Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
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) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows farms 
517 
14 
2 
4 
1 
34 
_ 
number 
130,736 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
118 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
378 
14 
2 
4 
1 
29 
- 
1 0 to 49 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
50 to 99 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
10,949 
951 
29 
29 
19 
953 
- 
number 
1,816,055 
94,562 
1,073 
233 
530 
39,269 
- 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
11,570 
989 
33 
23 
15 
731 
_ 
number 
3,211,467 
95,352 
1,607 
122 
331 
39,712 
- 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
93,241 
1,720 
108 
303 
36,250 
- 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
4,568 
362 
16 
7 
4 
262 
- 
number 
239,372 
18,329 
417 
52 
48 
9,319 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
10,403 
882 
27 
20 
15 
648 
- 
number 
2,972,095 
77,023 
1,190 
70 
283 
30,393 
- 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
415 
39 
- 
- 
1 
18 
- 
number 
2,085,520 
5,739 
- 
- 
(D) 
3,711 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
1,001 
34 
14 
2 
2 
72 
- 
number 
727,301 
7,328 
136 
(D) 
(D) 
577 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
887 
24 
13 
2 
2 
65 
- 
25 to 49 
55 
3 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
50 to 99 
23 
5 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
100 to 199 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
18 
2 
- 
" 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
396 
21 
4 
1 
- 
30 
- 
number 
145,140 
258 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
190 
- 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
874 
28 
12 
2 
2 
60 
- 
number 
582,161 
7,070 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
387 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
956 
40 
18 
3 
4 
49 
- 
number 
2,784,645 
(D) 
129 
(D) 
14 
2,080 
- 
$1,000 
208,763 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
292 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,509 
42 
10 
16 
4 
144 
- 
number 
401,376 
3,046 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
11,393 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,141 
32 
5 
12 
3 
112 
- 
number 
135,588 
2,764 
(D) 
191 
14 
4,165 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
1,056 
28 
6 
12 
2 
74 
- 
number 
435,338 
3,137 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8,634 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
14,210 
431 
61 
80 
46 
2,083 
- 
number 
110,360 
1,887 
(D) 
307 
260 
12,380 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
13,638 
402 
56 
71 
38 
1,928 
- 
number 
88,735 
1,683 
190 
254 
212 
9,250 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
3,071 
58 
2 
3 
1 
115 
- 
number 
11,618 
115 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
295 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
2,168 
59 
23 
19 
5 
161 
- 
number 
34,757 
601 
(D) 
226 
139 
2,216 
- 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,111 
22 
10 
12 
3 
57 
- 
number 
20,388 
392 
(D) 
71 
(D) 
903 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
4,271 
134 
101 
61 
33 
518 
- 
number 
4,195,691 
2,642 
3,861 
1,337 
1,058 
11,481 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,253 
134 
101 
61 
33 
516 
- 
400 to 3,199 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
526 
10 
16 
5 
5 
44 
- 
number 
881,505 
188 
693 
81 
(D) 
1,313 
" 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
561 
10 
19 
11 
4 
63 
- 
number 
2,872,844 
120 
281 
496 
65 
1,744 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
61 
- 
2 
- 
- 
5 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
260 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
