Table 48. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Washington: 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 
11,746 
2,519 
2,541 
1,882 
972 
1,509 
1,048 
223 
workers 
256,036 
12,935 
16,039 
13,827 
15,419 
31,643 
54,415 
61,443 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
6,067 
685 
802 
791 
620 
1,168 
973 
219 
workers 
56,387 
1,384 
1,890 
1,753 
1,656 
5,488 
11,241 
21,279 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
9,398 
2,148 
2,089 
1,497 
771 
1,177 
811 
159 
workers 
199,649 
11,551 
14,149 
12,074 
13,763 
26,155 
43,174 
40,164 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
1,314 
138 
195 
150 
165 
228 
220 
57 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
83 
17 
33 
11 
11 
8 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
17,457 
5,446 
7,321 
2,972 
475 
494 
220 
20 
workers 
40,375 
11,698 
17,632 
7,190 
1,009 
954 
408 
69 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
10,559 
3,128 
5,314 
1,820 
25 
18 
7 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,980 
4,445 
5,573 
2,133 
239 
126 
16 
1 
50 to 69 acres 
1,826 
613 
658 
285 
105 
73 
10 
3 
70 to 99 acres 
2,018 
710 
631 
337 
88 
101 
39 
2 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,513 
490 
459 
261 
76 
97 
51 
1 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,180 
395 
322 
201 
52 
86 
60 
1 
180 to 219 acres 
739 
198 
210 
129 
45 
54 
51 
3 
220 to 259 acres 
527 
138 
135 
94 
34 
46 
37 
3 
260 to 499 acres 
1,805 
521 
349 
234 
153 
207 
177 
20 
500 to 999 acres 
1,508 
322 
296 
215 
168 
196 
162 
52 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,123 
142 
156 
128 
147 
232 
166 
53 
2,000 acres or more 
1,471 
95 
67 
93 
184 
472 
299 
84 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,620 
267 
370 
323 
440 
726 
286 
5 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,924 
420 
676 
424 
45 
101 
124 
36 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,825 
1,056 
1,379 
823 
400 
414 
293 
71 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,753 
544 
561 
425 
38 
41 
38 
11 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,926 
3,021 
2,986 
1,051 
172 
219 
130 
21 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,926 
3,021 
2,986 
1,051 
172 
219 
130 
21 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,008 
3,209 
4,099 
1,294 
125 
69 
31 
3 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
116 
33 
36 
20 
6 
5 
7 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1 21 2) 
471 
38 
53 
38 
32 
80 
139 
62 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
485 
84 
274 
118 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,016 
280 
480 
189 
13 
15 
8 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,407 
415 
715 
254 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,698 
1,830 
2,541 
971 
37 
36 
19 
3 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
11,861 
3,769 
4,874 
1,905 
320 
354 
277 
82 
number 
1,162,792 
70,642 
67,078 
72,488 
52,922 
94,629 
230,960 
394,036 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,205 
2,103 
3,118 
823 
30 
21 
11 
1 
10 to 49 
3,869 
1,390 
1,521 
711 
60 
63 
33 
3 
50 to 99 
662 
171 
151 
194 
51 
51 
16 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 
430 
65 
63 
126 
87 
64 
8 
2 
200 to 499 
352 
34 
21 
42 
74 
108 
55 
2 
500 or more 
343 
6 
- 
9 
18 
47 
154 
71 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
9,816 
3,141 
3,949 
1,542 
287 
317 
255 
77 
number 
478,841 
37,402 
36,091 
32,956 
26,528 
45,901 
99,420 
158,023 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
9,285 
3,084 
3,869 
1,484 
253 
240 
120 
16 
number 
211,852 
36,680 
35,475 
32,277 
24,573 
33,837 
26,876 
5,173 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,938 
2,082 
2,915 
774 
38 
19 
15 
1 
10 to 49 
2,508 
883 
851 
508 
57 
92 
37 
3 
50 to 99 
435 
74 
76 
148 
72 
32 
12 
3 
100 to 199 
213 
34 
23 
46 
44 
38 
13 
3 
200 to 499 
146 
11 
4 
8 
40 
48 
23 
2 
500 or more 
45 
- 
- 
- 
2 
11 
20 
4 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
798 
115 
169 
124 
56 
84 
140 
64 
number 
266,989 
722 
616 
679 
1,955 
12,064 
72,544 
152,850 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
407 
99 
150 
108 
27 
1 
1 
10 to 49 
60 
13 
19 
15 
9 
3 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
31 
3 
- 
1 
14 
13 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
65 
- 
- 
- 
6 
55 
4 
- 
200 to 499 
99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
72 
1 
500 or more 
136 
- 
- 
- 
- 
64 
62 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
8,581 
2,703 
3,346 
1,421 
278 
313 
252 
75 
number 
683,951 
33,240 
30,987 
39,532 
26,394 
48,728 
131,540 
236,013 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
8,420 
2,637 
3,286 
1,338 
294 
337 
255 
76 
number 
877,290 
33,750 
30,643 
31,013 
30,243 
64,669 
148,553 
317,117 
$1,000 
994,835 
30,349 
27,213 
26,470 
28,873 
53,611 
150,059 
351,550 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
1,052 
50,315 
809 
11,696 
746 
38,619 
161 
1 
509 
1,415 
246 
447 
79 
110 
78 
63 
49 
40 
144 
97 
99 
177 
203 
98 
389 
95 
326 
326 
178 
4 
29 
2 
24 
20 
261 
280 
180,037 
98 
88 
25 
15 
16 
38 
248 
42,520 
219 
16,961 
94 
77 
18 
12 
10 
8 
46 
25,559 
21 
1 
14 
10 
193 
137,517 
197 
221,302 
326,710 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 665 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
