Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
29 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
17 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
211 
21 
4 
5 
12 
95 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
426 
26 
4 
3 
8 
261 
- 
acres 
210,192 
25,123 
219 
(D) 
1,836 
136,731 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
10,581 
1,967 
251 
234 
281 
2,329 
_ 
workers 
32,307 
7,307 
1,865 
1,565 
1,498 
5,680 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,089 
1,282 
96 
63 
138 
638 
- 
workers 
11,430 
4,184 
634 
112 
599 
1,412 
- 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
8,167 
1,290 
212 
197 
215 
1,936 
- 
workers 
20,877 
3,123 
1,231 
1,453 
899 
4,268 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
129 
11 
28 
20 
15 
21 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
23 
4 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
15,973 
949 
400 
387 
294 
4,718 
_ 
workers 
34,033 
1,723 
972 
867 
594 
9,715 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,697 
18 
159 
96 
151 
52 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,017 
353 
365 
335 
200 
1,904 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
3,490 
122 
95 
90 
45 
1,097 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,222 
191 
89 
73 
39 
1,449 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,167 
210 
76 
57 
60 
1,564 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,992 
185 
27 
28 
20 
1,148 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,331 
171 
27 
19 
19 
919 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,478 
88 
13 
12 
12 
649 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,193 
432 
32 
39 
29 
1,730 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,323 
545 
22 
25 
8 
886 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,237 
576 
11 
7 
4 
402 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
929 
575 
8 
2 
2 
219 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,466 
3,466 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
924 
- 
924 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
783 
- 
- 
783 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
589 
- 
- 
- 
589 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,019 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12,019 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
357 
- 
- 
- 
- 
357 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
11,662 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11,662 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,041 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
144 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
117 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,071 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
796 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,118 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
15,940 
419 
137 
64 
34 
1,195 
_ 
number 
921,508 
54,645 
2,470 
2,104 
750 
60,853 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,855 
40 
56 
21 
11 
236 
- 
10 to 49 
8,707 
174 
71 
33 
18 
685 
- 
50 to 99 
2,410 
76 
8 
7 
4 
185 
- 
100 to 199 
1,237 
58 
1 
1 
1 
52 
- 
200 to 499 
540 
52 
1 
2 
- 
22 
- 
500 or more 
191 
19 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
14,729 
392 
120 
54 
30 
1,121 
_ 
number 
509,861 
29,648 
1,694 
1,176 
(D) 
34,158 
- 
Beef cows farms 
14,644 
392 
120 
54 
30 
1,121 
_ 
number 
495,381 
29,648 
1,661 
1,176 
(D) 
34,138 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,660 
52 
58 
19 
16 
323 
- 
1 0 to 49 
8,502 
197 
59 
30 
12 
652 
- 
50 to 99 
1,562 
50 
2 
3 
2 
92 
- 
100 to 199 
649 
59 
1 
1 
- 
35 
- 
200 to 499 
229 
29 
- 
1 
- 
16 
- 
500 or more 
42 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
176 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
