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 
2,532 
5,091 
5,383 
5,178 
5,293 
7,445 
acres 
880,029 
1,155,579 
903,659 
680,474 
577,975 
689,650 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
187 
312 
246 
221 
201 
269 
acres 
109,053 
115,464 
67,651 
57,019 
42,273 
46,868 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,273 
4,706 
5,025 
4,866 
4,966 
7,106 
acres 
711,321 
970,636 
762,864 
593,405 
508,898 
611,669 
Partnership 
farms 
232 
336 
316 
282 
276 
265 
acres 
148,833 
139,809 
98,246 
65,034 
54,178 
54,127 
Registered under state law 
farms 
154 
224 
218 
179 
158 
175 
acres 
112,560 
106,265 
75,344 
48,631 
40,227 
41,595 
Corporation 
farms 
123 
175 
150 
128 
131 
170 
acres 
82,627 
122,977 
66,234 
40,291 
37,404 
41,394 
Family held 
farms 
103 
145 
123 
99 
100 
140 
acres 
67,237 
90,673 
47,958 
33,531 
31,081 
36,698 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
5 
3 
5 
1 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
98 
142 
118 
98 
96 
139 
Other than family held 
farms 
20 
30 
27 
29 
31 
30 
acres 
15,390 
32,304 
18,276 
6,760 
6,323 
4,696 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
5 
6 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
15 
24 
23 
29 
30 
30 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
17 
52 
74 
58 
103 
75 
acres 
20,397 
39,188 
37,245 
16,576 
23,125 
12,786 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
893 
1,421 
1,109 
1,001 
807 
1,303 
workers 
2,082 
3,226 
2,339 
1,975 
1,835 
2,805 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
210 
275 
256 
204 
157 
375 
workers 
327 
468 
421 
273 
215 
637 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
779 
1,253 
932 
844 
702 
1,023 
workers 
1,755 
2,758 
1,918 
1,702 
1,620 
2,168 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
8 
4 
3 
7 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,170 
2,340 
2,404 
2,282 
2,125 
3,501 
workers 
2,622 
5,126 
5,122 
4,984 
4,486 
7,449 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
37 
121 
206 
227 
328 
703 
1 0 to 49 acres 
206 
718 
1,107 
1,438 
1,849 
3,216 
50 to 69 acres 
147 
389 
594 
621 
630 
835 
70 to 99 acres 
142 
571 
739 
767 
780 
838 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
264 
689 
803 
708 
626 
743 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
263 
563 
605 
434 
374 
434 
180 to 219 acres 
270 
463 
389 
335 
275 
282 
220 to 259 acres 
171 
332 
237 
200 
166 
139 
260 to 499 acres 
632 
904 
607 
429 
318 
285 
500 to 999 acres 
342 
390 
203 
137 
96 
94 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
118 
98 
48 
29 
24 
23 
2,000 acres or more 
53 
31 
27 
9 
10 
24 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
324 
356 
236 
126 
72 
25 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
121 
201 
195 
189 
81 
37 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
79 
154 
146 
95 
44 
166 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
48 
97 
63 
78 
38 
124 
Other crop farming (1119) 
649 
1,445 
2,018 
2,402 
3,101 
1,812 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
24 
40 
17 
10 
2 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
625 
1,405 
2,001 
2,392 
3,099 
1,812 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,309 
2,698 
2,523 
1,927 
1,360 
2,312 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
5 
- 
2 
- 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3 
5 
6 
18 
16 
31 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
26 
35 
43 
117 
225 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
9 
36 
66 
94 
167 
422 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
88 
246 
277 
360 
480 
2,456 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,621 
3,130 
2,818 
2,104 
1,498 
2,543 
number 
132,740 
141,577 
76,920 
40,171 
21,187 
42,254 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
50 
185 
298 
465 
622 
1,176 
1 0 to 49 
434 
1,868 
2,230 
1,573 
850 
1,266 
50 to 99 
642 
901 
256 
55 
21 
77 
100 to 199 
446 
165 
30 
8 
3 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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