Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
_ 
18 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
- 
124 
12 
12 
1 
66 
11 
2 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
- 
1,013 
72 
12 
7 
29 
3 
11 
67 
acres 
- 
110,790 
14,094 
4,105 
2,333 
7,209 
23 
945 
9,553 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
_ 
3,400 
2,252 
1,073 
767 
2,091 
262 
298 
890 
workers 
- 
6,347 
5,490 
3,057 
4,044 
9,999 
2,917 
767 
2,553 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more farms 
- 
828 
657 
586 
534 
1,214 
173 
48 
314 
workers 
- 
1,016 
1,243 
1,286 
2,329 
5,068 
1,908 
72 
692 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
- 
2,694 
1,825 
723 
496 
1,498 
175 
258 
709 
workers 
- 
5,331 
4,247 
1,771 
1,715 
4,931 
1,009 
695 
1,861 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
- 
5 
2 
- 
5 
9 
1 
- 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
- 
2 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
- 
5,494 
3,496 
671 
517 
945 
312 
703 
1,844 
workers 
- 
11,438 
8,559 
1,474 
1,403 
2,000 
911 
1,915 
4,559 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
1,233 
1,581 
152 
43 
614 
218 
629 
977 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
9,812 
2,835 
178 
54 
446 
274 
700 
1,916 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
2,023 
705 
77 
43 
88 
39 
97 
215 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
2,273 
880 
109 
73 
97 
40 
70 
193 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
1,638 
716 
96 
108 
112 
26 
48 
107 
140 to 1 79 acres 
- 
1,179 
591 
121 
128 
147 
24 
31 
75 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
678 
407 
94 
112 
99 
12 
19 
56 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
489 
298 
111 
83 
108 
8 
6 
41 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
1,009 
915 
536 
277 
568 
41 
16 
148 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
310 
525 
419 
234 
617 
28 
4 
122 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
63 
188 
197 
58 
341 
19 
- 
77 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
12 
56 
39 
11 
73 
3 
1 
14 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
20,719 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
- 
20,719 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
9,697 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
2,129 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,310 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
732 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,621 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
3,941 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
_ 
725 
9,292 
2,059 
1,224 
742 
160 
215 
642 
number 
- 
33,158 
881,875 
1,187,840 
365,052 
92,195 
7,442 
3,759 
106,534 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
278 
2,028 
26 
20 
111 
94 
120 
165 
1 0 to 49 
- 
305 
4,140 
192 
137 
248 
41 
83 
143 
50 to 99 
- 
78 
1,302 
170 
229 
128 
13 
7 
64 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
42 
771 
303 
358 
114 
5 
4 
86 
200 to 499 
- 
20 
695 
751 
342 
100 
4 
1 
124 
500 or more 
2 
356 
617 
138 
41 
3 
- 
60 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
_ 
587 
7,670 
730 
1,224 
539 
101 
145 
370 
number 
- 
16,171 
288,002 
60,207 
195,127 
25,780 
1,345 
1,959 
18,647 
Beef cows farms 
_ 
559 
7,585 
714 
170 
522 
74 
123 
331 
number 
- 
14,699 
284,694 
59,305 
6,635 
24,519 
1,057 
1,914 
17,735 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
234 
2,215 
32 
29 
109 
49 
83 
100 
10 to 49 
- 
263 
3,808 
300 
97 
250 
19 
34 
117 
50 to 99 
- 
43 
928 
192 
24 
88 
5 
5 
58 
100 to 199 
- 
16 
427 
118 
15 
63 
1 
- 
35 
200 to 499 
- 
2 
186 
66 
5 
12 
- 
1 
20 
500 or more 
- 
1 
21 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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