Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Dakota 
Aurora 
Beadle 
Bennett 
Bon Homme 
Brookings 
Brown 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,938 
111 
239 
86 
162 
289 
297 
workers 
27,199 
272 
591 
194 
310 
1,032 
942 
$1 ,000 payroll 
267,349 
2,352 
7,892 
1,621 
1,479 
15,042 
1 1 ,369 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
4,147 
52 
112 
41 
75 
136 
97 
workers 
4,147 
52 
112 
41 
75 
136 
97 
2 workers 
farms 
2,405 
32 
65 
15 
58 
58 
72 
workers 
4,810 
64 
130 
30 
116 
116 
144 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
2,173 
19 
36 
23 
23 
44 
82 
workers 
7,244 
63 
124 
81 
79 
143 
272 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
925 
5 
21 
7 
6 
30 
35 
workers 
5,684 
26 
130 
42 
40 
189 
222 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
288 
3 
5 
- 
- 
21 
11 
workers 
5,314 
67 
95 
- 
- 
448 
207 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,947 
46 
128 
46 
50 
142 
192 
workers 
10,162 
111 
252 
73 
76 
496 
457 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,927 
25 
72 
32 
38 
74 
95 
workers 
2,927 
25 
72 
32 
38 
74 
95 
2 workers 
farms 
1,063 
14 
34 
6 
5 
29 
37 
workers 
2,126 
28 
68 
12 
10 
58 
74 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
648 
6 
16 
6 
5 
20 
38 
workers 
2,139 
(D) 
53 
(D) 
(D) 
66 
127 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
225 
3 
2 
2 
9 
18 
workers 
1,330 
- 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
51 
104 
10 workers or more 
farms 
84 
1 
3 
10 
4 
workers 
1,640 
(D) 
44 
- 
- 
247 
57 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,933 
85 
160 
56 
132 
216 
182 
workers 
17,037 
161 
339 
121 
234 
536 
485 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,941 
44 
85 
27 
62 
116 
66 
workers 
2,941 
44 
85 
27 
62 
116 
66 
2 workers 
farms 
1,860 
27 
42 
9 
47 
49 
48 
workers 
3,720 
54 
84 
18 
94 
98 
96 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,478 
11 
19 
17 
21 
21 
53 
workers 
4,879 
34 
64 
59 
(D) 
68 
173 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
504 
1 
12 
3 
2 
24 
10 
workers 
3,036 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
154 
55 
10 workers or more 
farms 
150 
2 
2 
- 
6 
5 
workers 
2,461 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
100 
95 
Reported only workers working 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
3,005 
26 
79 
30 
30 
73 
115 
workers 
5,459 
76 
160 
42 
39 
188 
247 
$1 ,000 payroll 
103,900 
1,231 
3,698 
543 
472 
4,155 
4,696 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
4,991 
65 
111 
40 
112 
147 
105 
workers 
1 1 ,093 
110 
196 
91 
198 
275 
249 
$1 ,000 payroll 
32,662 
447 
869 
270 
323 
741 
1,117 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
1,942 
20 
49 
16 
20 
69 
77 
1 50 days or more, workers 
4,703 
35 
92 
31 
37 
308 
210 
less than 1 50 days, workers 
5,944 
51 
143 
30 
36 
261 
236 
$1 ,000 payroll 
130,787 
674 
3,325 
807 
684 
10,146 
5,556 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
75 
4 
1 
- 
1 
9 
- 
workers 
309 
18 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
54 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
66 
4 
1 
_ 
_ 
7 
_ 
workers 
286 
18 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
workers 
23 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,065 
154 
229 
74 
205 
386 
304 
workers 
25,248 
307 
489 
144 
469 
806 
657 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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