Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
2,356 
353 
352 
105 
149 
141 
acres 
477,123 
249,632 
94,690 
32,643 
34,473 
16,029 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
190 
39 
37 
15 
3 
11 
acres 
60,378 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,917 
215 
272 
82 
129 
124 
acres 
264,023 
91,498 
61,724 
25,134 
30,626 
13,677 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
51 
20 
17 
5 
10 
acres 
78,919 
58,529 
1 1 ,333 
(D) 
300 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
42 
15 
17 
5 
3 
acres 
67,520 
49,453 
10,247 
(D) 
300 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
105 
72 
19 
19 
4 
acres 
159,443 
119,956 
24,389 
6,090 
2,978 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
295 
103 
68 
18 
16 
2 
acres 
156,297 
(D) 
23,909 
(D) 
2,558 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
4 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
99 
68 
18 
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 
4 
acres 
6,267 
390 
855 
(D) 
1,472 
1,071 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
898 
275 
170 
65 
64 
38 
workers 
3,697 
1,844 
553 
231 
240 
114 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
578 
218 
98 
45 
36 
17 
workers 
1,772 
977 
201 
93 
101 
53 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
567 
163 
120 
45 
47 
27 
workers 
1,925 
867 
352 
138 
139 
61 
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 
149 
53 
71 
63 
workers 
2,550 
258 
354 
115 
185 
191 
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 
5 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
25 
8 
3 
7 
13 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
13 
27 
1 
18 
30 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
89 
5 
12 
8 
17 
25 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
7 
2 
2 
22 
16 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
5 
9 
3 
13 
6 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
19 
47 
36 
60 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
25 
33 
28 
2 
1 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
52 
36 
1 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
57 
1 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
85 
60 
60 
114 
84 
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 
11 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
6 
3 
- 
4 
4 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1 199) 
309 
6 
3 
_ 
4 
4 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
- 
- 
6 
2 
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 
19 
33 
35 
number 
18,225 
8,029 
3,251 
1,229 
1,240 
915 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
7 
16 
5 
13 
10 to 49 
188 
9 
17 
4 
22 
15 
50 to 99 
36 
2 
2 
4 
11 
7 
100 to 199 
17 
3 
8 
6 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
120 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
