Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
12 
4 
1 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
60 
48 
11 
2 
5 
11 
2 
63 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
404 
245 
6 
3 
8 
14 
18 
225 
acres 
- 
1,033,625 
420,988 
9,115 
(D) 
361 
(D) 
(D) 
304,019 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,125 
2,467 
161 
115 
54 
110 
195 
1,300 
workers 
- 
5,320 
6,261 
1,750 
2,736 
953 
598 
538 
3,470 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
950 
1,246 
133 
111 
20 
54 
100 
701 
workers 
- 
1,649 
2,576 
1,261 
1,889 
626 
296 
290 
1,426 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
- 
1,575 
1,652 
85 
57 
40 
74 
115 
814 
workers 
- 
3,671 
3,685 
489 
847 
327 
302 
248 
2,044 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
60 
5 
6 
1 
1 
17 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
28 
15 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
10 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
4,268 
5,371 
93 
42 
161 
329 
657 
3,608 
workers 
- 
8,785 
13,366 
237 
112 
511 
818 
1,671 
8,284 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
652 
949 
6 
9 
100 
146 
313 
1,454 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
2,956 
2,498 
13 
56 
147 
291 
535 
2,794 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
579 
505 
3 
7 
13 
29 
52 
334 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
890 
766 
17 
8 
22 
50 
81 
528 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
572 
534 
16 
7 
13 
23 
52 
422 
140 to 1 79 acres 
- 
897 
527 
18 
14 
12 
20 
47 
360 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
335 
264 
19 
8 
9 
8 
18 
163 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
277 
159 
9 
3 
5 
5 
17 
127 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
1,333 
915 
22 
15 
10 
18 
27 
398 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
938 
943 
31 
28 
2 
10 
24 
258 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
507 
805 
33 
18 
2 
9 
16 
158 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
387 
1,663 
81 
10 
8 
2 
30 
157 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
10,323 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
_ 
10,323 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
10,528 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
268 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
183 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
343 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
611 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,212 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,153 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,269 
9,806 
255 
182 
123 
148 
211 
738 
number 
- 
86,742 
1,048,681 
1,053,490 
225,984 
1,184 
1,120 
15,205 
16,447 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
418 
2,957 
15 
51 
99 
123 
134 
482 
1 0 to 49 
- 
519 
3,600 
46 
20 
17 
21 
47 
194 
50 to 99 
- 
135 
1,099 
19 
- 
5 
4 
17 
38 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
104 
922 
12 
11 
2 
- 
5 
15 
200 to 499 
- 
56 
764 
52 
16 
- 
- 
3 
7 
500 or more 
37 
464 
111 
84 
" 
- 
5 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
_ 
1,081 
8,148 
143 
182 
88 
98 
163 
525 
number 
- 
47,473 
510,587 
25,454 
130,806 
685 
503 
4,183 
9,505 
Beef cows 
farms 
_ 
1,069 
8,114 
143 
36 
80 
90 
146 
506 
number 
- 
47,355 
510,047 
25,454 
956 
647 
481 
4,112 
9,439 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
402 
2,779 
12 
20 
68 
80 
90 
369 
10 to 49 
- 
448 
3,000 
48 
10 
10 
10 
44 
112 
50 to 99 
- 
100 
973 
19 
4 
1 
- 
3 
9 
100 to 199 
- 
64 
726 
23 
1 
1 
- 
6 
11 
200 to 499 
- 
48 
487 
31 
1 
- 
- 
2 
4 
500 or more 
- 
7 
149 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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