Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iron 
Isabella 
Jackson 
Kalamazoo 
Kalkaska 
Kent 
Keweenaw 
Lake 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
22 
214 
260 
233 
48 
362 
- 
40 
workers 
125 
705 
783 
2,948 
211 
3,179 
- 
96 
$1 ,000 payroll 
710 
5,103 
5,245 
35,511 
1,413 
35,745 
- 
562 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
4 
82 
90 
58 
31 
84 
- 
16 
workers 
4 
82 
90 
58 
31 
84 
- 
16 
2 workers 
farms 
2 
41 
65 
48 
6 
70 
- 
11 
workers 
4 
82 
130 
96 
12 
140 
- 
22 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
7 
44 
52 
28 
3 
61 
_ 
10 
workers 
25 
147 
166 
94 
9 
211 
- 
34 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
4 
32 
44 
37 
3 
65 
- 
2 
workers 
20 
204 
284 
245 
16 
417 
- 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
5 
15 
9 
62 
5 
82 
- 
1 
workers 
72 
190 
113 
2,455 
143 
2,327 
- 
(D) 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
11 
65 
99 
130 
4 
182 
- 
16 
workers 
32 
191 
237 
1,030 
28 
1,066 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2 
22 
46 
37 
- 
48 
- 
10 
workers 
2 
22 
46 
37 
- 
48 
- 
10 
2 workers 
farms 
4 
17 
27 
23 
1 
46 
- 
5 
workers 
8 
34 
54 
46 
2 
92 
- 
10 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
4 
15 
14 
24 
_ 
41 
_ 
_ 
workers 
(D) 
49 
50 
82 
- 
134 
- 
- 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1 
7 
9 
22 
2 
27 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
38 
55 
133 
(D) 
161 
- 
- 
10 workers or more 
farms 
4 
3 
24 
1 
20 
- 
1 
workers 
- 
48 
32 
732 
(D) 
631 
- 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
18 
183 
209 
186 
47 
307 
_ 
34 
workers 
93 
514 
546 
1,918 
183 
2,113 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
4 
73 
70 
43 
31 
76 
- 
16 
workers 
4 
73 
70 
43 
31 
76 
- 
16 
2 workers 
farms 
2 
43 
58 
39 
5 
73 
- 
12 
workers 
4 
86 
116 
78 
10 
146 
- 
24 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
7 
41 
52 
35 
3 
56 
_ 
4 
workers 
(D) 
138 
169 
120 
9 
193 
- 
(□) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1 
18 
27 
18 
3 
50 
- 
2 
workers 
(D) 
116 
(D) 
106 
16 
339 
- 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
4 
8 
2 
51 
5 
52 
- 
workers 
52 
101 
(D) 
1,571 
117 
1,359 
- 
- 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
4 
31 
51 
47 
1 
55 
- 
6 
workers 
6 
79 
94 
182 
(D) 
436 
- 
15 
$1 ,000 payroll 
14 
1,685 
1,689 
3,889 
(D) 
14,526 
- 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
11 
149 
161 
103 
44 
180 
- 
24 
workers 
49 
424 
399 
294 
(D) 
728 
- 
43 
$1 ,000 payroll 
61 
491 
515 
447 
(D) 
1,456 
- 
(D) 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
7 
34 
48 
83 
3 
127 
- 
10 
1 50 days or more, workers 
26 
112 
143 
848 
26 
630 
- 
15 
less than 150 days, workers 
44 
90 
147 
1,624 
97 
1,385 
- 
23 
$1 ,000 payroll 
635 
2,927 
3,041 
31,175 
1,349 
19,763 
- 
209 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
3 
4 
5 
2 
67 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
25 
14 
12 
(D) 
1,017 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
- 
3 
4 
5 
2 
61 
_ 
- 
workers 
25 
14 
12 
(D) 
995 
" 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
65 
401 
514 
329 
97 
482 
2 
104 
workers 
153 
858 
1,173 
779 
215 
1,117 
(D) 
304 
-continued 
310 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
