Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
180 to 219 
220 to 259 
260 to 499 
500 to 999 
1,000 to 1,999 
2,000 or more 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
486 
371 
270 
1,034 
1,011 
874 
1,104 
acres 
76,425 
73,446 
64,185 
371,796 
703,857 
1,216,505 
1 1 ,388,494 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
13,337 
9,437 
6,493 
20,957 
14,126 
8,304 
6,781 
acres 
2,106,534 
1,868,767 
1,543,724 
7,442,583 
9,735,345 
11,355,302 
42,270,050 
Partnership 
farms 
916 
634 
480 
2,133 
2,057 
1,832 
2,884 
acres 
144,971 
125,736 
114,430 
770,605 
1,440,807 
2,577,685 
26,246,188 
Registered under state law 
farms 
601 
402 
326 
1,481 
1,551 
1,485 
2,365 
acres 
95,115 
79,495 
77,554 
539,203 
1 ,091 ,582 
2,099,110 
22,547,196 
Corporation 
farms 
340 
257 
219 
812 
813 
817 
918 
acres 
53,449 
50,738 
52,080 
292,917 
579,739 
1,132,230 
10,617,762 
Family held 
farms 
288 
202 
182 
722 
735 
733 
813 
acres 
45,309 
39,817 
43,327 
260,750 
524,247 
1,017,830 
8,974,014 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
12 
6 
- 
14 
13 
15 
26 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
276 
196 
182 
708 
722 
718 
787 
Other than family held 
farms 
52 
55 
37 
90 
78 
84 
105 
acres 
8,140 
10,921 
8,753 
32,167 
55,492 
114,400 
1 ,643,748 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
3 
5 
12 
4 
6 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
51 
52 
32 
78 
74 
78 
92 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
227 
121 
95 
364 
313 
186 
227 
acres 
35,677 
24,136 
22,817 
130,721 
214,900 
259,911 
1 ,973,487 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,030 
2,434 
1,837 
6,758 
6,276 
5,507 
7,451 
workers 
6,986 
6,424 
4,125 
18,460 
18,653 
17,586 
33,830 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
958 
796 
518 
2,386 
2,821 
3,418 
5,804 
workers 
1,789 
2,272 
1,007 
6,280 
7,429 
9,096 
19,050 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
2,374 
1,855 
1,474 
5,047 
4,404 
3,271 
3,995 
workers 
5,197 
4,152 
3,118 
12,180 
1 1 ,224 
8,490 
14,780 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
35 
50 
31 
94 
132 
143 
234 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
26 
16 
7 
60 
46 
46 
31 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
6,789 
4,914 
3,497 
11,051 
7,895 
4,823 
4,373 
workers 
15,356 
11,312 
7,978 
25,767 
17,959 
10,988 
9,913 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
378 
288 
215 
1,206 
1,467 
1,522 
1,616 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
40 
24 
35 
56 
41 
52 
45 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
157 
115 
85 
228 
149 
78 
52 
production (1114) 
40 
37 
16 
72 
58 
27 
14 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4,443 
2,631 
1,918 
6,695 
4,618 
2,988 
2,176 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
209 
87 
104 
635 
1,020 
1,132 
974 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
4,234 
2,544 
1,814 
6,060 
3,598 
1,856 
1,202 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
7,874 
6,039 
4,176 
13,373 
9,095 
5,356 
5,601 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
63 
72 
37 
125 
148 
89 
98 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
30 
28 
126 
144 
95 
67 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
30 
10 
6 
23 
14 
5 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
101 
87 
57 
192 
128 
72 
32 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
394 
296 
158 
467 
365 
188 
383 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,268 
820 
556 
1,703 
1,082 
667 
720 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,434 
7,377 
5,135 
16,625 
11,771 
7,248 
7,823 
number 
322,726 
333,458 
216,381 
1 ,277,722 
2,027,883 
1,899,453 
3,854,114 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,721 
1,017 
537 
1,500 
666 
272 
145 
1 0 to 49 
6,746 
5,082 
3,369 
9,214 
4,681 
1,981 
1,071 
50 to 99 
823 
1,090 
1,039 
4,330 
3,324 
1,800 
1,095 
100 to 199 
103 
143 
158 
1,311 
2,177 
1,721 
1,665 
200 to 499 
28 
26 
22 
203 
745 
1,221 
2,194 
500 or more 
13 
19 
10 
67 
178 
253 
1,653 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
8,797 
6,935 
4,862 
15,752 
11,127 
6,854 
7,298 
number 
1 74,222 
177,551 
126,240 
552,287 
655,527 
657,233 
1,696,140 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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