Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
353 
699 
687 
630 
808 
2,367 
acres 
29,339 
38,546 
31,419 
30,074 
29,726 
95,614 
Partnership 
farms 
49 
67 
59 
42 
50 
147 
acres 
4,309 
5,580 
3,632 
2,936 
1,531 
7,932 
Registered under state law 
farms 
29 
47 
35 
40 
25 
93 
acres 
2,975 
3,905 
2,380 
2,871 
891 
5,376 
Corporation 
farms 
62 
64 
50 
34 
27 
161 
acres 
4,096 
3,358 
14,387 
2,955 
1,510 
10,436 
Family held 
farms 
57 
49 
43 
26 
20 
121 
acres 
3,979 
3,124 
13,606 
2,607 
1,482 
8,635 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
57 
49 
41 
26 
20 
121 
Other than family held 
farms 
5 
15 
7 
8 
7 
40 
acres 
117 
234 
781 
348 
28 
1,801 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5 
15 
7 
8 
7 
40 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
22 
31 
32 
21 
23 
80 
acres 
1,787 
2,196 
1,112 
879 
540 
4,388 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
235 
290 
212 
129 
146 
588 
workers 
971 
1,050 
771 
399 
408 
2,313 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
132 
133 
75 
44 
64 
358 
workers 
395 
350 
243 
96 
145 
851 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
177 
223 
171 
96 
107 
394 
workers 
576 
700 
528 
303 
263 
1,462 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
7 
1 
. 
1 
10 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
263 
460 
452 
397 
455 
1,466 
workers 
688 
1,153 
1,108 
1,029 
1,110 
3,560 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
102 
252 
250 
223 
337 
966 
1 0 to 49 acres 
173 
306 
313 
294 
366 
1,145 
50 to 69 acres 
47 
69 
66 
49 
52 
179 
70 to 99 acres 
40 
74 
94 
55 
77 
123 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
35 
58 
48 
43 
33 
154 
140 to 1 79 acres 
17 
36 
14 
35 
16 
57 
180 to 219 acres 
27 
23 
14 
13 
8 
36 
220 to 259 acres 
10 
14 
6 
6 
14 
12 
260 to 499 acres 
29 
24 
17 
2 
4 
78 
500 to 999 acres 
4 
5 
4 
4 
- 
4 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3 
5 
2 
3 
12 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
55 
170 
164 
91 
97 
89 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
99 
130 
65 
33 
37 
112 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
90 
157 
108 
35 
112 
223 
Other crop farming (1119) 
94 
183 
190 
194 
226 
524 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
94 
183 
190 
194 
226 
524 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
22 
30 
84 
93 
96 
285 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
16 
16 
20 
33 
40 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
13 
16 
28 
76 
228 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
6 
14 
33 
59 
92 
157 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
105 
143 
150 
171 
139 
1,061 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
67 
133 
216 
194 
143 
434 
number 
2,056 
1,946 
2,293 
1,477 
1,038 
2,265 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9 
55 
134 
145 
105 
383 
1 0 to 49 
42 
73 
78 
48 
38 
50 
50 to 99 
14 
5 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
49 
101 
146 
149 
114 
273 
number 
871 
957 
1,020 
721 
578 
980 
Beef cows 
farms 
42 
91 
127 
128 
105 
255 
number 
771 
898 
898 
639 
(D) 
841 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
12 
51 
96 
111 
89 
239 
10 to 49 
25 
40 
31 
17 
16 
16 
50 to 99 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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