Table 9. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Delaware: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
898 
156 
141 
214 
114 
119 
94 
9 
51 
workers 
3,697 
427 
342 
607 
355 
452 
737 
231 
546 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
578 
89 
64 
132 
68 
89 
87 
7 
42 
workers 
1,772 
199 
119 
310 
148 
219 
405 
174 
198 
Less than 150 days farms 
567 
90 
101 
129 
82 
71 
55 
7 
32 
workers 
1,925 
228 
223 
297 
207 
233 
332 
57 
348 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
38 
6 
- 
2 
5 
7 
9 
3 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
6 
1 
2 
" 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
1,092 
277 
349 
257 
84 
61 
24 
1 
39 
workers 
2,550 
608 
801 
637 
175 
167 
(D) 
(D) 
122 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
452 
91 
176 
162 
7 
1 
1 
- 
14 
1 0 to 49 acres 
933 
247 
351 
251 
45 
5 
4 
- 
30 
50 to 69 acres 
143 
48 
36 
46 
5 
4 
- 
- 
4 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
52 
44 
40 
14 
4 
- 
- 
4 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
32 
53 
46 
10 
1 
1 
- 
10 
140 to 179 acres 
89 
18 
17 
36 
9 
1 
- 
1 
7 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
19 
9 
23 
8 
- 
- 
- 
4 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
12 
6 
8 
10 
7 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
18 
18 
9 
77 
45 
4 
- 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
1 
3 
1 
6 
64 
11 
1 
5 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
- 
1 
- 
1 
39 
44 
- 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
44 
7 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
115 
114 
131 
55 
94 
73 
5 
19 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
61 
10 
13 
13 
5 
5 
8 
2 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
6 
7 
4 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
73 
20 
18 
17 
3 
2 
3 
- 
10 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
309 
101 
124 
63 
2 
5 
4 
- 
10 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
309 
101 
124 
63 
2 
5 
4 
- 
10 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
36 
61 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
2 
1 
17 
2 
7 
2 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
16 
- 
15 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
97 
109 
209 
123 
56 
16 
2 
33 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
10 
13 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1 1 25, 1 1 29) 
520 
141 
239 
130 
1 
2 
1 
- 
6 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
431 
81 
148 
113 
29 
28 
16 
1 
15 
number 
18,225 
1,338 
1,924 
2,420 
(D) 
2,883 
7,040 
(D) 
1,191 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
32 
79 
43 
8 
4 
- 
- 
5 
1 0 to 49 
188 
46 
62 
55 
12 
10 
2 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
36 
3 
7 
15 
3 
4 
2 
- 
2 
100 to 199 
17 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
1 
1 
6 
200 to 499 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
6 
- 
1 
500 or more 
5 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
5 
" 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
347 
65 
118 
86 
27 
22 
13 
1 
15 
number 
8,345 
986 
825 
1,292 
(D) 
1,502 
2,604 
(D) 
343 
Beef cows farms 
296 
62 
108 
67 
22 
17 
5 
1 
14 
number 
3,833 
901 
772 
773 
(D) 
317 
191 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
181 
32 
91 
39 
7 
7 
- 
- 
5 
1 0 to 49 
101 
30 
17 
25 
9 
8 
4 
- 
8 
50 to 99 
14 
- 
- 
3 
6 
2 
1 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
77 
6 
20 
21 
5 
11 
10 
1 
3 
number 
4,512 
85 
53 
519 
(D) 
1,185 
2,413 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
32 
4 
20 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 0 to 49 
24 
1 
- 
17 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
7 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
1 
" 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
321 
55 
106 
88 
19 
23 
15 
1 
14 
number 
9,880 
352 
1,099 
1,128 
(D) 
1,381 
4,436 
(D) 
848 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
293 
52 
82 
81 
24 
21 
17 
1 
15 
number 
10,481 
649 
655 
817 
(D) 
1,352 
5,554 
(D) 
1,021 
$1,000 
9,489 
609 
602 
491 
(D) 
813 
5,165 
(D) 
1,100 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
