Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
860 
774 
760 
86 
82 
145 
acres 
404,736 
371,523 
346,795 
33,213 
25,143 
40,235 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
6,082 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
1,108 
968 
943 
140 
130 
- 
acres 
572,105 
488,941 
427,478 
83,164 
46,021 
- 
Family held 
farms 
968 
968 
943 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
488,941 
488,941 
427,478 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
25 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
943 
943 
943 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
140 
- 
- 
140 
130 
- 
acres 
83,164 
- 
- 
83,164 
46,021 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
130 
- 
" 
130 
130 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
283 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
139,565 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
556 
476 
463 
80 
71 
77 
workers 
5,167 
4,347 
4,243 
820 
694 
580 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
424 
358 
348 
66 
57 
53 
workers 
3,107 
2,507 
2,443 
600 
481 
244 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
309 
272 
263 
37 
34 
38 
workers 
2,060 
1,840 
1,800 
220 
213 
336 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
42 
39 
38 
3 
3 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
460 
399 
389 
61 
58 
115 
workers 
997 
874 
855 
123 
116 
226 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
84 
71 
71 
13 
13 
12 
1 0 to 49 acres 
263 
235 
230 
28 
27 
81 
50 to 69 acres 
95 
88 
88 
7 
7 
27 
70 to 99 acres 
55 
40 
39 
15 
15 
22 
100 to 139 acres 
83 
75 
75 
8 
6 
17 
140 to 1 79 acres 
56 
43 
40 
13 
13 
15 
180 to 219 acres 
40 
36 
36 
4 
4 
14 
220 to 259 acres 
38 
31 
31 
7 
7 
8 
260 to 499 acres 
136 
123 
122 
13 
13 
35 
500 to 999 acres 
112 
94 
91 
18 
17 
23 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
85 
83 
77 
2 
2 
14 
2,000 acres or more 
61 
49 
43 
12 
6 
15 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
101 
76 
74 
25 
24 
27 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
40 
36 
35 
4 
4 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
50 
47 
47 
3 
1 
12 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
133 
110 
110 
23 
22 
14 
Other crop farming (1119) 
280 
260 
241 
20 
18 
137 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
22 
21 
21 
1 
- 
2 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
256 
238 
219 
18 
17 
134 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
150 
135 
135 
15 
15 
34 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
18 
15 
15 
3 
3 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
92 
90 
13 
11 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
36 
36 
36 
- 
- 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
188 
155 
154 
33 
31 
35 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
246 
226 
223 
20 
20 
56 
number 
27,565 
25,067 
(D) 
2,498 
2,498 
3,302 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
57 
55 
55 
2 
2 
27 
10 to 49 
81 
76 
76 
5 
5 
21 
50 to 99 
46 
41 
40 
5 
5 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 
28 
25 
25 
3 
3 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data South Carolina 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
