Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Carolina 
Abbeville 
Aiken 
Allendale 
Anderson 
Bamberg 
Barnwell 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,851 
85 
261 
49 
235 
109 
125 
workers 
23,398 
(D) 
725 
218 
581 
439 
509 
$1 ,000 payroll 
227,501 
585 
5,046 
3,349 
3,035 
3,760 
2,652 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,265 
42 
105 
18 
124 
34 
48 
workers 
2,265 
42 
105 
18 
124 
34 
48 
2 workers 
farms 
1,559 
23 
63 
7 
59 
28 
21 
workers 
3,118 
46 
126 
14 
118 
56 
42 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,122 
14 
49 
11 
33 
23 
29 
workers 
3,780 
47 
162 
34 
112 
80 
95 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
562 
4 
37 
7 
10 
20 
17 
workers 
3,496 
(D) 
240 
38 
54 
124 
110 
10 workers or more 
farms 
343 
2 
7 
6 
9 
4 
10 
workers 
10,739 
(D) 
92 
114 
173 
145 
214 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,685 
23 
135 
27 
74 
51 
53 
workers 
9,020 
(D) 
334 
111 
192 
263 
131 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,291 
17 
61 
10 
42 
17 
29 
workers 
1,291 
17 
61 
10 
42 
17 
29 
2 workers 
farms 
619 
2 
32 
5 
16 
4 
12 
workers 
1,238 
4 
64 
10 
32 
8 
24 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
416 
3 
22 
5 
8 
14 
9 
workers 
1,378 
9 
(D) 
15 
24 
(D) 
29 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
238 
1 
18 
3 
5 
15 
2 
workers 
1,480 
(D) 
106 
15 
39 
89 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
121 
2 
4 
3 
1 
1 
workers 
3,633 
- 
(D) 
61 
55 
(D) 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,235 
75 
174 
33 
189 
77 
97 
workers 
14,378 
(D) 
391 
107 
389 
176 
378 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,820 
39 
86 
15 
103 
30 
35 
workers 
1,820 
39 
86 
15 
103 
30 
35 
2 workers 
farms 
1,154 
20 
38 
4 
52 
31 
25 
workers 
2,308 
40 
76 
8 
104 
62 
50 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
796 
14 
29 
10 
17 
11 
16 
workers 
2,651 
46 
(D) 
34 
57 
35 
50 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
274 
1 
19 
2 
14 
3 
11 
workers 
1,632 
(D) 
112 
(D) 
74 
(D) 
68 
10 workers or more 
farms 
191 
1 
2 
2 
3 
2 
10 
workers 
5,967 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
51 
(D) 
175 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,616 
10 
87 
16 
46 
32 
28 
workers 
4,418 
11 
216 
57 
70 
204 
52 
$1 ,000 payroll 
74,913 
89 
2,812 
1,335 
692 
2,168 
899 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
3,166 
62 
126 
22 
161 
58 
72 
workers 
7,390 
(D) 
259 
41 
286 
121 
218 
$1 ,000 payroll 
17,764 
187 
617 
120 
561 
361 
247 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
1,069 
13 
48 
11 
28 
19 
25 
1 50 days or more, workers 
4,602 
27 
118 
54 
122 
59 
79 
less than 150 days, workers 
6,988 
23 
132 
66 
103 
55 
160 
$1 ,000 payroll 
134,824 
310 
1,617 
1,894 
1,782 
1,231 
1,507 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
223 
- 
3 
1 
- 
7 
2 
workers 
5,135 
- 
8 
(D) 
- 
140 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
200 
- 
3 
1 
- 
7 
2 
workers 
5,021 
8 
(D) 
140 
(□) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
114 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,350 
231 
506 
69 
698 
143 
179 
workers 
24,548 
617 
1,088 
124 
1,578 
295 
370 
-continued 
270 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
