Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
9 
6 
1 
3 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3 
45 
26 
- 
- 
23 
19 
2 
65 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
3 
137 
83 
3 
8 
11 
24 
83 
acres 
(D) 
34,139 
10,226 
- 
(D) 
245 
781 
(D) 
7,380 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
290 
2,187 
2,317 
5 
178 
790 
1,777 
257 
1,309 
workers 
920 
10,341 
5,532 
8 
1,028 
5,283 
7,224 
964 
3,740 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
180 
756 
656 
2 
162 
610 
1,225 
97 
606 
workers 
398 
3,529 
1,535 
(D) 
786 
3,806 
4,112 
(D) 
1,267 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
200 
1,753 
1,831 
3 
85 
375 
1,028 
189 
967 
workers 
522 
6,812 
3,997 
(D) 
242 
1,477 
3,112 
(D) 
2,473 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
25 
221 
43 
2 
9 
64 
119 
26 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
18 
8 
- 
1 
10 
12 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
164 
4,558 
6,198 
4 
117 
409 
1,499 
1,005 
2,739 
workers 
293 
9,942 
13,789 
9 
265 
844 
3,492 
2,497 
6,115 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5 
215 
658 
2 
10 
87 
365 
382 
852 
1 0 to 49 acres 
45 
4,128 
5,595 
1 
37 
282 
1,285 
1,187 
3,057 
50 to 69 acres 
25 
1,404 
1,926 
2 
7 
77 
323 
155 
423 
70 to 99 acres 
29 
1,431 
1,826 
- 
7 
105 
262 
91 
334 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
23 
1,041 
1,333 
- 
21 
113 
305 
57 
201 
140 to 1 79 acres 
39 
535 
780 
2 
12 
70 
192 
31 
119 
180 to 219 acres 
38 
370 
517 
- 
17 
78 
104 
6 
59 
220 to 259 acres 
21 
216 
327 
- 
10 
34 
87 
2 
34 
260 to 499 acres 
57 
516 
681 
1 
62 
138 
224 
9 
63 
500 to 999 acres 
119 
256 
197 
- 
52 
99 
177 
2 
29 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
78 
204 
60 
2 
22 
56 
59 
- 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
49 
149 
9 
- 
6 
31 
21 
- 
4 
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) 
528 
10,465 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
_ 
10,465 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
13,909 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
263 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,170 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,404 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,922 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,190 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29 
1,631 
13,548 
10 
263 
388 
1,147 
256 
492 
number 
888 
49,655 
477,766 
(D) 
77,511 
39,800 
72,316 
2,480 
14,108 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 
666 
3,707 
38 
56 
246 
182 
277 
1 0 to 49 
13 
765 
7,608 
4 
28 
133 
515 
60 
173 
50 to 99 
3 
121 
1,419 
3 
34 
86 
201 
14 
17 
1 00 to 1 99 
3 
44 
504 
1 
52 
72 
105 
- 
14 
200 to 499 
- 
25 
239 
- 
74 
32 
60 
- 
4 
500 or more 
- 
10 
71 
2 
37 
9 
20 
- 
7 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
22 
1,386 
11,357 
2 
255 
366 
956 
174 
323 
number 
450 
27,577 
215,454 
(D) 
45,202 
21,939 
34,038 
884 
5,633 
Beef cows 
farms 
22 
1,373 
11,330 
2 
71 
366 
941 
169 
302 
number 
450 
26,971 
214,957 
(D) 
2,175 
21,896 
33,488 
871 
5,552 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9 
724 
5,125 
24 
67 
267 
142 
202 
10 to 49 
11 
538 
5,348 
- 
33 
163 
475 
27 
80 
50 to 99 
2 
69 
606 
2 
11 
78 
122 
- 
8 
100 to 199 
- 
28 
189 
- 
2 
42 
59 
- 
10 
200 to 499 
- 
11 
58 
- 
1 
12 
15 
- 
1 
500 or more 
- 
3 
4 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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