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 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
- 
26 
29 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
- 
148 
163 
2 
11 
4 
1 
9 
77 
acres 
- 
(D) 
24,554 
(D) 
6,439 
(D) 
(D) 
611 
9,941 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
134 
2,319 
7,349 
11 
292 
67 
432 
304 
1,339 
workers 
457 
5,408 
16,006 
54 
1,162 
249 
1,448 
646 
3,187 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more farms 
103 
458 
1,467 
8 
224 
38 
183 
59 
436 
workers 
251 
683 
2,184 
20 
656 
94 
513 
73 
903 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
84 
1,982 
6,428 
9 
190 
42 
339 
263 
1,031 
workers 
206 
4,725 
13,822 
34 
506 
155 
935 
573 
2,284 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
7 
39 
86 
- 
11 
1 
2 
4 
21 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
- 
5 
12 
1 
1 
2 
" 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
47 
6,129 
15,063 
10 
220 
134 
806 
1,057 
3,441 
workers 
107 
13,434 
34,397 
26 
542 
330 
2,063 
2,649 
8,090 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2 
178 
1,119 
2 
12 
33 
204 
403 
749 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15 
6,645 
9,512 
12 
70 
121 
699 
1,069 
3,638 
50 to 69 acres 
4 
2,026 
3,956 
1 
14 
28 
161 
224 
724 
70 to 99 acres 
8 
1,788 
4,300 
6 
14 
29 
103 
191 
546 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
16 
1,591 
4,382 
- 
28 
5 
88 
112 
434 
140 to 1 79 acres 
9 
978 
2,869 
1 
27 
8 
56 
58 
215 
180 to 219 acres 
6 
534 
2,141 
4 
30 
7 
38 
24 
107 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
339 
1,352 
- 
26 
8 
26 
15 
98 
260 to 499 acres 
25 
709 
3,333 
6 
120 
6 
60 
35 
184 
500 to 999 acres 
36 
239 
1,148 
2 
92 
4 
32 
8 
58 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
48 
57 
286 
3 
35 
1 
10 
- 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
52 
11 
59 
- 
4 
1 
3 
- 
1 
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 (1114) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
221 
15,095 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
- 
15,095 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
34,457 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
472 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
251 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,480 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,139 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
6,769 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
39 
1,179 
33,724 
34 
472 
95 
510 
344 
670 
number 
3,623 
28,787 
1,545,631 
4,421 
88,570 
3,563 
24,746 
5,102 
13,183 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4 
536 
6,372 
3 
67 
46 
209 
210 
374 
1 0 to 49 
15 
508 
18,674 
15 
56 
38 
168 
109 
254 
50 to 99 
9 
85 
5,257 
6 
66 
1 
68 
22 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 
5 
38 
2,454 
4 
122 
7 
36 
3 
4 
200 to 499 
6 
9 
797 
3 
133 
2 
26 
- 
7 
500 or more 
- 
3 
170 
3 
28 
1 
3 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
33 
959 
29,801 
23 
471 
78 
400 
214 
462 
number 
2,060 
15,954 
761,262 
1,080 
50,432 
1,890 
10,728 
1,794 
5,818 
Beef cows farms 
33 
931 
29,737 
23 
165 
75 
378 
208 
443 
number 
2,060 
(D) 
760,126 
1,080 
5,554 
1,875 
10,268 
1,780 
5,609 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2 
493 
9,341 
6 
57 
45 
172 
145 
292 
10 to 49 
18 
375 
16,740 
9 
71 
21 
147 
62 
134 
50 to 99 
4 
44 
2,669 
3 
24 
5 
35 
1 
8 
100 to 199 
7 
16 
794 
5 
9 
3 
19 
- 
5 
200 to 499 
2 
3 
167 
- 
4 
- 
5 
- 
4 
500 or more 
- 
- 
26 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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