Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
10,132 
309 
466 
373 
594 
433 
acres 
1,317,433 
260,282 
180,514 
158,583 
171,971 
77,605 
Partnership 
farms 
931 
81 
79 
69 
94 
61 
acres 
312,372 
118,074 
(D) 
37,951 
35,188 
13,491 
Registered under state law 
farms 
752 
75 
67 
56 
69 
51 
acres 
269,704 
109,410 
44,638 
32,063 
23,575 
11,052 
Corporation 
farms 
975 
171 
101 
90 
73 
46 
acres 
351,741 
178,495 
53,201 
40,698 
19,135 
7,155 
Family held 
farms 
848 
157 
93 
79 
67 
42 
acres 
324,202 
165,322 
51,097 
35,260 
18,364 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
28 
7 
1 
5 
2 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
820 
150 
92 
74 
65 
40 
Other than family held 
farms 
127 
14 
8 
11 
6 
4 
acres 
27,539 
13,173 
2,104 
5,438 
771 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
11 
8 
10 
5 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
218 
5 
3 
6 
7 
5 
acres 
49,199 
20,525 
(D) 
1,277 
2,353 
1,818 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,536 
439 
432 
331 
380 
207 
workers 
14,705 
4,617 
1,547 
1,288 
1,542 
769 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,039 
367 
318 
228 
263 
117 
workers 
6,814 
2,769 
840 
583 
667 
275 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,286 
255 
228 
209 
220 
132 
workers 
7,891 
1,848 
707 
705 
875 
494 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
133 
47 
16 
20 
17 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
20 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,802 
147 
257 
211 
350 
249 
workers 
13,659 
290 
611 
552 
810 
675 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,481 
17 
29 
25 
29 
29 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,554 
107 
140 
35 
37 
63 
50 to 69 acres 
1,121 
32 
42 
13 
9 
27 
70 to 99 acres 
981 
22 
19 
16 
31 
55 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
964 
16 
21 
15 
53 
93 
140 to 179 acres 
629 
9 
26 
27 
64 
77 
180 to 219 acres 
427 
9 
20 
24 
82 
63 
220 to 259 acres 
306 
11 
17 
30 
75 
38 
260 to 499 acres 
861 
51 
106 
134 
292 
72 
500 to 999 acres 
553 
74 
132 
183 
87 
22 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
265 
120 
92 
33 
8 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
114 
98 
5 
3 
1 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,561 
167 
160 
262 
430 
273 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
417 
14 
12 
20 
30 
40 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
5 
4 
8 
10 
21 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
490 
46 
24 
28 
36 
42 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,932 
10 
6 
12 
37 
55 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
23 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,909 
10 
6 
12 
36 
50 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,649 
1 
7 
17 
61 
38 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
45 
2 
1 
3 
4 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
417 
44 
104 
115 
98 
28 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
76 
3 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
922 
269 
322 
61 
26 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
482 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,995 
5 
5 
9 
34 
33 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,499 
103 
195 
214 
335 
196 
number 
194,524 
43,803 
34,603 
30,598 
27,487 
9,352 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,130 
8 
16 
8 
28 
25 
1 0 to 49 
1,475 
17 
39 
36 
87 
98 
50 to 99 
380 
10 
8 
31 
110 
51 
100 to 199 
286 
8 
39 
90 
88 
19 
200 to 499 
194 
33 
92 
43 
22 
3 
500 or more 
34 
27 
1 
6 
" 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
2,863 
88 
169 
182 
253 
167 
number 
90,111 
22,538 
16,864 
12,779 
9,473 
4,939 
Beef cows 
farms 
2,403 
37 
65 
80 
162 
134 
number 
39,188 
2,881 
1,524 
3,095 
4,595 
4,230 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,243 
4 
22 
23 
49 
26 
1 0 to 49 
1,015 
19 
35 
36 
86 
77 
50 to 99 
108 
7 
6 
10 
19 
26 
100 to 199 
31 
4 
2 
10 
7 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
