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 
464 
851 
792 
729 
920 
2,520 
acres 
37,833 
49,621 
56,042 
37,035 
35,581 
96,285 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
30 
60 
63 
34 
38 
121 
acres 
3,203 
2,802 
5,105 
1,122 
1,898 
5,795 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
359 
729 
694 
643 
830 
2,265 
acres 
28,575 
40,080 
38,615 
30,230 
32,230 
81,788 
Partnership 
farms 
48 
65 
60 
48 
48 
136 
acres 
5,124 
4,657 
3,756 
3,211 
1,239 
7,653 
Registered under state law 
farms 
30 
47 
35 
45 
24 
83 
acres 
3,090 
3,822 
2,380 
2,940 
805 
5,221 
Corporation 
farms 
64 
65 
49 
36 
32 
148 
acres 
3,967 
5,095 
14,324 
3,087 
1,935 
7,689 
Family held 
farms 
59 
50 
42 
28 
25 
108 
acres 
3,850 
4,861 
13,543 
2,739 
1,907 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
59 
50 
40 
28 
25 
108 
Other than family held 
farms 
5 
15 
7 
8 
7 
40 
acres 
117 
234 
781 
348 
28 
(D) 
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 
231 
294 
202 
130 
156 
561 
workers 
950 
1,039 
746 
409 
616 
2,063 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
119 
132 
75 
50 
70 
341 
workers 
366 
348 
243 
112 
197 
778 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
177 
228 
161 
91 
118 
377 
workers 
584 
691 
503 
297 
419 
1,285 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
7 
1 
. 
6 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
256 
490 
453 
410 
453 
1,405 
workers 
673 
1,228 
1,101 
1,054 
1,118 
3,415 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
107 
261 
233 
236 
344 
946 
1 0 to 49 acres 
177 
309 
317 
297 
373 
1,111 
50 to 69 acres 
52 
71 
64 
51 
52 
171 
70 to 99 acres 
41 
79 
88 
58 
80 
116 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
33 
59 
54 
43 
38 
140 
140 to 1 79 acres 
18 
35 
15 
35 
14 
57 
180 to 219 acres 
17 
32 
14 
14 
7 
26 
220 to 259 acres 
10 
15 
7 
5 
13 
12 
260 to 499 acres 
32 
24 
37 
2 
11 
45 
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) 
4 
4 
2 
3 
12 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
64 
168 
157 
92 
97 
88 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
96 
130 
63 
33 
36 
112 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
85 
166 
105 
35 
112 
216 
Other crop farming (1119) 
106 
195 
219 
204 
247 
431 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
106 
195 
219 
204 
247 
431 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
21 
28 
84 
94 
98 
281 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
18 
16 
20 
33 
38 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
15 
14 
34 
82 
216 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
6 
15 
33 
58 
92 
157 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
99 
151 
142 
175 
136 
1,054 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
69 
132 
217 
194 
142 
428 
number 
1,923 
1,768 
2,356 
1,457 
1,002 
2,234 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9 
60 
133 
145 
106 
378 
10 to 49 
47 
68 
80 
48 
36 
49 
50 to 99 
11 
4 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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