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 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
20 
2 
1 
12 
1 
7 
acres 
- 
2,181 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
895 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
59 
15 
1 
16 
1 
316 
8 
163 
workers 
- 
190 
34 
(D) 
89 
(D) 
1,066 
24 
409 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
35 
8 
1 
16 
1 
188 
8 
113 
workers 
- 
104 
(D) 
(D) 
67 
(D) 
553 
11 
245 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
- 
43 
13 
1 
7 
207 
5 
77 
workers 
- 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
22 
- 
513 
13 
164 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
. 
4 
. 
9 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
150 
83 
- 
20 
4 
263 
13 
266 
workers 
- 
287 
293 
- 
83 
12 
578 
31 
565 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
10 
46 
1 
12 
145 
17 
155 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
158 
62 
- 
- 
4 
260 
12 
313 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
46 
7 
- 
- 
- 
30 
- 
13 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
35 
10 
- 
13 
- 
38 
- 
13 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
16 
4 
1 
4 
- 
41 
- 
20 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
- 
8 
7 
- 
2 
- 
19 
1 
1 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
9 
- 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
13 
- 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
11 
1 
1 
4 
- 
60 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
8 
- 
- 
2 
- 
17 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
11 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
309 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
_ 
309 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
137 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
645 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
31 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
520 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
60 
131 
2 
32 
4 
56 
2 
31 
number 
- 
672 
2,613 
(D) 
4,111 
28 
2,130 
(D) 
654 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
29 
72 
2 
4 
24 
2 
14 
10 to 49 
- 
30 
45 
1 
5 
- 
23 
- 
16 
50 to 99 
- 
1 
8 
- 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
2 
- 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
_ 
48 
99 
1 
31 
_ 
48 
1 
25 
number 
- 
367 
919 
(D) 
2,364 
- 
1,093 
(D) 
(D) 
Beef cows 
farms 
_ 
47 
88 
1 
3 
_ 
44 
1 
25 
number 
- 
315 
880 
(D) 
145 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
257 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
35 
57 
23 
1 
15 
10 to 49 
- 
12 
31 
1 
1 
- 
15 
- 
9 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 175 
