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 
74 
36 
32 
90 
56 
26 
14 
acres 
11,516 
7,061 
7,709 
31,922 
38,400 
36,999 
47,890 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,744 
1,218 
879 
1,996 
739 
224 
60 
acres 
273,985 
241,621 
208,260 
695,443 
487,133 
294,239 
197,299 
Partnership 
farms 
75 
60 
44 
127 
96 
31 
15 
acres 
11,906 
11,688 
10,575 
44,726 
63,599 
43,796 
44,954 
Registered under state law 
farms 
51 
45 
30 
84 
70 
27 
13 
acres 
8,105 
8,837 
7,175 
29,542 
46,032 
39,041 
37,854 
Corporation 
farms 
32 
31 
25 
48 
46 
21 
7 
acres 
4,990 
6,155 
5,947 
16,540 
31,856 
26,716 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
30 
30 
22 
46 
38 
18 
7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
5,192 
(D) 
26,566 
22,767 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
30 
30 
20 
44 
37 
17 
6 
Other than family held 
farms 
2 
1 
3 
2 
8 
3 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
755 
(D) 
5,290 
3,949 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
3 
2 
7 
2 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
10 
13 
7 
9 
13 
3 
1 
acres 
1,559 
2,483 
1,647 
3,308 
8,926 
4,185 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
324 
204 
178 
491 
321 
143 
56 
workers 
722 
517 
493 
1,298 
1,129 
700 
196 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
51 
47 
45 
122 
125 
83 
46 
workers 
79 
85 
(D) 
208 
409 
298 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
292 
171 
152 
423 
254 
105 
31 
workers 
643 
432 
(D) 
1,090 
720 
402 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
3 
2 
4 
10 
3 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
948 
673 
488 
1,147 
503 
164 
53 
workers 
2,340 
1,654 
1,265 
2,827 
1,261 
401 
120 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,861 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
1,322 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
955 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2,180 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
894 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
279 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
83 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
25 
16 
22 
43 
28 
18 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
27 
14 
11 
14 
6 
1 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
18 
12 
23 
9 
3 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
28 
18 
17 
17 
5 
2 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
637 
466 
300 
606 
157 
30 
3 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
637 
466 
300 
605 
157 
30 
3 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
908 
666 
495 
1,226 
600 
180 
60 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
14 
13 
15 
34 
7 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
15 
15 
44 
27 
10 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
10 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
38 
25 
11 
65 
35 
25 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
37 
18 
6 
23 
3 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
116 
53 
45 
84 
17 
8 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,172 
863 
653 
1,662 
758 
247 
78 
number 
27,494 
25,215 
23,519 
85,150 
77,924 
51,463 
42,155 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
295 
149 
88 
150 
21 
3 
2 
1 0 to 49 
767 
592 
432 
946 
254 
27 
5 
50 to 99 
100 
100 
96 
367 
218 
40 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 
10 
20 
29 
156 
168 
88 
11 
200 to 499 
- 
2 
8 
43 
84 
64 
31 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
13 
25 
26 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,024 
748 
611 
1,530 
674 
237 
73 
number 
14,255 
12,947 
11,891 
42,346 
33,854 
24,810 
16,861 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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