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 
3,948 
6,063 
5,162 
5,394 
6,259 
1 1 ,284 
acres 
481,899 
543,668 
376,384 
322,068 
293,316 
528,921 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
265 
424 
307 
289 
283 
717 
acres 
31,516 
33,126 
19,451 
21,166 
12,781 
40,976 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,590 
5,580 
4,787 
5,092 
5,883 
10,392 
acres 
430,463 
491,539 
343,859 
298,489 
268,643 
474,685 
Partnership 
farms 
245 
312 
251 
186 
179 
466 
acres 
33,220 
32,209 
20,509 
15,153 
10,206 
28,666 
Registered under state law 
farms 
165 
235 
149 
119 
117 
293 
acres 
21,119 
23,827 
12,130 
8,990 
6,203 
20,885 
Corporation 
farms 
182 
212 
168 
128 
149 
470 
acres 
23,520 
22,655 
17,230 
6,445 
10,424 
30,807 
Family held 
farms 
161 
180 
153 
100 
121 
372 
acres 
22,113 
18,771 
15,712 
5,256 
8,157 
22,355 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
157 
179 
153 
98 
119 
372 
Other than family held 
farms 
21 
32 
15 
28 
28 
98 
acres 
1,407 
3,884 
1,518 
1,189 
2,267 
8,452 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
3 
2 
2 
1 
9 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
21 
29 
13 
26 
27 
89 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
43 
105 
77 
107 
155 
221 
acres 
14,919 
30,458 
7,272 
10,197 
19,629 
20,862 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,102 
1,357 
995 
811 
864 
1,820 
workers 
4,346 
4,928 
2,667 
2,058 
2,182 
5,234 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
236 
279 
251 
194 
240 
697 
workers 
499 
609 
379 
318 
411 
1,353 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
991 
1,213 
847 
679 
687 
1,347 
workers 
3,847 
4,319 
2,288 
1,740 
1,771 
3,881 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
40 
43 
25 
19 
8 
32 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
16 
6 
1 
1 
13 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,721 
2,820 
2,308 
2,456 
2,718 
5,629 
workers 
4,146 
7,032 
5,757 
5,923 
6,779 
13,206 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
166 
372 
419 
557 
825 
1,507 
1 0 to 49 acres 
761 
2,184 
2,209 
2,584 
3,555 
6,596 
50 to 69 acres 
480 
817 
601 
664 
677 
1,070 
70 to 99 acres 
823 
1,014 
811 
894 
688 
1,126 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
669 
676 
551 
381 
297 
560 
140 to 1 79 acres 
419 
365 
285 
190 
143 
332 
180 to 219 acres 
243 
282 
163 
100 
65 
138 
220 to 259 acres 
158 
170 
95 
45 
41 
55 
260 to 499 acres 
264 
271 
119 
79 
62 
127 
500 to 999 acres 
62 
45 
27 
12 
10 
29 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
13 
10 
2 
7 
1 
7 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
3 
1 
- 
2 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,058 
2,051 
1,111 
580 
363 
153 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
200 
386 
250 
170 
118 
120 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
257 
318 
175 
143 
101 
640 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
278 
376 
242 
198 
196 
488 
Other crop farming (1119) 
495 
1,278 
1,728 
2,474 
3,385 
3,789 
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) 
495 
1,278 
1,728 
2,474 
3,385 
3,789 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
351 
966 
1,073 
1,030 
771 
1,314 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
90 
87 
7 
- 
1 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
28 
9 
- 
- 
55 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
10 
39 
51 
77 
155 
165 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
28 
34 
79 
244 
675 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
54 
167 
130 
172 
355 
506 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
223 
485 
473 
590 
677 
3,642 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,221 
1,971 
1,637 
1,345 
1,109 
1,976 
number 
34,127 
37,346 
22,141 
13,510 
8,495 
15,742 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
273 
650 
787 
824 
834 
1,520 
10 to 49 
762 
1,202 
829 
504 
263 
434 
50 to 99 
157 
111 
16 
14 
11 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 
28 
8 
3 
3 
1 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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