Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, 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 
2,037 
4,014 
3,923 
3,449 
2,787 
12,900 
acres 
583,654 
707,350 
483,470 
315,712 
191,573 
1 ,982,823 
Partnership 
farms 
166 
196 
184 
143 
115 
946 
acres 
63,594 
59,720 
40,146 
15,270 
10,116 
436,991 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98 
118 
122 
76 
66 
658 
acres 
40,455 
39,125 
31,116 
9,099 
6,822 
343,661 
Corporation 
farms 
75 
97 
86 
66 
44 
523 
acres 
15,788 
23,562 
12,138 
11,819 
12,354 
343,157 
Family held 
farms 
58 
87 
74 
56 
41 
404 
acres 
12,168 
21,864 
9,848 
10,226 
12,042 
249,205 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
3 
1 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
56 
85 
74 
53 
40 
393 
Other than family held 
farms 
17 
10 
12 
10 
3 
119 
acres 
3,620 
1,698 
2,290 
1,593 
312 
93,952 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
14 
10 
12 
10 
3 
105 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
10 
25 
29 
10 
21 
284 
acres 
5,779 
7,223 
6,405 
1,007 
1,738 
127,165 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
777 
1,237 
892 
751 
497 
2,478 
workers 
1,928 
2,813 
1,888 
1,595 
1,229 
5,065 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
182 
246 
191 
183 
115 
588 
workers 
288 
412 
298 
264 
168 
965 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
681 
1,094 
759 
619 
425 
2,033 
workers 
1,640 
2,401 
1,590 
1,331 
1,061 
4,100 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
10 
. 
6 
5 
8 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,034 
1,992 
1,897 
1,646 
1,264 
6,083 
workers 
2,353 
4,359 
4,066 
3,688 
2,799 
12,735 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
38 
114 
196 
219 
326 
730 
1 0 to 49 acres 
182 
680 
975 
1,318 
1,313 
4,071 
50 to 69 acres 
140 
342 
548 
452 
354 
1,385 
70 to 99 acres 
140 
498 
654 
548 
333 
1,676 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
242 
623 
644 
437 
260 
1,640 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
236 
512 
436 
228 
121 
1,147 
180 to 219 acres 
258 
391 
255 
167 
113 
844 
220 to 259 acres 
153 
284 
133 
81 
54 
553 
260 to 499 acres 
580 
648 
271 
172 
68 
1,492 
500 to 999 acres 
238 
196 
85 
39 
20 
722 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
64 
37 
15 
5 
3 
261 
2,000 acres or more 
17 
7 
10 
2 
2 
132 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
313 
374 
236 
137 
96 
33 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
116 
194 
197 
192 
88 
37 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
79 
146 
147 
96 
43 
178 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
46 
99 
58 
77 
33 
135 
Other crop farming (1119) 
404 
682 
852 
715 
573 
8,290 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
33 
41 
18 
13 
- 
2 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
371 
641 
834 
702 
573 
8,288 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,218 
2,551 
2,424 
2,015 
1,450 
2,550 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
8 
5 
- 
2 
- 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3 
5 
3 
12 
13 
43 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
6 
25 
31 
29 
97 
265 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
9 
31 
59 
76 
156 
463 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
86 
220 
215 
317 
418 
2,653 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,524 
2,977 
2,725 
2,187 
1,592 
2,806 
number 
131,406 
139,413 
75,991 
42,113 
23,278 
52,495 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
41 
164 
258 
433 
654 
1,246 
10 to 49 
370 
1,694 
2,170 
1,683 
911 
1,413 
50 to 99 
594 
925 
274 
61 
22 
103 
100 to 199 
467 
183 
21 
10 
- 
31 
200 to 499 
46 
11 
2 
- 
3 
5 
500 or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,472 
2,890 
2,617 
2,039 
1,449 
2,296 
number 
83,843 
90,615 
50,958 
27,686 
15,279 
27,640 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,468 
2,890 
2,617 
2,039 
1,449 
2,293 
number 
83,749 
90,556 
50,929 
27,646 
15,241 
27,541 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
60 
237 
448 
733 
834 
1,253 
10 to 49 
645 
2,218 
2,102 
1,287 
609 
1,008 
50 to 99 
589 
388 
62 
19 
4 
23 
100 to 199 
155 
47 
5 
- 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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