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 
6,289 
8,389 
7,598 
7,164 
7,620 
5,269 
acres 
821,005 
806,480 
469,465 
316,228 
256,951 
214,526 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
179 
300 
291 
262 
267 
152 
acres 
32,068 
36,508 
25,026 
14,073 
11,670 
10,894 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,823 
7,697 
6,867 
6,527 
6,923 
4,956 
acres 
742,478 
717,170 
409,461 
283,843 
225,788 
186,329 
Partnership 
farms 
330 
439 
421 
377 
384 
189 
acres 
53,205 
50,375 
34,944 
22,809 
18,620 
14,814 
Registered under state law 
farms 
237 
295 
283 
269 
268 
124 
acres 
38,794 
34,674 
24,245 
16,382 
13,792 
12,268 
Corporation 
farms 
217 
314 
362 
311 
312 
127 
acres 
39,090 
51,628 
34,103 
15,720 
14,202 
10,380 
Family held 
farms 
194 
281 
315 
270 
273 
115 
acres 
31,491 
41,980 
29,460 
13,455 
1 1 ,332 
8,576 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
9 
7 
3 
17 
9 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
185 
274 
312 
253 
264 
109 
Other than family held 
farms 
23 
33 
47 
41 
39 
12 
acres 
7,599 
9,648 
4,643 
2,265 
2,870 
1,804 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
7 
5 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
30 
44 
34 
34 
12 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
131 
237 
251 
261 
292 
114 
acres 
26,250 
33,430 
21,505 
15,555 
15,712 
14,351 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,376 
1,568 
1,282 
1,024 
1,160 
805 
workers 
2,952 
3,505 
2,762 
2,082 
2,228 
1,901 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
345 
309 
297 
209 
322 
254 
workers 
443 
454 
383 
250 
397 
418 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,108 
1,314 
1,031 
847 
889 
620 
workers 
2,509 
3,051 
2,379 
1,832 
1,831 
1,483 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
4 
2 
1 
2 
2 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,951 
2,579 
2,396 
2,138 
2,256 
2,167 
workers 
4,429 
5,982 
5,492 
4,820 
4,943 
5,202 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
212 
580 
891 
1,126 
1,600 
1,478 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,191 
2,869 
3,502 
4,273 
4,990 
2,887 
50 to 69 acres 
783 
889 
1,056 
732 
463 
302 
70 to 99 acres 
1,345 
1,323 
1,001 
636 
381 
256 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
841 
1,081 
662 
318 
193 
150 
140 to 1 79 acres 
664 
783 
367 
158 
106 
102 
180 to 219 acres 
386 
433 
160 
99 
54 
56 
220 to 259 acres 
308 
240 
83 
49 
42 
48 
260 to 499 acres 
640 
379 
147 
71 
64 
75 
500 to 999 acres 
120 
89 
25 
11 
14 
21 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
10 
17 
7 
3 
3 
7 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,713 
2,671 
1,356 
862 
488 
95 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
51 
113 
122 
79 
58 
16 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
25 
75 
74 
105 
68 
180 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
71 
116 
56 
40 
26 
44 
Other crop farming (1119) 
836 
2,919 
4,201 
4,677 
5,801 
1,808 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
836 
2,919 
4,201 
4,677 
5,801 
1,808 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,318 
2,060 
1,404 
940 
584 
921 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
149 
66 
12 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
38 
6 
2 
2 
- 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
35 
43 
41 
26 
27 
25 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
14 
41 
51 
60 
108 
201 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
86 
262 
217 
260 
294 
348 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
165 
315 
365 
425 
456 
1,734 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,356 
2,806 
1,688 
1,118 
716 
1,142 
number 
104,549 
78,446 
28,901 
14,322 
6,364 
17,861 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
272 
502 
606 
663 
516 
662 
10 to 49 
1,345 
1,966 
1,028 
420 
191 
418 
50 to 99 
597 
275 
40 
20 
7 
41 
1 00 to 1 99 
127 
57 
6 
10 
2 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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