Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
995 
2,378 
2,457 
2,443 
2,430 
9,488 
acres 
203,931 
378,658 
227,516 
186,536 
132,313 
1,017,027 
Partnership 
farms 
118 
114 
116 
103 
89 
531 
acres 
61,766 
37,101 
18,815 
24,808 
(D) 
144,954 
Registered under state law 
farms 
74 
67 
75 
70 
54 
370 
acres 
40,291 
30,861 
13,554 
20,779 
6,668 
117,959 
Corporation 
farms 
85 
98 
56 
64 
84 
357 
acres 
19,285 
(D) 
9,416 
(D) 
8,950 
206,550 
Family held 
farms 
70 
85 
47 
48 
76 
333 
acres 
16,351 
24,516 
8,992 
(D) 
8,219 
173,219 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
6 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
68 
85 
47 
47 
70 
325 
Other than family held 
farms 
15 
13 
9 
16 
8 
24 
acres 
2,934 
(D) 
424 
(D) 
731 
33,331 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
15 
13 
9 
16 
8 
21 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
13 
18 
42 
20 
7 
147 
acres 
1,674 
(D) 
4,108 
(D) 
(D) 
82,776 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
394 
655 
500 
384 
339 
1,565 
workers 
1,063 
1,689 
1,114 
864 
885 
3,707 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
130 
197 
140 
113 
117 
590 
workers 
204 
352 
250 
166 
208 
1,306 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
331 
535 
401 
304 
253 
1,150 
workers 
859 
1,337 
864 
698 
677 
2,401 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
8 
3 
4 
7 
18 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
597 
1,237 
1,224 
1,199 
1,219 
4,633 
workers 
1,346 
2,758 
2,653 
2,645 
2,551 
10,065 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
51 
138 
258 
281 
399 
939 
1 0 to 49 acres 
257 
542 
880 
1,179 
1,354 
4,484 
50 to 69 acres 
82 
284 
338 
285 
276 
1,164 
70 to 99 acres 
97 
296 
367 
350 
236 
903 
100 to 139 acres 
142 
348 
309 
207 
130 
820 
140 to 1 79 acres 
99 
239 
169 
95 
67 
472 
180 to 219 acres 
90 
174 
109 
74 
35 
391 
220 to 259 acres 
80 
140 
67 
45 
26 
253 
260 to 499 acres 
212 
304 
128 
73 
63 
595 
500 to 999 acres 
74 
102 
33 
26 
22 
335 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
18 
27 
11 
9 
2 
97 
2,000 acres or more 
9 
14 
2 
6 
- 
70 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
215 
293 
331 
226 
177 
115 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
109 
243 
244 
196 
95 
23 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
79 
161 
121 
139 
77 
264 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
92 
157 
77 
49 
67 
158 
Other crop farming (1119) 
225 
543 
591 
645 
650 
4,270 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
4 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
27 
33 
17 
4 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
194 
508 
574 
641 
649 
4,270 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
329 
992 
933 
928 
753 
1,714 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
7 
5 
11 
27 
52 
89 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
6 
35 
68 
120 
380 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
7 
21 
44 
97 
215 
714 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
136 
187 
284 
255 
404 
2,782 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
544 
1,360 
1,178 
1,105 
915 
2,116 
number 
35,406 
52,641 
25,989 
16,173 
9,575 
24,568 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
53 
113 
211 
415 
511 
1,310 
1 0 to 49 
193 
863 
898 
674 
399 
754 
50 to 99 
188 
345 
62 
16 
5 
40 
1 00 to 1 99 
94 
32 
7 
- 
- 
9 
200 to 499 
16 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
526 
1,303 
1,110 
1,013 
825 
1,693 
number 
22,581 
33,797 
16,911 
11,003 
6,313 
14,160 
Beef cows 
farms 
520 
1,301 
1,096 
1,011 
813 
1,681 
number 
22,567 
33,777 
16,843 
10,980 
6,255 
14,069 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
65 
182 
348 
533 
581 
1,199 
10 to 49 
255 
996 
725 
468 
231 
468 
50 to 99 
170 
114 
22 
10 
1 
11 
100 to 199 
27 
8 
1 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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