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 
2,578 
3,983 
3,674 
3,184 
3,520 
10,238 
acres 
1,757,257 
1,475,148 
777,447 
399,989 
309,128 
2,094,233 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
287 
406 
309 
212 
252 
773 
acres 
206,816 
205,844 
78,501 
30,487 
26,771 
542,752 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,126 
3,403 
3,245 
2,884 
3,191 
9,090 
acres 
1,385,334 
1,135,267 
671,646 
324,306 
254,404 
1,152,136 
Partnership 
farms 
271 
384 
259 
202 
188 
612 
acres 
234,162 
223,347 
54,780 
48,185 
34,293 
596,218 
Registered under state law 
farms 
220 
295 
198 
140 
142 
469 
acres 
201,828 
175,385 
45,615 
24,373 
26,229 
548,252 
Corporation 
farms 
218 
221 
158 
140 
124 
531 
acres 
154,071 
154,839 
49,069 
48,116 
27,874 
217,908 
Family held 
farms 
185 
192 
126 
119 
107 
466 
acres 
(D) 
140,955 
34,472 
42,607 
(D) 
176,338 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
5 
2 
1 
1 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
182 
187 
124 
118 
106 
456 
Other than family held 
farms 
33 
29 
32 
21 
17 
65 
acres 
(D) 
13,884 
14,597 
5,509 
(D) 
41,570 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
4 
3 
5 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
29 
29 
32 
17 
14 
60 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
92 
128 
130 
79 
80 
332 
acres 
72,125 
116,799 
43,767 
16,770 
7,284 
359,124 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
668 
829 
641 
491 
485 
1,492 
workers 
1,712 
1,863 
1,322 
1,108 
1,015 
3,281 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
267 
293 
241 
206 
189 
647 
workers 
480 
421 
345 
297 
274 
1,031 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
488 
630 
484 
350 
350 
1,029 
workers 
1,232 
1,442 
977 
811 
741 
2,250 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
15 
19 
13 
7 
21 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
11 
19 
5 
7 
7 
9 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,191 
1,901 
1,914 
1,605 
1,680 
5,134 
workers 
2,753 
4,468 
4,397 
3,844 
3,889 
11,503 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
115 
338 
494 
546 
805 
1,776 
1 0 to 49 acres 
354 
881 
1,126 
1,222 
1,546 
4,570 
50 to 69 acres 
90 
204 
207 
232 
214 
597 
70 to 99 acres 
196 
357 
347 
344 
345 
814 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
139 
248 
207 
192 
173 
643 
140 to 1 79 acres 
203 
284 
363 
279 
156 
565 
180 to 219 acres 
110 
155 
122 
81 
63 
250 
220 to 259 acres 
54 
108 
117 
63 
39 
182 
260 to 499 acres 
407 
678 
486 
182 
125 
552 
500 to 999 acres 
513 
552 
183 
104 
71 
322 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
331 
223 
97 
30 
34 
148 
2,000 acres or more 
195 
108 
43 
30 
12 
146 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
398 
295 
166 
48 
54 
30 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
20 
56 
90 
65 
31 
17 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
50 
142 
102 
81 
39 
88 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
45 
89 
49 
44 
51 
72 
Other crop farming (1119) 
787 
1,291 
1,306 
1,255 
1,491 
3,061 
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) 
787 
1,291 
1,306 
1,255 
1,491 
3,061 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,016 
1,519 
1,347 
1,074 
805 
1,895 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
39 
34 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
51 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
12 
10 
18 
51 
116 
113 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
16 
18 
29 
110 
413 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
26 
111 
135 
154 
279 
435 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
307 
569 
558 
501 
607 
4,390 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,322 
1,882 
1,563 
1,192 
983 
2,486 
number 
64,202 
50,072 
25,467 
12,907 
8,979 
34,442 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
151 
385 
659 
768 
713 
1,617 
10 to 49 
671 
1,271 
841 
402 
255 
742 
50 to 99 
365 
193 
55 
12 
9 
81 
1 00 to 1 99 
120 
29 
5 
4 
4 
33 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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