Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
793 
1,038 
1,100 
885 
903 
3,238 
acres 
95,843 
89,737 
60,702 
35,982 
28,143 
158,071 
Partnership 
farms 
106 
80 
72 
33 
48 
208 
acres 
15,848 
11,809 
4,751 
2,932 
(D) 
21,467 
Registered under state law 
farms 
73 
72 
66 
25 
34 
164 
acres 
11,501 
11,401 
4,280 
1,916 
1,947 
17,921 
Corporation 
farms 
76 
86 
28 
30 
28 
246 
acres 
10,440 
8,228 
1,676 
3,907 
1,448 
27,358 
Family held 
farms 
63 
72 
24 
29 
27 
195 
acres 
9,456 
6,421 
1,583 
(D) 
(D) 
24,504 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
3 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
61 
72 
24 
27 
24 
191 
Other than family held 
farms 
13 
14 
4 
1 
1 
51 
acres 
984 
1,807 
93 
(D) 
(D) 
2,854 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
13 
13 
4 
1 
1 
50 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
18 
22 
7 
18 
10 
117 
acres 
2,876 
2,035 
736 
689 
(D) 
15,242 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
317 
296 
223 
163 
127 
621 
workers 
1,086 
881 
573 
441 
279 
1,682 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
151 
107 
87 
65 
54 
282 
workers 
372 
254 
154 
109 
80 
711 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
212 
240 
169 
116 
92 
413 
workers 
714 
627 
419 
332 
199 
971 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
4 
1 
1 
. 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
9 
- 
3 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
421 
578 
633 
544 
515 
1,897 
workers 
986 
1,406 
1,509 
1,280 
1,299 
4,241 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
53 
110 
161 
175 
283 
570 
1 0 to 49 acres 
170 
394 
541 
541 
505 
2,021 
50 to 69 acres 
114 
156 
180 
89 
98 
361 
70 to 99 acres 
182 
153 
120 
58 
40 
285 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
159 
148 
109 
57 
31 
262 
140 to 1 79 acres 
129 
107 
55 
18 
18 
99 
180 to 219 acres 
70 
50 
22 
7 
5 
75 
220 to 259 acres 
40 
47 
5 
4 
2 
37 
260 to 499 acres 
58 
49 
10 
14 
5 
70 
500 to 999 acres 
15 
12 
4 
1 
2 
21 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
" 
- 
- 
5 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
492 
355 
233 
103 
67 
19 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
73 
79 
72 
40 
21 
16 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
35 
42 
34 
38 
58 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
54 
73 
55 
40 
32 
60 
Other crop farming (1119) 
160 
272 
282 
241 
293 
1,564 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
7 
5 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
153 
267 
279 
239 
293 
1,564 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
108 
223 
294 
257 
238 
405 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
13 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
2 
5 
2 
- 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
4 
7 
8 
18 
27 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
9 
9 
35 
52 
129 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
8 
29 
36 
67 
101 
233 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
53 
129 
172 
139 
129 
1,287 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
350 
454 
447 
337 
331 
537 
number 
13,204 
13,673 
8,484 
4,342 
2,941 
6,037 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
44 
98 
158 
186 
214 
345 
1 0 to 49 
216 
282 
268 
138 
117 
177 
50 to 99 
79 
54 
15 
13 
- 
9 
1 00 to 1 99 
10 
20 
6 
- 
- 
6 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
281 
401 
381 
287 
254 
400 
number 
6,207 
6,947 
4,326 
2,225 
1,399 
2,414 
Beef cows 
farms 
266 
390 
373 
267 
245 
384 
number 
5,833 
6,889 
4,303 
2,143 
1,359 
2,336 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
73 
136 
194 
198 
203 
315 
10 to 49 
175 
233 
177 
68 
42 
67 
50 to 99 
17 
18 
2 
1 
- 
2 
100 to 199 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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