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 
4,619 
9,761 
9,104 
8,674 
9,828 
18,399 
acres 
1,111,068 
1,513,831 
933,765 
679,351 
595,140 
1,136,200 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
115 
198 
147 
132 
90 
269 
acres 
30,821 
35,882 
20,040 
16,367 
5,962 
25,562 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
4,241 
9,235 
8,707 
8,364 
9,586 
17,742 
acres 
986,239 
1,414,209 
879,859 
645,980 
572,052 
1,077,049 
Partnership 
farms 
422 
559 
421 
324 
269 
617 
acres 
136,817 
100,290 
55,006 
34,787 
24,164 
53,490 
Registered under state law 
farms 
189 
279 
212 
164 
136 
326 
acres 
56,731 
55,705 
29,422 
20,271 
11,627 
31,527 
Corporation 
farms 
68 
150 
125 
92 
84 
220 
acres 
19,373 
27,214 
16,591 
9,466 
8,430 
21,155 
Family held 
farms 
64 
135 
116 
76 
72 
191 
acres 
18,626 
24,154 
15,548 
7,983 
(D) 
18,851 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
2 
2 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
62 
135 
115 
74 
70 
184 
Other than family held 
farms 
4 
15 
9 
16 
12 
29 
acres 
747 
3,060 
1,043 
1,483 
(D) 
2,304 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2 
15 
9 
16 
11 
27 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
22 
55 
66 
66 
49 
184 
acres 
5,743 
10,069 
7,494 
5,906 
3,613 
16,103 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,609 
2,501 
1,849 
1,483 
1,391 
2,538 
workers 
3,853 
5,729 
4,193 
3,298 
2,883 
5,644 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
407 
364 
319 
238 
236 
642 
workers 
526 
565 
484 
418 
347 
995 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,378 
2,290 
1,631 
1,311 
1,198 
2,048 
workers 
3,327 
5,164 
3,709 
2,880 
2,536 
4,649 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
39 
31 
16 
19 
16 
31 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
10 
3 
2 
5 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,150 
4,472 
3,991 
3,731 
4,244 
8,476 
workers 
5,044 
10,405 
9,155 
8,522 
9,704 
19,252 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
83 
203 
265 
453 
771 
1,366 
1 0 to 49 acres 
378 
1,332 
2,608 
3,685 
5,203 
9,981 
50 to 69 acres 
234 
942 
1,412 
1,293 
1,292 
2,375 
70 to 99 acres 
364 
1,383 
1,506 
1,207 
1,051 
1,807 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
581 
1,770 
1,450 
924 
750 
1,430 
140 to 1 79 acres 
517 
1,340 
791 
513 
383 
719 
180 to 219 acres 
533 
992 
481 
255 
200 
352 
220 to 259 acres 
423 
624 
264 
158 
115 
228 
260 to 499 acres 
1,236 
1,126 
437 
294 
179 
393 
500 to 999 acres 
344 
261 
95 
57 
37 
95 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
57 
24 
8 
7 
7 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
568 
661 
377 
208 
109 
92 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
50 
88 
150 
148 
128 
100 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
16 
33 
64 
77 
81 
315 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
142 
187 
131 
83 
88 
63 
Other crop farming (1119) 
358 
791 
1,163 
2,027 
4,153 
6,766 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
87 
109 
43 
17 
5 
5 
Cotton farming (11192) 
27 
17 
3 
- 
2 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
244 
665 
1,117 
2,010 
4,146 
6,761 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,386 
7,734 
6,762 
5,298 
3,525 
5,569 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
10 
17 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
25 
3 
8 
9 
2 
62 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
10 
25 
25 
74 
86 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
25 
40 
81 
257 
620 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
28 
82 
145 
267 
582 
1,018 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
162 
368 
454 
623 
989 
4,071 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,818 
8,114 
6,993 
5,557 
3,959 
6,383 
number 
311,516 
375,489 
177,644 
95,482 
48,819 
97,804 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
82 
287 
764 
1,512 
2,019 
3,319 
10 to 49 
953 
4,819 
5,734 
3,883 
1,863 
2,736 
50 to 99 
1,612 
2,586 
447 
151 
65 
256 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,088 
403 
48 
9 
12 
52 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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