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 
4,872 
7,455 
7,768 
7,763 
8,307 
6,254 
acres 
671,824 
759,124 
502,344 
396,571 
322,799 
278,388 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
136 
217 
194 
133 
133 
211 
acres 
25,677 
25,772 
16,727 
9,897 
8,112 
1 1 ,943 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
4,473 
6,815 
7,157 
7,228 
7,778 
5,789 
acres 
602,445 
670,815 
451,234 
361,617 
297,222 
242,387 
Partnership 
farms 
274 
417 
414 
388 
332 
264 
acres 
45,697 
49,684 
33,384 
26,210 
15,035 
16,027 
Registered under state law 
farms 
179 
269 
237 
206 
187 
184 
acres 
30,911 
32,747 
20,268 
14,635 
8,711 
1 1 ,450 
Corporation 
farms 
219 
276 
207 
172 
200 
196 
acres 
38,415 
38,742 
18,027 
12,355 
10,948 
18,045 
Family held 
farms 
183 
222 
162 
135 
161 
161 
acres 
30,586 
30,012 
13,145 
7,429 
7,426 
15,811 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
4 
7 
6 
4 
9 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
179 
215 
156 
131 
152 
156 
Other than family held 
farms 
36 
54 
45 
37 
39 
35 
acres 
7,829 
8,730 
4,882 
4,926 
3,522 
2,234 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
8 
6 
3 
8 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
34 
46 
39 
34 
31 
25 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
109 
268 
285 
320 
296 
153 
acres 
22,173 
41,805 
25,612 
20,587 
16,217 
12,975 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,053 
1,330 
1,160 
949 
920 
919 
workers 
2,561 
3,347 
2,425 
1,799 
2,037 
2,476 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
294 
384 
326 
285 
295 
354 
workers 
546 
698 
482 
386 
419 
569 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
848 
1,106 
891 
721 
673 
640 
workers 
2,015 
2,649 
1,943 
1,413 
1,618 
1,907 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
15 
5 
6 
5 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
3 
3 
- 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,648 
2,597 
2,588 
2,626 
2,677 
2,626 
workers 
3,669 
5,688 
5,808 
5,583 
5,741 
5,760 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
139 
427 
751 
1,099 
1,586 
1,488 
1 0 to 49 acres 
834 
2,432 
3,478 
4,031 
4,886 
3,586 
50 to 69 acres 
612 
933 
1,084 
1,011 
876 
449 
70 to 99 acres 
977 
1,339 
1,136 
1,026 
672 
350 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
835 
961 
799 
509 
303 
226 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
518 
635 
391 
203 
111 
93 
180 to 219 acres 
368 
346 
167 
93 
60 
67 
220 to 259 acres 
235 
232 
101 
40 
38 
36 
260 to 499 acres 
440 
363 
129 
72 
63 
69 
500 to 999 acres 
90 
80 
22 
14 
10 
25 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
19 
16 
5 
9 
1 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
8 
12 
- 
1 
- 
8 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,510 
3,381 
2,035 
1,387 
864 
306 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
155 
162 
80 
30 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
61 
157 
150 
125 
79 
103 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
85 
146 
103 
82 
76 
76 
Other crop farming (1119) 
494 
2,036 
3,644 
4,653 
5,794 
2,349 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
493 
2,035 
3,644 
4,653 
5,792 
2,349 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
527 
1,274 
1,321 
1,001 
802 
997 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
79 
52 
4 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4 
4 
3 
- 
2 
25 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
23 
30 
42 
40 
44 
30 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
8 
28 
55 
90 
129 
221 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
34 
101 
152 
179 
274 
329 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
181 
412 
392 
471 
511 
1,958 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,346 
2,021 
1,654 
1,213 
1,021 
1,315 
number 
49,323 
51,920 
31,330 
13,387 
8,950 
12,701 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
211 
445 
576 
638 
706 
894 
1 0 to 49 
800 
1,349 
1,029 
563 
306 
402 
50 to 99 
270 
206 
37 
12 
9 
18 
100 to 199 
59 
17 
5 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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