Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cascade 
Chouteau 
Custer 
Daniels 
Dawson 
Deer Lodge 
Fallon 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
187 
310 
131 
90 
128 
25 
78 
workers 
549 
858 
424 
201 
370 
49 
187 
$1 ,000 payroll 
6,199 
8,619 
4,674 
2,509 
2,750 
582 
2,383 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
76 
102 
45 
36 
52 
15 
36 
workers 
76 
102 
45 
36 
52 
15 
36 
2 workers 
farms 
53 
78 
35 
28 
28 
4 
16 
workers 
106 
156 
70 
56 
56 
8 
32 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
34 
80 
22 
20 
30 
4 
20 
workers 
116 
267 
81 
69 
103 
(D) 
70 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
18 
43 
23 
6 
16 
2 
4 
workers 
117 
254 
140 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
6 
7 
6 
- 
2 
2 
workers 
134 
79 
88 
- 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
95 
195 
90 
62 
71 
13 
51 
workers 
260 
382 
186 
97 
136 
(D) 
114 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
50 
80 
46 
36 
40 
7 
24 
workers 
50 
80 
46 
36 
40 
7 
24 
2 workers 
farms 
22 
74 
26 
21 
15 
5 
16 
workers 
44 
148 
52 
42 
30 
10 
32 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
9 
35 
9 
5 
11 
_ 
8 
workers 
(D) 
117 
(D) 
19 
41 
- 
26 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
12 
5 
8 
- 
5 
1 
1 
workers 
75 
(D) 
49 
- 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
115 
218 
79 
48 
92 
17 
48 
workers 
289 
476 
238 
104 
234 
(D) 
73 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
40 
90 
27 
20 
44 
12 
32 
workers 
40 
90 
27 
20 
44 
12 
32 
2 workers 
farms 
43 
59 
20 
11 
28 
4 
12 
workers 
86 
118 
40 
22 
56 
8 
24 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
21 
58 
20 
15 
11 
_ 
3 
workers 
73 
194 
76 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
8 
11 
10 
2 
7 
1 
1 
workers 
49 
74 
(D) 
(D) 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
3 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
workers 
41 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
72 
92 
52 
42 
36 
8 
30 
workers 
186 
158 
99 
61 
72 
11 
74 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,913 
1,909 
2,000 
1,124 
1,183 
205 
1,681 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
92 
115 
41 
28 
57 
12 
27 
workers 
200 
211 
99 
59 
161 
(D) 
40 
$1 ,000 payroll 
443 
1,025 
171 
278 
369 
86 
161 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
23 
103 
38 
20 
35 
5 
21 
1 50 days or more, workers 
74 
224 
87 
36 
64 
(D) 
40 
less than 150 days, workers 
89 
265 
139 
45 
73 
(D) 
33 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,843 
5,684 
2,504 
1,107 
1,198 
291 
541 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
8 
(D) 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
8 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
463 
230 
171 
105 
173 
35 
139 
workers 
1,038 
453 
454 
191 
373 
93 
327 
-continued 
280 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
