Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
6 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
48 
2 
2 
- 
5 
4 
1 
9 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
347 
74 
6 
2 
14 
5 
5 
97 
acres 
- 
556,255 
565,928 
(D) 
(D) 
57,878 
(D) 
(D) 
1,923,913 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,351 
2,667 
308 
140 
101 
29 
119 
609 
workers 
- 
3,151 
6,525 
1,033 
1,417 
586 
214 
335 
1,845 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
545 
1,228 
200 
113 
69 
21 
31 
297 
workers 
- 
757 
2,004 
528 
966 
387 
167 
60 
687 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
- 
934 
1,901 
200 
75 
61 
16 
111 
442 
workers 
- 
2,394 
4,521 
505 
451 
199 
47 
275 
1,158 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
. 
8 
3 
2 
5 
. 
1 
18 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
_ 
2,394 
3,453 
198 
104 
66 
83 
278 
1,235 
workers 
- 
5,324 
8,344 
404 
262 
329 
283 
739 
2,923 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
105 
532 
29 
7 
31 
51 
118 
331 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
1,841 
986 
40 
36 
63 
76 
283 
1,263 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
594 
214 
9 
21 
9 
8 
31 
189 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
829 
398 
12 
7 
7 
10 
46 
155 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
699 
356 
18 
13 
4 
10 
29 
117 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
- 
943 
385 
17 
22 
3 
4 
41 
118 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
344 
204 
10 
4 
5 
1 
15 
77 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
309 
185 
16 
6 
- 
3 
20 
60 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
963 
820 
86 
51 
15 
4 
35 
138 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
581 
921 
142 
48 
33 
5 
20 
123 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
370 
1,095 
136 
43 
22 
3 
19 
53 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
418 
2,192 
131 
18 
31 
11 
33 
185 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
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) 
- 
7,996 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
_ 
7,996 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
8,288 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
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 
1,060 
7,990 
627 
276 
103 
63 
191 
538 
number 
- 
152,263 
1,961,650 
443,910 
139,659 
18,269 
2,318 
10,581 
44,369 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
159 
750 
7 
10 
18 
31 
79 
203 
1 0 to 49 
- 
343 
2,116 
63 
51 
25 
28 
79 
161 
50 to 99 
- 
205 
1,087 
44 
52 
10 
- 
14 
73 
100 to 199 
- 
127 
1,213 
121 
53 
22 
1 
4 
45 
200 to 499 
- 
142 
1,600 
164 
49 
21 
2 
7 
35 
500 or more 
- 
84 
1,224 
228 
61 
7 
1 
8 
21 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
_ 
954 
7,054 
384 
276 
82 
57 
149 
377 
number 
- 
83,822 
932,200 
82,670 
89,208 
8,611 
1,421 
4,255 
23,378 
Beef cows 
farms 
_ 
952 
7,033 
384 
87 
74 
54 
140 
372 
number 
- 
83,271 
930,191 
82,664 
6,149 
7,482 
(D) 
(D) 
21,622 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
166 
799 
15 
18 
9 
40 
57 
133 
10 to 49 
- 
378 
2,144 
78 
35 
20 
11 
68 
122 
50 to 99 
- 
153 
1,225 
89 
16 
16 
- 
6 
51 
100 to 199 
- 
108 
1,228 
88 
12 
18 
- 
4 
41 
200 to 499 
- 
134 
1,324 
83 
5 
10 
3 
4 
19 
500 or more 
- 
13 
313 
31 
1 
1 
- 
1 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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