Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,952 
36 
304 
133 
171 
161 
acres 
1,012,729 
153 
8,942 
7,778 
13,982 
18,476 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
33,316 
1,574 
8,452 
3,213 
3,882 
3,842 
acres 
6,674,195 
7,472 
240,692 
186,515 
321,677 
445,804 
Partnership 
farms 
2,871 
53 
292 
165 
194 
177 
acres 
3,104,467 
215 
8,591 
9,561 
16,030 
20,217 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,092 
37 
179 
111 
120 
109 
acres 
2,684,937 
151 
5,100 
6,419 
9,854 
12,523 
Corporation 
farms 
1,463 
63 
197 
87 
113 
102 
acres 
942,226 
263 
5,857 
5,146 
9,224 
11,650 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
55 
158 
72 
101 
84 
acres 
778,467 
250 
4,827 
4,267 
8,246 
9,603 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,195 
55 
158 
71 
97 
82 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
8 
39 
15 
12 
18 
acres 
163,759 
13 
1,030 
879 
978 
2,047 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
29 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
211 
6 
34 
15 
12 
18 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
426 
7 
76 
25 
33 
46 
acres 
210,192 
19 
1,991 
1,468 
2,821 
5,235 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,581 
340 
1,781 
780 
883 
929 
workers 
32,307 
1,011 
5,073 
2,005 
2,347 
2,435 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,089 
149 
509 
217 
243 
257 
workers 
11,430 
405 
1,022 
361 
711 
450 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,167 
260 
1,434 
624 
727 
763 
workers 
20,877 
606 
4,051 
1,644 
1,636 
1,985 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
129 
6 
21 
8 
4 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
3 
- 
2 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
15,973 
802 
4,095 
1,490 
1,767 
1,776 
workers 
34,033 
1,794 
8,915 
3,049 
3,774 
3,764 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,697 
1,697 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,017 
- 
9,017 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
3,490 
- 
- 
3,490 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,222 
- 
- 
- 
4,222 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,167 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,167 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,992 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,331 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,478 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,193 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,323 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,237 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
929 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,466 
18 
353 
122 
191 
210 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
924 
159 
365 
95 
89 
76 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
783 
96 
335 
90 
73 
57 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
589 
151 
200 
45 
39 
60 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,019 
52 
1,904 
1,097 
1,449 
1,564 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
357 
- 
20 
6 
4 
35 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
11,662 
52 
1,884 
1,091 
1,445 
1,529 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,041 
467 
3,082 
1,340 
1,668 
1,559 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
144 
1 
15 
4 
7 
12 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
117 
16 
33 
5 
11 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,071 
111 
585 
240 
307 
207 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
796 
123 
403 
71 
70 
44 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,118 
503 
1,741 
381 
318 
371 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,940 
501 
3,450 
1,536 
1,950 
1,866 
number 
921,508 
5,108 
49,538 
32,930 
51,265 
61,023 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,855 
318 
1,438 
301 
277 
193 
1 0 to 49 
8,707 
179 
1,962 
1,158 
1,471 
1,303 
50 to 99 
2,410 
2 
41 
72 
176 
339 
100 to 199 
1,237 
2 
3 
1 
25 
27 
200 to 499 
540 
- 
4 
2 
1 
4 
500 or more 
191 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
14,729 
373 
2,959 
1,417 
1,841 
1,785 
number 
509,861 
3,279 
30,927 
22,000 
32,612 
39,831 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
