Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hampden 
Hampshire 
Middlesex 
Nantucket 
Norfolk 
Plymouth 
Suffolk 
Worcester 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
139 
245 
285 
8 
122 
342 
9 
362 
workers 
1,040 
1,370 
2,324 
30 
626 
1,612 
39 
2,467 
$1 ,000 payroll 
5,407 
1 1 ,374 
31,460 
449 
7,769 
20,380 
648 
20,508 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
28 
73 
76 
5 
24 
101 
2 
114 
workers 
28 
73 
76 
5 
24 
101 
2 
114 
2 workers 
farms 
50 
37 
31 
- 
18 
75 
- 
61 
workers 
100 
74 
62 
- 
36 
150 
- 
122 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
18 
39 
64 
_ 
37 
75 
2 
82 
workers 
61 
140 
213 
- 
127 
250 
(D) 
277 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
19 
57 
57 
2 
32 
52 
5 
48 
workers 
117 
363 
426 
(D) 
227 
335 
(D) 
282 
10 workers or more 
farms 
24 
39 
57 
1 
11 
39 
57 
workers 
734 
720 
1,547 
(D) 
212 
776 
- 
1,672 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
73 
140 
204 
3 
92 
183 
6 
198 
workers 
238 
548 
1,126 
(D) 
268 
617 
18 
825 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
23 
45 
55 
- 
19 
87 
- 
70 
workers 
23 
45 
55 
- 
19 
87 
- 
70 
2 workers 
farms 
25 
25 
44 
- 
38 
48 
- 
29 
workers 
50 
50 
88 
- 
76 
96 
- 
58 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
12 
39 
54 
2 
22 
13 
6 
58 
workers 
(D) 
134 
174 
(D) 
73 
40 
18 
199 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
9 
20 
35 
1 
10 
24 
- 
26 
workers 
68 
119 
223 
(D) 
63 
138 
- 
158 
10 workers or more 
farms 
4 
11 
16 
3 
11 
- 
15 
workers 
(D) 
200 
586 
- 
37 
256 
- 
340 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
98 
189 
212 
8 
80 
253 
8 
275 
workers 
802 
822 
1,198 
(D) 
358 
995 
21 
1,642 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
15 
61 
63 
6 
30 
70 
2 
105 
workers 
15 
61 
63 
6 
30 
70 
2 
105 
2 workers 
farms 
32 
39 
38 
- 
5 
48 
- 
55 
workers 
64 
78 
76 
- 
10 
96 
- 
110 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
20 
36 
41 
2 
20 
78 
6 
49 
workers 
66 
136 
138 
(D) 
71 
258 
19 
163 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
10 
33 
42 
18 
37 
- 
39 
workers 
62 
212 
270 
- 
114 
249 
- 
251 
10 workers or more 
farms 
21 
20 
28 
- 
7 
20 
- 
27 
workers 
595 
335 
651 
- 
133 
322 
- 
1,013 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
41 
56 
73 
- 
42 
89 
1 
87 
workers 
83 
229 
242 
- 
112 
305 
(D) 
273 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,311 
3,247 
5,433 
2,634 
7,024 
(D) 
5,267 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
66 
105 
81 
5 
30 
159 
3 
164 
workers 
336 
403 
237 
5 
112 
475 
6 
453 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,372 
1,151 
1,685 
10 
491 
2,455 
(D) 
1,419 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
32 
84 
131 
3 
50 
94 
5 
111 
1 50 days or more, workers 
155 
319 
884 
16 
156 
312 
(D) 
552 
less than 150 days, workers 
466 
419 
961 
9 
246 
520 
15 
1,189 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,723 
6,976 
24,343 
439 
4,644 
10,901 
465 
13,823 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
13 
10 
14 
1 
6 
13 
- 
36 
workers 
85 
62 
97 
(D) 
28 
110 
- 
173 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
13 
10 
14 
1 
6 
11 
- 
36 
workers 
85 
62 
97 
(D) 
28 
(D) 
" 
173 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
298 
399 
380 
10 
122 
394 
2 
863 
workers 
959 
1,009 
835 
(D) 
290 
923 
(D) 
2,278 
238 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
