Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
La Plata 
Larimer 
Las Animas 
Lincoln 
Logan 
Mesa 
Mineral 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
334 
369 
156 
145 
260 
483 
7 
workers 
831 
1,535 
353 
322 
908 
2,338 
(D) 
$1 ,000 payroll 
5,800 
17,881 
2,925 
3,391 
11,966 
14,219 
391 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
145 
158 
63 
61 
99 
167 
5 
workers 
145 
158 
63 
61 
99 
167 
5 
2 workers 
farms 
80 
97 
41 
43 
83 
111 
- 
workers 
160 
194 
82 
86 
166 
222 
- 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
74 
59 
42 
32 
45 
106 
_ 
workers 
244 
197 
143 
110 
156 
347 
- 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
27 
23 
8 
8 
23 
48 
1 
workers 
173 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
145 
290 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
8 
32 
2 
1 
10 
51 
1 
workers 
109 
827 
(D) 
(D) 
342 
1,312 
(D) 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
142 
183 
83 
73 
121 
188 
2 
workers 
255 
674 
158 
115 
384 
611 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
89 
102 
41 
42 
65 
90 
- 
workers 
89 
102 
41 
42 
65 
90 
- 
2 workers 
farms 
27 
31 
22 
24 
29 
45 
1 
workers 
54 
62 
44 
48 
58 
90 
2 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
18 
19 
19 
6 
19 
34 
_ 
workers 
57 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
65 
112 
- 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
6 
14 
1 
1 
3 
8 
1 
workers 
(D) 
95 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
47 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
2 
17 
- 
- 
5 
11 
- 
workers 
(D) 
353 
- 
- 
180 
272 
- 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
243 
263 
100 
93 
182 
376 
7 
workers 
576 
861 
195 
207 
524 
1,727 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
92 
103 
49 
37 
68 
117 
5 
workers 
92 
103 
49 
37 
68 
117 
5 
2 workers 
farms 
78 
86 
28 
29 
60 
90 
- 
workers 
156 
172 
56 
58 
120 
180 
- 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
54 
41 
18 
23 
36 
94 
_ 
workers 
179 
138 
57 
80 
120 
310 
- 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
14 
20 
4 
3 
14 
34 
1 
workers 
87 
117 
(D) 
(D) 
91 
207 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
5 
13 
1 
1 
4 
41 
1 
workers 
62 
331 
(D) 
(D) 
125 
913 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
91 
106 
56 
52 
78 
107 
- 
workers 
134 
241 
112 
76 
199 
187 
- 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,572 
4,673 
1,265 
1,465 
6,914 
2,252 
- 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
192 
186 
73 
72 
139 
295 
5 
workers 
438 
371 
134 
154 
286 
932 
5 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,132 
1,043 
376 
779 
1,029 
1,641 
(D) 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
51 
77 
27 
21 
43 
81 
2 
1 50 days or more, workers 
121 
433 
46 
39 
185 
424 
(D) 
less than 150 days, workers 
138 
490 
61 
53 
238 
795 
(D) 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,096 
12,165 
1,284 
1,147 
4,022 
10,327 
(D) 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
10 
14 
- 
1 
1 
76 
- 
workers 
24 
186 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
608 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
7 
10 
- 
1 
1 
63 
- 
workers 
20 
175 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
523 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
workers 
4 
11 
- 
- 
- 
85 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
621 
773 
295 
211 
324 
1,192 
7 
workers 
1,488 
1,949 
681 
497 
691 
2,796 
10 
-continued 
294 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
