Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
180 to 219 
220 to 259 
260 to 499 
500 to 999 
1,000 to 1,999 
2,000 or more 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
288 
200 
186 
634 
495 
346 
228 
acres 
45,280 
39,710 
44,047 
225,530 
343,472 
481,383 
771,736 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
7,252 
5,159 
4,006 
1 1 ,424 
6,514 
2,784 
1,267 
acres 
1,139,369 
1,018,350 
949,678 
4,023,982 
4,431,031 
3,709,264 
3,892,896 
Partnership 
farms 
416 
291 
286 
882 
672 
465 
402 
acres 
65,814 
57,749 
67,889 
315,124 
463,677 
655,531 
1,413,714 
Registered under state law 
farms 
228 
166 
173 
521 
405 
343 
343 
acres 
36,235 
33,101 
41,067 
185,827 
280,816 
491,990 
1,237,767 
Corporation 
farms 
205 
159 
119 
428 
466 
438 
327 
acres 
32,502 
31,502 
28,187 
156,322 
332,379 
605,753 
1,170,396 
Family held 
farms 
181 
136 
108 
382 
433 
411 
314 
acres 
28,734 
27,013 
25,660 
139,403 
309,171 
569,990 
1,124,283 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
2 
- 
13 
6 
8 
16 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
174 
134 
108 
369 
427 
403 
298 
Other than family held 
farms 
24 
23 
11 
46 
33 
27 
13 
acres 
3,768 
4,489 
2,527 
16,919 
23,208 
35,763 
46,113 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
6 
1 
4 
10 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
24 
17 
10 
42 
23 
26 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
192 
129 
112 
306 
167 
70 
35 
acres 
30,370 
25,397 
26,588 
104,947 
114,763 
94,201 
102,348 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,373 
1,048 
976 
3,339 
2,963 
2,284 
1,672 
workers 
3,223 
2,229 
2,143 
8,275 
8,290 
6,207 
8,715 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
356 
216 
225 
968 
1,245 
1,421 
1,401 
workers 
726 
356 
325 
1,973 
2,524 
2,898 
5,186 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,121 
903 
820 
2,691 
2,194 
1,457 
976 
workers 
2,497 
1,873 
1,818 
6,302 
5,766 
3,309 
3,529 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
14 
12 
5 
18 
26 
26 
28 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
8 
2 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,124 
2,244 
1,825 
5,372 
3,134 
1,418 
635 
workers 
7,262 
5,295 
4,250 
12,312 
7,175 
2,867 
1,241 
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 
8,065 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
5,738 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
4,523 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
13,040 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,819 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,757 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
2,031 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,367 
1,017 
914 
3,261 
3,116 
2,137 
1,400 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
38 
7 
2 
9 
10 
1 
3 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
46 
27 
28 
29 
12 
2 
3 
production (1114) 
28 
16 
16 
20 
17 
1 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,254 
1,505 
1,014 
2,686 
1,012 
352 
141 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
4 
- 
6 
13 
31 
81 
49 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
2,250 
1,505 
1,008 
2,672 
981 
271 
92 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
3,612 
2,728 
2,180 
6,104 
3,124 
1,018 
391 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
87 
40 
54 
151 
101 
77 
22 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
124 
92 
100 
239 
170 
47 
12 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
29 
20 
18 
59 
71 
48 
26 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
94 
50 
45 
132 
70 
29 
8 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
87 
34 
29 
59 
20 
5 
“ 
production (1125, 1129) 
299 
202 
123 
291 
96 
40 
25 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4,610 
3,462 
2,917 
8,578 
5,277 
2,324 
1,154 
number 
179,456 
166,662 
161,442 
713,818 
801,257 
597,066 
559,165 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
454 
258 
118 
286 
78 
15 
8 
1 0 to 49 
2,971 
1,915 
1,461 
3,002 
892 
257 
95 
50 to 99 
993 
1,023 
1,026 
3,003 
1,324 
318 
110 
1 00 to 1 99 
169 
227 
270 
1,802 
1,755 
565 
183 
200 to 499 
17 
36 
35 
398 
1,082 
882 
389 
500 or more 
6 
3 
7 
87 
146 
287 
369 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
4,231 
3,262 
2,775 
8,018 
4,893 
2,061 
1,033 
number 
96,770 
90,200 
89,145 
349,306 
368,718 
262,031 
257,330 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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