Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
6 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
208 
22 
1 
5 
14 
54 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
452 
45 
10 
5 
20 
174 
5 
acres 
97,519 
16,332 
2,027 
241 
2,001 
28,112 
932 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
19,586 
2,434 
302 
193 
342 
5,815 
1,607 
workers 
68,586 
8,049 
1,233 
846 
2,107 
24,036 
11,305 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
6,047 
1,073 
77 
58 
162 
1,312 
416 
workers 
18,689 
2,782 
231 
134 
852 
3,959 
1,683 
Less than 150 days farms 
16,044 
1,843 
269 
169 
268 
5,102 
1,439 
workers 
49,897 
5,267 
1,002 
712 
1,255 
20,077 
9,622 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
1,181 
204 
15 
10 
24 
595 
428 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
306 
22 
4 
5 
1 
198 
161 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
33,069 
2,541 
673 
398 
454 
9,706 
1,200 
workers 
76,822 
5,459 
1,993 
976 
1,117 
21,956 
3,096 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
132 
257 
133 
234 
555 
140 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
1,230 
572 
355 
364 
7,670 
512 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
575 
127 
69 
67 
3,010 
230 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
674 
139 
58 
43 
3,021 
215 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
725 
102 
35 
52 
3,059 
288 
140 to 179 acres 
5,297 
460 
43 
26 
24 
1,786 
200 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
407 
20 
8 
28 
1,234 
149 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
276 
8 
6 
14 
821 
141 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
906 
25 
15 
26 
1,919 
381 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
736 
6 
1 
5 
727 
203 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
623 
- 
1 
3 
230 
60 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
448 
1 
64 
15 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
7,192 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,299 
- 
1,299 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
708 
- 
- 
708 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
860 
- 
- 
- 
860 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,096 
- 
- 
- 
- 
24,096 
2,534 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2,534 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,534 
2,534 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21,562 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
541 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
890 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
262 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,603 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
1,746 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
40,141 
2,057 
245 
65 
101 
5,385 
1,349 
number 
2,270,871 
163,594 
6,072 
1,929 
3,084 
249,018 
97,289 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
232 
132 
33 
41 
1,218 
113 
1 0 to 49 
19,639 
880 
85 
23 
39 
2,828 
641 
50 to 99 
6,522 
485 
7 
3 
20 
728 
298 
100 to 199 
3,363 
261 
19 
6 
- 
401 
205 
200 to 499 
1,734 
170 
2 
- 
1 
181 
81 
500 or more 
413 
29 
- 
- 
29 
11 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
34,809 
1,833 
205 
44 
80 
4,875 
1,262 
number 
1,056,858 
83,755 
2,237 
465 
1,715 
140,246 
53,484 
Beef cows farms 
33,823 
1,801 
167 
42 
66 
4,806 
1,242 
number 
985,075 
81,410 
2,149 
(D) 
1,678 
137,899 
52,783 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,136 
302 
98 
32 
20 
1,465 
181 
1 0 to 49 
18,473 
979 
63 
7 
41 
2,628 
713 
50 to 99 
3,531 
324 
5 
3 
4 
459 
230 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,268 
138 
1 
- 
- 
186 
87 
200 to 499 
387 
55 
- 
- 
1 
63 
28 
500 or more 
28 
3 
- 
- 
- 
5 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
