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 
4,137 
8,968 
8,298 
7,618 
8,450 
20,549 
acres 
964,583 
1,374,688 
820,375 
559,776 
471,286 
1,433,457 
Partnership 
farms 
397 
539 
378 
260 
220 
826 
acres 
127,264 
95,195 
47,961 
24,950 
18,649 
94,415 
Registered under state law 
farms 
183 
256 
192 
115 
114 
451 
acres 
56,348 
48,588 
26,061 
12,579 
10,243 
54,298 
Corporation 
farms 
69 
140 
115 
84 
75 
258 
acres 
19,426 
25,439 
14,839 
6,452 
7,336 
29,037 
Family held 
farms 
65 
128 
106 
71 
67 
219 
acres 
18,679 
22,809 
13,815 
5,116 
(D) 
25,893 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
2 
2 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
63 
128 
105 
69 
65 
212 
Other than family held 
farms 
4 
12 
9 
13 
8 
39 
acres 
747 
2,630 
1,024 
1,336 
(D) 
3,144 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2 
12 
9 
13 
7 
37 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
21 
52 
61 
54 
36 
218 
acres 
5,536 
8,900 
5,943 
4,491 
2,529 
21,529 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,581 
2,428 
1,784 
1,375 
1,259 
3,016 
workers 
3,897 
5,582 
4,073 
3,057 
2,603 
6,664 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
394 
365 
321 
221 
214 
706 
workers 
512 
563 
473 
394 
318 
1,096 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,356 
2,218 
1,563 
1,212 
1,082 
2,487 
workers 
3,385 
5,019 
3,600 
2,663 
2,285 
5,568 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
42 
33 
14 
16 
10 
42 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
12 
3 
1 
5 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,096 
4,401 
3,838 
3,455 
3,907 
9,456 
workers 
4,881 
10,282 
8,904 
7,970 
9,089 
21,160 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
83 
187 
276 
441 
724 
1,430 
1 0 to 49 acres 
369 
1,295 
2,508 
3,492 
4,680 
10,845 
50 to 69 acres 
228 
907 
1,352 
1,161 
1,152 
2,750 
70 to 99 acres 
346 
1,346 
1,437 
1,076 
886 
2,233 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
564 
1,732 
1,361 
789 
631 
1,849 
140 to 1 79 acres 
491 
1,292 
745 
416 
309 
1,023 
180 to 219 acres 
528 
959 
450 
227 
149 
513 
220 to 259 acres 
399 
622 
233 
140 
93 
336 
260 to 499 acres 
1,221 
1,092 
400 
229 
139 
643 
500 to 999 acres 
339 
241 
81 
39 
14 
195 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
53 
24 
8 
6 
4 
31 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
3 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
576 
654 
372 
216 
134 
99 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
50 
88 
142 
151 
131 
103 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
16 
33 
61 
73 
80 
323 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
142 
182 
133 
77 
92 
69 
Other crop farming (1119) 
328 
595 
738 
1,194 
3,020 
9,400 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
93 
101 
53 
14 
9 
6 
Cotton farming (11192) 
21 
23 
3 
- 
2 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
214 
471 
682 
1,180 
3,009 
9,394 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,295 
7,655 
6,760 
5,334 
3,518 
5,811 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
10 
17 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
25 
3 
5 
9 
- 
67 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
7 
23 
29 
74 
87 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
25 
36 
76 
230 
656 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
24 
75 
137 
267 
557 
1,062 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
150 
365 
445 
590 
945 
4,173 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,737 
8,033 
6,991 
5,588 
3,931 
6,666 
number 
310,221 
379,635 
180,883 
96,976 
46,863 
104,719 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
77 
277 
736 
1,473 
2,003 
3,418 
10 to 49 
911 
4,675 
5,716 
3,950 
1,873 
2,883 
50 to 99 
1,550 
2,630 
487 
153 
54 
280 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,115 
430 
52 
12 
1 
63 
200 to 499 
82 
19 
- 
- 
- 
20 
500 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
3,427 
7,472 
6,406 
5,039 
3,373 
5,094 
number 
167,876 
212,052 
103,560 
54,690 
24,934 
47,780 
Beef cows 
farms 
3,399 
7,459 
6,390 
5,005 
3,330 
5,020 
number 
167,372 
211,860 
103,313 
54,448 
24,745 
47,508 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
145 
558 
1,584 
2,634 
2,477 
3,308 
10 to 49 
1,705 
6,189 
4,718 
2,347 
846 
1,668 
50 to 99 
1,351 
667 
84 
24 
6 
42 
100 to 199 
191 
38 
4 
- 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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