Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Georgia 
Appling 
Atkinson 
Bacon 
Baker 
Baldwin 
Banks 
Barrow 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
12,258 
165 
96 
86 
95 
17 
172 
69 
workers 
51,156 
864 
554 
1,122 
244 
40 
372 
378 
$1 ,000 payroll 
447,136 
5,638 
1,991 
5,358 
4,049 
52 
2,092 
1,812 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
4,927 
54 
42 
23 
35 
8 
87 
27 
workers 
4,927 
54 
42 
23 
35 
8 
87 
27 
2 workers 
farms 
3,136 
46 
18 
17 
27 
6 
35 
17 
workers 
6,272 
92 
36 
34 
54 
12 
70 
34 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
2,213 
32 
20 
21 
16 
_ 
37 
17 
workers 
7,489 
106 
65 
76 
56 
- 
137 
54 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1,260 
20 
11 
9 
17 
3 
13 
5 
workers 
7,800 
124 
70 
58 
99 
20 
78 
35 
10 workers or more 
farms 
722 
13 
5 
16 
- 
- 
- 
3 
workers 
24,668 
488 
341 
931 
- 
- 
- 
228 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,030 
81 
54 
32 
67 
5 
83 
28 
workers 
18,439 
227 
105 
217 
152 
5 
121 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,952 
41 
31 
10 
34 
5 
59 
11 
workers 
2,952 
41 
31 
10 
34 
5 
59 
11 
2 workers 
farms 
1,552 
21 
12 
5 
16 
- 
17 
14 
workers 
3,104 
42 
24 
10 
32 
- 
34 
28 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
834 
10 
8 
8 
7 
_ 
5 
1 
workers 
2,796 
33 
24 
(D) 
25 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
420 
5 
2 
2 
10 
- 
2 
1 
workers 
2,566 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
61 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
272 
4 
1 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
workers 
7,021 
82 
(D) 
156 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,348 
118 
54 
73 
53 
12 
Ill 
43 
workers 
32,717 
637 
449 
905 
92 
35 
251 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
3,547 
41 
18 
18 
29 
3 
54 
17 
workers 
3,547 
41 
18 
18 
29 
3 
54 
17 
2 workers 
farms 
2,131 
34 
10 
16 
17 
6 
21 
4 
workers 
4,262 
68 
20 
32 
34 
12 
42 
8 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,542 
15 
15 
17 
5 
_ 
29 
16 
workers 
5,144 
52 
50 
61 
(D) 
- 
113 
50 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
707 
16 
6 
12 
2 
3 
7 
4 
workers 
4,284 
99 
39 
81 
(D) 
20 
42 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
421 
12 
5 
10 
- 
- 
2 
workers 
15,480 
377 
322 
713 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,910 
47 
42 
13 
42 
5 
61 
26 
workers 
9,741 
83 
68 
31 
102 
5 
86 
233 
$1 ,000 payroll 
180,955 
1,412 
1,156 
589 
2,095 
37 
998 
1,554 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
6,228 
84 
42 
54 
28 
12 
89 
41 
workers 
17,108 
289 
198 
181 
49 
35 
209 
133 
$1 ,000 payroll 
45,082 
565 
209 
514 
58 
15 
818 
(D) 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
2,120 
34 
12 
19 
25 
- 
22 
2 
1 50 days or more, workers 
8,698 
144 
37 
186 
50 
- 
35 
(D) 
less than 150 days, workers 
15,609 
348 
251 
724 
43 
- 
42 
(D) 
$1 ,000 payroll 
221,100 
3,662 
627 
4,255 
1,896 
- 
276 
(D) 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
553 
16 
8 
29 
4 
- 
1 
- 
workers 
15,513 
397 
(D) 
1,451 
22 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
460 
13 
8 
13 
4 
- 
1 
- 
workers 
14,412 
384 
(D) 
1,162 
22 
- 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
93 
3 
- 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
1,101 
13 
- 
289 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,399 
218 
78 
105 
37 
58 
246 
156 
workers 
37,675 
507 
179 
221 
78 
127 
494 
323 
-continued 
364 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
