Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
965 
1,268 
1,386 
1,302 
1,419 
2,492 
acres 
121,652 
121,559 
92,660 
70,831 
58,340 
85,181 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
80 
118 
95 
68 
60 
196 
acres 
15,981 
13,027 
5,652 
3,477 
3,339 
9,668 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
833 
1,107 
1,258 
1,193 
1,296 
2,242 
acres 
102,647 
98,432 
80,888 
58,590 
47,357 
74,064 
Partnership 
farms 
102 
94 
96 
52 
75 
113 
acres 
13,291 
16,549 
7,798 
(D) 
5,033 
7,626 
Registered under state law 
farms 
69 
82 
87 
39 
55 
87 
acres 
8,944 
15,260 
6,980 
2,751 
4,443 
5,836 
Corporation 
farms 
78 
99 
43 
61 
59 
151 
acres 
13,671 
11,422 
5,121 
9,158 
2,978 
7,008 
Family held 
farms 
65 
81 
37 
50 
46 
128 
acres 
12,687 
9,041 
4,746 
8,625 
(D) 
5,886 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
2 
2 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
62 
80 
35 
48 
43 
128 
Other than family held 
farms 
13 
18 
6 
11 
13 
23 
acres 
984 
2,381 
375 
533 
(D) 
1,122 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
13 
17 
6 
11 
12 
23 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
18 
29 
22 
34 
28 
57 
acres 
4,310 
3,446 
3,897 
(D) 
4,644 
2,564 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
315 
313 
258 
218 
183 
436 
workers 
1,007 
920 
644 
582 
412 
1,244 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
142 
116 
103 
86 
70 
212 
workers 
329 
269 
192 
161 
127 
547 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
212 
251 
188 
154 
138 
283 
workers 
678 
651 
452 
421 
285 
697 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
4 
3 
1 
3 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
5 
- 
3 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
425 
642 
711 
691 
721 
1,371 
workers 
1,017 
1,533 
1,677 
1,598 
1,720 
3,129 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
50 
111 
160 
195 
304 
529 
1 0 to 49 acres 
175 
416 
572 
687 
802 
1,518 
50 to 69 acres 
118 
164 
212 
163 
137 
204 
70 to 99 acres 
185 
164 
162 
112 
85 
127 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
163 
174 
155 
95 
64 
111 
140 to 1 79 acres 
140 
111 
74 
33 
30 
30 
180 to 219 acres 
71 
62 
36 
19 
16 
21 
220 to 259 acres 
54 
43 
15 
10 
6 
5 
260 to 499 acres 
55 
66 
23 
17 
12 
15 
500 to 999 acres 
16 
17 
8 
7 
1 
2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
482 
352 
229 
97 
56 
17 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
73 
76 
72 
40 
21 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
35 
44 
36 
38 
54 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
54 
73 
59 
39 
31 
58 
Other crop farming (1119) 
191 
371 
482 
581 
745 
436 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
7 
5 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
184 
366 
479 
579 
745 
436 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
119 
233 
295 
257 
230 
388 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
18 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
2 
5 
2 
- 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
4 
7 
9 
23 
21 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
9 
12 
35 
53 
125 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
8 
31 
39 
72 
105 
218 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
54 
132 
175 
172 
156 
1,220 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
366 
462 
444 
340 
319 
514 
number 
14,215 
12,877 
8,403 
4,215 
2,700 
5,733 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
44 
109 
154 
190 
213 
335 
10 to 49 
224 
287 
270 
139 
106 
165 
50 to 99 
81 
52 
14 
11 
- 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 
16 
14 
6 
- 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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