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 
48 
72 
56 
196 
154 
94 
67 
acres 
7,540 
14,174 
13,404 
67,914 
110,083 
127,603 
289,378 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,165 
906 
659 
1,562 
838 
350 
172 
acres 
181,927 
178,740 
157,559 
547,954 
559,710 
467,672 
556,932 
Partnership 
farms 
56 
72 
82 
179 
148 
106 
116 
acres 
8,890 
13,920 
19,379 
63,116 
104,601 
148,581 
453,577 
Registered under state law 
farms 
34 
45 
55 
127 
120 
84 
87 
acres 
5,354 
8,704 
13,039 
44,060 
84,334 
116,801 
327,369 
Corporation 
farms 
56 
40 
38 
136 
112 
85 
61 
acres 
8,744 
7,803 
8,945 
48,692 
79,007 
114,883 
277,565 
Family held 
farms 
43 
36 
31 
123 
94 
83 
49 
acres 
6,713 
7,043 
7,305 
43,532 
65,832 
(D) 
223,328 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
3 
6 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
40 
36 
31 
122 
91 
77 
43 
Other than family held 
farms 
13 
4 
7 
13 
18 
2 
12 
acres 
2,031 
760 
1,640 
5,160 
13,175 
(D) 
54,237 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
13 
4 
7 
13 
17 
2 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
15 
14 
8 
35 
23 
14 
15 
acres 
2,369 
2,857 
1,849 
11,971 
17,189 
18,691 
77,066 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
286 
250 
231 
614 
533 
372 
306 
workers 
705 
921 
648 
2,138 
2,840 
2,123 
5,004 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
112 
95 
122 
284 
295 
312 
276 
workers 
287 
284 
287 
914 
1,341 
1,188 
1,973 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
204 
197 
152 
443 
376 
194 
177 
workers 
418 
637 
361 
1,224 
1,499 
935 
3,031 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
23 
6 
16 
32 
25 
33 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
3 
- 
3 
2 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
599 
432 
346 
849 
459 
189 
100 
workers 
1,245 
895 
708 
1,844 
981 
408 
206 
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 
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) 
151 
107 
81 
263 
201 
158 
126 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
38 
16 
10 
46 
10 
9 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
18 
36 
15 
40 
20 
13 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
21 
12 
12 
38 
30 
4 
6 
Other crop farming (1119) 
504 
455 
329 
821 
535 
262 
170 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
3 
1 
2 
11 
18 
2 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
15 
19 
27 
69 
79 
41 
36 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
486 
435 
300 
741 
438 
219 
131 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
378 
273 
221 
484 
186 
51 
23 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4 
1 
3 
16 
19 
5 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
4 
5 
14 
1 
5 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
54 
44 
37 
83 
76 
33 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
23 
9 
11 
21 
4 
1 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
97 
75 
63 
86 
39 
14 
9 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
518 
409 
359 
770 
356 
149 
90 
number 
16,600 
15,733 
16,941 
57,785 
44,462 
33,613 
26,065 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
89 
49 
42 
45 
20 
3 
6 
1 0 to 49 
324 
262 
193 
331 
87 
31 
21 
50 to 99 
95 
71 
86 
233 
90 
35 
15 
1 00 to 1 99 
10 
24 
33 
115 
87 
28 
15 
200 to 499 
- 
3 
5 
38 
63 
34 
18 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
8 
9 
18 
15 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
491 
396 
348 
753 
345 
141 
87 
number 
10,868 
10,289 
10,995 
34,092 
27,338 
18,923 
16,046 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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