Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
8,664 
497 
1,541 
440 
464 
572 
acres 
14,066,216 
2,346 
38,729 
25,438 
38,535 
66,460 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
222,580 
19,589 
68,920 
17,823 
18,043 
18,770 
acres 
82,792,493 
96,787 
1,684,260 
1,030,499 
1 ,494,449 
2,164,193 
Partnership 
farms 
16,660 
698 
2,350 
693 
866 
1,117 
acres 
31,724,136 
2,851 
60,332 
40,253 
71,614 
128,664 
Registered under state law 
farms 
11,736 
402 
1,481 
437 
513 
692 
acres 
26,716,533 
1,668 
37,872 
25,214 
42,335 
80,189 
Corporation 
farms 
6,859 
399 
1,133 
346 
386 
419 
acres 
12,909,765 
1,695 
29,076 
19,905 
32,094 
48,080 
Family held 
farms 
5,997 
333 
1,016 
286 
320 
367 
acres 
11,017,774 
1,423 
25,923 
16,348 
26,844 
41,942 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
122 
1 
7 
5 
6 
17 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,875 
332 
1,009 
281 
314 
350 
Other than family held 
farms 
862 
66 
117 
60 
66 
52 
acres 
1,891,991 
272 
3,153 
3,557 
5,250 
6,138 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
71 
5 
9 
3 
6 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
791 
61 
108 
57 
60 
48 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,710 
139 
453 
156 
185 
244 
acres 
2,727,044 
596 
12,337 
9,133 
15,092 
28,237 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
56,401 
2,779 
9,770 
3,170 
3,339 
4,050 
workers 
160,392 
6,665 
22,783 
7,576 
7,573 
9,731 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
24,788 
1,250 
3,407 
1,050 
1,037 
1,343 
workers 
63,248 
2,614 
6,799 
2,293 
1,879 
2,740 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
39,622 
1,893 
7,244 
2,404 
2,592 
3,069 
workers 
97,144 
4,051 
15,984 
5,283 
5,694 
6,991 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,019 
35 
132 
35 
34 
64 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
406 
23 
76 
25 
20 
30 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
114,685 
9,472 
34,229 
8,955 
9,092 
9,595 
workers 
259,072 
21,399 
76,207 
20,061 
20,199 
21,933 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
20,825 
20,825 
1 0 to 49 acres 
72,856 
- 
72,856 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
19,018 
- 
- 
19,018 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
19,480 
- 
- 
- 
19,480 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
20,550 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,550 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
14,820 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
10,449 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
7,287 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
24,266 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
17,309 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
11,139 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
10,810 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,938 
76 
442 
192 
244 
292 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,578 
373 
621 
118 
92 
81 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,736 
1,068 
1,988 
320 
267 
229 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
1,750 
628 
601 
104 
75 
78 
Other crop farming (1119) 
56,173 
1,324 
14,940 
4,526 
5,095 
4,819 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
4,504 
13 
97 
38 
65 
130 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
51,669 
1,311 
14,843 
4,488 
5,030 
4,689 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
127,726 
8,244 
34,235 
10,677 
11,168 
1 1 ,888 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
898 
26 
70 
32 
50 
88 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
656 
37 
46 
5 
17 
29 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,184 
423 
504 
54 
72 
37 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,980 
907 
1,633 
291 
262 
218 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15,603 
3,471 
7,315 
1,027 
816 
723 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
26,587 
4,248 
10,461 
1,672 
1,322 
2,068 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
151,362 
8,950 
37,889 
12,052 
13,020 
14,038 
number 
11,159,747 
104,546 
356,705 
173,146 
267,058 
326,555 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
49,970 
6,996 
25,226 
4,908 
3,852 
3,130 
1 0 to 49 
72,247 
1,751 
12,432 
6,977 
8,813 
10,130 
50 to 99 
14,875 
110 
158 
128 
289 
689 
100 to 199 
7,488 
48 
31 
28 
50 
53 
200 to 499 
4,533 
26 
29 
4 
10 
25 
500 or more 
2,249 
19 
13 
7 
6 
11 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
134,451 
6,506 
30,798 
10,659 
1 1 ,950 
12,913 
number 
4,764,269 
52,747 
210,758 
104,072 
155,769 
201,723 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
76 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
