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 
5,232 
5,606 
4,278 
3,800 
3,265 
15,509 
acres 
782,710 
650,951 
345,394 
254,625 
193,563 
1,598,481 
Partnership 
farms 
220 
230 
137 
112 
75 
1,124 
acres 
33,160 
32,084 
12,875 
8,220 
5,501 
182,389 
Registered under state law 
farms 
146 
138 
93 
74 
43 
793 
acres 
20,626 
17,528 
8,659 
5,173 
3,089 
134,540 
Corporation 
farms 
118 
139 
111 
102 
58 
450 
acres 
15,565 
14,064 
10,934 
4,057 
5,498 
64,220 
Family held 
farms 
107 
119 
102 
101 
50 
337 
acres 
14,857 
12,389 
10,328 
(D) 
(D) 
44,311 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
4 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
107 
118 
98 
101 
50 
321 
Other than family held 
farms 
11 
20 
9 
1 
8 
113 
acres 
708 
1,675 
606 
(D) 
(D) 
19,909 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
9 
20 
9 
1 
6 
105 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
60 
47 
26 
33 
55 
652 
acres 
12,388 
7,307 
4,760 
3,026 
2,804 
103,013 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,256 
1,146 
758 
613 
417 
2,166 
workers 
3,012 
3,229 
1,790 
1,362 
1,032 
4,856 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
277 
257 
139 
115 
105 
565 
workers 
477 
422 
222 
225 
170 
792 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,063 
999 
669 
527 
332 
1,800 
workers 
2,535 
2,807 
1,568 
1,137 
862 
4,064 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
8 
2 
3 
5 
15 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,965 
2,388 
1,872 
1,707 
1,474 
5,979 
workers 
4,339 
5,588 
4,721 
4,027 
3,488 
12,924 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
163 
350 
423 
621 
521 
897 
1 0 to 49 acres 
890 
1,800 
1,728 
1,747 
1,613 
6,522 
50 to 69 acres 
515 
530 
490 
376 
277 
1,766 
70 to 99 acres 
1,106 
828 
614 
463 
426 
2,517 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
727 
711 
493 
303 
238 
1,814 
140 to 1 79 acres 
676 
590 
335 
212 
164 
1,475 
180 to 219 acres 
417 
359 
158 
121 
82 
742 
220 to 259 acres 
287 
243 
117 
77 
49 
510 
260 to 499 acres 
691 
503 
167 
97 
73 
1,077 
500 to 999 acres 
142 
96 
23 
26 
7 
338 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
14 
9 
3 
4 
3 
59 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
18 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,337 
2,326 
1,179 
705 
427 
135 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
111 
195 
144 
209 
77 
12 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
66 
168 
134 
112 
59 
97 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
100 
132 
113 
73 
53 
108 
Other crop farming (1119) 
580 
1,008 
1,076 
1,201 
1,349 
13,424 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
580 
1,008 
1,076 
1,201 
1,349 
13,424 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
879 
1,532 
1,320 
1,032 
667 
1,103 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
138 
104 
18 
2 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
139 
19 
2 
2 
- 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
14 
24 
19 
26 
43 
36 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
23 
17 
28 
74 
115 
400 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
63 
143 
166 
205 
181 
274 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
180 
354 
353 
406 
482 
2,121 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,365 
2,675 
1,917 
1,395 
931 
1,490 
number 
95,511 
67,300 
32,518 
16,380 
8,406 
23,113 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
268 
515 
686 
746 
619 
882 
1 0 to 49 
1,451 
1,889 
1,154 
632 
305 
498 
50 to 99 
506 
248 
59 
12 
7 
74 
1 00 to 1 99 
127 
21 
18 
5 
- 
34 
200 to 499 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
6 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,833 
2,176 
1,459 
1,074 
719 
1,028 
number 
42,831 
34,859 
15,098 
7,768 
4,068 
9,210 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,707 
2,127 
1,425 
1,042 
700 
984 
number 
40,251 
34,496 
14,959 
7,595 
3,998 
9,081 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
353 
620 
743 
810 
585 
715 
10 to 49 
1,200 
1,464 
672 
229 
114 
252 
50 to 99 
145 
40 
10 
2 
1 
12 
100 to 199 
8 
3 
- 
1 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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