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 
$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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,651 
2,165 
1,753 
1,572 
1,782 
6,864 
acres 
1,374,399 
1,068,493 
422,528 
240,644 
(D) 
2,275,475 
Partnership 
farms 
164 
159 
115 
73 
61 
566 
acres 
211,607 
116,384 
58,530 
13,144 
32,725 
670,058 
Registered under state law 
farms 
135 
124 
96 
53 
47 
443 
acres 
190,558 
83,556 
53,984 
9,931 
28,722 
569,085 
Corporation 
farms 
195 
165 
94 
71 
48 
505 
acres 
283,317 
186,167 
66,559 
28,681 
9,677 
887,108 
Family held 
farms 
183 
156 
82 
59 
44 
438 
acres 
278,194 
175,884 
59,199 
23,427 
8,573 
646,300 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
4 
- 
2 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
182 
156 
78 
59 
42 
429 
Other than family held 
farms 
12 
9 
12 
12 
4 
67 
acres 
5,123 
10,283 
7,360 
5,254 
1,104 
240,808 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
12 
9 
12 
12 
4 
51 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
43 
42 
26 
31 
36 
308 
acres 
91,904 
19,849 
13,371 
28,857 
(D) 
2,026,542 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
423 
514 
249 
238 
150 
970 
workers 
1,090 
1,271 
609 
640 
499 
1,920 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
171 
192 
90 
69 
46 
391 
workers 
290 
322 
126 
108 
88 
613 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
311 
394 
186 
187 
126 
678 
workers 
800 
949 
483 
532 
411 
1,307 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
16 
10 
9 
6 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
8 
8 
3 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
821 
1,116 
930 
769 
839 
3,265 
workers 
1,883 
2,683 
2,082 
1,692 
1,833 
6,296 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
120 
259 
263 
281 
384 
885 
1 0 to 49 acres 
143 
464 
671 
774 
954 
2,383 
50 to 69 acres 
55 
164 
155 
114 
115 
313 
70 to 99 acres 
101 
196 
157 
101 
92 
384 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
88 
154 
118 
67 
95 
464 
140 to 1 79 acres 
138 
183 
123 
102 
67 
635 
180 to 219 acres 
84 
103 
82 
37 
39 
243 
220 to 259 acres 
72 
71 
45 
32 
19 
200 
260 to 499 acres 
350 
303 
161 
111 
87 
1,040 
500 to 999 acres 
335 
269 
91 
57 
47 
742 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
315 
224 
70 
45 
17 
561 
2,000 acres or more 
252 
141 
52 
26 
11 
393 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
381 
252 
133 
56 
30 
13 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
11 
29 
48 
36 
30 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
16 
55 
57 
57 
30 
45 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
30 
73 
44 
33 
33 
26 
Other crop farming (1119) 
359 
612 
572 
595 
836 
3,565 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
359 
612 
572 
595 
836 
3,565 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
997 
1,045 
708 
542 
369 
803 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
25 
45 
1 
1 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
30 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
6 
9 
10 
24 
29 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
5 
- 
14 
26 
157 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
50 
84 
98 
81 
95 
108 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
180 
324 
316 
320 
452 
3,461 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,246 
1,355 
872 
640 
460 
1,072 
number 
72,344 
49,674 
15,373 
9,607 
3,891 
24,007 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
64 
188 
325 
342 
360 
684 
1 0 to 49 
596 
944 
517 
282 
96 
266 
50 to 99 
440 
163 
15 
7 
1 
71 
1 00 to 1 99 
110 
40 
12 
2 
- 
31 
200 to 499 
35 
8 
3 
7 
3 
13 
500 or more 
1 
12 
- 
" 
- 
7 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,169 
1,240 
760 
551 
373 
761 
number 
50,825 
29,630 
9,822 
5,179 
2,146 
1 1 ,843 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,167 
1,214 
744 
542 
369 
717 
number 
50,779 
29,540 
9,734 
5,145 
2,104 
11,750 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
76 
216 
384 
381 
333 
479 
10 to 49 
712 
904 
343 
155 
32 
182 
50 to 99 
334 
80 
12 
2 
1 
38 
100 to 199 
34 
9 
2 
2 
3 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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