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 
2,456 
3,403 
2,523 
2,111 
1,841 
2,773 
acres 
1,280,065 
893,332 
604,927 
306,469 
189,920 
2,327,523 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
71 
91 
95 
64 
52 
94 
acres 
47,989 
32,761 
25,213 
7,071 
17,598 
42,599 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,281 
3,142 
2,302 
1,965 
1,718 
2,505 
acres 
957,828 
770,504 
347,657 
243,527 
155,445 
544,779 
Partnership 
farms 
120 
200 
172 
102 
100 
120 
acres 
94,684 
209,682 
29,925 
25,108 
28,775 
60,325 
Registered under state law 
farms 
79 
156 
122 
72 
89 
66 
acres 
58,462 
178,326 
18,675 
19,646 
26,477 
19,577 
Corporation 
farms 
82 
130 
84 
59 
38 
53 
acres 
(D) 
42,746 
40,145 
(D) 
3,054 
18,639 
Family held 
farms 
74 
117 
69 
54 
29 
47 
acres 
26,681 
37,977 
34,119 
4,736 
(D) 
1 7,727 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
73 
116 
69 
54 
28 
46 
Other than family held 
farms 
8 
13 
15 
5 
9 
6 
acres 
(D) 
4,769 
6,026 
(D) 
(D) 
912 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
8 
12 
15 
5 
9 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35 
64 
85 
56 
75 
160 
acres 
(D) 
43,392 
209,551 
(D) 
9,121 
1,854,665 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
525 
575 
412 
248 
201 
359 
workers 
1,182 
1,263 
1,016 
561 
342 
781 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
120 
191 
155 
82 
70 
137 
workers 
156 
265 
229 
114 
88 
192 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
446 
430 
299 
178 
134 
237 
workers 
1,026 
998 
787 
447 
254 
589 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
4 
_ 
_ 
_ 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
902 
1,201 
883 
763 
606 
1,061 
workers 
2,044 
2,660 
1,979 
1,750 
1,455 
2,467 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
92 
178 
166 
158 
211 
288 
1 0 to 49 acres 
211 
635 
693 
857 
1,059 
1,281 
50 to 69 acres 
83 
205 
259 
254 
168 
150 
70 to 99 acres 
217 
376 
377 
293 
125 
205 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
199 
372 
291 
196 
87 
169 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
342 
493 
346 
186 
92 
171 
180 to 219 acres 
132 
206 
125 
58 
45 
68 
220 to 259 acres 
184 
170 
94 
33 
26 
55 
260 to 499 acres 
554 
528 
172 
75 
61 
149 
500 to 999 acres 
282 
219 
71 
36 
23 
105 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
119 
98 
25 
17 
24 
71 
2,000 acres or more 
103 
56 
24 
19 
10 
126 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
666 
433 
204 
93 
51 
16 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
7 
10 
13 
17 
10 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
3 
2 
12 
5 
8 
12 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
17 
22 
5 
3 
3 
1 
Other crop farming (1119) 
529 
1,417 
1,424 
1,312 
1,244 
1,112 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
529 
1,417 
1,424 
1,312 
1,244 
1,112 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,004 
1,049 
529 
293 
261 
477 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
47 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
6 
8 
- 
- 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
11 
- 
12 
10 
14 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1 
12 
6 
12 
39 
83 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
89 
152 
71 
66 
107 
109 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
145 
400 
371 
369 
198 
1,009 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,434 
1,400 
705 
396 
359 
620 
number 
79,364 
48,042 
15,193 
4,956 
4,625 
30,276 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
103 
182 
242 
218 
230 
291 
1 0 to 49 
721 
994 
407 
170 
114 
222 
50 to 99 
427 
154 
33 
5 
3 
52 
100 to 199 
157 
52 
15 
3 
12 
25 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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