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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
241 ,785 
2,903 
2,731 
3,771 
7,639 
9,488 
acres 
118,358,872 
14,320,470 
12,941,242 
13,645,700 
17,761,001 
12,263,657 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
8,664 
301 
227 
264 
605 
640 
acres 
14,066,216 
2,522,678 
1,855,478 
2,467,762 
2,284,400 
1 ,267,484 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
222,580 
1,728 
1,943 
2,824 
6,145 
8,172 
acres 
82,792,493 
6,367,647 
6,962,459 
8,518,545 
12,089,721 
9,642,878 
Partnership 
farms 
16,660 
1,003 
635 
747 
1,188 
1,155 
acres 
31,724,136 
7,683,287 
4,716,371 
5,089,015 
4,660,775 
2,478,426 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1 1 ,736 
828 
511 
597 
926 
893 
acres 
26,716,533 
6,708,532 
4,238,113 
4,289,228 
3,981,522 
2,012,832 
Corporation 
farms 
6,859 
546 
341 
460 
641 
476 
acres 
12,909,765 
3,612,985 
2,226,296 
1,655,002 
2,091,891 
679,747 
Family held 
farms 
5,997 
422 
308 
417 
571 
429 
acres 
11,017,774 
2,708,710 
2,111,586 
1,362,744 
1,968,255 
603,455 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
122 
22 
1 
5 
8 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,875 
400 
307 
412 
563 
428 
Other than family held 
farms 
862 
124 
33 
43 
70 
47 
acres 
1,891,991 
904,275 
114,710 
292,258 
123,636 
76,292 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
71 
37 
2 
- 
4 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
791 
87 
31 
43 
66 
47 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,710 
61 
28 
39 
108 
156 
acres 
2,727,044 
488,374 
73,211 
475,074 
380,790 
360,948 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
56,401 
2,921 
2,342 
2,879 
4,656 
4,257 
workers 
160,392 
36,187 
9,371 
9,388 
13,112 
10,504 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
24,788 
2,643 
1,935 
2,192 
2,960 
2,126 
workers 
63,248 
24,062 
5,590 
4,895 
5,740 
3,684 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
39,622 
1,413 
1,247 
1,565 
2,759 
2,855 
workers 
97,144 
12,125 
3,781 
4,493 
7,372 
6,820 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,019 
156 
89 
96 
135 
83 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
406 
11 
13 
21 
40 
47 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
114,685 
960 
995 
1,459 
3,323 
4,620 
workers 
259,072 
2,024 
2,020 
2,954 
7,098 
10,649 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
20,825 
33 
47 
55 
144 
142 
1 0 to 49 acres 
72,856 
151 
69 
86 
261 
379 
50 to 69 acres 
19,018 
99 
28 
25 
91 
142 
70 to 99 acres 
19,480 
102 
52 
48 
101 
206 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
20,550 
106 
40 
47 
163 
377 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
14,820 
73 
20 
24 
233 
356 
180 to 219 acres 
10,449 
79 
41 
30 
135 
346 
220 to 259 acres 
7,287 
45 
24 
42 
166 
376 
260 to 499 acres 
24,266 
208 
121 
323 
1,003 
1,850 
500 to 999 acres 
17,309 
292 
413 
788 
1,742 
2,608 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
11,139 
477 
817 
1,105 
1,913 
1,787 
2,000 acres or more 
10,810 
1,673 
1,275 
1,497 
2,130 
1,390 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,938 
822 
925 
1,035 
1,505 
1,112 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,578 
99 
37 
35 
117 
108 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,736 
36 
44 
86 
200 
358 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
1,750 
165 
101 
140 
233 
197 
Other crop farming (1119) 
56,173 
512 
844 
1,233 
2,029 
2,145 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
4,504 
282 
638 
917 
1,200 
634 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
51,669 
230 
206 
316 
829 
1,511 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
127,726 
553 
645 
1,204 
3,351 
5,287 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
898 
126 
22 
27 
57 
92 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
656 
207 
115 
103 
122 
34 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,184 
8 
1 
2 
16 
19 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,980 
760 
165 
73 
26 
22 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15,603 
4 
11 
29 
117 
148 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
26,587 
46 
37 
103 
309 
437 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
151,362 
1,912 
1,485 
2,198 
5,107 
7,064 
number 
11,159,747 
4,981,320 
669,184 
717,979 
976,177 
778,903 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
49,970 
50 
35 
53 
154 
225 
1 0 to 49 
72,247 
273 
201 
252 
759 
1,392 
50 to 99 
14,875 
155 
137 
232 
798 
2,107 
100 to 199 
7,488 
210 
210 
348 
1,368 
2,525 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
128 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
