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 
166 
162 
120 
337 
231 
152 
76 
acres 
26,191 
31,884 
28,549 
117,703 
158,602 
202,681 
279,302 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,577 
1,926 
1,248 
3,421 
1,569 
606 
173 
acres 
405,936 
380,794 
296,665 
1,193,689 
1,035,841 
791,346 
518,472 
Partnership 
farms 
173 
188 
142 
394 
299 
178 
96 
acres 
27,458 
37,386 
33,591 
139,725 
210,539 
234,352 
339,528 
Registered under state law 
farms 
113 
107 
96 
244 
203 
145 
79 
acres 
18,056 
21,381 
22,699 
85,918 
143,056 
191,344 
274,394 
Corporation 
farms 
131 
71 
76 
314 
260 
217 
84 
acres 
21,068 
14,001 
18,103 
113,665 
177,874 
286,185 
299,083 
Family held 
farms 
113 
68 
72 
287 
243 
199 
77 
acres 
18,117 
13,400 
17,123 
103,467 
165,789 
260,856 
261,718 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
113 
68 
72 
281 
240 
196 
75 
Other than family held 
farms 
18 
3 
4 
27 
17 
18 
7 
acres 
2,951 
601 
980 
10,198 
12,085 
25,329 
37,365 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
17 
3 
4 
26 
15 
17 
7 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
24 
22 
15 
47 
45 
8 
13 
acres 
3,674 
4,355 
3,669 
15,707 
32,019 
10,685 
67,212 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
844 
677 
524 
1,725 
1,260 
755 
318 
workers 
3,012 
2,039 
2,021 
6,315 
5,344 
3,784 
3,472 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
263 
226 
187 
682 
774 
596 
288 
workers 
865 
420 
703 
2,243 
2,245 
2,071 
1,852 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
673 
538 
413 
1,298 
821 
470 
189 
workers 
2,147 
1,619 
1,318 
4,072 
3,099 
1,713 
1,620 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
13 
11 
20 
80 
115 
80 
33 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
7 
1 
1 
6 
7 
2 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,336 
1,055 
712 
1,959 
900 
382 
99 
workers 
2,955 
2,353 
1,510 
4,555 
2,029 
743 
196 
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 
2,905 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
2,207 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
1,481 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
4,176 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,173 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,009 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
366 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
159 
94 
91 
337 
310 
278 
127 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
25 
8 
8 
32 
9 
11 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
47 
13 
11 
48 
16 
5 
3 
production (1114) 
54 
34 
20 
57 
16 
10 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
765 
651 
409 
948 
446 
187 
72 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
18 
35 
12 
63 
82 
33 
8 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
10 
12 
3 
5 
22 
20 
11 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
737 
604 
394 
880 
342 
134 
53 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
1,494 
1,138 
759 
2,247 
1,087 
405 
115 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
35 
23 
20 
87 
34 
10 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
41 
56 
38 
152 
128 
56 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
11 
15 
14 
6 
3 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
61 
54 
29 
106 
60 
21 
8 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
29 
16 
12 
27 
4 
“ 
“ 
production (1125, 1129) 
193 
109 
69 
121 
57 
23 
8 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,926 
1,540 
1,069 
3,182 
1,692 
713 
230 
number 
91,322 
92,561 
70,379 
330,413 
337,985 
245,365 
160,143 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
100 
78 
49 
87 
17 
15 
5 
1 0 to 49 
1,114 
715 
472 
800 
175 
58 
19 
50 to 99 
541 
515 
356 
978 
290 
70 
17 
1 00 to 1 99 
160 
183 
158 
956 
485 
102 
26 
200 to 499 
11 
49 
32 
344 
634 
301 
54 
500 or more 
- 
- 
2 
17 
91 
167 
109 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,701 
1,374 
942 
2,884 
1,551 
636 
210 
number 
45,348 
43,118 
34,564 
150,527 
148,344 
104,602 
70,954 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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