Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
70,093 
657 
648 
1,158 
2,466 
3,396 
acres 
10,397,336 
913,401 
675,267 
795,653 
1,022,586 
946,743 
Partnership 
farms 
4,666 
251 
190 
166 
311 
361 
acres 
1 ,904,448 
742,343 
255,415 
135,459 
162,716 
123,925 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,702 
186 
116 
104 
188 
217 
acres 
1,243,658 
570,667 
149,978 
79,250 
95,178 
76,437 
Corporation 
farms 
1,853 
130 
93 
90 
120 
114 
acres 
650,044 
199,662 
89,591 
65,118 
60,458 
40,316 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
107 
87 
85 
108 
101 
acres 
582,658 
171,692 
86,525 
61,782 
56,241 
36,794 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
2 
2 
2 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,593 
105 
85 
83 
105 
101 
Other than family held 
farms 
214 
23 
6 
5 
12 
13 
acres 
67,386 
27,970 
3,066 
3,336 
4,217 
3,522 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
208 
17 
6 
5 
12 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
452 
5 
3 
20 
32 
11 
acres 
97,519 
5,612 
4,064 
14,107 
18,719 
2,582 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
19,586 
883 
724 
927 
1,612 
1,793 
workers 
68,586 
8,265 
3,643 
4,364 
7,191 
6,662 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,047 
717 
552 
552 
796 
551 
workers 
18,689 
4,982 
1,831 
1,573 
1,996 
1,069 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
16,044 
568 
461 
642 
1,158 
1,525 
workers 
49,897 
3,283 
1,812 
2,791 
5,195 
5,593 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,181 
155 
148 
204 
229 
126 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
306 
7 
28 
43 
94 
43 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
33,069 
326 
320 
580 
1,271 
1,843 
workers 
76,822 
644 
682 
1,233 
3,205 
4,383 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
15 
10 
7 
20 
40 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
107 
42 
46 
88 
237 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
43 
19 
23 
56 
144 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
44 
19 
30 
111 
232 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
35 
13 
39 
206 
426 
140 to 179 acres 
5,297 
27 
13 
46 
180 
358 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
24 
28 
43 
228 
388 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
24 
12 
47 
208 
329 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
75 
83 
294 
887 
1,167 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
92 
198 
516 
705 
484 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
164 
383 
304 
224 
71 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
393 
114 
39 
16 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
412 
436 
546 
751 
793 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,299 
1 
1 
7 
25 
56 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
708 
- 
- 
3 
6 
4 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
860 
11 
17 
19 
49 
89 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,096 
47 
104 
253 
644 
925 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2,534 
34 
70 
167 
438 
526 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
21,562 
13 
34 
86 
206 
399 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
68 
153 
340 
936 
1,645 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
541 
4 
3 
17 
45 
103 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
890 
34 
74 
148 
359 
161 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
262 
24 
6 
13 
8 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
1,603 
395 
105 
46 
16 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,746 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
47 
35 
41 
87 
98 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
420 
533 
934 
2,209 
2,937 
number 
2,270,871 
172,516 
175,299 
223,199 
357,111 
303,925 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
13 
14 
12 
29 
78 
10 to 49 
19,639 
89 
70 
101 
293 
646 
50 to 99 
6,522 
62 
66 
112 
474 
969 
100 to 199 
3,363 
66 
87 
243 
747 
914 
200 to 499 
1,734 
87 
161 
387 
596 
329 
500 or more 
413 
103 
135 
79 
70 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,809 
359 
445 
730 
1,827 
2,549 
number 
1,056,858 
51,803 
58,025 
73,536 
151,395 
149,937 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,823 
325 
380 
597 
1,506 
2,410 
number 
985,075 
35,482 
45,188 
58,984 
130,887 
144,592 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,136 
20 
20 
31 
68 
126 
1 0 to 49 
18,473 
120 
114 
208 
467 
976 
50 to 99 
3,531 
62 
112 
144 
430 
873 
100 to 199 
1,268 
74 
66 
128 
393 
418 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
