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 
2,874 
5,672 
6,506 
6,461 
6,613 
10,690 
acres 
424,839 
575,970 
489,855 
425,607 
347,767 
496,069 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
173 
260 
264 
251 
204 
404 
acres 
27,813 
34,082 
25,672 
28,865 
18,440 
27,256 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,558 
5,165 
6,087 
6,046 
6,246 
9,989 
acres 
382,073 
511,692 
444,210 
381,566 
312,679 
447,421 
Partnership 
farms 
205 
336 
345 
292 
269 
430 
acres 
36,448 
44,664 
33,894 
32,338 
26,481 
27,487 
Registered under state law 
farms 
140 
204 
233 
202 
175 
295 
acres 
26,642 
26,568 
25,996 
26,494 
19,635 
20,448 
Corporation 
farms 
196 
280 
203 
203 
161 
349 
acres 
24,721 
35,338 
24,822 
20,662 
21,492 
26,911 
Family held 
farms 
180 
250 
183 
174 
143 
275 
acres 
23,604 
31,653 
20,602 
19,037 
12,161 
22,115 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
2 
8 
4 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
179 
248 
175 
170 
143 
273 
Other than family held 
farms 
16 
30 
20 
29 
18 
74 
acres 
1,117 
3,685 
4,220 
1,625 
9,331 
4,796 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
3 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
15 
30 
20 
25 
18 
71 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
26 
59 
52 
65 
67 
156 
acres 
5,676 
4,854 
5,222 
4,236 
5,142 
10,849 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,008 
1,477 
1,259 
1,057 
969 
1,677 
workers 
3,270 
4,175 
3,586 
2,866 
3,029 
4,171 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
344 
406 
271 
278 
218 
563 
workers 
704 
715 
602 
553 
517 
977 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
788 
1,203 
1,066 
852 
817 
1,338 
workers 
2,566 
3,460 
2,984 
2,313 
2,512 
3,194 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
53 
42 
45 
19 
16 
55 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
19 
7 
1 
5 
13 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,300 
2,588 
3,029 
2,937 
2,857 
5,363 
workers 
3,044 
5,949 
7,047 
6,529 
6,408 
12,121 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
144 
400 
439 
489 
847 
1,483 
1 0 to 49 acres 
652 
1,709 
2,783 
3,337 
3,665 
6,323 
50 to 69 acres 
349 
772 
996 
955 
783 
1,133 
70 to 99 acres 
412 
886 
989 
821 
657 
813 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
379 
732 
689 
469 
371 
553 
140 to 1 79 acres 
262 
480 
338 
198 
177 
233 
180 to 219 acres 
227 
303 
156 
115 
81 
172 
220 to 259 acres 
140 
192 
94 
50 
48 
60 
260 to 499 acres 
313 
293 
145 
127 
70 
121 
500 to 999 acres 
73 
56 
38 
29 
31 
23 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
14 
17 
10 
10 
9 
2,000 acres or more 
9 
3 
3 
6 
3 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
765 
927 
726 
430 
271 
172 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
231 
458 
458 
315 
177 
75 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
123 
279 
262 
177 
159 
323 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
372 
535 
426 
278 
251 
344 
Other crop farming (1119) 
464 
978 
1,463 
1,882 
2,740 
2,579 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
68 
57 
17 
10 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
48 
41 
20 
11 
2 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
348 
880 
1,426 
1,861 
2,738 
2,579 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
787 
2,164 
2,771 
2,786 
1,769 
2,873 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
11 
3 
- 
- 
32 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
6 
29 
20 
26 
79 
62 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
28 
54 
67 
219 
475 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
102 
124 
235 
426 
998 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
194 
329 
380 
410 
652 
2,991 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,210 
2,864 
3,386 
3,203 
2,107 
3,468 
number 
75,489 
103,391 
72,652 
47,936 
22,346 
41,435 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
96 
288 
719 
1,084 
1,230 
2,099 
10 to 49 
479 
1,872 
2,480 
2,070 
853 
1,265 
50 to 99 
401 
624 
177 
39 
17 
87 
1 00 to 1 99 
206 
70 
10 
10 
7 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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