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 
9,750 
14,573 
10,476 
7,995 
7,429 
22,475 
acres 
2,527,020 
2,451,203 
1,173,095 
698,064 
491,097 
2,338,897 
Partnership 
farms 
618 
718 
427 
272 
232 
1,223 
acres 
179,294 
150,482 
62,439 
31,184 
28,525 
212,352 
Registered under state law 
farms 
379 
391 
228 
158 
125 
765 
acres 
110,403 
86,232 
32,144 
16,691 
19,118 
151,440 
Corporation 
farms 
275 
297 
150 
118 
102 
608 
acres 
90,311 
70,255 
19,564 
23,469 
16,221 
143,525 
Family held 
farms 
254 
273 
127 
110 
85 
506 
acres 
83,626 
59,332 
16,756 
16,857 
11,412 
119,684 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
9 
3 
- 
2 
18 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
247 
264 
124 
110 
83 
488 
Other than family held 
farms 
21 
24 
23 
8 
17 
102 
acres 
6,685 
10,923 
2,808 
6,612 
4,809 
23,841 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
4 
2 
1 
- 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
21 
20 
21 
7 
17 
94 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
179 
253 
153 
135 
109 
824 
acres 
58,513 
58,213 
24,654 
18,450 
13,078 
144,536 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,481 
2,708 
1,590 
1,020 
858 
2,924 
workers 
5,552 
5,664 
3,514 
2,231 
1,792 
6,052 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
580 
538 
372 
235 
204 
759 
workers 
895 
767 
610 
501 
315 
1,351 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,094 
2,353 
1,312 
840 
695 
2,372 
workers 
4,657 
4,897 
2,904 
1,730 
1,477 
4,701 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
24 
21 
7 
4 
20 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,336 
6,487 
4,607 
3,444 
3,220 
9,614 
workers 
10,371 
15,112 
10,629 
7,848 
7,224 
21,236 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
120 
258 
385 
447 
790 
1,424 
1 0 to 49 acres 
501 
1,814 
2,702 
3,263 
3,602 
9,389 
50 to 69 acres 
342 
1,070 
1,285 
1,013 
841 
2,365 
70 to 99 acres 
755 
2,366 
2,042 
1,264 
942 
3,323 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,219 
2,704 
1,755 
1,004 
741 
2,660 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,316 
2,125 
1,109 
538 
382 
1,823 
180 to 219 acres 
1,199 
1,564 
649 
301 
183 
1,086 
220 to 259 acres 
1,140 
1,128 
381 
207 
116 
704 
260 to 499 acres 
3,111 
2,264 
746 
400 
222 
1,677 
500 to 999 acres 
995 
464 
139 
68 
45 
522 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
109 
72 
9 
11 
7 
124 
2,000 acres or more 
15 
12 
4 
4 
1 
33 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,881 
2,618 
1,422 
829 
499 
328 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
77 
171 
144 
82 
73 
17 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
59 
213 
134 
108 
82 
215 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
116 
178 
86 
56 
64 
39 
Other crop farming (1119) 
856 
1,647 
1,991 
2,395 
2,932 
13,444 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
849 
1,643 
1,986 
2,393 
2,932 
13,442 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,174 
10,096 
6,595 
4,112 
2,554 
5,069 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
201 
172 
35 
4 
3 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
120 
51 
16 
5 
4 
89 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
25 
21 
35 
51 
117 
106 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
28 
26 
52 
137 
579 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
77 
185 
232 
265 
509 
791 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
229 
461 
490 
561 
898 
4,453 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
7,872 
11,590 
7,391 
4,561 
3,094 
6,204 
number 
514,770 
435,098 
155,892 
65,517 
32,402 
117,960 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
316 
870 
1,399 
1,825 
1,893 
3,335 
10 to 49 
3,077 
8,020 
5,677 
2,639 
1,160 
2,445 
50 to 99 
3,169 
2,346 
281 
82 
27 
280 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,168 
304 
33 
8 
12 
67 
200 to 499 
120 
44 
1 
7 
2 
65 
500 or more 
22 
6 
- 
" 
- 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
7,330 
10,762 
6,802 
3,952 
2,553 
4,800 
number 
280,272 
249,164 
91,450 
36,702 
17,575 
52,152 
Beef cows 
farms 
7,180 
10,649 
6,745 
3,911 
2,508 
4,640 
number 
278,072 
248,069 
91,072 
36,492 
17,381 
51,655 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
490 
1,430 
2,330 
2,475 
1,962 
2,967 
10 to 49 
4,700 
8,625 
4,372 
1,415 
536 
1,573 
50 to 99 
1,814 
575 
41 
14 
7 
67 
100 to 199 
169 
13 
1 
7 
3 
24 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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