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 
4,815 
8,003 
6,657 
5,953 
5,598 
1 1 ,268 
acres 
598,366 
838,685 
539,846 
373,292 
296,832 
651,156 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
226 
317 
181 
140 
119 
380 
acres 
25,353 
30,589 
18,835 
9,119 
7,315 
19,921 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
4,359 
7,335 
6,223 
5,626 
5,336 
10,432 
acres 
531,524 
766,801 
493,858 
343,486 
278,488 
543,991 
Partnership 
farms 
373 
480 
309 
193 
169 
469 
acres 
62,264 
60,456 
34,530 
17,483 
12,106 
40,492 
Registered under state law 
farms 
265 
379 
218 
123 
119 
338 
acres 
42,470 
46,932 
24,054 
12,073 
8,349 
31,427 
Corporation 
farms 
180 
285 
173 
160 
117 
401 
acres 
20,160 
29,858 
17,552 
20,419 
9,077 
27,130 
Family held 
farms 
161 
259 
155 
142 
99 
353 
acres 
18,962 
27,083 
16,137 
15,508 
5,789 
23,958 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
2 
6 
12 
8 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
158 
257 
149 
130 
91 
347 
Other than family held 
farms 
19 
26 
18 
18 
18 
48 
acres 
1,198 
2,775 
1,415 
4,911 
3,288 
3,172 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
6 
6 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
19 
23 
17 
12 
12 
47 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
61 
133 
103 
108 
76 
238 
acres 
6,743 
12,047 
1 1 ,264 
9,683 
4,513 
94,720 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,225 
1,629 
959 
743 
555 
1,544 
workers 
3,940 
4,476 
2,498 
1,965 
1,429 
4,185 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
400 
525 
250 
228 
176 
647 
workers 
804 
910 
411 
400 
315 
1,297 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
992 
1,289 
784 
594 
443 
1,092 
workers 
3,136 
3,566 
2,087 
1,565 
1,114 
2,888 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
14 
26 
2 
9 
11 
26 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
7 
3 
4 
- 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,509 
4,081 
3,373 
2,926 
2,680 
5,656 
workers 
6,601 
10,779 
8,475 
7,408 
6,414 
13,753 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
333 
699 
625 
728 
890 
1,743 
1 0 to 49 acres 
906 
2,062 
2,182 
2,570 
2,750 
5,696 
50 to 69 acres 
601 
1,024 
916 
849 
652 
1,233 
70 to 99 acres 
739 
1,146 
1,054 
813 
539 
1,179 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
840 
1,228 
956 
562 
404 
791 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
455 
735 
467 
264 
196 
388 
180 to 219 acres 
351 
483 
251 
129 
117 
191 
220 to 259 acres 
218 
294 
142 
64 
49 
87 
260 to 499 acres 
452 
442 
178 
78 
82 
171 
500 to 999 acres 
70 
112 
32 
23 
18 
49 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
7 
7 
4 
4 
- 
4 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
8 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,613 
1,760 
887 
499 
265 
87 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
242 
410 
304 
219 
114 
53 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
180 
407 
326 
243 
135 
317 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
403 
592 
324 
256 
231 
363 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,319 
2,918 
2,979 
2,900 
2,825 
3,230 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
34 
16 
4 
1 
- 
6 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
1,285 
2,902 
2,975 
2,899 
2,825 
3,224 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
520 
1,167 
1,139 
1,055 
890 
1,797 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
126 
76 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
115 
40 
17 
10 
3 
49 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
28 
29 
36 
36 
65 
122 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
37 
60 
78 
76 
198 
615 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
70 
207 
225 
279 
403 
852 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
320 
567 
487 
514 
569 
4,055 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,258 
3,509 
2,437 
1,809 
1,419 
2,668 
number 
65,385 
74,070 
34,437 
19,528 
12,377 
27,946 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
443 
1,085 
1,102 
1,054 
968 
1,912 
1 0 to 49 
1,482 
2,163 
1,279 
731 
439 
673 
50 to 99 
275 
224 
47 
24 
12 
64 
100 to 199 
52 
31 
9 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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