Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,917 
215 
268 
83 
129 
120 
acres 
264,023 
91,498 
58,741 
26,224 
31,900 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
50 
21 
11 
11 
9 
acres 
78,919 
57,014 
12,848 
(D) 
1,320 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
41 
16 
11 
11 
2 
acres 
67,520 
47,938 
11,762 
(D) 
1,320 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
105 
71 
20 
19 
4 
acres 
159,443 
119,956 
23,262 
7,217 
2,978 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
295 
103 
67 
19 
16 
2 
acres 
156,297 
(D) 
22,782 
(D) 
2,558 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
4 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
99 
67 
19 
15 
2 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
2 
4 
1 
3 
2 
acres 
3,146 
(D) 
480 
(D) 
420 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
2 
4 
1 
3 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
56 
3 
10 
1 
4 
2 
acres 
6,267 
390 
855 
(D) 
1,472 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
898 
274 
169 
60 
70 
36 
workers 
3,697 
1,839 
553 
221 
254 
108 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
578 
217 
98 
39 
43 
17 
workers 
1,772 
972 
205 
85 
110 
53 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
567 
163 
118 
41 
52 
25 
workers 
1,925 
867 
348 
136 
144 
55 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
23 
5 
2 
5 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,092 
120 
148 
46 
78 
62 
workers 
2,550 
258 
353 
96 
203 
183 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
452 
24 
83 
20 
5 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
933 
125 
106 
15 
8 
27 
50 to 69 acres 
143 
17 
10 
2 
5 
1 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
25 
8 
3 
7 
13 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
13 
27 
1 
18 
29 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
89 
5 
12 
2 
21 
26 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
7 
2 
2 
22 
15 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
5 
9 
3 
13 
5 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
19 
46 
35 
61 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
25 
30 
31 
2 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
51 
36 
1 
1 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
57 
1 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
84 
56 
62 
114 
80 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
11 
5 
2 
11 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
73 
4 
1 
4 
5 
10 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
6 
3 
- 
4 
2 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
309 
6 
3 
_ 
4 
2 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
- 
- 
- 
8 
6 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
2 
5 
4 
10 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
262 
300 
39 
7 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
520 
2 
- 
2 
3 
18 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
431 
34 
49 
11 
41 
35 
number 
18,225 
8,029 
3,251 
421 
2,048 
915 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
7 
16 
5 
13 
10 to 49 
188 
9 
17 
2 
24 
15 
50 to 99 
36 
2 
2 
4 
11 
7 
100 to 199 
17 
3 
8 
- 
6 
- 
200 to 499 
14 
8 
6 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
347 
29 
41 
9 
40 
33 
number 
8,345 
3,196 
1,738 
252 
843 
268 
Beef cows 
farms 
296 
19 
36 
7 
29 
22 
number 
3,833 
453 
792 
87 
499 
101 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
181 
6 
13 
5 
12 
20 
1 0 to 49 
101 
10 
15 
2 
17 
2 
50 to 99 
14 
3 
8 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
