Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
14 
11 
9 
34 
10 
3 
acres 
2,170 
2,163 
2,173 
1 1 ,238 
7,225 
3,652 
" 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
190 
116 
68 
165 
26 
8 
acres 
29,806 
22,898 
16,389 
55,320 
16,300 
(D) 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
20 
27 
19 
55 
23 
5 
- 
acres 
3,186 
5,382 
4,486 
19,238 
15,382 
(D) 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
15 
10 
8 
45 
18 
5 
- 
acres 
2,431 
2,019 
1,943 
15,752 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
26 
43 
18 
35 
24 
10 
5 
acres 
3,958 
8,529 
4,417 
12,942 
14,691 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
16 
43 
17 
33 
21 
9 
4 
acres 
2,434 
8,529 
(D) 
(D) 
12,978 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
16 
43 
16 
30 
21 
8 
2 
Other than family held 
farms 
10 
- 
1 
2 
3 
1 
1 
acres 
1,524 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,713 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
1 
2 
3 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
5 
11 
3 
14 
8 
2 
2 
acres 
786 
2,169 
742 
4,685 
5,214 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
122 
109 
60 
126 
59 
22 
6 
workers 
806 
1,133 
506 
1,186 
708 
220 
143 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
63 
74 
44 
94 
54 
21 
6 
workers 
278 
590 
154 
488 
497 
141 
138 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
91 
91 
41 
92 
41 
17 
3 
workers 
528 
543 
352 
698 
211 
79 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
16 
9 
15 
5 
1 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
106 
94 
49 
141 
29 
9 
1 
workers 
267 
245 
125 
360 
65 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
140 to 1 79 acres 
241 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
197 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
108 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
269 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
81 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
3 
1 
5 
4 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
19 
22 
7 
21 
8 
1 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
32 
35 
18 
26 
10 
7 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
19 
5 
1 
20 
3 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
90 
77 
50 
92 
25 
8 
1 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
3 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
87 
77 
49 
90 
25 
8 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
16 
7 
8 
26 
3 
1 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
9 
8 
9 
42 
21 
7 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
9 
8 
5 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
12 
4 
1 
5 
- 
- 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
26 
26 
8 
23 
5 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
58 
50 
41 
113 
44 
13 
4 
number 
(D) 
1,540 
1,974 
8,289 
6,683 
4,616 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
18 
14 
13 
21 
4 
1 0 to 49 
22 
27 
18 
37 
10 
2 
2 
50 to 99 
12 
5 
4 
23 
10 
3 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
6 
3 
3 
21 
7 
1 
2 
200 to 499 
- 
1 
3 
11 
11 
3 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
45 
37 
38 
101 
39 
11 
2 
number 
(D) 
872 
1,250 
4,461 
3,730 
2,144 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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