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 
$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 
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 
597 
1,099 
1,061 
1,030 
1,108 
1,948 
acres 
111,034 
167,405 
112,644 
163,496 
79,397 
142,453 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
26 
57 
47 
41 
38 
84 
acres 
4,024 
7,256 
3,815 
10,397 
1,582 
8,275 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
489 
967 
973 
944 
1,041 
1,804 
acres 
88,278 
139,076 
105,444 
92,842 
72,122 
134,271 
Partnership 
farms 
47 
87 
44 
42 
43 
77 
acres 
6,821 
10,600 
4,782 
10,303 
(D) 
4,683 
Registered under state law 
farms 
26 
40 
30 
19 
31 
48 
acres 
3,600 
6,407 
3,146 
(D) 
3,611 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
63 
53 
48 
39 
29 
90 
acres 
15,096 
20,779 
4,055 
57,908 
5,006 
6,490 
Family held 
farms 
59 
48 
42 
30 
20 
66 
acres 
14,315 
20,227 
(D) 
52,698 
3,919 
4,273 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
59 
45 
42 
30 
20 
66 
Other than family held 
farms 
4 
5 
6 
9 
9 
24 
acres 
781 
552 
(D) 
5,210 
1,087 
2,217 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
4 
4 
6 
9 
9 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
21 
18 
12 
25 
9 
19 
acres 
5,079 
4,733 
505 
3,962 
(D) 
1,363 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
284 
337 
222 
183 
183 
258 
workers 
1,160 
1,056 
598 
468 
475 
527 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
84 
90 
78 
63 
60 
102 
workers 
140 
147 
136 
138 
82 
177 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
259 
295 
181 
142 
156 
179 
workers 
1,020 
909 
462 
330 
393 
350 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
13 
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 
322 
645 
569 
602 
565 
1,043 
workers 
795 
1,705 
1,446 
1,576 
1,529 
2,511 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
41 
105 
192 
161 
293 
383 
1 0 to 49 acres 
147 
259 
296 
306 
370 
767 
50 to 69 acres 
47 
100 
81 
125 
82 
155 
70 to 99 acres 
57 
135 
106 
144 
114 
233 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
68 
136 
139 
103 
80 
172 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
59 
132 
86 
56 
34 
91 
180 to 219 acres 
42 
72 
81 
36 
53 
59 
220 to 259 acres 
28 
35 
20 
37 
38 
36 
260 to 499 acres 
93 
95 
47 
53 
47 
70 
500 to 999 acres 
26 
44 
16 
18 
9 
18 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
9 
8 
12 
7 
2 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
4 
1 
4 
- 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5 
8 
5 
4 
2 
8 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
103 
116 
124 
80 
114 
72 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
95 
132 
89 
67 
55 
100 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
103 
184 
171 
127 
83 
133 
Other crop farming (1119) 
184 
359 
341 
364 
386 
501 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
184 
359 
341 
364 
386 
501 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
28 
123 
150 
190 
185 
242 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
13 
7 
- 
6 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
24 
14 
17 
46 
56 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
11 
5 
11 
46 
124 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
5 
25 
27 
36 
83 
146 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
74 
129 
144 
154 
116 
604 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
172 
342 
354 
367 
302 
456 
number 
3,902 
4,972 
3,271 
2,442 
2,065 
2,320 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
82 
184 
240 
292 
229 
398 
10 to 49 
64 
148 
112 
75 
73 
57 
50 to 99 
22 
7 
2 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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