Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2 
3 
2 
6 
11 
9 
12 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,026 
8,377 
(D) 
31,968 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
63 
51 
32 
142 
51 
44 
17 
acres 
9,887 
10,045 
7,376 
50,755 
37,203 
53,671 
45,424 
Partnership 
farms 
10 
3 
2 
7 
12 
17 
14 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,475 
9,408 
23,208 
37,270 
Registered under state law 
farms 
10 
3 
2 
6 
10 
16 
11 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,202 
7,964 
22,158 
29,720 
Corporation 
farms 
15 
7 
8 
22 
26 
29 
27 
acres 
2,385 
1,352 
1,960 
8,046 
18,556 
38,531 
81,829 
Family held 
farms 
15 
7 
8 
21 
25 
28 
27 
acres 
2,385 
1,352 
1,960 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
81,829 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
15 
7 
8 
20 
22 
28 
27 
Other than family held 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1 
2 
1 
6 
3 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,997 
1,614 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
23 
19 
24 
85 
60 
72 
53 
workers 
105 
61 
65 
304 
383 
338 
699 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
16 
14 
7 
47 
48 
65 
48 
workers 
66 
27 
20 
127 
197 
187 
310 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
19 
12 
18 
63 
41 
38 
31 
workers 
39 
34 
45 
177 
186 
151 
389 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
. 
1 
1 
8 
3 
8 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
36 
30 
25 
71 
34 
30 
10 
workers 
81 
68 
49 
145 
78 
91 
16 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
89 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
63 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
177 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
92 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
90 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
58 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
49 
40 
19 
94 
57 
66 
50 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1 
1 
1 
3 
7 
5 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
1 
2 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8 
7 
5 
11 
8 
5 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) . 
8 
7 
5 
11 
8 
5 
. 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
2 
2 
4 
2 
2 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
19 
9 
13 
60 
17 
11 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
30 
5 
11 
31 
13 
14 
10 
number 
1,504 
164 
1,147 
2,110 
1,260 
2,572 
4,670 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 0 to 49 
13 
3 
3 
18 
5 
6 
1 
50 to 99 
4 
1 
1 
5 
1 
2 
1 
100 to 199 
6 
- 
6 
1 
2 
1 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
2 
4 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
27 
4 
10 
28 
11 
11 
8 
number 
556 
115 
575 
952 
680 
1,439 
1,501 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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