Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,713 
10,485 
9,551 
8,088 
7,657 
20,274 
acres 
1,166,916 
1,486,158 
884,325 
576,344 
439,849 
1,490,094 
Partnership 
farms 
541 
686 
533 
389 
256 
982 
acres 
140,747 
115,413 
62,310 
35,730 
17,310 
113,080 
Registered under state law 
farms 
304 
373 
277 
199 
112 
626 
acres 
79,765 
61,450 
36,913 
19,964 
8,319 
65,737 
Corporation 
farms 
180 
236 
180 
137 
108 
465 
acres 
38,411 
40,874 
22,496 
11,883 
9,554 
71,681 
Family held 
farms 
168 
199 
171 
118 
102 
393 
acres 
35,321 
33,783 
20,952 
10,193 
7,773 
61,602 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
6 
7 
5 
2 
14 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
165 
193 
164 
113 
100 
379 
Other than family held 
farms 
12 
37 
9 
19 
6 
72 
acres 
3,090 
7,091 
1,544 
1,690 
1,781 
10,079 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
12 
37 
9 
19 
6 
72 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
24 
46 
49 
41 
47 
174 
acres 
6,497 
8,426 
6,493 
4,386 
6,310 
20,323 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,352 
3,120 
2,044 
1,529 
1,304 
3,298 
workers 
7,629 
8,623 
5,451 
3,861 
3,411 
9,486 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
561 
621 
371 
288 
236 
802 
workers 
1,073 
1,209 
928 
652 
698 
2,678 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,987 
2,718 
1,794 
1,312 
1,116 
2,763 
workers 
6,556 
7,414 
4,523 
3,209 
2,713 
6,808 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
104 
73 
29 
20 
8 
85 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
39 
26 
6 
4 
3 
13 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,930 
5,105 
4,474 
3,673 
3,484 
9,063 
workers 
6,970 
12,015 
10,589 
8,408 
8,220 
20,473 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
99 
316 
446 
626 
857 
1,901 
1 0 to 49 acres 
608 
1,821 
3,163 
3,680 
4,089 
9,895 
50 to 69 acres 
435 
1,081 
1,563 
1,233 
958 
2,606 
70 to 99 acres 
604 
1,691 
1,676 
1,144 
833 
2,355 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
930 
2,153 
1,541 
892 
634 
2,085 
140 to 1 79 acres 
759 
1,406 
688 
421 
291 
1,108 
180 to 219 acres 
727 
989 
482 
244 
151 
652 
220 to 259 acres 
563 
651 
245 
131 
72 
370 
260 to 499 acres 
1,328 
1,103 
415 
241 
150 
673 
500 to 999 acres 
351 
195 
78 
37 
27 
165 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
49 
34 
11 
6 
4 
73 
2,000 acres or more 
5 
13 
5 
- 
2 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
976 
1,074 
947 
626 
371 
260 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
132 
254 
348 
273 
128 
74 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
21 
113 
148 
125 
94 
194 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
126 
230 
103 
84 
55 
77 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,355 
2,268 
2,564 
2,926 
3,149 
9,861 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
582 
438 
194 
70 
13 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
773 
1,830 
2,370 
2,856 
3,136 
9,859 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,333 
6,617 
5,358 
3,604 
2,757 
5,230 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
123 
196 
45 
4 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
35 
6 
6 
- 
1 
66 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
10 
17 
28 
46 
105 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
19 
16 
52 
72 
256 
624 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
36 
84 
159 
235 
395 
832 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
302 
585 
566 
678 
815 
4,572 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4,679 
8,402 
6,245 
4,148 
3,354 
6,280 
number 
345,178 
339,350 
146,177 
66,478 
39,276 
102,362 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
151 
517 
997 
1,391 
1,876 
3,392 
10 to 49 
1,619 
5,405 
4,839 
2,641 
1,413 
2,523 
50 to 99 
1,840 
2,210 
368 
95 
52 
274 
1 00 to 1 99 
929 
247 
35 
21 
6 
68 
200 to 499 
122 
22 
6 
- 
7 
17 
500 or more 
18 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
4,263 
7,698 
5,679 
3,649 
2,802 
4,808 
number 
183,278 
194,487 
84,963 
37,625 
20,716 
51,093 
Beef cows 
farms 
4,232 
7,659 
5,633 
3,610 
2,755 
4,716 
number 
182,458 
194,238 
84,651 
37,419 
20,496 
50,680 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
256 
811 
1,669 
2,030 
2,046 
3,059 
10 to 49 
2,535 
6,296 
3,891 
1,558 
704 
1,604 
50 to 99 
1,262 
516 
71 
20 
4 
37 
100 to 199 
144 
35 
2 
2 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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