Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
54 
41 
34 
183 
168 
153 
420 
acres 
8,498 
8,164 
8,184 
63,519 
120,671 
213,076 
3,804,775 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,151 
565 
468 
2,128 
1,997 
1,954 
3,403 
acres 
182,076 
1 1 1 ,245 
111,607 
758,122 
1,440,041 
2,732,499 
20,917,178 
Partnership 
farms 
89 
53 
27 
218 
214 
273 
939 
acres 
13,995 
10,524 
6,534 
78,039 
154,334 
388,001 
9,122,269 
Registered under state law 
farms 
71 
47 
19 
167 
177 
217 
779 
acres 
11,129 
9,371 
4,559 
59,020 
129,096 
308,751 
7,728,083 
Corporation 
farms 
77 
39 
38 
204 
273 
469 
1,984 
acres 
12,039 
7,673 
9,010 
75,510 
202,863 
696,603 
17,542,191 
Family held 
farms 
68 
37 
35 
185 
237 
444 
1,898 
acres 
10,700 
(D) 
8,256 
68,342 
178,067 
657,917 
16,207,954 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
2 
13 
75 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
66 
37 
33 
183 
235 
431 
1,823 
Other than family held 
farms 
9 
2 
3 
19 
36 
25 
86 
acres 
1,339 
(D) 
754 
7,168 
24,796 
38,686 
1,334,237 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
2 
6 
7 
- 
21 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
8 
2 
1 
13 
29 
25 
65 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
41 
13 
18 
64 
76 
75 
155 
acres 
6,506 
2,507 
4,282 
23,206 
53,749 
101,524 
4,579,999 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
183 
105 
97 
461 
620 
811 
3,660 
workers 
393 
251 
299 
1,081 
1,759 
2,233 
12,858 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
74 
44 
28 
203 
314 
447 
2,630 
workers 
132 
71 
70 
334 
578 
907 
6,648 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
129 
77 
79 
320 
434 
519 
2,284 
workers 
261 
180 
229 
747 
1,181 
1,326 
6,210 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
. 
9 
18 
26 
100 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
545 
321 
244 
1,032 
1,006 
1,086 
2,627 
workers 
1,182 
651 
524 
2,118 
2,127 
2,408 
7,014 
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 
1,358 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
670 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
551 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2,614 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,560 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,771 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,481 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
108 
52 
61 
370 
567 
855 
2,470 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1 
1 
1 
7 
9 
7 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
3 
5 
4 
8 
2 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
589 
239 
225 
1,040 
923 
733 
758 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
589 
239 
225 
1,040 
923 
733 
758 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
317 
192 
150 
698 
784 
922 
2,884 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
8 
6 
3 
18 
23 
28 
41 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
5 
2 
2 
9 
7 
9 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4 
4 
1 
9 
3 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
20 
19 
8 
32 
25 
31 
42 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
300 
148 
96 
421 
213 
184 
271 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
393 
258 
203 
982 
1,124 
1,340 
4,257 
number 
18,113 
10,482 
10,700 
94,808 
150,180 
223,850 
2,026,173 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
89 
53 
39 
120 
65 
48 
67 
1 0 to 49 
212 
135 
96 
443 
417 
364 
282 
50 to 99 
50 
49 
46 
198 
294 
360 
436 
1 00 to 1 99 
21 
17 
15 
136 
204 
326 
781 
200 to 499 
18 
4 
6 
61 
97 
185 
1,485 
500 or more 
3 
- 
1 
24 
47 
57 
1,206 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
353 
230 
185 
902 
1,037 
1,260 
4,094 
number 
10,581 
7,585 
7,514 
43,035 
69,257 
111,021 
1,148,701 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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