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 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
13,355 
28,397 
29,605 
28,033 
30,846 
72,923 
acres 
8,478,575 
9,455,317 
4,999,890 
3,148,617 
2,241,457 
13,216,394 
Partnership 
farms 
1,444 
2,343 
1,680 
1,251 
1,103 
4,335 
acres 
1,869,222 
1,569,244 
644,530 
332,174 
232,973 
3,251,802 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,034 
1,540 
1,117 
804 
632 
3,029 
acres 
1,470,069 
1,258,547 
517,467 
221,363 
130,140 
2,523,615 
Corporation 
farms 
535 
758 
587 
462 
436 
1,717 
acres 
611,969 
569,231 
267,270 
104,466 
57,285 
1,294,467 
Family held 
farms 
483 
661 
517 
408 
388 
1,489 
acres 
583,603 
526,321 
248,644 
94,974 
53,077 
1,013,055 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
13 
4 
9 
6 
5 
49 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
470 
657 
508 
402 
383 
1,440 
Other than family held 
farms 
52 
97 
70 
54 
48 
228 
acres 
28,366 
42,910 
18,626 
9,492 
4,208 
281,412 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
4 
3 
4 
3 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
51 
93 
67 
50 
45 
215 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
171 
283 
272 
215 
194 
1,221 
acres 
248,573 
147,745 
91,612 
25,446 
33,486 
554,756 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,345 
7,967 
6,048 
4,612 
4,252 
1 1 ,789 
workers 
12,036 
17,076 
12,445 
9,320 
8,105 
24,472 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,990 
2,224 
1,771 
1,307 
1,374 
4,585 
workers 
3,081 
3,316 
2,605 
1,883 
1,950 
6,961 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
4,008 
6,409 
4,697 
3,615 
3,171 
8,345 
workers 
8,955 
13,760 
9,840 
7,437 
6,155 
17,511 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
90 
100 
93 
47 
34 
113 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
44 
59 
56 
39 
29 
56 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
7,478 
15,633 
15,406 
14,213 
15,249 
36,053 
workers 
17,634 
36,777 
35,449 
32,544 
34,202 
79,262 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
317 
1,021 
1,724 
2,456 
4,688 
10,201 
1 0 to 49 acres 
909 
3,626 
7,745 
1 1 ,745 
16,300 
31,593 
50 to 69 acres 
385 
1,742 
3,502 
3,588 
3,344 
6,075 
70 to 99 acres 
619 
2,782 
4,194 
3,470 
2,504 
5,410 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
937 
3,856 
4,228 
2,931 
2,045 
5,854 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,014 
3,078 
2,795 
1,573 
1,106 
4,598 
180 to 219 acres 
1,042 
2,621 
1,851 
1,033 
690 
2,613 
220 to 259 acres 
881 
2,037 
1,092 
611 
379 
1,706 
260 to 499 acres 
4,062 
5,860 
2,990 
1,516 
908 
5,748 
500 to 999 acres 
2,946 
3,163 
1,327 
679 
391 
3,360 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,474 
1,344 
478 
247 
151 
1,746 
2,000 acres or more 
919 
651 
218 
112 
73 
1,292 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
948 
937 
403 
236 
158 
97 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
214 
358 
262 
127 
95 
130 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
514 
896 
828 
515 
223 
1,051 
production (1114) 
183 
285 
149 
100 
100 
97 
Other crop farming (1119) 
3,015 
5,819 
6,078 
6,291 
7,645 
21,247 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
550 
352 
96 
41 
31 
7 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
2,465 
5,467 
5,982 
6,250 
7,614 
21,240 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,258 
20,412 
20,778 
18,398 
16,438 
32,135 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
174 
300 
76 
16 
15 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3 
10 
17 
3 
- 
42 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
34 
72 
92 
113 
289 
538 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
38 
63 
123 
220 
688 
1,802 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
242 
693 
1,037 
1,605 
3,850 
7,909 
production (1125, 1129) 
882 
1,936 
2,301 
2,337 
3,078 
15,145 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1 1 ,794 
24,452 
23,293 
20,234 
18,337 
36,428 
number 
806,611 
899,983 
494,706 
283,378 
180,790 
458,444 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
559 
2,031 
4,549 
8,148 
1 1 ,457 
22,752 
10 to 49 
4,216 
16,871 
17,656 
1 1 ,724 
6,709 
12,442 
50 to 99 
4,677 
4,805 
957 
326 
141 
861 
100 to 199 
2,062 
646 
98 
29 
26 
231 
200 to 499 
261 
85 
21 
6 
3 
139 
500 or more 
19 
14 
12 
1 
1 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1 1 ,289 
23,132 
21,719 
18,374 
15,947 
28,608 
number 
542,055 
612,387 
333,537 
185,686 
115,451 
283,120 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,288 
23,112 
21,701 
18,364 
15,919 
28,563 
number 
541,982 
612,031 
333,402 
185,587 
115,260 
282,843 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
760 
2,976 
7,203 
10,702 
12,232 
19,872 
10 to 49 
5,848 
1 7,834 
14,155 
7,567 
3,648 
8,155 
50 to 99 
3,881 
2,047 
299 
83 
32 
356 
100 to 199 
715 
227 
29 
11 
5 
122 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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