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 
1,715 
3,752 
3,710 
3,537 
3,456 
6,740 
acres 
504,344 
609,842 
380,697 
278,944 
212,374 
454,928 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
211 
295 
238 
169 
186 
372 
acres 
71,266 
66,491 
29,668 
18,100 
30,799 
52,899 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,551 
3,450 
3,445 
3,339 
3,252 
6,363 
acres 
406,911 
503,971 
335,948 
245,660 
183,334 
400,397 
Partnership 
farms 
126 
199 
188 
132 
135 
246 
acres 
57,819 
49,435 
28,472 
17,621 
30,668 
45,372 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98 
152 
124 
81 
86 
133 
acres 
48,814 
41,790 
20,663 
9,459 
27,318 
31,968 
Corporation 
farms 
96 
191 
173 
134 
123 
244 
acres 
53,620 
80,192 
36,525 
23,440 
15,283 
31,027 
Family held 
farms 
84 
162 
146 
116 
106 
214 
acres 
39,322 
72,739 
29,890 
22,015 
12,828 
25,835 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
9 
4 
3 
6 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
82 
153 
142 
113 
100 
214 
Other than family held 
farms 
12 
29 
27 
18 
17 
30 
acres 
14,298 
7,453 
6,635 
1,425 
2,455 
5,192 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
12 
29 
27 
18 
17 
30 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
22 
22 
26 
27 
39 
41 
acres 
20,377 
8,331 
2,508 
4,075 
1,515 
2,463 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
622 
994 
799 
658 
567 
1,221 
workers 
1,486 
2,252 
1,995 
1,632 
1,360 
3,083 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
205 
277 
195 
172 
170 
478 
workers 
318 
462 
468 
362 
408 
945 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
497 
826 
682 
545 
445 
850 
workers 
1,168 
1,790 
1,527 
1,270 
952 
2,138 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
7 
13 
6 
8 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
1 
5 
2 
2 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
897 
1,785 
1,859 
1,590 
1,615 
3,318 
workers 
2,104 
4,092 
4,302 
3,431 
3,750 
7,478 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
88 
208 
302 
384 
556 
1,310 
1 0 to 49 acres 
226 
787 
1,289 
1,552 
1,819 
3,359 
50 to 69 acres 
107 
398 
507 
514 
352 
630 
70 to 99 acres 
121 
507 
477 
469 
301 
451 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
182 
551 
475 
291 
208 
443 
140 to 1 79 acres 
182 
336 
244 
146 
93 
219 
180 to 219 acres 
162 
278 
157 
67 
67 
132 
220 to 259 acres 
140 
208 
86 
48 
44 
70 
260 to 499 acres 
355 
397 
219 
109 
79 
172 
500 to 999 acres 
163 
138 
50 
29 
22 
73 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
43 
40 
23 
19 
3 
17 
2,000 acres or more 
26 
14 
3 
4 
5 
18 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
156 
146 
72 
28 
13 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
35 
121 
121 
102 
45 
27 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
96 
200 
138 
79 
74 
144 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
52 
140 
106 
38 
29 
74 
Other crop farming (1119) 
393 
1,077 
1,129 
1,184 
1,322 
970 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
13 
6 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
380 
1,071 
1,125 
1,182 
1,322 
970 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
852 
1,765 
1,850 
1,659 
1,269 
2,879 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
3 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
11 
17 
15 
60 
97 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1 
15 
30 
36 
104 
276 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2 
25 
23 
69 
133 
354 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
204 
348 
345 
422 
500 
2,070 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,096 
2,143 
2,188 
1,890 
1,493 
3,266 
number 
93,765 
100,079 
58,796 
33,890 
21,026 
52,746 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
46 
144 
285 
496 
625 
1,744 
10 to 49 
281 
1,266 
1,655 
1,336 
831 
1,363 
50 to 99 
420 
579 
227 
45 
34 
107 
1 00 to 1 99 
278 
123 
17 
9 
3 
35 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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