Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
107 
74 
71 
268 
263 
213 
344 
acres 
17,096 
14,579 
16,843 
98,310 
183,098 
297,648 
2,086,987 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
2,879 
1,367 
1,341 
5,860 
6,621 
4,531 
3,513 
acres 
455,374 
270,550 
318,834 
2,168,563 
4,693,792 
6,204,185 
15,841,915 
Partnership 
farms 
199 
100 
89 
313 
369 
417 
736 
acres 
31,560 
19,701 
21,215 
112,655 
265,127 
590,173 
4,465,248 
Registered under state law 
farms 
125 
60 
66 
208 
260 
309 
554 
acres 
19,861 
11,908 
15,631 
75,028 
186,975 
435,928 
3,505,659 
Corporation 
farms 
131 
72 
73 
387 
662 
849 
976 
acres 
20,507 
14,430 
17,011 
143,631 
482,750 
1,203,154 
6,594,584 
Family held 
farms 
120 
65 
73 
367 
641 
824 
944 
acres 
18,757 
13,037 
17,011 
136,871 
467,844 
1,170,366 
5,613,349 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
11 
7 
16 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
117 
64 
73 
356 
634 
808 
928 
Other than family held 
farms 
11 
7 
- 
20 
21 
25 
32 
acres 
1,750 
1,393 
- 
6,760 
14,906 
32,788 
981,235 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
11 
6 
- 
19 
20 
25 
28 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
78 
30 
18 
85 
65 
47 
61 
acres 
12,339 
5,882 
4,380 
30,473 
44,275 
59,273 
462,455 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
718 
407 
436 
2,001 
3,287 
3,449 
3,841 
workers 
2,347 
1,019 
1,055 
4,876 
8,135 
10,059 
13,774 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
249 
127 
120 
721 
1,432 
1,952 
2,836 
workers 
592 
240 
288 
1,610 
2,863 
4,090 
7,346 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
522 
313 
357 
1,496 
2,410 
2,372 
2,411 
workers 
1,755 
779 
767 
3,266 
5,272 
5,969 
6,428 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
1 
5 
10 
22 
34 
29 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
3 
4 
2 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
998 
555 
507 
2,142 
2,504 
2,067 
1,935 
workers 
2,166 
1,179 
961 
4,504 
5,278 
4,173 
4,212 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,287 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
1,569 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
1,521 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
6,645 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,717 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,844 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
5,286 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,315 
700 
759 
3,729 
5,148 
4,069 
2,688 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1 
1 
- 
1 
8 
5 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
5 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
2 
5 
4 
6 
5 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
978 
374 
342 
1,097 
796 
460 
530 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
978 
374 
342 
1,097 
796 
460 
530 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
657 
337 
334 
1,303 
1,271 
1,013 
1,776 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
62 
37 
25 
144 
236 
175 
194 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
21 
10 
11 
56 
42 
25 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
24 
16 
12 
72 
86 
41 
14 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
6 
4 
1 
4 
9 
5 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
40 
10 
4 
36 
6 
1 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
176 
73 
29 
196 
109 
50 
65 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,283 
714 
686 
3,242 
3,946 
3,157 
3,646 
number 
179,158 
109,694 
138,739 
550,976 
982,467 
1,016,528 
2,869,320 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
164 
55 
38 
155 
120 
70 
31 
1 0 to 49 
795 
464 
401 
1,409 
1,031 
426 
167 
50 to 99 
181 
127 
137 
926 
1,146 
556 
198 
1 00 to 1 99 
66 
34 
55 
452 
906 
919 
546 
200 to 499 
25 
9 
35 
171 
488 
840 
1,262 
500 or more 
52 
25 
20 
129 
255 
346 
1,442 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,093 
608 
609 
2,920 
3,419 
2,729 
3,246 
number 
32,567 
19,772 
26,444 
142,040 
232,692 
284,158 
951,826 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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