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,316 
1,879 
1,542 
1,228 
978 
2,626 
number 
68,876 
52,492 
25,656 
13,669 
8,246 
39,419 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
135 
372 
635 
774 
711 
1,668 
1 0 to 49 
645 
1,259 
853 
430 
258 
791 
50 to 99 
380 
206 
43 
14 
8 
108 
1 00 to 1 99 
136 
37 
5 
4 
- 
44 
200 to 499 
16 
4 
5 
6 
1 
12 
500 or more 
4 
1 
1 
" 
- 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,180 
1,617 
1,269 
970 
745 
1,920 
number 
43,081 
33,009 
15,220 
7,625 
4,447 
22,155 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,173 
1,601 
1,252 
956 
725 
1,864 
number 
42,982 
32,878 
15,122 
7,553 
4,388 
21,962 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
144 
403 
625 
724 
613 
1,296 
10 to 49 
718 
1,117 
607 
219 
110 
502 
50 to 99 
264 
66 
17 
10 
1 
41 
100 to 199 
45 
13 
2 
3 
- 
20 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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