Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,463 
4,936 
5,765 
5,428 
5,104 
12,526 
acres 
356,534 
482,252 
396,585 
288,253 
212,478 
769,826 
Partnership 
farms 
194 
310 
311 
246 
192 
634 
acres 
33,405 
36,889 
22,604 
19,245 
11,116 
80,741 
Registered under state law 
farms 
130 
190 
200 
159 
112 
465 
acres 
24,066 
22,796 
13,613 
13,927 
7,640 
65,741 
Corporation 
farms 
190 
274 
188 
164 
116 
475 
acres 
24,875 
27,627 
16,197 
11,279 
7,639 
74,907 
Family held 
farms 
172 
245 
170 
145 
105 
381 
acres 
23,514 
25,142 
14,610 
10,838 
6,986 
56,416 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
1 
7 
3 
- 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
171 
244 
163 
142 
105 
376 
Other than family held 
farms 
18 
29 
18 
19 
11 
94 
acres 
1,361 
2,485 
1,587 
441 
653 
18,491 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
17 
29 
18 
17 
11 
89 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
23 
59 
43 
53 
45 
202 
acres 
3,512 
5,596 
2,856 
2,731 
1,582 
19,702 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
977 
1,464 
1,188 
951 
798 
2,132 
workers 
3,373 
4,047 
3,344 
2,601 
2,357 
5,729 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
331 
405 
258 
251 
184 
674 
workers 
832 
671 
563 
506 
486 
1,188 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
765 
1,194 
1,006 
761 
671 
1,713 
workers 
2,541 
3,376 
2,781 
2,095 
1,871 
4,541 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
58 
43 
40 
22 
10 
64 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
22 
6 
1 
4 
15 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,249 
2,500 
2,884 
2,656 
2,419 
6,431 
workers 
2,936 
5,787 
6,675 
5,977 
5,600 
14,290 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
143 
379 
428 
471 
789 
1,592 
1 0 to 49 acres 
631 
1,617 
2,641 
3,121 
3,165 
7,309 
50 to 69 acres 
330 
745 
966 
851 
615 
1,496 
70 to 99 acres 
403 
864 
945 
695 
452 
1,243 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
366 
713 
644 
385 
228 
882 
140 to 1 79 acres 
248 
463 
315 
164 
89 
421 
180 to 219 acres 
220 
295 
151 
84 
52 
277 
220 to 259 acres 
133 
181 
76 
36 
19 
148 
260 to 499 acres 
303 
268 
114 
70 
31 
304 
500 to 999 acres 
69 
43 
22 
11 
16 
94 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
19 
9 
5 
3 
1 
51 
2,000 acres or more 
5 
2 
- 
- 
" 
20 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
749 
907 
754 
457 
293 
198 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
223 
438 
467 
324 
184 
80 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
117 
285 
257 
181 
149 
343 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
372 
536 
427 
275 
248 
352 
Other crop farming (1119) 
425 
830 
1,118 
1,164 
1,525 
5,073 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
71 
55 
20 
10 
2 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
46 
43 
19 
17 
2 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
308 
732 
1,079 
1,137 
1,521 
5,073 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
744 
2,099 
2,749 
2,783 
1,756 
3,057 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
2 
11 
3 
- 
- 
32 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
28 
19 
27 
75 
68 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
26 
46 
60 
214 
497 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
24 
99 
108 
228 
418 
1,035 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
195 
320 
359 
392 
595 
3,102 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,168 
2,774 
3,365 
3,217 
2,087 
3,695 
number 
74,848 
102,996 
74,416 
48,272 
21,505 
45,158 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
95 
251 
667 
1,093 
1,204 
2,214 
10 to 49 
435 
1,805 
2,493 
2,073 
865 
1,367 
50 to 99 
399 
637 
195 
40 
17 
90 
1 00 to 1 99 
212 
70 
10 
11 
1 
21 
200 to 499 
26 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
500 or more 
1 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
940 
2,424 
3,002 
2,865 
1,752 
2,701 
number 
37,938 
56,438 
41,810 
26,874 
11,990 
20,263 
Beef cows 
farms 
932 
2,405 
2,987 
2,845 
1,733 
2,659 
number 
37,817 
56,262 
41,647 
26,741 
11,881 
20,121 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
138 
428 
1,132 
1,773 
1,338 
2,022 
10 to 49 
478 
1,792 
1,822 
1,058 
392 
624 
50 to 99 
267 
173 
31 
12 
2 
10 
100 to 199 
46 
11 
2 
2 
1 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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