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 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
_ 
34 
171 
_ 
182 
13 
15 
36 
45 
number 
- 
118 
540 
- 
129,850 
38 
22 
71 
66 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
29 
159 
- 
61 
12 
15 
36 
45 
10 to 49 
- 
5 
11 
- 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
1 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
65 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
- 
953 
7,727 
235 
142 
84 
102 
167 
511 
number 
- 
39,269 
538,094 
1,028,036 
95,178 
499 
617 
1 1 ,022 
6,942 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
_ 
731 
8,794 
268 
128 
20 
10 
106 
453 
number 
- 
39,712 
880,782 
2,081,271 
92,286 
306 
31 
12,997 
6,670 
$1,000 
- 
36,250 
864,509 
3,236,381 
66,846 
388 
16 
16,027 
5,519 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
- 
262 
3,534 
38 
101 
6 
7 
49 
182 
number 
- 
9,319 
151,902 
6,294 
49,771 
18 
25 
1,887 
1,310 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
- 
648 
7,952 
268 
113 
17 
3 
86 
372 
number 
- 
30,393 
728,880 
2,074,977 
42,515 
288 
6 
11,110 
5,360 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
18 
76 
268 
6 
- 
- 
3 
4 
number 
- 
3,711 
7,357 
2,056,187 
3,307 
- 
- 
9,132 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
72 
286 
2 
13 
294 
46 
70 
166 
number 
- 
577 
3,189 
(D) 
162 
713,921 
237 
385 
1,335 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
- 
65 
263 
2 
12 
233 
46 
68 
157 
25 to 49 
- 
4 
12 
- 
1 
26 
- 
1 
8 
50 to 99 
- 
3 
8 
- 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
- 
30 
106 
- 
8 
146 
18 
25 
37 
number 
- 
190 
746 
- 
62 
143,472 
67 
134 
190 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
- 
60 
249 
2 
12 
259 
38 
64 
146 
number 
- 
387 
2,443 
(D) 
100 
570,449 
170 
251 
1,145 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
49 
266 
9 
11 
340 
23 
53 
140 
number 
- 
2,080 
4,961 
37 
105 
2,758,190 
100 
(D) 
1,499 
$1,000 
292 
531 
8 
24 
206,023 
10 
56 
259 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
144 
308 
2 
5 
39 
65 
660 
214 
number 
- 
11,393 
14,433 
(D) 
801 
381 
589 
341,423 
25,582 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
- 
112 
217 
2 
5 
19 
40 
533 
161 
number 
- 
4,165 
10,855 
(D) 
454 
(D) 
248 
101,193 
13,993 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
- 
74 
194 
8 
5 
11 
12 
574 
130 
number 
8,634 
8,917 
46 
220 
61 
102 
401,008 
1 1 ,293 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
- 
2,083 
4,872 
122 
52 
144 
321 
494 
5,504 
number 
- 
12,380 
31,598 
1,009 
(D) 
921 
1,693 
2,388 
54,903 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
- 
1,928 
4,656 
117 
51 
140 
297 
472 
5,410 
number 
- 
9,250 
26,672 
813 
218 
800 
1,308 
2,062 
45,273 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
- 
115 
683 
18 
6 
3 
4 
35 
2,143 
number 
- 
295 
2,135 
157 
28 
3 
6 
62 
8,810 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
- 
161 
551 
1 
15 
63 
133 
691 
447 
number 
- 
2,216 
6,286 
(D) 
2,340 
671 
949 
17,118 
4,109 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
- 
57 
227 
1 
8 
29 
25 
531 
186 
number 
903 
4,708 
(D) 
664 
131 
63 
11,510 
1,700 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
518 
1,357 
20 
32 
122 
558 
418 
917 
number 
- 
11,481 
22,646 
412 
5,303 
2,270 
4,120,818 
7,667 
16,196 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
- 
516 
1,357 
20 
28 
122 
546 
418 
917 
400 to 3,199 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
- 
6 
- 
- 
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 
- 
44 
129 
4 
1 
11 
130 
61 
110 
number 
1,313 
2,357 
(D) 
(D) 
198 
873,419 
1,001 
2,077 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
- 
63 
135 
3 
- 
15 
90 
74 
137 
number 
- 
1,744 
2,824 
21 
- 
189 
2,856,088 
1,205 
9,811 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
- 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
16 
11 
23 
number 
- 
260 
1,040 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
669 
833 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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