Table 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - California: 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 
33,955 
6,689 
7,047 
5,784 
2,312 
3,729 
3,443 
1,313 
workers 
465,422 
23,717 
28,344 
25,471 
16,364 
36,851 
74,050 
150,811 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
....farms 
20,018 
2,383 
2,761 
2,935 
1,592 
2,997 
3,204 
1,279 
workers 
205,851 
4,799 
5,970 
7,138 
5,326 
13,838 
35,315 
79,707 
Less than 150 days 
....farms 
22,621 
5,096 
5,210 
3,919 
1,432 
2,245 
1,934 
719 
workers 
259,571 
18,918 
22,374 
18,333 
1 1 ,038 
23,013 
38,735 
71,104 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
....farms 
2,921 
360 
363 
456 
229 
419 
492 
229 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
....farms 
755 
189 
233 
152 
53 
64 
18 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
....farms 
31,965 
10,510 
11,126 
6,107 
1,091 
1,169 
633 
96 
workers 
72,020 
22,440 
26,041 
14,030 
2,268 
2,340 
1,280 
211 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
8,757 
9,719 
4,988 
178 
186 
64 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
8,580 
8,815 
5,488 
930 
509 
257 
42 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
879 
1,020 
696 
406 
306 
79 
23 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
831 
847 
589 
420 
483 
98 
29 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
686 
704 
454 
301 
559 
154 
59 
140 to 179 acres 
2,533 
548 
498 
346 
207 
419 
201 
42 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
270 
206 
183 
119 
327 
184 
17 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
212 
190 
109 
82 
255 
154 
34 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
618 
536 
356 
233 
762 
826 
121 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
397 
435 
309 
95 
438 
803 
248 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
212 
222 
219 
115 
149 
499 
294 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
215 
247 
285 
221 
230 
369 
440 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
269 
352 
344 
287 
560 
220 
13 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
4,191 
684 
937 
1,415 
120 
161 
249 
204 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
35,945 
9,931 
10,714 
5,739 
1,962 
2,733 
1,754 
433 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
3,390 
720 
812 
853 
162 
250 
198 
84 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,815 
1,620 
1,709 
1,000 
192 
329 
372 
83 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
194 
7 
23 
20 
14 
32 
68 
9 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,621 
1,613 
1,686 
980 
178 
297 
304 
74 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
4,383 
4,188 
1,957 
320 
283 
137 
35 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
156 
35 
43 
32 
10 
7 
9 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,594 
46 
45 
46 
59 
125 
655 
467 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
446 
107 
215 
93 
11 
2 
1 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
367 
388 
272 
34 
32 
35 
18 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,246 
1,184 
1,315 
618 
31 
32 
14 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
2,859 
2,721 
1,653 
119 
109 
44 
6 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
16,764 
5,232 
5,317 
2,823 
556 
569 
886 
553 
number 
5,370,531 
146,925 
174,389 
164,458 
145,155 
233,944 
969,373 
2,856,333 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
2,850 
3,018 
1,191 
67 
40 
37 
12 
1 0 to 49 
4,687 
1,716 
1,678 
887 
76 
74 
30 
10 
50 to 99 
1,128 
331 
318 
298 
56 
42 
19 
3 
100 to 199 
914 
199 
172 
250 
92 
82 
34 
3 
200 to 499 
896 
119 
99 
152 
178 
169 
112 
3 
500 or more 
1,743 
17 
32 
45 
87 
162 
654 
522 
Cows and heifers that calved 
....farms 
12,566 
3,816 
3,843 
2,092 
440 
448 
797 
499 
number 
2,399,249 
72,058 
69,320 
72,542 
74,972 
118,458 
506,226 
1,219,568 
Beef cows 
....farms 
10,925 
3,730 
3,733 
1,996 
384 
333 
223 
47 
number 
583,594 
71,351 
68,508 
71,788 
70,706 
95,775 
101,639 
29,391 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,173 
2,375 
2,528 
976 
53 
36 
35 
4 
1 0 to 49 
2,704 
1,009 
881 
548 
43 
57 
33 
6 
50 to 99 
801 
205 
183 
260 
32 
37 
24 
8 
100 to 199 
542 
94 
91 
159 
89 
39 
21 
6 
200 to 499 
479 
42 
47 
48 
151 
88 
42 
8 
500 or more 
226 
5 
3 
5 
16 
76 
68 
15 
Milk cows 
....farms 
1,931 
139 
174 
157 
69 
130 
613 
476 
number 
1,815,655 
707 
812 
754 
4,266 
22,683 
404,587 
1,190,177 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
457 
125 
159 
137 
9 
6 
1 
1 0 to 49 
62 
10 
11 
17 
16 
7 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
52 
3 
4 
3 
33 
3 
2 
- 
100 to 199 
110 
1 
- 
- 
10 
64 
19 
1 
200 to 499 
258 
- 
- 
- 
1 
48 
190 
- 
500 or more 
992 
- 
- 
- 
2 
401 
474 
Other cattle (see text) 
....farms 
13,380 
3,980 
4,124 
2,232 
506 
505 
806 
523 
number 
2,971,282 
74,867 
105,069 
91,916 
70,183 
115,486 
463,147 
1,636,765 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
12,594 
3,750 
3,642 
2,050 
499 
577 
895 
527 
number 
3,671,078 
125,415 
139,165 
91,582 
90,013 
183,358 
522,773 
2,100,271 
$1,000 
3,259,325 
69,551 
69,313 
80,034 
82,322 
167,019 
436,991 
1,910,782 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
3,638 
109,814 
2,867 
53,758 
2,066 
56,056 
373 
43 
1,233 
3,410 
737 
1,190 
291 
304 
305 
272 
171 
153 
531 
505 
330 
427 
251 
421 
2,679 
311 
510 
21 
489 
464 
9 
151 
17 
56 
49 
298 
828 
679,954 
181 
216 
61 
82 
64 
224 
631 
266,105 
479 
74,436 
166 
127 
52 
43 
53 
38 
173 
191,669 
20 
4 
15 
19 
115 
704 
413,849 
654 
418,501 
443,314 
-continued 
80 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
