Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
11 
7 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
86 
10 
- 
4 
12 
7 
1 
35 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
654 
50 
12 
23 
4 
10 
7 
99 
acres 
- 
111,345 
12,220 
4,532 
9,528 
154 
1,701 
62 
23,548 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,909 
1,640 
413 
2,360 
876 
384 
219 
944 
workers 
- 
8,350 
3,870 
1,045 
10,410 
4,084 
3,271 
447 
3,085 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
771 
498 
166 
1,616 
532 
238 
56 
410 
workers 
- 
1,289 
901 
369 
5,658 
2,176 
1,802 
97 
1,080 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
- 
2,473 
1,344 
330 
1,532 
594 
287 
183 
702 
workers 
- 
7,061 
2,969 
676 
4,752 
1,908 
1,469 
350 
2,005 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
69 
18 
7 
38 
22 
5 
1 
10 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
6,461 
3,440 
396 
1,537 
509 
478 
570 
2,136 
workers 
- 
13,977 
8,154 
871 
3,807 
1,089 
1,257 
1,520 
5,076 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
259 
854 
102 
85 
200 
154 
265 
623 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
5,645 
2,350 
186 
172 
366 
452 
537 
2,146 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
1,869 
576 
33 
52 
38 
74 
68 
335 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
2,919 
846 
69 
124 
47 
89 
92 
377 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
2,303 
686 
60 
234 
25 
59 
48 
257 
140 to 1 79 acres 
- 
1,966 
565 
110 
336 
60 
66 
28 
134 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
1,069 
400 
70 
295 
46 
28 
14 
82 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
784 
342 
45 
363 
37 
24 
15 
53 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
1,772 
887 
187 
1,323 
216 
79 
14 
105 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
647 
396 
127 
570 
265 
36 
5 
87 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
226 
151 
45 
163 
109 
14 
2 
28 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
138 
30 
14 
29 
33 
10 
- 
18 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
19,597 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
_ 
19,597 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
8,083 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
1,048 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,746 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,442 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,085 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,088 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,245 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,920 
7,718 
1,016 
3,742 
253 
270 
153 
556 
number 
- 
75,199 
516,246 
304,907 
822,057 
25,486 
10,158 
1,807 
44,309 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
602 
1,948 
42 
29 
60 
136 
102 
257 
1 0 to 49 
- 
975 
3,619 
220 
422 
89 
89 
43 
177 
50 to 99 
- 
191 
978 
171 
901 
28 
14 
6 
32 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
92 
666 
161 
1,287 
36 
17 
2 
26 
200 to 499 
- 
47 
353 
275 
830 
26 
13 
- 
48 
500 or more 
13 
154 
147 
273 
14 
1 
- 
16 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
_ 
1,619 
5,829 
335 
3,737 
158 
191 
103 
348 
number 
- 
34,828 
145,724 
17,978 
430,662 
6,063 
3,030 
911 
8,692 
Beef cows 
farms 
_ 
1,501 
5,702 
330 
399 
149 
164 
101 
292 
number 
- 
27,717 
142,417 
17,729 
10,771 
5,676 
2,251 
(D) 
5,162 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
668 
2,217 
53 
130 
45 
114 
75 
195 
10 to 49 
- 
732 
2,785 
187 
207 
63 
40 
23 
75 
50 to 99 
- 
69 
459 
44 
44 
24 
9 
3 
10 
100 to 199 
- 
25 
188 
27 
14 
13 
1 
- 
10 
200 to 499 
- 
6 
45 
16 
4 
4 
- 
- 
2 
500 or more 
- 
1 
8 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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