Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mississippi 
Adams 
Alcorn 
Amite 
Attala 
Benton 
Bolivar 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,581 
48 
87 
145 
131 
75 
250 
workers 
32,307 
125 
172 
660 
307 
163 
901 
$1 ,000 payroll 
266,511 
1,111 
1,171 
1,166 
1,411 
1,168 
13,733 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
4,424 
24 
43 
43 
69 
29 
60 
workers 
4,424 
24 
43 
43 
69 
29 
60 
2 workers 
farms 
2,649 
12 
29 
29 
28 
29 
73 
workers 
5,298 
24 
58 
58 
56 
58 
146 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
2,040 
1 
10 
53 
20 
13 
52 
workers 
6,937 
(D) 
39 
169 
68 
43 
186 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1,016 
8 
4 
11 
10 
2 
48 
workers 
6,230 
44 
(D) 
69 
64 
(D) 
285 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
452 
3 
1 
9 
4 
2 
17 
workers 
9,418 
(D) 
(D) 
321 
50 
(D) 
224 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,089 
18 
18 
40 
30 
31 
178 
workers 
1 1 ,430 
51 
43 
70 
84 
58 
523 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,961 
12 
10 
20 
18 
20 
47 
workers 
1,961 
12 
10 
20 
18 
20 
47 
2 workers 
farms 
920 
- 
2 
15 
2 
4 
53 
workers 
1,840 
- 
4 
30 
4 
8 
106 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
714 
3 
4 
3 
5 
4 
49 
workers 
2,388 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
14 
169 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
348 
1 
1 
2 
3 
3 
23 
workers 
2,127 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
133 
10 workers or more 
farms 
146 
2 
1 
- 
2 
- 
6 
workers 
3,114 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
68 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,167 
33 
78 
131 
111 
57 
146 
workers 
20,877 
74 
129 
590 
223 
105 
378 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
3,571 
13 
46 
46 
58 
24 
55 
workers 
3,571 
13 
46 
46 
58 
24 
55 
2 workers 
farms 
2,333 
13 
23 
20 
30 
24 
46 
workers 
4,666 
26 
46 
40 
60 
48 
92 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,534 
1 
7 
53 
15 
6 
21 
workers 
5,117 
(D) 
(D) 
171 
47 
18 
69 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
507 
6 
2 
4 
6 
3 
19 
workers 
2,961 
(D) 
(D) 
31 
(D) 
15 
106 
10 workers or more 
farms 
222 
8 
2 
- 
5 
workers 
4,562 
- 
- 
302 
(D) 
- 
56 
Reported only workers working 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,414 
15 
9 
14 
20 
18 
104 
workers 
5,753 
42 
28 
25 
60 
33 
257 
$1 ,000 payroll 
99,123 
(D) 
603 
321 
942 
958 
5,199 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
6,492 
30 
69 
105 
101 
44 
72 
workers 
14,641 
62 
117 
408 
201 
78 
173 
$1 ,000 payroll 
30,136 
83 
179 
453 
219 
91 
527 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
1,675 
3 
9 
26 
10 
13 
74 
150 days or more, workers 
5,677 
9 
15 
45 
24 
25 
266 
less than 1 50 days, workers 
6,236 
12 
12 
182 
22 
27 
205 
$1 ,000 payroll 
137,252 
(D) 
390 
393 
250 
119 
8,007 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
152 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
3 
workers 
2,220 
- 
(D) 
3 
- 
- 
11 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
129 
_ 
2 
3 
_ 
_ 
3 
workers 
1,908 
- 
(D) 
3 
- 
- 
11 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
312 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
15,973 
84 
215 
262 
167 
119 
128 
workers 
34,033 
216 
454 
590 
346 
219 
230 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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