Table 4. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arizona: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
....farms 
4,851 
1,382 
1,134 
1,150 
188 
307 
211 
110 
workers 
29,245 
3,253 
3,211 
2,813 
1,016 
2,276 
3,593 
7,504 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
....farms 
2,721 
576 
601 
557 
125 
262 
199 
107 
workers 
16,066 
974 
948 
1,083 
436 
1,117 
2,474 
4,796 
Less than 150 days 
....farms 
2,924 
933 
644 
726 
115 
167 
110 
53 
workers 
13,179 
2,279 
2,263 
1,730 
580 
1,159 
1,119 
2,708 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
....farms 
120 
17 
22 
22 
5 
8 
11 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
....farms 
27 
4 
15 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
....farms 
10,465 
3,356 
2,805 
3,779 
85 
120 
37 
12 
workers 
28,429 
9,043 
7,899 
10,183 
183 
285 
68 
19 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
11,911 
3,718 
3,218 
4,704 
14 
16 
4 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,082 
1,543 
1,045 
1,238 
28 
43 
18 
6 
50 to 69 acres 
398 
137 
96 
127 
3 
5 
1 
3 
70 to 99 acres 
354 
123 
98 
94 
4 
8 
8 
6 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
391 
140 
84 
122 
11 
12 
5 
4 
140 to 179 acres 
374 
113 
96 
96 
25 
11 
- 
11 
180 to 219 acres 
200 
72 
32 
47 
10 
10 
2 
5 
220 to 259 acres 
142 
54 
27 
19 
12 
18 
2 
3 
260 to 499 acres 
540 
154 
99 
132 
54 
74 
9 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
513 
145 
47 
96 
37 
111 
34 
11 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
429 
110 
52 
78 
15 
35 
73 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
135 
93 
141 
48 
29 
63 
46 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
718 
210 
104 
283 
32 
35 
21 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,625 
513 
268 
742 
2 
14 
11 
30 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
877 
362 
297 
134 
15 
22 
8 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
400 
101 
81 
97 
17 
30 
19 
7 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,489 
370 
289 
322 
76 
173 
122 
14 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
195 
5 
15 
24 
34 
54 
40 
2 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,294 
365 
274 
298 
42 
119 
82 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,201 
1,366 
1,071 
1,427 
93 
61 
18 
1 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
1 
4 
4 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
102 
13 
11 
5 
- 
2 
16 
48 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
213 
43 
113 
48 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
267 
93 
102 
64 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4,593 
1,690 
747 
2,098 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,506 
1,682 
1,900 
1,670 
25 
35 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
6,029 
1,865 
1,415 
2,222 
122 
96 
53 
51 
number 
911,334 
52,975 
39,265 
68,607 
29,262 
44,873 
64,234 
443,916 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,961 
928 
761 
1,199 
5 
12 
2 
1 0 to 49 
2,075 
726 
487 
743 
24 
32 
8 
- 
50 to 99 
331 
109 
75 
93 
22 
7 
6 
- 
100 to 199 
207 
50 
32 
81 
12 
5 
4 
- 
200 to 499 
266 
41 
56 
97 
41 
3 
5 
- 
500 or more 
189 
11 
4 
9 
18 
37 
28 
51 
Cows and heifers that calved 
....farms 
4,966 
1,479 
1,179 
1,849 
109 
77 
46 
49 
number 
391,522 
33,539 
26,406 
44,664 
21,013 
27,928 
30,522 
168,090 
Beef cows 
....farms 
4,851 
1,458 
1,161 
1,845 
109 
75 
30 
2 
number 
197,901 
33,220 
26,315 
44,579 
(D) 
(D) 
13,231 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,570 
777 
670 
1,062 
5 
12 
4 
1 0 to 49 
1,578 
533 
374 
564 
27 
18 
9 
1 
50 to 99 
250 
84 
42 
80 
11 
4 
4 
- 
100 to 199 
226 
33 
49 
100 
13 
5 
2 
- 
200 to 499 
167 
29 
25 
39 
47 
10 
3 
- 
500 or more 
60 
2 
1 
- 
6 
26 
8 
1 
Milk cows 
....farms 
239 
65 
49 
47 
1 
2 
16 
48 
number 
193,621 
319 
91 
85 
(D) 
(D) 
17,291 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
160 
58 
49 
47 
1 
1 0 to 49 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
500 or more 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
48 
Other cattle (see text) 
....farms 
3,860 
1,219 
901 
1,281 
112 
74 
52 
50 
number 
519,812 
19,436 
12,859 
23,943 
8,249 
16,945 
33,712 
275,826 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
3,364 
1,111 
804 
995 
117 
86 
50 
51 
number 
676,935 
25,952 
18,462 
27,354 
24,060 
38,709 
85,604 
288,516 
$1,000 
700,307 
17,065 
12,057 
17,408 
(D) 
30,207 
51,696 
332,020 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
205 
168,202 
178 
39,360 
171 
29,883 
171 
128,842 
150 
168,278 
(D) 
-continued 
52 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
