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 
3,843 
4,813 
3,489 
2,780 
2,685 
4,751 
acres 
1,244,710 
1,019,945 
409,607 
199,847 
205,053 
845,256 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
147 
192 
122 
97 
73 
160 
acres 
72,116 
60,618 
19,209 
10,363 
8,440 
66,129 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,501 
4,401 
3,239 
2,575 
2,531 
4,527 
acres 
1,100,165 
888,388 
370,016 
178,012 
194,360 
719,451 
Partnership 
farms 
214 
276 
161 
147 
93 
168 
acres 
73,638 
89,457 
30,287 
15,401 
6,834 
64,231 
Registered under state law 
farms 
125 
169 
110 
91 
38 
101 
acres 
48,029 
52,530 
18,637 
9,868 
3,843 
32,627 
Corporation 
farms 
164 
176 
99 
93 
78 
130 
acres 
78,250 
52,247 
12,808 
9,259 
5,402 
72,968 
Family held 
farms 
151 
156 
88 
86 
71 
116 
acres 
75,234 
50,270 
12,107 
8,977 
5,024 
71,094 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
148 
154 
86 
85 
70 
112 
Other than family held 
farms 
13 
20 
11 
7 
7 
14 
acres 
3,016 
1,977 
701 
282 
378 
1,874 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
12 
19 
11 
7 
7 
14 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
66 
109 
97 
60 
45 
51 
acres 
94,309 
70,253 
12,919 
5,146 
1,961 
17,239 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
943 
962 
594 
418 
369 
643 
workers 
2,274 
2,436 
1,286 
872 
755 
1,477 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
263 
237 
166 
96 
82 
193 
workers 
346 
441 
246 
135 
120 
290 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
769 
780 
456 
350 
300 
493 
workers 
1,928 
1,995 
1,040 
737 
635 
1,187 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
6 
_ 
_ 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,374 
1,750 
1,255 
1,047 
1,014 
2,112 
workers 
2,991 
3,850 
2,748 
2,383 
2,344 
4,736 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
207 
343 
510 
532 
569 
1,050 
1 0 to 49 acres 
359 
1,032 
1,180 
1,311 
1,473 
2,347 
50 to 69 acres 
180 
381 
296 
252 
157 
257 
70 to 99 acres 
422 
627 
488 
283 
176 
244 
100 to 139 acres 
358 
489 
302 
162 
76 
172 
140 to 1 79 acres 
565 
754 
303 
141 
106 
232 
180 to 219 acres 
265 
252 
120 
48 
28 
105 
220 to 259 acres 
268 
215 
75 
33 
18 
35 
260 to 499 acres 
729 
523 
210 
73 
81 
201 
500 to 999 acres 
375 
218 
74 
30 
35 
94 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
133 
62 
25 
7 
10 
58 
2,000 acres or more 
84 
66 
13 
3 
18 
81 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,300 
856 
366 
242 
142 
54 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
9 
23 
32 
59 
19 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
25 
42 
33 
27 
34 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
56 
55 
48 
40 
24 
25 
Other crop farming (1119) 
922 
1,784 
1,418 
1,281 
1,303 
1,042 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
922 
1,784 
1,418 
1,281 
1,303 
1,042 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,369 
1,648 
1,353 
782 
515 
1,052 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
50 
27 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
17 
25 
27 
18 
26 
42 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3 
13 
19 
31 
52 
134 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
35 
94 
111 
137 
199 
233 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
157 
411 
177 
252 
440 
2,227 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,061 
2,212 
1,569 
1,001 
744 
1,402 
number 
107,332 
70,666 
28,383 
15,717 
8,496 
62,976 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
143 
335 
504 
524 
551 
769 
10 to 49 
1,176 
1,626 
1,006 
433 
161 
473 
50 to 99 
550 
189 
38 
27 
18 
66 
1 00 to 1 99 
141 
35 
18 
14 
12 
36 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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