Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
8 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
102 
26 
- 
2 
3 
48 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
651 
97 
1 
1 
2 
347 
- 
acres 
3,317,771 
191,700 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
556,255 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
9,938 
4,509 
28 
12 
65 
1,351 
_ 
workers 
27,199 
1 1 ,384 
127 
72 
510 
3,151 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,947 
2,393 
10 
5 
35 
545 
- 
workers 
10,162 
4,402 
16 
8 
180 
757 
- 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
6,933 
3,098 
26 
9 
60 
934 
- 
workers 
17,037 
6,982 
111 
64 
330 
2,394 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
66 
26 
- 
1 
2 
8 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
11,065 
3,159 
32 
26 
37 
2,394 
- 
workers 
25,248 
6,359 
93 
99 
89 
5,324 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
25 
16 
20 
35 
105 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
286 
37 
20 
45 
1,841 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,180 
94 
4 
- 
7 
594 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
1,723 
254 
4 
- 
1 
829 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,470 
220 
1 
- 
3 
699 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,046 
509 
- 
1 
3 
943 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
886 
223 
1 
- 
2 
344 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
863 
263 
- 
- 
1 
309 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,604 
1,486 
3 
2 
1 
963 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
4,229 
2,349 
3 
2 
2 
581 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,075 
2,334 
- 
- 
- 
370 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
5,637 
2,618 
- 
- 
- 
418 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
10,661 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
- 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
- 
- 
45 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
100 
- 
- 
- 
100 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,996 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
7,996 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,996 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
646 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
15,583 
4,716 
10 
4 
5 
1,060 
_ 
number 
3,893,251 
1,119,760 
176 
(D) 
(D) 
152,263 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,425 
158 
4 
3 
3 
159 
- 
10 to 49 
3,819 
947 
5 
1 
- 
343 
- 
50 to 99 
2,382 
896 
1 
- 
- 
205 
- 
100 to 199 
2,538 
950 
- 
- 
2 
127 
- 
200 to 499 
3,181 
1,161 
- 
- 
- 
142 
- 
500 or more 
2,238 
604 
- 
- 
- 
84 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
13,584 
4,236 
9 
4 
2 
954 
_ 
number 
1,702,390 
476,619 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
83,822 
- 
Beef cows farms 
13,327 
4,216 
9 
4 
2 
952 
_ 
number 
1,610,559 
473,438 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
83,271 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,472 
227 
5 
3 
- 
166 
- 
1 0 to 49 
4,276 
1,414 
3 
1 
2 
378 
- 
50 to 99 
2,513 
956 
1 
- 
- 
153 
- 
100 to 199 
2,435 
936 
- 
- 
- 
108 
- 
200 to 499 
2,155 
573 
- 
- 
- 
134 
- 
500 or more 
476 
110 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
176 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
