Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,604 
103 
393 
155 
136 
130 
acres 
675,723 
518 
9,943 
9,005 
11,126 
15,035 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
22,393 
1,969 
8,331 
2,295 
2,212 
1,934 
acres 
3,409,872 
9,816 
211,261 
132,418 
182,317 
223,566 
Partnership 
farms 
1,482 
70 
321 
121 
93 
118 
acres 
849,702 
328 
8,845 
7,023 
7,748 
13,694 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,022 
47 
189 
87 
59 
88 
acres 
625,241 
234 
5,139 
5,072 
4,906 
10,229 
Corporation 
farms 
1,108 
84 
263 
95 
55 
83 
acres 
572,105 
377 
6,630 
5,292 
4,626 
9,541 
Family held 
farms 
968 
71 
235 
88 
40 
75 
acres 
488,941 
323 
6,030 
(D) 
3,318 
8,701 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
25 
- 
5 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
943 
71 
230 
88 
39 
75 
Other than family held 
farms 
140 
13 
28 
7 
15 
8 
acres 
83,164 
54 
600 
(D) 
1,308 
840 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
130 
13 
27 
7 
15 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
283 
12 
81 
27 
22 
17 
acres 
139,565 
70 
2,070 
1,601 
1,728 
2,104 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,851 
368 
1,448 
466 
485 
492 
workers 
23,398 
993 
3,875 
1,237 
1,299 
1,615 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,685 
138 
530 
165 
186 
170 
workers 
9,020 
329 
1,235 
361 
323 
498 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,235 
276 
1,086 
360 
375 
395 
workers 
14,378 
664 
2,640 
876 
976 
1,117 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
200 
1 
24 
12 
4 
22 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
- 
6 
3 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,350 
1,051 
4,180 
1,153 
1,032 
960 
workers 
24,548 
2,358 
9,076 
2,578 
2,237 
2,012 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,135 
2,135 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,996 
- 
8,996 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
2,538 
- 
- 
2,538 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,382 
- 
- 
- 
2,382 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,152 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,152 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,292 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,032 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
787 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
1,912 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,121 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
555 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
364 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,100 
38 
424 
172 
194 
185 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,062 
266 
446 
78 
72 
67 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
936 
135 
422 
75 
91 
63 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
805 
190 
360 
47 
49 
36 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,701 
93 
1,988 
945 
817 
782 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
55 
- 
12 
- 
2 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
- 
20 
20 
11 
31 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) . 
7,278 
93 
1,956 
925 
804 
750 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,851 
316 
1,937 
634 
711 
637 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
80 
2 
15 
9 
1 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
236 
55 
90 
30 
14 
14 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,238 
177 
446 
99 
89 
88 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,100 
188 
655 
74 
73 
40 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,157 
675 
2,213 
375 
271 
240 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,121 
383 
2,421 
858 
935 
873 
number 
297,286 
2,535 
24,255 
15,758 
19,758 
23,781 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,665 
312 
1,458 
287 
212 
142 
1 0 to 49 
4,072 
67 
950 
541 
662 
603 
50 to 99 
841 
3 
11 
23 
58 
121 
100 to 199 
325 
1 
1 
3 
2 
6 
200 to 499 
165 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
500 or more 
53 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
7,329 
300 
2,036 
758 
858 
816 
number 
182,742 
1,648 
15,495 
9,272 
12,756 
15,020 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
