Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hill 
Jefferson 
Judith Basin 
Lake 
Lewis and Clark 
Liberty 
Lincoln 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
300 
50 
119 
295 
138 
134 
44 
workers 
742 
159 
391 
1,205 
531 
464 
139 
$1 ,000 payroll 
9,551 
2,114 
4,323 
4,502 
4,452 
5,188 
1,188 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
99 
17 
49 
117 
43 
32 
13 
workers 
99 
17 
49 
117 
43 
32 
13 
2 workers 
farms 
112 
14 
26 
73 
47 
46 
15 
workers 
224 
28 
52 
146 
94 
92 
30 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
52 
5 
19 
47 
25 
34 
8 
workers 
169 
16 
67 
163 
79 
123 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
32 
11 
15 
24 
13 
16 
6 
workers 
181 
66 
98 
147 
92 
105 
36 
10 workers or more 
farms 
5 
3 
10 
34 
10 
6 
2 
workers 
69 
32 
125 
632 
223 
112 
(□) 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
198 
28 
56 
81 
65 
101 
19 
workers 
361 
78 
163 
174 
221 
247 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
87 
8 
19 
41 
28 
35 
9 
workers 
87 
8 
19 
41 
28 
35 
9 
2 workers 
farms 
78 
8 
18 
23 
16 
46 
5 
workers 
156 
16 
36 
46 
32 
92 
10 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
30 
8 
11 
11 
12 
17 
3 
workers 
95 
27 
(D) 
43 
41 
(D) 
9 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
2 
4 
6 
4 
5 
1 
- 
workers 
(D) 
27 
39 
(D) 
28 
(D) 
- 
10 workers or more 
farms 
1 
- 
2 
2 
4 
2 
2 
workers 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
92 
(D) 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
164 
39 
87 
243 
98 
82 
32 
workers 
381 
81 
228 
1,031 
310 
217 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
61 
23 
41 
91 
33 
19 
11 
workers 
61 
23 
41 
91 
33 
19 
11 
2 workers 
farms 
50 
7 
21 
66 
33 
37 
8 
workers 
100 
14 
42 
132 
66 
74 
16 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
39 
2 
10 
39 
17 
17 
8 
workers 
123 
(D) 
32 
134 
54 
58 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
11 
7 
11 
17 
10 
8 
5 
workers 
64 
(D) 
66 
111 
68 
(D) 
31 
10 workers or more 
farms 
3 
4 
30 
5 
1 
- 
workers 
33 
- 
47 
563 
89 
(D) 
- 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
136 
11 
32 
52 
40 
52 
12 
workers 
232 
31 
106 
103 
100 
131 
20 
$1 ,000 payroll 
5,496 
317 
2,492 
1,365 
1,168 
1,228 
199 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
102 
22 
63 
214 
73 
33 
25 
workers 
220 
34 
138 
814 
197 
68 
70 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,126 
149 
253 
979 
439 
348 
84 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
62 
17 
24 
29 
25 
49 
7 
1 50 days or more, workers 
129 
47 
57 
71 
121 
116 
36 
less than 150 days, workers 
161 
47 
90 
217 
113 
149 
13 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,929 
1,647 
1,577 
2,158 
2,845 
3,612 
905 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
85 
1 
1 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
(D) 
956 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
60 
- 
1 
- 
workers 
(D) 
596 
- 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
25 
1 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
360 
(D) 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
276 
194 
147 
585 
301 
73 
170 
workers 
692 
448 
326 
1,382 
707 
166 
355 
-continued 
282 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
