Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, 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 
4,080 
5,307 
4,403 
3,953 
3,701 
18,306 
acres 
520,984 
435,343 
245,676 
158,200 
129,519 
1,259,467 
Partnership 
farms 
231 
291 
226 
139 
118 
1,121 
acres 
30,667 
27,616 
14,819 
8,607 
4,497 
113,875 
Registered under state law 
farms 
147 
186 
123 
65 
65 
698 
acres 
17,631 
17,817 
8,349 
4,038 
2,125 
78,552 
Corporation 
farms 
184 
175 
127 
89 
81 
635 
acres 
21,578 
17,284 
8,166 
4,645 
4,314 
89,146 
Family held 
farms 
155 
147 
111 
76 
70 
484 
acres 
16,891 
14,971 
6,956 
3,940 
3,608 
63,154 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
6 
3 
- 
4 
19 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
152 
141 
108 
76 
66 
465 
Other than family held 
farms 
29 
28 
16 
13 
11 
151 
acres 
4,687 
2,313 
1,210 
705 
706 
25,992 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
6 
2 
- 
- 
27 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
27 
22 
14 
13 
11 
124 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
68 
135 
104 
75 
49 
1,014 
acres 
9,993 
1 1 ,854 
5,059 
5,992 
3,575 
106,828 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
963 
1,057 
789 
567 
502 
2,591 
workers 
2,377 
2,751 
1,864 
1,154 
1,391 
5,323 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
264 
295 
218 
168 
133 
890 
workers 
508 
534 
402 
246 
217 
1,231 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
780 
891 
622 
441 
398 
1,860 
workers 
1,869 
2,217 
1,462 
908 
1,174 
4,092 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
7 
15 
4 
. 
2 
24 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
3 
3 
- 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,474 
2,075 
1,717 
1,604 
1,471 
6,575 
workers 
3,266 
4,602 
3,963 
3,685 
3,356 
13,732 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
131 
384 
623 
873 
1,130 
2,354 
1 0 to 49 acres 
717 
2,151 
2,433 
2,255 
1,936 
9,763 
50 to 69 acres 
552 
775 
598 
403 
332 
2,337 
70 to 99 acres 
955 
1,047 
525 
370 
276 
2,412 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
808 
643 
315 
168 
123 
1,670 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
484 
377 
160 
81 
68 
860 
180 to 219 acres 
328 
180 
67 
34 
47 
495 
220 to 259 acres 
208 
119 
57 
24 
12 
315 
260 to 499 acres 
304 
195 
61 
38 
19 
627 
500 to 999 acres 
61 
29 
18 
8 
5 
177 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
14 
5 
- 
2 
1 
42 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
3 
3 
- 
- 
24 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,462 
3,356 
2,042 
1,533 
1,036 
497 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
151 
157 
81 
35 
12 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
50 
150 
130 
130 
77 
138 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
82 
138 
99 
82 
75 
92 
Other crop farming (1119) 
138 
421 
623 
748 
1,052 
16,064 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1 
1 
- 
- 
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) 
137 
420 
623 
748 
1,050 
16,064 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
458 
1,176 
1,280 
1,046 
842 
1,165 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
88 
52 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4 
4 
2 
- 
2 
26 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
18 
32 
39 
42 
42 
36 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
8 
19 
15 
63 
108 
318 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
25 
84 
148 
163 
269 
380 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
161 
325 
319 
368 
410 
2,348 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,291 
1,929 
1,616 
1,266 
1,050 
1,561 
number 
50,208 
52,320 
32,396 
14,247 
9,465 
15,914 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
189 
380 
530 
635 
707 
1,048 
10 to 49 
762 
1,309 
1,022 
621 
332 
484 
50 to 99 
259 
214 
51 
10 
11 
27 
100 to 199 
72 
23 
5 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
9 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
- 
1 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,102 
1,704 
1,388 
1,073 
838 
1,191 
number 
27,532 
30,211 
16,980 
8,341 
5,500 
8,415 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,082 
1,677 
1,376 
1,047 
818 
1,161 
number 
27,259 
30,084 
16,916 
8,273 
5,420 
8,303 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
225 
500 
645 
734 
647 
896 
10 to 49 
731 
1,119 
715 
311 
166 
261 
50 to 99 
107 
52 
16 
2 
5 
4 
100 to 199 
18 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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