Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
13 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
15 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
58 
31 
1 
1 
1 
1 
18 
acres 
- 
8,387 
18,111 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
783 
1,529 
24 
76 
20 
230 
73 
327 
workers 
- 
2,049 
3,348 
38 
276 
64 
824 
182 
905 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
100 
340 
2 
57 
9 
122 
14 
97 
workers 
- 
133 
518 
(D) 
175 
(D) 
411 
18 
205 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
- 
702 
1,306 
22 
53 
14 
159 
67 
275 
workers 
- 
1,916 
2,830 
(D) 
101 
(D) 
413 
164 
700 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
. 
4 
4 
1 
3 
. 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
3,229 
4,829 
79 
62 
100 
366 
397 
969 
workers 
- 
7,954 
11,650 
191 
165 
227 
949 
1,046 
2,340 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
46 
231 
3 
32 
71 
107 
259 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
1,509 
1,783 
10 
12 
71 
240 
293 
704 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
831 
880 
10 
9 
19 
67 
78 
163 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
1,048 
1,191 
18 
4 
14 
47 
77 
200 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
1,106 
1,210 
30 
14 
17 
46 
51 
199 
140 to 1 79 acres 
- 
637 
908 
14 
2 
10 
38 
37 
116 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
466 
666 
13 
15 
- 
25 
18 
53 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
300 
495 
15 
15 
6 
11 
6 
45 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
605 
1,226 
34 
44 
1 
65 
23 
84 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
157 
600 
7 
27 
- 
35 
3 
17 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
30 
180 
2 
10 
- 
25 
- 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
3 
60 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
6,738 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
_ 
6,738 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
9,430 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
153 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
155 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
170 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
680 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
693 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,848 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,702 
8,980 
124 
154 
65 
323 
128 
273 
number 
- 
22,893 
326,460 
7,511 
18,135 
451 
22,385 
797 
3,481 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
907 
2,588 
4 
32 
54 
137 
108 
169 
10 to 49 
- 
741 
4,932 
80 
16 
11 
96 
20 
94 
50 to 99 
- 
38 
855 
28 
38 
- 
37 
- 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
13 
388 
6 
43 
- 
21 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
3 
174 
2 
21 
- 
22 
- 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
43 
4 
4 
- 
10 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
_ 
1,477 
7,770 
75 
154 
61 
259 
93 
224 
number 
- 
(D) 
157,384 
1,806 
10,117 
241 
9,825 
424 
2,053 
Beef cows 
farms 
_ 
1,451 
7,744 
75 
35 
51 
239 
89 
213 
number 
- 
(D) 
157,089 
(D) 
864 
(D) 
9,726 
411 
2,026 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
976 
3,309 
9 
12 
46 
90 
82 
148 
10 to 49 
- 
457 
3,813 
60 
20 
5 
91 
7 
59 
50 to 99 
- 
14 
436 
4 
2 
- 
29 
- 
5 
100 to 199 
- 
4 
129 
2 
1 
- 
16 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
48 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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