Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, 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 
2,089 
2,341 
1,567 
1,417 
1,061 
5,746 
acres 
899,081 
648,913 
268,321 
170,515 
77,996 
1,324,737 
Partnership 
farms 
98 
94 
91 
36 
31 
492 
acres 
(D) 
60,439 
(D) 
6,592 
5,277 
305,232 
Registered under state law 
farms 
69 
70 
62 
25 
21 
358 
acres 
56,525 
37,242 
16,798 
5,241 
4,457 
225,016 
Corporation 
farms 
65 
68 
64 
31 
11 
228 
acres 
22,211 
29,902 
39,749 
4,065 
1,035 
58,941 
Family held 
farms 
64 
61 
55 
29 
11 
189 
acres 
(D) 
27,207 
35,209 
(D) 
1,035 
47,348 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
64 
60 
55 
29 
11 
186 
Other than family held 
farms 
1 
7 
9 
2 
_ 
39 
acres 
(D) 
2,695 
4,540 
(D) 
- 
1 1 ,593 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1 
7 
9 
2 
- 
38 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
29 
24 
45 
11 
23 
353 
acres 
(D) 
1 7,678 
(D) 
6,111 
1,174 
2,004,115 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
499 
412 
299 
174 
109 
933 
workers 
1,096 
905 
781 
360 
189 
2,072 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
112 
119 
131 
62 
27 
336 
workers 
141 
180 
196 
87 
28 
458 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
420 
323 
203 
132 
83 
637 
workers 
955 
725 
585 
273 
161 
1,614 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
6 
. 
. 
. 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
816 
972 
680 
591 
399 
2,088 
workers 
1,846 
2,085 
1,593 
1,294 
938 
4,880 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
85 
173 
152 
143 
183 
360 
1 0 to 49 acres 
196 
500 
576 
705 
575 
2,187 
50 to 69 acres 
83 
136 
203 
93 
85 
532 
70 to 99 acres 
202 
292 
221 
117 
71 
702 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
178 
257 
120 
124 
59 
583 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
307 
316 
147 
115 
40 
716 
180 to 219 acres 
117 
131 
58 
54 
36 
254 
220 to 259 acres 
158 
107 
53 
29 
20 
209 
260 to 499 acres 
490 
309 
119 
61 
39 
622 
500 to 999 acres 
258 
155 
71 
32 
14 
291 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
110 
93 
21 
4 
3 
166 
2,000 acres or more 
97 
58 
26 
18 
1 
197 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
684 
477 
223 
122 
61 
28 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
6 
10 
14 
17 
12 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2 
3 
8 
9 
6 
14 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
18 
22 
5 
3 
3 
1 
Other crop farming (1119) 
324 
416 
532 
566 
447 
4,898 
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) 
324 
416 
532 
566 
447 
4,898 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
979 
1,046 
541 
304 
251 
556 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
46 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
6 
8 
- 
- 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
5 
3 
13 
12 
14 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
7 
3 
5 
32 
106 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
76 
158 
71 
71 
106 
120 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
136 
352 
359 
385 
196 
1,077 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,434 
1,402 
722 
427 
347 
728 
number 
84,874 
50,180 
18,977 
5,726 
3,538 
36,303 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
84 
165 
250 
233 
234 
306 
10 to 49 
706 
998 
420 
178 
106 
285 
50 to 99 
449 
164 
33 
9 
- 
62 
100 to 199 
162 
56 
6 
7 
7 
42 
200 to 499 
28 
19 
8 
- 
- 
19 
500 or more 
5 
- 
5 
- 
- 
14 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,273 
1,206 
618 
331 
242 
533 
number 
49,765 
30,146 
11,120 
3,371 
1,420 
10,585 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,267 
1,202 
610 
326 
235 
524 
number 
49,572 
30,027 
11,076 
3,355 
1,393 
10,564 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
78 
201 
285 
233 
200 
251 
10 to 49 
848 
897 
292 
81 
35 
213 
50 to 99 
286 
84 
20 
10 
- 
51 
100 to 199 
48 
10 
7 
2 
- 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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