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) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
_ 
160 
193 
6 
3,735 
12 
31 
4 
67 
number 
- 
7,111 
3,307 
249 
419,891 
387 
779 
(D) 
3,530 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
35 
125 
1 
51 
7 
22 
4 
32 
10 to 49 
- 
76 
48 
4 
1,326 
1 
2 
- 
6 
50 to 99 
- 
37 
15 
1 
1,375 
2 
5 
- 
18 
100 to 199 
- 
10 
5 
- 
634 
2 
2 
- 
9 
200 to 499 
- 
1 
- 
- 
243 
- 
- 
- 
2 
500 or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
106 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
- 
1,553 
6,627 
1,001 
3,591 
223 
218 
122 
474 
number 
- 
40,371 
370,522 
286,929 
391,395 
19,423 
7,128 
896 
35,617 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
_ 
1,276 
7,079 
1,046 
3,445 
189 
107 
73 
385 
number 
- 
34,396 
468,792 
333,199 
324,842 
19,641 
5,335 
502 
32,630 
$1,000 
- 
34,520 
462,115 
491,559 
217,099 
18,745 
6,027 
433 
42,128 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
- 
476 
2,449 
87 
2,178 
57 
32 
26 
127 
number 
- 
5,984 
115,968 
5,350 
152,588 
6,801 
440 
157 
6,153 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
- 
1,106 
6,332 
1,046 
3,174 
173 
87 
61 
343 
number 
- 
28,412 
352,824 
327,849 
172,254 
12,840 
4,895 
345 
26,477 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
66 
273 
1,046 
541 
49 
20 
1 
79 
number 
- 
6,130 
38,603 
317,982 
32,759 
7,331 
2,411 
(D) 
19,942 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
180 
259 
56 
96 
1,307 
81 
43 
220 
number 
- 
85,546 
5,515 
33,223 
20,218 
6,013,635 
27,906 
292 
244,752 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
- 
126 
222 
21 
41 
80 
67 
41 
88 
25 to 49 
- 
9 
27 
6 
13 
17 
3 
1 
8 
50 to 99 
- 
5 
2 
3 
11 
26 
- 
1 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
1 
5 
- 
3 
22 
- 
- 
12 
200 to 499 
- 
3 
2 
14 
16 
33 
- 
- 
27 
500 or more 
- 
36 
1 
12 
12 
1,129 
11 
- 
80 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
- 
75 
105 
12 
62 
326 
33 
11 
82 
number 
- 
8,265 
499 
1,493 
1,814 
468,440 
2,765 
46 
25,979 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
- 
153 
227 
54 
93 
1,269 
70 
38 
205 
number 
- 
77,281 
5,016 
31,730 
18,404 
5,545,195 
25,141 
246 
218,773 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
144 
261 
64 
104 
1,437 
47 
45 
221 
number 
- 
170,710 
12,450 
101,834 
41,215 
18,875,614 
80,868 
334 
496,133 
$1,000 
28,677 
1,679 
15,657 
5,459 
2,339,186 
7,378 
(D) 
70,326 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
242 
233 
31 
67 
27 
79 
745 
186 
number 
- 
6,043 
6,573 
4,003 
3,001 
1,234 
877 
58,918 
5,597 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
- 
207 
205 
31 
59 
24 
65 
680 
149 
number 
- 
3,773 
4,448 
2,602 
2,100 
899 
561 
32,689 
3,639 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
- 
138 
168 
28 
46 
22 
36 
692 
116 
number 
3,040 
3,937 
4,334 
1,862 
922 
303 
56,738 
3,957 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
- 
1,518 
1,753 
92 
341 
123 
269 
273 
3,351 
number 
- 
7,234 
8,162 
418 
2,157 
503 
1,387 
1,484 
36,284 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
- 
1,451 
1,712 
89 
328 
118 
260 
269 
3,322 
number 
- 
6,433 
7,254 
344 
1,973 
456 
1,211 
1,372 
29,533 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
- 
77 
235 
15 
37 
18 
8 
33 
1,490 
number 
- 
217 
603 
47 
69 
51 
10 
77 
7,977 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
- 
218 
228 
10 
43 
35 
96 
442 
235 
number 
- 
2,499 
2,173 
99 
349 
1,734 
868 
16,089 
3,934 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
- 
73 
107 
8 
12 
22 
34 
347 
104 
number 
826 
889 
82 
159 
1,288 
219 
8,550 
1,835 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
687 
953 
54 
286 
78 
627 
291 
541 
number 
- 
21,020 
20,001 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9,146,707 
5,501 
93,077 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
- 
683 
952 
51 
279 
77 
553 
291 
537 
400 to 3,199 
- 
4 
1 
3 
- 
- 
14 
- 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
32 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
1 
20 
" 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
- 
69 
102 
6 
23 
4 
118 
40 
59 
number 
- 
2,183 
2,430 
222 
915 
130 
2,765,739 
956 
1,281 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
- 
77 
158 
6 
30 
16 
192 
55 
78 
number 
- 
6,581 
4,297 
114 
(D) 
(D) 
5,549,218 
930 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
- 
9 
11 
1 
4 
1 
35 
5 
11 
number 
- 
187 
294 
(D) 
160 
(D) 
5,400,465 
94 
180 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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