Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
74,943 
983 
901 
1,405 
2,928 
4,039 
acres 
12,431,340 
1,733,988 
974,620 
959,113 
1,224,683 
1,159,044 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,700 
128 
102 
100 
198 
186 
acres 
829,152 
218,024 
127,475 
70,542 
103,368 
59,214 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
70,093 
675 
668 
1,190 
2,582 
3,659 
acres 
10,397,336 
944,053 
684,961 
805,188 
1,047,120 
1,022,111 
Partnership 
farms 
4,666 
253 
193 
171 
329 
401 
acres 
1,904,448 
745,662 
259,046 
133,552 
174,087 
138,312 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,702 
186 
120 
108 
195 
249 
acres 
1,243,658 
570,667 
155,478 
77,738 
101,236 
84,036 
Corporation 
farms 
1,853 
133 
94 
89 
123 
115 
acres 
650,044 
205,218 
87,857 
63,452 
61,449 
41,292 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
110 
88 
84 
111 
102 
acres 
582,658 
177,248 
84,791 
60,116 
57,232 
37,770 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
2 
2 
2 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,593 
108 
86 
82 
108 
102 
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 
4 
19 
34 
9 
acres 
97,519 
5,612 
5,264 
12,907 
19,152 
2,149 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
19,586 
902 
733 
971 
1,654 
1,897 
workers 
68,586 
8,307 
3,698 
4,502 
7,479 
6,826 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,047 
733 
545 
582 
788 
575 
workers 
18,689 
5,014 
1,824 
1,618 
1,975 
1,127 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
16,044 
573 
476 
671 
1,207 
1,608 
workers 
49,897 
3,293 
1,874 
2,884 
5,504 
5,699 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,181 
156 
150 
213 
231 
129 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
306 
7 
28 
43 
101 
40 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
33,069 
337 
329 
585 
1,359 
1,977 
workers 
76,822 
666 
700 
1,239 
3,433 
4,680 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
15 
10 
7 
20 
40 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
107 
42 
46 
95 
242 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
43 
19 
23 
58 
165 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
44 
19 
30 
124 
240 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
35 
14 
39 
213 
482 
140 to 179 acres 
5,297 
27 
13 
47 
195 
390 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
24 
29 
46 
243 
415 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
24 
12 
51 
217 
365 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
75 
83 
308 
951 
1,259 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
96 
213 
540 
714 
495 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
174 
399 
292 
223 
79 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
402 
106 
40 
15 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
428 
464 
545 
783 
837 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,299 
1 
1 
7 
25 
59 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
708 
- 
- 
3 
6 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
860 
11 
17 
20 
49 
88 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,096 
48 
105 
267 
673 
1,023 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2,534 
35 
70 
178 
451 
560 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
21,562 
13 
35 
89 
222 
463 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
71 
150 
359 
994 
1,786 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
541 
4 
3 
18 
45 
108 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
890 
36 
72 
151 
379 
143 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
262 
24 
6 
13 
8 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,603 
396 
105 
45 
16 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,746 
- 
- 
1 
3 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
47 
36 
40 
87 
122 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
431 
535 
974 
2,321 
3,118 
number 
2,270,871 
175,678 
173,487 
232,507 
364,963 
315,435 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
13 
15 
12 
33 
90 
10 to 49 
19,639 
92 
69 
109 
313 
715 
50 to 99 
6,522 
64 
69 
121 
521 
1,028 
100 to 199 
3,363 
66 
90 
247 
780 
967 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
