Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,716 
1,694 
1,187 
926 
740 
8,578 
acres 
787,521 
513,235 
253,591 
142,076 
80,826 
2,170,450 
Partnership 
farms 
68 
78 
57 
33 
16 
615 
acres 
24,460 
39,215 
19,478 
11,710 
5,236 
230,792 
Registered under state law 
farms 
38 
58 
38 
29 
9 
371 
acres 
13,466 
35,181 
9,004 
11,060 
4,506 
150,394 
Corporation 
farms 
16 
19 
7 
8 
8 
89 
acres 
4,411 
3,859 
1,196 
1,042 
2,437 
38,787 
Family held 
farms 
16 
17 
7 
8 
6 
70 
acres 
4,411 
(D) 
1,196 
1,042 
(D) 
33,664 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
16 
17 
7 
8 
5 
66 
Other than family held 
farms 
_ 
2 
- 
_ 
2 
19 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
5,123 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
18 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
17 
25 
24 
9 
14 
387 
acres 
7,241 
40,239 
4,104 
1,506 
1,956 
729,237 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
294 
289 
146 
102 
68 
1,140 
workers 
720 
612 
257 
188 
127 
2,616 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
82 
57 
19 
24 
15 
455 
workers 
104 
83 
29 
35 
19 
652 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
229 
247 
129 
80 
60 
734 
workers 
616 
529 
228 
153 
108 
1,964 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
. 
1 
1 
. 
. 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
632 
677 
438 
364 
296 
2,774 
workers 
1,357 
1,488 
1,071 
737 
646 
5,870 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
47 
68 
111 
90 
75 
186 
1 0 to 49 acres 
75 
216 
242 
257 
296 
1,553 
50 to 69 acres 
48 
70 
108 
85 
72 
667 
70 to 99 acres 
64 
139 
120 
129 
98 
865 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
98 
155 
122 
81 
45 
822 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
218 
266 
150 
101 
57 
1,585 
180 to 219 acres 
95 
112 
67 
29 
38 
492 
220 to 259 acres 
76 
97 
61 
36 
12 
441 
260 to 499 acres 
520 
371 
160 
109 
53 
1,803 
500 to 999 acres 
436 
232 
106 
37 
26 
912 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
113 
75 
14 
20 
5 
276 
2,000 acres or more 
27 
15 
14 
2 
1 
67 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
566 
398 
160 
113 
48 
22 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
4 
19 
17 
15 
9 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
1 
11 
21 
3 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
8 
7 
8 
6 
4 
4 
Other crop farming (1119) 
336 
431 
389 
351 
308 
8,056 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and ail 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
336 
431 
389 
351 
308 
8,056 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
716 
653 
492 
275 
140 
409 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
30 
31 
3 
- 
3 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
11 
5 
14 
10 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
2 
9 
5 
20 
61 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
19 
37 
46 
42 
46 
50 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
133 
226 
135 
134 
187 
1,048 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,061 
929 
564 
348 
196 
510 
number 
60,747 
34,480 
12,216 
7,007 
2,097 
22,105 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
36 
82 
152 
152 
123 
196 
10 to 49 
545 
663 
369 
175 
70 
225 
50 to 99 
346 
140 
29 
15 
- 
45 
100 to 199 
120 
29 
9 
2 
3 
19 
200 to 499 
14 
15 
5 
4 
- 
14 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
971 
852 
486 
313 
149 
386 
number 
38,007 
21,395 
7,703 
3,191 
1,202 
8,390 
Beef cows 
farms 
964 
847 
482 
307 
146 
386 
number 
37,880 
21,337 
7,693 
3,172 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
49 
128 
172 
196 
108 
188 
10 to 49 
665 
643 
289 
106 
35 
160 
50 to 99 
215 
57 
21 
5 
3 
31 
100 to 199 
32 
14 
- 
- 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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