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 
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 
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 
36,711 
1,769 
1,224 
630 
871 
1,295 
acres 
9,843,046 
2,626,603 
879,940 
438,796 
449,312 
561,029 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,952 
179 
95 
65 
77 
100 
acres 
1,012,729 
306,213 
75,537 
75,388 
55,961 
61,302 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
33,316 
1,099 
922 
484 
711 
1,158 
acres 
6,674,195 
806,474 
571,808 
314,628 
364,169 
458,323 
Partnership 
farms 
2,871 
637 
220 
93 
106 
108 
acres 
3,104,467 
2,044,805 
255,301 
89,653 
73,377 
81,104 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,092 
581 
178 
71 
79 
75 
acres 
2,684,937 
1,871,116 
206,310 
70,740 
53,378 
58,771 
Corporation 
farms 
1,463 
201 
151 
76 
95 
63 
acres 
942,226 
263,461 
130,068 
57,941 
49,857 
49,972 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
169 
137 
66 
87 
54 
acres 
778,467 
228,179 
114,832 
51,655 
48,453 
28,170 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
3 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,195 
166 
133 
65 
86 
54 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
32 
14 
10 
8 
9 
acres 
163,759 
35,282 
15,236 
6,286 
1,404 
21,802 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
29 
8 
1 
- 
3 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
211 
24 
13 
10 
5 
8 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
426 
11 
10 
7 
8 
11 
acres 
210,192 
31,095 
7,870 
8,983 
5,240 
7,687 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,581 
1,598 
932 
439 
515 
563 
workers 
32,307 
10,021 
3,306 
1,521 
1,763 
1,434 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,089 
1,295 
644 
268 
234 
171 
workers 
1 1 ,430 
6,140 
1,506 
589 
550 
304 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,167 
962 
541 
286 
381 
464 
workers 
20,877 
3,881 
1,800 
932 
1,213 
1,130 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
129 
36 
22 
14 
16 
5 
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 
579 
425 
236 
328 
583 
workers 
34,033 
1,172 
847 
398 
645 
1,182 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,697 
15 
21 
4 
16 
19 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,017 
186 
160 
37 
50 
50 
50 to 69 acres 
3,490 
109 
86 
11 
24 
44 
70 to 99 acres 
4,222 
169 
95 
20 
22 
79 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,167 
127 
51 
21 
27 
108 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,992 
95 
26 
15 
51 
132 
180 to 219 acres 
2,331 
65 
37 
22 
80 
113 
220 to 259 acres 
1,478 
45 
33 
7 
53 
95 
260 to 499 acres 
4,193 
154 
77 
135 
291 
361 
500 to 999 acres 
2,323 
98 
277 
267 
196 
223 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,237 
252 
396 
81 
80 
88 
2,000 acres or more 
929 
633 
44 
40 
30 
28 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,466 
695 
571 
324 
404 
333 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
924 
29 
12 
11 
22 
26 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
783 
- 
4 
14 
25 
56 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
589 
13 
17 
22 
52 
37 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,019 
111 
88 
66 
98 
229 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
357 
67 
65 
47 
40 
45 
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 
19 
58 
184 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,041 
26 
29 
70 
210 
577 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
2 
2 
4 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
144 
10 
21 
33 
33 
26 
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 
45 
54 
47 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,940 
577 
323 
207 
346 
773 
number 
921,508 
162,331 
73,534 
59,041 
74,562 
97,191 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,855 
23 
11 
5 
9 
11 
1 0 to 49 
8,707 
176 
103 
24 
47 
136 
50 to 99 
2,410 
113 
71 
33 
52 
189 
100 to 199 
1,237 
112 
41 
45 
84 
288 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
