Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Montana 
Beaverhead 
Big Horn 
Blaine 
Broadwater 
Carbon 
Carter 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,322 
171 
168 
159 
83 
170 
125 
workers 
23,199 
909 
552 
480 
248 
426 
396 
$1 ,000 payroll 
239,341 
11,904 
6,991 
4,732 
3,078 
4,570 
3,461 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,706 
39 
46 
60 
28 
81 
41 
workers 
2,706 
39 
46 
60 
28 
81 
41 
2 workers 
farms 
1,873 
36 
45 
28 
23 
29 
19 
workers 
3,746 
72 
90 
56 
46 
58 
38 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,487 
30 
45 
46 
17 
33 
34 
workers 
5,026 
102 
156 
157 
(D) 
105 
115 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
896 
36 
23 
17 
13 
24 
28 
workers 
5,530 
225 
136 
111 
83 
146 
158 
10 workers or more 
farms 
360 
30 
9 
8 
2 
3 
3 
workers 
6,191 
471 
124 
96 
(D) 
36 
44 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,192 
121 
107 
91 
51 
94 
84 
workers 
9,644 
417 
253 
189 
123 
184 
171 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,891 
28 
42 
38 
17 
52 
34 
workers 
1,891 
28 
42 
38 
17 
52 
34 
2 workers 
farms 
1,195 
27 
34 
26 
18 
22 
24 
workers 
2,390 
54 
68 
52 
36 
44 
48 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
768 
35 
21 
23 
9 
12 
23 
workers 
2,570 
114 
70 
76 
30 
39 
70 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
273 
27 
7 
4 
7 
8 
3 
workers 
1,699 
169 
39 
23 
40 
49 
19 
10 workers or more 
farms 
65 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
1,094 
52 
34 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,954 
131 
114 
Ill 
50 
106 
86 
workers 
13,555 
492 
299 
291 
125 
242 
225 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,070 
36 
37 
49 
26 
49 
29 
workers 
2,070 
36 
37 
49 
26 
49 
29 
2 workers 
farms 
1,371 
47 
40 
30 
10 
23 
22 
workers 
2,742 
94 
80 
60 
20 
46 
44 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
925 
16 
26 
18 
6 
23 
28 
workers 
3,088 
54 
89 
65 
18 
76 
95 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
389 
22 
8 
8 
7 
10 
5 
workers 
2,362 
156 
49 
47 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
199 
10 
3 
6 
1 
1 
2 
workers 
3,293 
152 
44 
70 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,368 
40 
54 
48 
33 
64 
39 
workers 
4,799 
111 
118 
89 
76 
122 
70 
$1 ,000 payroll 
86,834 
3,121 
2,020 
1,597 
1,422 
2,590 
930 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
3,130 
50 
61 
68 
32 
76 
41 
workers 
7,323 
82 
144 
170 
75 
153 
103 
$1 ,000 payroll 
23,414 
545 
474 
482 
277 
424 
619 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
1,824 
81 
53 
43 
18 
30 
45 
1 50 days or more, workers 
4,845 
306 
135 
100 
47 
62 
101 
less than 150 days, workers 
6,232 
410 
155 
121 
50 
89 
122 
$1 ,000 payroll 
129,093 
8,238 
4,496 
2,653 
1,379 
1,557 
1,912 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
249 
30 
3 
3 
2 
1 
- 
workers 
1,460 
105 
8 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
222 
30 
3 
3 
2 
1 
- 
workers 
1,098 
105 
8 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
362 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,652 
185 
259 
181 
119 
304 
153 
workers 
26,245 
415 
624 
409 
282 
739 
378 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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