Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
33,316 
1,084 
907 
484 
656 
1,075 
acres 
6,674,195 
783,604 
562,959 
327,934 
344,445 
390,671 
Partnership 
farms 
2,871 
622 
229 
92 
91 
87 
acres 
3,104,467 
2,014,450 
278,784 
86,522 
53,022 
45,852 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,092 
568 
186 
70 
69 
61 
acres 
2,684,937 
1,845,763 
226,381 
68,519 
39,115 
34,881 
Corporation 
farms 
1,463 
200 
148 
78 
93 
53 
acres 
942,226 
261,661 
126,158 
56,051 
53,628 
25,910 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
168 
134 
68 
85 
48 
acres 
778,467 
226,379 
110,922 
49,765 
52,224 
23,824 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
3 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,195 
165 
130 
67 
84 
48 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
32 
14 
10 
8 
5 
acres 
163,759 
35,282 
15,236 
6,286 
1,404 
2,086 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
29 
8 
1 
- 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
211 
24 
13 
10 
5 
5 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
426 
11 
8 
9 
8 
11 
acres 
210,192 
31,095 
6,440 
10,413 
5,240 
7,687 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,581 
1,569 
928 
450 
484 
518 
workers 
32,307 
9,844 
3,393 
1,564 
1,636 
1,352 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,089 
1,266 
649 
277 
237 
155 
workers 
1 1 ,430 
6,044 
1,559 
604 
554 
274 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,167 
945 
540 
292 
346 
433 
workers 
20,877 
3,800 
1,834 
960 
1,082 
1,078 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
129 
36 
21 
15 
16 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
5 
3 
2 
6 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
15,973 
564 
431 
227 
305 
530 
workers 
34,033 
1,149 
857 
386 
587 
1,054 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,697 
15 
21 
4 
16 
18 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,017 
186 
160 
37 
45 
50 
50 to 69 acres 
3,490 
109 
86 
11 
21 
42 
70 to 99 acres 
4,222 
169 
95 
19 
23 
67 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,167 
127 
51 
21 
25 
97 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,992 
95 
26 
15 
38 
138 
180 to 219 acres 
2,331 
65 
37 
20 
76 
105 
220 to 259 acres 
1,478 
45 
33 
7 
46 
89 
260 to 499 acres 
4,193 
154 
77 
128 
264 
339 
500 to 999 acres 
2,323 
96 
259 
269 
191 
208 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,237 
233 
394 
96 
74 
55 
2,000 acres or more 
929 
623 
53 
36 
29 
18 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,466 
666 
564 
332 
373 
342 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
924 
27 
14 
11 
21 
27 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
783 
- 
4 
14 
25 
51 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
589 
13 
17 
22 
52 
37 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,019 
111 
83 
66 
86 
157 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
357 
67 
60 
49 
38 
36 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1 1 ,662 
44 
23 
17 
48 
121 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,041 
26 
28 
68 
185 
526 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
2 
2 
4 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
144 
10 
21 
32 
33 
27 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
117 
26 
9 
2 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,071 
993 
530 
71 
18 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
796 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,118 
45 
20 
43 
51 
50 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,940 
577 
315 
207 
311 
719 
number 
921,508 
162,331 
72,157 
57,593 
71,461 
93,270 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,855 
23 
11 
5 
9 
11 
10 to 49 
8,707 
176 
101 
26 
38 
125 
50 to 99 
2,410 
113 
70 
32 
48 
168 
100 to 199 
1,237 
112 
39 
44 
69 
261 
200 to 499 
540 
88 
56 
62 
117 
150 
500 or more 
191 
65 
38 
38 
30 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
14,729 
509 
306 
189 
291 
671 
number 
509,861 
55,392 
31,002 
28,767 
41,524 
57,155 
Beef cows 
farms 
14,644 
498 
289 
172 
267 
662 
number 
495,381 
51,041 
27,565 
25,375 
39,086 
56,652 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,660 
36 
16 
9 
11 
23 
1 0 to 49 
8,502 
225 
128 
51 
53 
176 
50 to 99 
1,562 
107 
67 
35 
51 
217 
100 to 199 
649 
67 
39 
34 
78 
218 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
