Table 41. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South Carolina: 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 
5,851 
1,744 
1,745 
925 
322 
482 
296 
33 
workers 
23,398 
4,460 
3,983 
2,717 
1,130 
2,344 
2,735 
4,075 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
2,685 
521 
572 
467 
227 
369 
274 
33 
workers 
9,020 
1,146 
984 
914 
500 
1,155 
1,718 
1,502 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
4,235 
1,392 
1,367 
614 
190 
312 
168 
24 
workers 
14,378 
3,314 
2,999 
1,803 
630 
1,189 
1,017 
2,573 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
200 
37 
27 
17 
11 
42 
33 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
23 
7 
6 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
11,350 
3,900 
5,034 
1,629 
182 
210 
89 
5 
workers 
24,548 
7,890 
1 1 ,427 
3,672 
350 
389 
167 
17 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,135 
674 
1,069 
325 
17 
7 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,996 
3,173 
4,350 
1,177 
56 
22 
5 
4 
50 to 69 acres 
2,538 
964 
1,144 
318 
28 
13 
2 
1 
70 to 99 acres 
2,382 
1,016 
1,000 
276 
29 
9 
2 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,152 
857 
889 
297 
30 
17 
2 
- 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,292 
517 
520 
172 
29 
15 
3 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,032 
431 
377 
144 
19 
18 
6 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
787 
294 
286 
134 
21 
14 
2 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
1,912 
709 
641 
265 
124 
75 
16 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
1,121 
318 
301 
111 
101 
188 
23 
3 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
555 
78 
86 
43 
21 
158 
112 
4 
2,000 acres or more 
364 
25 
36 
25 
12 
41 
147 
19 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,100 
599 
738 
331 
92 
144 
102 
5 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,062 
441 
385 
169 
9 
14 
8 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
936 
365 
393 
119 
13 
10 
3 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
805 
282 
283 
124 
23 
30 
19 
4 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,701 
3,112 
3,154 
708 
104 
195 
127 
5 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
55 
7 
5 
5 
11 
20 
4 
2 
Cotton farming (1 1 192) 
368 
65 
72 
62 
54 
70 
36 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,278 
3,040 
3,077 
641 
39 
105 
87 
3 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,851 
2,289 
2,609 
731 
19 
18 
1 
1 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1 21 2) 
80 
10 
5 
11 
4 
22 
19 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
236 
73 
91 
51 
7 
5 
5 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,238 
255 
408 
178 
196 
124 
35 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,100 
325 
601 
150 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,157 
1,305 
2,032 
715 
20 
12 
2 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
8,121 
2,960 
3,401 
1,108 
147 
164 
79 
3 
number 
297,286 
79,065 
83,409 
37,050 
(D) 
33,365 
23,376 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,665 
908 
1,312 
347 
12 
4 
1 
1 
10 to 49 
4,072 
1,631 
1,681 
557 
42 
38 
21 
- 
50 to 99 
841 
305 
292 
131 
34 
30 
15 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
325 
91 
89 
50 
29 
34 
12 
- 
200 to 499 
165 
25 
22 
21 
26 
44 
13 
- 
500 or more 
53 
- 
5 
2 
4 
14 
17 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
7,329 
2,723 
3,010 
1,008 
143 
157 
75 
1 
number 
182,742 
51,297 
51,217 
23,081 
(D) 
18,695 
13,032 
(D) 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
7,232 
2,716 
2,978 
994 
140 
140 
61 
1 
number 
166,745 
50,864 
51,054 
22,809 
(D) 
15,286 
5,798 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,985 
1,130 
1,386 
380 
14 
16 
3 
10 to 49 
3,500 
1,370 
1,393 
501 
57 
49 
30 
- 
50 to 99 
512 
173 
162 
79 
33 
32 
9 
- 
100 to 199 
162 
36 
29 
30 
21 
22 
10 
- 
200 to 499 
61 
7 
8 
4 
14 
15 
7 
- 
500 or more 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
2 
1 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
193 
39 
62 
28 
7 
24 
19 
- 
number 
15,997 
433 
163 
272 
297 
3,409 
7,234 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
121 
33 
58 
23 
3 
1 
10 to 49 
14 
5 
4 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
7 
- 
- 
2 
1 
4 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
18 
- 
- 
- 
1 
13 
2 
- 
200 to 499 
26 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
13 
- 
500 or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
5,988 
2,168 
2,468 
807 
131 
146 
70 
3 
number 
114,544 
27,768 
32,192 
13,969 
(D) 
14,670 
10,344 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
5,778 
2,159 
2,331 
777 
133 
144 
63 
2 
number 
134,445 
34,158 
33,593 
14,290 
(D) 
16,768 
12,591 
(D) 
$1,000 
92,352 
21,097 
21,294 
9,351 
6,405 
13,455 
(D) 
(D) 
Non-family 
farms 
304 
1,954 
222 
1,101 
168 
853 
21 
4 
301 
636 
42 
209 
68 
50 
60 
36 
37 
36 
80 
76 
53 
59 
89 
31 
27 
40 
296 
1 
9 
286 
183 
9 
3 
36 
21 
71 
259 
21,006 
80 
102 
34 
20 
14 
9 
212 
13,284 
202 
9,095 
56 
100 
24 
14 
6 
2 
14 
4,189 
3 
2 
6 
3 
195 
7,722 
169 
9,194 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 567 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
