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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
16,126 
33,336 
34,185 
31,565 
33,824 
66,217 
acres 
11,278,131 
1 1 ,927,669 
6,593,296 
3,891,501 
2,796,290 
10,939,915 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
847 
1,321 
1,048 
827 
810 
1,774 
acres 
1,043,574 
866,377 
344,293 
225,503 
170,526 
1,018,141 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
14,365 
30,473 
31,996 
29,980 
32,369 
62,585 
acres 
9,124,468 
10,088,331 
5,746,162 
3,486,324 
2,502,790 
8,263,168 
Partnership 
farms 
1,589 
2,618 
2,026 
1,400 
1,282 
3,017 
acres 
1,943,914 
1,651,583 
782,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2,116,690 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,141 
1,749 
1,362 
895 
754 
2,080 
acres 
1,520,029 
1 ,287,272 
612,007 
242,061 
173,083 
1,651,854 
Corporation 
farms 
570 
869 
680 
518 
479 
1,279 
acres 
659,567 
598,154 
255,682 
116,296 
60,871 
953,274 
Family held 
farms 
517 
764 
595 
462 
422 
1,090 
acres 
618,085 
562,884 
226,787 
103,993 
55,274 
696,001 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
15 
7 
17 
7 
6 
33 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
502 
757 
578 
455 
416 
1,057 
Other than family held 
farms 
53 
105 
85 
56 
57 
189 
acres 
41,482 
35,270 
28,895 
12,303 
5,597 
257,273 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
4 
5 
4 
3 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
52 
101 
80 
52 
54 
178 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
228 
423 
408 
306 
263 
690 
acres 
216,260 
232,911 
114,717 
(D) 
(D) 
277,034 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,611 
8,384 
6,484 
4,908 
4,457 
9,502 
workers 
12,555 
17,874 
13,452 
9,889 
8,496 
19,564 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,013 
2,391 
1,967 
1,418 
1,418 
3,725 
workers 
3,105 
3,600 
2,887 
2,024 
2,020 
5,641 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
4,253 
6,694 
4,987 
3,823 
3,342 
6,684 
workers 
9,450 
14,274 
10,565 
7,865 
6,476 
13,923 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
93 
105 
89 
43 
40 
90 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
41 
63 
52 
35 
31 
52 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
8,015 
16,452 
16,277 
14,973 
15,884 
31 ,727 
workers 
18,933 
38,330 
37,242 
34,034 
35,279 
70,509 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
324 
1,041 
1,756 
2,496 
4,744 
10,043 
1 0 to 49 acres 
925 
3,746 
7,991 
12,011 
16,762 
30,475 
50 to 69 acres 
396 
1,824 
3,619 
3,703 
3,635 
5,456 
70 to 99 acres 
671 
2,880 
4,324 
3,864 
2,787 
4,445 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
978 
3,998 
4,429 
3,367 
2,173 
4,872 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,062 
3,247 
3,500 
2,054 
1,328 
2,923 
180 to 219 acres 
1,082 
2,756 
2,132 
1,172 
789 
1,887 
220 to 259 acres 
903 
2,137 
1,336 
686 
424 
1,148 
260 to 499 acres 
4,361 
6,863 
3,716 
1,702 
1,065 
3,054 
500 to 999 acres 
3,359 
3,762 
1,513 
780 
397 
1,655 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,753 
1,448 
526 
249 
204 
860 
2,000 acres or more 
938 
681 
268 
120 
85 
753 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
924 
881 
326 
190 
158 
60 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
218 
353 
260 
129 
92 
130 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
522 
889 
834 
514 
226 
1,027 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production 
183 
287 
150 
98 
100 
96 
Other crop farming (1119) 
3,742 
8,024 
8,908 
8,526 
9,599 
10,611 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
464 
260 
68 
26 
12 
3 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
3,278 
7,764 
8,840 
8,500 
9,587 
10,608 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,742 
20,776 
20,832 
18,285 
16,243 
30,808 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
175 
294 
73 
17 
12 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4 
9 
17 
3 
- 
42 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
36 
76 
97 
115 
284 
530 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
41 
64 
140 
234 
702 
1,753 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
249 
731 
1,083 
1,653 
3,846 
7,732 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
916 
1,999 
2,390 
2,440 
3,131 
14,779 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,319 
24,796 
23,337 
20,152 
18,112 
34,880 
number 
804,336 
884,115 
485,267 
278,345 
181,531 
402,590 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
608 
2,209 
4,748 
8,257 
11,341 
22,290 
1 0 to 49 
4,696 
17,361 
1 7,544 
1 1 ,543 
6,583 
1 1 ,643 
50 to 99 
4,826 
4,558 
900 
315 
148 
699 
100 to 199 
1,925 
569 
114 
30 
23 
166 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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