Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
2,085 
3,160 
2,938 
2,747 
2,155 
2,398 
acres 
1,005,359 
1,133,710 
705,899 
458,729 
280,579 
1,108,202 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
28 
94 
77 
79 
86 
74 
acres 
12,891 
50,890 
23,652 
16,093 
10,502 
16,931 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,992 
2,945 
2,741 
2,560 
2,027 
2,262 
acres 
956,687 
1,004,120 
642,734 
418,626 
255,594 
444,116 
Partnership 
farms 
105 
219 
173 
150 
111 
98 
acres 
61,538 
106,725 
60,917 
36,963 
17,900 
34,904 
Registered under state law 
farms 
66 
164 
93 
99 
48 
64 
acres 
40,615 
86,204 
33,123 
27,995 
7,204 
20,130 
Corporation 
farms 
22 
26 
40 
17 
12 
22 
acres 
8,237 
12,557 
9,461 
1,979 
7,034 
7,101 
Family held 
farms 
19 
22 
33 
14 
9 
19 
acres 
7,651 
11,126 
7,067 
(D) 
6,754 
6,444 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
18 
22 
33 
14 
9 
19 
Other than family held 
farms 
3 
4 
7 
3 
3 
3 
acres 
586 
1,431 
2,394 
(D) 
280 
657 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3 
3 
7 
3 
3 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
29 
94 
111 
93 
74 
67 
acres 
17,474 
67,346 
27,917 
17,337 
7,807 
642,582 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
358 
439 
343 
335 
213 
292 
workers 
867 
939 
722 
773 
478 
639 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
97 
119 
90 
148 
67 
111 
workers 
121 
177 
140 
200 
83 
164 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
282 
340 
268 
199 
156 
193 
workers 
746 
762 
582 
573 
395 
475 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
_ 
1 
7 
8 
_ 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
757 
1,038 
914 
818 
680 
868 
workers 
1,578 
2,191 
1,960 
1,661 
1,597 
1,980 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
49 
82 
123 
81 
77 
162 
1 0 to 49 acres 
81 
275 
295 
315 
820 
852 
50 to 69 acres 
48 
114 
130 
205 
330 
218 
70 to 99 acres 
64 
177 
210 
471 
331 
155 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
108 
200 
239 
399 
155 
210 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
244 
395 
589 
692 
181 
254 
180 to 219 acres 
115 
161 
261 
136 
64 
88 
220 to 259 acres 
90 
178 
237 
118 
50 
42 
260 to 499 acres 
577 
960 
727 
310 
132 
229 
500 to 999 acres 
560 
612 
210 
57 
57 
141 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
182 
111 
31 
30 
19 
62 
2,000 acres or more 
30 
19 
13 
6 
8 
36 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
518 
383 
152 
73 
38 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
7 
17 
17 
14 
8 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2 
3 
11 
17 
3 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
8 
7 
8 
7 
3 
4 
Other crop farming (1119) 
639 
1,866 
2,211 
2,247 
1,771 
1,036 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
639 
1,866 
2,211 
2,247 
1,771 
1,036 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
761 
645 
438 
263 
133 
351 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
26 
27 
3 
- 
3 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
13 
6 
11 
10 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
6 
12 
4 
24 
51 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
20 
46 
46 
42 
43 
43 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
162 
271 
161 
142 
188 
935 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,107 
912 
521 
315 
177 
428 
number 
61,054 
30,236 
1 1 ,596 
5,544 
2,429 
18,150 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
45 
104 
158 
133 
112 
181 
1 0 to 49 
602 
658 
325 
158 
57 
191 
50 to 99 
332 
125 
25 
18 
2 
25 
100 to 199 
106 
13 
9 
6 
5 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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