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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
2,263 
5,009 
4,629 
4,844 
5,163 
10,451 
acres 
560,409 
867,368 
637,479 
513,029 
506,078 
803,694 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
169 
301 
202 
209 
211 
528 
acres 
81,564 
85,019 
53,427 
51,998 
37,784 
121,947 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,025 
4,566 
4,346 
4,544 
4,836 
9,780 
acres 
449,223 
726,767 
482,233 
424,782 
415,013 
665,998 
Partnership 
farms 
167 
305 
208 
234 
251 
399 
acres 
97,720 
111,096 
106,859 
68,973 
58,180 
89,480 
Registered under state law 
farms 
113 
223 
145 
165 
166 
289 
acres 
75,270 
84,274 
94,758 
61,322 
45,592 
80,784 
Corporation 
farms 
114 
229 
142 
153 
172 
383 
acres 
51,988 
73,468 
71,631 
32,967 
37,894 
49,008 
Family held 
farms 
94 
194 
133 
144 
148 
333 
acres 
49,360 
64,767 
61,302 
31,486 
35,627 
45,708 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
3 
6 
6 
11 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
91 
191 
127 
138 
137 
328 
Other than family held 
farms 
20 
35 
9 
9 
24 
50 
acres 
2,628 
8,701 
10,329 
1,481 
2,267 
3,300 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
18 
34 
9 
9 
24 
50 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
34 
67 
70 
40 
51 
110 
acres 
12,800 
13,977 
17,676 
12,928 
12,850 
35,006 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
789 
1,300 
947 
866 
757 
1,707 
workers 
2,351 
3,595 
2,355 
1,802 
1,820 
4,090 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
237 
338 
260 
262 
232 
681 
workers 
491 
640 
412 
392 
397 
1,130 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
631 
1,083 
755 
652 
593 
1,167 
workers 
1,860 
2,955 
1,943 
1,410 
1,423 
2,960 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
17 
7 
12 
9 
20 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
13 
13 
13 
4 
4 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,028 
2,198 
2,077 
2,146 
2,177 
4,566 
workers 
2,265 
4,840 
4,586 
4,547 
4,718 
10,116 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
88 
273 
310 
365 
554 
1,250 
1 0 to 49 acres 
274 
1,054 
1,562 
2,020 
2,186 
5,374 
50 to 69 acres 
191 
511 
593 
620 
654 
1,141 
70 to 99 acres 
225 
636 
665 
590 
522 
870 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
274 
785 
581 
457 
496 
818 
140 to 1 79 acres 
253 
477 
307 
240 
240 
407 
180 to 219 acres 
237 
381 
178 
161 
195 
254 
220 to 259 acres 
168 
226 
101 
122 
97 
141 
260 to 499 acres 
387 
534 
277 
245 
233 
250 
500 to 999 acres 
162 
197 
116 
101 
87 
98 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
49 
57 
48 
36 
29 
40 
2,000 acres or more 
32 
36 
28 
14 
17 
29 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
281 
295 
193 
137 
141 
130 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
91 
228 
224 
185 
97 
67 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
289 
561 
520 
342 
241 
549 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
98 
194 
115 
94 
85 
97 
Other crop farming (1119) 
424 
966 
1,072 
1,486 
2,419 
2,701 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
62 
36 
15 
2 
1 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
362 
930 
1,057 
1,482 
2,418 
2,701 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,051 
2,634 
2,315 
2,117 
1,273 
2,544 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3 
14 
11 
21 
66 
96 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
40 
41 
94 
192 
539 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
62 
102 
268 
329 
1,111 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
64 
173 
173 
227 
467 
2,820 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,341 
3,002 
2,514 
2,280 
1,432 
2,818 
number 
94,621 
124,225 
59,183 
41,952 
17,546 
34,969 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
63 
155 
327 
652 
736 
1,619 
10 to 49 
473 
1,958 
2,021 
1,563 
670 
1,112 
50 to 99 
495 
766 
157 
57 
19 
75 
1 00 to 1 99 
270 
114 
8 
3 
7 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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