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 
2,317 
2,921 
2,373 
2,054 
2,151 
5,627 
acres 
2,145,353 
1,609,724 
776,808 
373,574 
230,782 
1,787,584 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
148 
166 
135 
102 
83 
313 
acres 
155,633 
76,215 
56,192 
25,459 
29,322 
355,790 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,919 
2,539 
2,141 
1,851 
2,022 
5,084 
acres 
(D) 
1,256,144 
637,851 
303,027 
(D) 
1,041,360 
Partnership 
farms 
197 
224 
147 
110 
78 
347 
acres 
248,849 
180,236 
62,960 
33,733 
23,038 
463,364 
Registered under state law 
farms 
166 
175 
121 
84 
64 
260 
acres 
221,631 
135,607 
56,135 
28,694 
21,799 
398,819 
Corporation 
farms 
276 
203 
121 
100 
60 
257 
acres 
439,199 
179,396 
98,083 
52,269 
15,388 
528,824 
Family held 
farms 
257 
193 
106 
87 
55 
209 
acres 
395,049 
174,515 
90,019 
37,415 
13,664 
347,811 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
2 
2 
4 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
254 
193 
104 
85 
51 
204 
Other than family held 
farms 
19 
10 
15 
13 
5 
48 
acres 
44,150 
4,881 
8,064 
14,854 
1,724 
181,013 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
14 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
19 
10 
13 
13 
5 
34 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
50 
72 
48 
51 
41 
203 
acres 
(D) 
76,666 
39,442 
39,717 
(D) 
1,386,871 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
488 
544 
309 
257 
184 
670 
workers 
1,218 
1,400 
749 
636 
406 
1,414 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
210 
200 
111 
73 
41 
281 
workers 
348 
362 
168 
108 
55 
444 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
349 
415 
233 
197 
159 
470 
workers 
870 
1,038 
581 
528 
351 
970 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
20 
11 
7 
3 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
8 
8 
3 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
934 
1,295 
1,030 
884 
922 
2,551 
workers 
2,135 
3,003 
2,216 
1,900 
2,006 
4,958 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
121 
263 
270 
282 
394 
859 
1 0 to 49 acres 
149 
467 
690 
799 
1,024 
2,260 
50 to 69 acres 
55 
167 
153 
127 
146 
268 
70 to 99 acres 
101 
198 
167 
112 
136 
317 
100 to 139 acres 
88 
154 
143 
115 
123 
359 
140 to 1 79 acres 
141 
192 
189 
218 
117 
388 
180 to 219 acres 
85 
125 
97 
62 
42 
176 
220 to 259 acres 
82 
79 
80 
48 
19 
131 
260 to 499 acres 
378 
460 
403 
179 
117 
485 
500 to 999 acres 
452 
522 
134 
73 
43 
265 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
511 
276 
68 
67 
26 
160 
2,000 acres or more 
279 
135 
63 
30 
14 
223 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
371 
213 
107 
49 
17 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
11 
32 
45 
36 
30 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
16 
56 
60 
54 
33 
41 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
30 
73 
47 
30 
33 
26 
Other crop farming (1119) 
728 
1,181 
1,035 
936 
1,084 
1,418 
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) 
728 
1,181 
1,035 
936 
1,084 
1,418 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,008 
1,012 
714 
540 
378 
742 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
30 
38 
1 
1 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
30 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
7 
9 
10 
23 
29 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
5 
3 
19 
29 
146 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
50 
88 
93 
83 
96 
104 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
194 
332 
341 
352 
476 
3,343 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,266 
1,301 
886 
627 
470 
994 
number 
68,731 
45,188 
16,723 
8,274 
8,428 
17,329 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
75 
186 
346 
339 
353 
659 
10 to 49 
635 
915 
504 
275 
96 
240 
50 to 99 
428 
147 
17 
6 
6 
62 
1 00 to 1 99 
102 
36 
11 
4 
5 
23 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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