Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
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 
3,712 
6,842 
6,375 
5,235 
5,248 
10,793 
acres 
872,277 
986,115 
613,635 
412,087 
358,331 
740,444 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
284 
438 
372 
257 
228 
712 
acres 
58,890 
61,810 
43,147 
23,963 
24,270 
70,465 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,272 
6,250 
5,955 
4,904 
4,941 
9,908 
acres 
766,574 
886,889 
552,342 
376,973 
308,957 
638,794 
Partnership 
farms 
271 
416 
340 
206 
216 
473 
acres 
65,577 
72,227 
46,224 
25,653 
33,462 
53,923 
Registered under state law 
farms 
177 
269 
233 
131 
122 
366 
acres 
39,525 
42,079 
33,960 
17,207 
23,748 
42,520 
Corporation 
farms 
241 
311 
211 
159 
144 
530 
acres 
54,464 
50,846 
33,236 
18,314 
22,558 
69,772 
Family held 
farms 
215 
275 
179 
142 
127 
439 
acres 
52,274 
44,861 
27,791 
16,173 
20,183 
56,253 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
3 
4 
5 
3 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
213 
272 
175 
137 
124 
429 
Other than family held 
farms 
26 
36 
32 
17 
17 
91 
acres 
2,190 
5,985 
5,445 
2,141 
2,375 
13,519 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
7 
- 
2 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
22 
29 
32 
15 
17 
91 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
32 
52 
46 
49 
49 
132 
acres 
12,269 
8,611 
5,679 
5,767 
6,625 
11,572 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,370 
1,843 
1,361 
953 
850 
1,973 
workers 
4,022 
4,668 
3,548 
2,224 
2,449 
5,386 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
388 
412 
339 
189 
211 
793 
workers 
782 
680 
610 
557 
783 
1,723 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,134 
1,579 
1,153 
796 
701 
1,431 
workers 
3,240 
3,988 
2,938 
1,667 
1,666 
3,663 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
24 
8 
11 
14 
19 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
7 
1 
3 
2 
10 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,830 
3,322 
2,950 
2,514 
2,621 
5,389 
workers 
4,365 
7,387 
6,612 
5,675 
5,927 
12,136 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
93 
277 
350 
425 
728 
1,280 
1 0 to 49 acres 
435 
1,312 
2,132 
2,253 
2,467 
5,353 
50 to 69 acres 
216 
661 
901 
722 
687 
1,188 
70 to 99 acres 
300 
915 
976 
664 
498 
1,105 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
432 
1,105 
903 
504 
389 
840 
140 to 1 79 acres 
380 
814 
479 
248 
185 
426 
180 to 219 acres 
366 
606 
300 
156 
128 
278 
220 to 259 acres 
314 
371 
178 
115 
54 
132 
260 to 499 acres 
950 
789 
267 
169 
149 
314 
500 to 999 acres 
287 
149 
41 
46 
41 
84 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
34 
27 
21 
13 
21 
38 
2,000 acres or more 
9 
3 
4 
3 
3 
5 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
322 
280 
218 
113 
64 
44 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
103 
163 
182 
148 
72 
29 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
93 
195 
167 
116 
76 
277 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
141 
346 
178 
124 
156 
202 
Other crop farming (1119) 
624 
1,451 
1,818 
1,772 
2,201 
2,833 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
43 
55 
29 
8 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
7 
9 
12 
3 
2 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
574 
1,387 
1,777 
1,761 
2,199 
2,828 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,167 
3,882 
3,274 
2,242 
1,458 
2,571 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
69 
130 
33 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10 
4 
4 
- 
2 
42 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
14 
22 
46 
42 
42 
119 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
27 
43 
45 
203 
525 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
28 
93 
132 
237 
356 
702 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
240 
436 
457 
479 
720 
3,699 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,726 
4,788 
3,964 
2,558 
1,814 
3,326 
number 
201,120 
205,157 
92,285 
40,781 
26,231 
65,020 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
92 
284 
742 
870 
990 
1,645 
10 to 49 
850 
3,019 
2,959 
1,611 
773 
1,424 
50 to 99 
1,124 
1,239 
235 
73 
30 
173 
1 00 to 1 99 
605 
215 
21 
3 
7 
55 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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