Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
22,393 
529 
252 
253 
440 
728 
acres 
3,409,872 
469,540 
226,004 
166,094 
180,083 
222,170 
Partnership 
farms 
1,482 
189 
61 
37 
67 
57 
acres 
849,702 
382,416 
(D) 
29,789 
33,222 
23,114 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,022 
147 
45 
24 
55 
41 
acres 
625,241 
283,749 
48,482 
17,413 
24,775 
20,710 
Corporation 
farms 
1,108 
150 
65 
47 
46 
56 
acres 
572,105 
140,610 
(D) 
26,645 
26,682 
42,219 
Family held 
farms 
968 
129 
58 
43 
38 
41 
acres 
488,941 
125,375 
50,195 
(D) 
18,004 
36,146 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
25 
3 
1 
1 
- 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
943 
126 
57 
42 
38 
38 
Other than family held 
farms 
140 
21 
7 
4 
8 
15 
acres 
83,164 
15,235 
(D) 
(D) 
8,678 
6,073 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
3 
1 
1 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
130 
18 
6 
3 
6 
15 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
283 
5 
1 
6 
13 
11 
acres 
139,565 
16,390 
(D) 
10,340 
6,418 
6,213 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,851 
719 
305 
247 
333 
410 
workers 
23,398 
8,649 
1,449 
1,423 
1,371 
1,184 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,685 
614 
243 
179 
198 
164 
workers 
9,020 
4,256 
747 
703 
490 
338 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,235 
404 
179 
155 
219 
304 
workers 
14,378 
4,393 
702 
720 
881 
846 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
200 
69 
27 
21 
25 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
2 
1 
- 
3 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,350 
297 
121 
128 
254 
441 
workers 
24,548 
596 
227 
240 
486 
981 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,135 
14 
10 
7 
11 
27 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,996 
92 
30 
23 
36 
119 
50 to 69 acres 
2,538 
49 
16 
10 
10 
24 
70 to 99 acres 
2,382 
41 
14 
10 
21 
47 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,152 
56 
9 
10 
34 
87 
140 to 179 acres 
1,292 
40 
6 
13 
19 
73 
180 to 219 acres 
1,032 
38 
10 
8 
35 
68 
220 to 259 acres 
787 
31 
4 
15 
51 
75 
260 to 499 acres 
1,912 
94 
29 
47 
189 
178 
500 to 999 acres 
1,121 
90 
84 
135 
117 
103 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
555 
142 
133 
47 
31 
38 
2,000 acres or more 
364 
186 
34 
18 
12 
13 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,100 
108 
108 
100 
188 
239 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,062 
19 
4 
13 
33 
83 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
936 
10 
8 
10 
27 
40 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
805 
29 
20 
29 
48 
79 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,701 
151 
131 
117 
183 
195 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
55 
6 
8 
14 
18 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
38 
41 
57 
93 
58 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,278 
107 
82 
46 
72 
135 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,851 
2 
8 
15 
47 
130 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
80 
25 
16 
11 
6 
8 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
236 
21 
5 
13 
5 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
1,238 
506 
76 
24 
8 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,100 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,157 
2 
3 
11 
21 
72 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,121 
286 
96 
75 
132 
314 
number 
297,286 
52,586 
21,148 
15,251 
17,491 
26,458 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,665 
7 
3 
3 
10 
29 
1 0 to 49 
4,072 
97 
28 
17 
42 
107 
50 to 99 
841 
63 
14 
15 
24 
69 
100 to 199 
325 
49 
17 
15 
22 
80 
200 to 499 
165 
40 
23 
19 
31 
28 
500 or more 
53 
30 
11 
6 
3 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
7,329 
277 
92 
70 
121 
299 
number 
182,742 
31,414 
12,103 
7,463 
10,134 
16,863 
Beef cows 
farms 
7,232 
259 
78 
63 
117 
293 
number 
166,745 
20,718 
9,124 
6,212 
9,582 
16,618 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,985 
16 
9 
7 
12 
33 
1 0 to 49 
3,500 
122 
39 
22 
47 
127 
50 to 99 
512 
60 
8 
18 
18 
80 
100 to 199 
162 
35 
11 
6 
28 
43 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
