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 
471 
923 
940 
928 
934 
2,053 
acres 
78,206 
126,289 
95,596 
91,561 
52,472 
194,632 
Partnership 
farms 
42 
84 
45 
40 
34 
95 
acres 
6,422 
8,924 
(D) 
3,856 
3,273 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
22 
36 
31 
19 
25 
61 
acres 
3,466 
4,466 
3,326 
872 
2,926 
10,932 
Corporation 
farms 
56 
56 
48 
31 
22 
110 
acres 
9,245 
19,920 
2,599 
51,978 
4,481 
21,233 
Family held 
farms 
53 
52 
42 
29 
19 
71 
acres 
(D) 
19,364 
(D) 
(D) 
3,814 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
53 
49 
42 
29 
19 
71 
Other than family held 
farms 
3 
4 
6 
2 
3 
39 
acres 
(D) 
556 
(D) 
(D) 
667 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3 
3 
6 
2 
3 
35 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
20 
18 
12 
23 
7 
24 
acres 
5,054 
3,485 
(D) 
1,648 
940 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
286 
347 
221 
165 
178 
291 
workers 
1,152 
1,094 
602 
432 
450 
609 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
87 
93 
80 
55 
61 
109 
workers 
143 
154 
138 
129 
84 
184 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
259 
305 
179 
132 
150 
205 
workers 
1,009 
940 
464 
303 
366 
425 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
14 
12 
3 
. 
. 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
4 
2 
1 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
306 
630 
554 
588 
524 
1,164 
workers 
739 
1,649 
1,392 
1,604 
1,415 
2,807 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
42 
105 
188 
164 
287 
390 
1 0 to 49 acres 
128 
247 
300 
307 
353 
810 
50 to 69 acres 
46 
98 
82 
113 
78 
173 
70 to 99 acres 
57 
127 
111 
136 
96 
269 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
72 
130 
138 
97 
63 
205 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
53 
136 
72 
63 
22 
114 
180 to 219 acres 
43 
72 
68 
42 
33 
88 
220 to 259 acres 
28 
33 
21 
30 
25 
57 
260 to 499 acres 
91 
85 
44 
50 
34 
112 
500 to 999 acres 
23 
41 
8 
14 
6 
40 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5 
6 
12 
2 
- 
18 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
1 
1 
4 
- 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5 
8 
4 
5 
2 
8 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
93 
118 
130 
81 
114 
73 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
92 
131 
93 
65 
55 
104 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
102 
185 
170 
115 
82 
147 
Other crop farming (1119) 
166 
344 
302 
335 
284 
728 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and ail 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
166 
344 
302 
335 
284 
728 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
29 
107 
149 
197 
183 
258 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
9 
7 
13 
- 
6 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
24 
14 
17 
45 
57 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
10 
6 
10 
40 
131 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4 
24 
23 
34 
84 
153 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
74 
122 
141 
163 
102 
619 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
172 
340 
350 
379 
299 
480 
number 
4,159 
5,018 
3,370 
2,529 
2,064 
2,405 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
79 
177 
226 
304 
224 
421 
10 to 49 
65 
153 
122 
75 
75 
58 
50 to 99 
23 
7 
2 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
112 
238 
232 
289 
206 
325 
number 
1,628 
2,044 
1,406 
1,115 
934 
1,096 
Beef cows 
farms 
97 
212 
193 
242 
181 
300 
number 
1,494 
1,928 
1,214 
929 
782 
995 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
50 
153 
152 
215 
166 
289 
10 to 49 
39 
58 
40 
27 
15 
11 
50 to 99 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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