Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,429 
2,936 
2,877 
2,730 
2,384 
9,170 
acres 
363,887 
414,555 
255,340 
179,858 
112,860 
821,027 
Partnership 
farms 
106 
153 
127 
105 
82 
462 
acres 
40,955 
25,891 
13,916 
8,862 
5,828 
144,148 
Registered under state law 
farms 
84 
114 
80 
74 
52 
275 
acres 
34,081 
20,714 
9,188 
7,092 
3,049 
113,613 
Corporation 
farms 
85 
156 
121 
84 
76 
455 
acres 
37,924 
58,249 
16,569 
7,403 
6,837 
135,183 
Family held 
farms 
78 
127 
105 
69 
63 
400 
acres 
(D) 
52,029 
15,437 
6,708 
(D) 
114,614 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
6 
2 
- 
1 
17 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
77 
121 
103 
69 
62 
383 
Other than family held 
farms 
7 
29 
16 
15 
13 
55 
acres 
(D) 
6,220 
1,132 
695 
(D) 
20,569 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
7 
29 
16 
15 
13 
55 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
12 
17 
15 
15 
13 
108 
acres 
10,990 
2,977 
1,441 
485 
90 
29,196 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
580 
846 
664 
543 
411 
1,869 
workers 
1,406 
1,862 
1,468 
1,233 
858 
5,109 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
204 
225 
161 
133 
114 
685 
workers 
318 
335 
257 
222 
191 
1,697 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
449 
707 
561 
453 
321 
1,388 
workers 
1,088 
1,527 
1,211 
1,011 
667 
3,412 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
5 
10 
3 
6 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
1 
5 
- 
- 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
813 
1,555 
1,534 
1,346 
1,189 
4,686 
workers 
1,905 
3,646 
3,679 
2,992 
2,855 
10,226 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
89 
208 
271 
351 
507 
1,426 
1 0 to 49 acres 
220 
682 
1,137 
1,349 
1,335 
4,313 
50 to 69 acres 
99 
339 
444 
389 
239 
1,001 
70 to 99 acres 
104 
446 
370 
350 
188 
871 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
173 
472 
362 
218 
128 
809 
140 to 1 79 acres 
159 
288 
180 
108 
62 
426 
180 to 219 acres 
143 
243 
118 
50 
26 
291 
220 to 259 acres 
122 
158 
59 
33 
23 
213 
260 to 499 acres 
333 
289 
151 
66 
35 
501 
500 to 999 acres 
139 
101 
36 
10 
9 
207 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
34 
27 
11 
9 
1 
84 
2,000 acres or more 
17 
9 
1 
1 
2 
53 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
150 
149 
81 
34 
18 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
35 
120 
120 
100 
47 
29 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
97 
201 
136 
81 
70 
151 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
52 
138 
101 
41 
25 
82 
Other crop farming (1119) 
288 
618 
553 
488 
440 
3,736 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
10 
4 
8 
4 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
278 
614 
545 
484 
440 
3,736 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
808 
1,652 
1,776 
1,698 
1,222 
3,186 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
3 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
11 
12 
20 
60 
97 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1 
15 
20 
34 
99 
293 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2 
20 
20 
61 
131 
372 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
195 
324 
320 
377 
443 
2,246 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,042 
2,031 
2,119 
1,919 
1,453 
3,600 
number 
91,643 
102,553 
58,156 
34,567 
19,329 
64,282 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
45 
119 
259 
478 
622 
1,820 
1 0 to 49 
227 
1,162 
1,601 
1,378 
812 
1,558 
50 to 99 
408 
577 
239 
54 
19 
149 
1 00 to 1 99 
286 
142 
16 
9 
- 
43 
200 to 499 
76 
29 
4 
- 
- 
24 
500 or more 
- 
2 
- 
" 
- 
6 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
958 
1,894 
1,972 
1,769 
1,250 
2,950 
number 
53,714 
60,299 
36,977 
21,938 
1 1 ,946 
34,022 
Beef cows 
farms 
958 
1,894 
1,972 
1,767 
1,250 
2,950 
number 
53,714 
(D) 
36,977 
21,935 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
47 
203 
439 
777 
753 
1,857 
10 to 49 
424 
1,411 
1,473 
976 
495 
1,027 
50 to 99 
353 
259 
56 
14 
2 
49 
100 to 199 
131 
16 
3 
- 
- 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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