Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sweet Grass 
Teton 
Toole 
Treasure 
Valley 
Wheatland 
Wibaux 
Yellowstone 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
92 
208 
149 
39 
135 
50 
41 
222 
workers 
250 
562 
379 
196 
362 
235 
133 
753 
$1 ,000 payroll 
3,270 
5,358 
4,098 
2,385 
3,795 
3,988 
1,246 
9,265 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
35 
88 
55 
7 
53 
20 
15 
78 
workers 
35 
88 
55 
7 
53 
20 
15 
78 
2 workers 
farms 
20 
58 
40 
9 
39 
3 
9 
56 
workers 
40 
116 
80 
18 
78 
6 
18 
112 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
26 
32 
33 
6 
29 
15 
9 
31 
workers 
86 
115 
113 
20 
96 
54 
(D) 
103 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
9 
23 
19 
10 
9 
4 
6 
44 
workers 
(D) 
136 
(D) 
70 
63 
29 
32 
283 
10 workers or more 
farms 
2 
7 
2 
7 
5 
8 
2 
13 
workers 
(D) 
107 
(D) 
81 
72 
126 
(D) 
177 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
62 
109 
103 
28 
72 
34 
31 
129 
workers 
124 
218 
180 
84 
174 
135 
67 
334 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
32 
64 
54 
8 
35 
14 
20 
50 
workers 
32 
64 
54 
8 
35 
14 
20 
50 
2 workers 
farms 
15 
24 
32 
7 
14 
3 
6 
27 
workers 
30 
48 
64 
14 
28 
6 
12 
54 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
10 
14 
13 
7 
17 
7 
1 
36 
workers 
30 
46 
41 
27 
59 
24 
(D) 
123 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
5 
6 
4 
6 
3 
5 
2 
15 
workers 
32 
(D) 
21 
35 
16 
37 
(D) 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
5 
2 
1 
workers 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
36 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
57 
150 
90 
33 
92 
31 
26 
156 
workers 
126 
344 
199 
112 
188 
100 
66 
419 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
23 
65 
30 
13 
42 
15 
7 
51 
workers 
23 
65 
30 
13 
42 
15 
7 
51 
2 workers 
farms 
18 
48 
37 
3 
35 
2 
11 
54 
workers 
36 
96 
74 
6 
70 
4 
22 
108 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
14 
25 
16 
7 
9 
8 
6 
23 
workers 
(D) 
83 
55 
(D) 
28 
31 
(D) 
77 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1 
8 
6 
9 
4 
4 
2 
24 
workers 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
134 
10 workers or more 
farms 
1 
4 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
4 
workers 
(D) 
56 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
49 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
35 
58 
59 
6 
43 
19 
15 
66 
workers 
67 
116 
85 
16 
95 
51 
27 
120 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,113 
1,979 
1,630 
421 
1,507 
1,375 
625 
1,868 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
30 
99 
46 
11 
63 
16 
10 
93 
workers 
51 
184 
99 
26 
110 
52 
18 
180 
$1 ,000 payroll 
248 
879 
437 
334 
522 
312 
41 
471 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
27 
51 
44 
22 
29 
15 
16 
63 
1 50 days or more, workers 
57 
102 
95 
68 
79 
84 
40 
214 
less than 150 days, workers 
75 
160 
100 
86 
78 
48 
48 
239 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,909 
2,500 
2,031 
1,629 
1,766 
2,301 
580 
6,927 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
2 
1 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
2 
1 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
155 
292 
134 
44 
218 
58 
63 
528 
workers 
403 
648 
360 
90 
464 
131 
154 
1,119 
286 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
