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 
5,772 
7,179 
6,737 
6,888 
6,965 
6,215 
acres 
952,311 
999,138 
700,709 
524,818 
430,261 
419,113 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
157 
256 
221 
257 
261 
208 
acres 
26,703 
34,080 
28,638 
19,771 
18,622 
18,250 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,441 
6,753 
6,290 
6,483 
6,514 
5,823 
acres 
884,772 
922,072 
645,564 
486,959 
394,989 
377,881 
Partnership 
farms 
248 
361 
352 
339 
342 
228 
acres 
52,880 
69,521 
45,087 
31,658 
28,179 
26,187 
Registered under state law 
farms 
172 
229 
239 
236 
237 
158 
acres 
36,393 
47,018 
33,464 
21,145 
18,890 
15,917 
Corporation 
farms 
137 
174 
169 
155 
137 
192 
acres 
27,922 
21,429 
21,180 
1 1 ,454 
11,972 
13,704 
Family held 
farms 
120 
145 
143 
136 
109 
150 
acres 
20,284 
17,322 
17,255 
8,900 
8,688 
11,309 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
2 
10 
1 
4 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
143 
133 
135 
105 
146 
Other than family held 
farms 
17 
29 
26 
19 
28 
42 
acres 
7,638 
4,107 
3,925 
2,554 
3,284 
2,395 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
4 
2 
2 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
14 
28 
22 
17 
26 
42 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
73 
110 
146 
174 
233 
134 
acres 
18,687 
24,120 
20,233 
17,060 
23,293 
25,778 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,297 
1,353 
1,029 
945 
808 
814 
workers 
3,254 
3,481 
2,382 
2,118 
1,794 
2,038 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
279 
278 
195 
196 
206 
276 
workers 
494 
440 
285 
332 
291 
430 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,109 
1,185 
900 
812 
673 
620 
workers 
2,760 
3,041 
2,097 
1,786 
1,503 
1,608 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
14 
10 
4 
4 
7 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,039 
2,837 
2,513 
2,544 
2,552 
2,743 
workers 
4,537 
6,574 
6,067 
5,744 
5,702 
6,138 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
162 
366 
451 
649 
599 
747 
1 0 to 49 acres 
930 
1,890 
1,977 
2,771 
3,613 
3,109 
50 to 69 acres 
535 
570 
714 
827 
749 
542 
70 to 99 acres 
1,086 
962 
1,063 
1,090 
969 
708 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
757 
852 
924 
712 
529 
471 
140 to 1 79 acres 
671 
809 
741 
477 
373 
319 
180 to 219 acres 
409 
503 
359 
245 
165 
152 
220 to 259 acres 
299 
365 
263 
150 
75 
105 
260 to 499 acres 
777 
856 
393 
200 
127 
178 
500 to 999 acres 
235 
202 
64 
26 
24 
31 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
32 
19 
5 
4 
2 
12 
2,000 acres or more 
6 
4 
3 
- 
1 
3 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,298 
2,310 
1,125 
649 
372 
74 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
112 
201 
151 
193 
75 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
75 
172 
135 
111 
61 
82 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
104 
133 
118 
76 
55 
93 
Other crop farming (1119) 
833 
2,292 
3,436 
4,287 
5,098 
2,626 
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) 
833 
2,292 
3,436 
4,287 
5,098 
2,626 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
920 
1,578 
1,332 
1,036 
660 
966 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
133 
100 
15 
2 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
127 
17 
2 
2 
1 
22 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
14 
25 
20 
32 
39 
31 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
28 
52 
94 
147 
309 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
74 
145 
191 
196 
175 
248 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
183 
397 
380 
473 
543 
1,914 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,391 
2,697 
1,944 
1,388 
916 
1,307 
number 
93,234 
67,039 
31,761 
16,625 
9,451 
18,382 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
281 
536 
735 
751 
594 
802 
10 to 49 
1,495 
1,890 
1,135 
614 
304 
432 
50 to 99 
496 
250 
55 
13 
15 
46 
1 00 to 1 99 
107 
19 
19 
10 
2 
26 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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