Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,788 
492 
762 
158 
191 
178 
acres 
1,200,467 
2,136 
18,426 
9,168 
15,865 
20,633 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
30,167 
9,568 
11,321 
1,505 
1,578 
1,215 
acres 
5,140,660 
44,215 
255,052 
86,737 
128,092 
139,854 
Partnership 
farms 
2,685 
428 
667 
106 
172 
125 
acres 
2,733,462 
1,866 
16,129 
6,117 
14,150 
14,495 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,305 
353 
556 
95 
146 
102 
acres 
2,591,019 
1,539 
13,608 
5,484 
11,970 
1 1 ,833 
Corporation 
farms 
3,463 
377 
664 
167 
197 
135 
acres 
3,790,562 
1,762 
16,099 
9,646 
16,406 
15,580 
Family held 
farms 
3,157 
324 
586 
147 
179 
117 
acres 
3,466,028 
1,514 
14,296 
8,520 
14,886 
13,533 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
94 
7 
18 
7 
8 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,063 
317 
568 
140 
171 
115 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
53 
78 
20 
18 
18 
acres 
324,534 
248 
1,803 
1,126 
1,520 
2,047 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
33 
3 
4 
4 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
273 
50 
74 
16 
18 
17 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
934 
186 
328 
48 
71 
38 
acres 
3,083,423 
807 
7,112 
2,823 
5,853 
4,338 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,746 
1,733 
3,522 
662 
754 
606 
workers 
256,036 
8,524 
37,123 
11,712 
17,085 
12,587 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
6,067 
548 
1,340 
311 
412 
370 
workers 
56,387 
1,412 
4,446 
1,654 
2,506 
2,144 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
9,398 
1,374 
2,940 
566 
634 
488 
workers 
199,649 
7,112 
32,677 
10,058 
14,579 
10,443 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,314 
102 
388 
125 
119 
88 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
83 
32 
24 
5 
10 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,457 
5,370 
6,559 
926 
948 
673 
workers 
40,375 
12,654 
15,204 
2,234 
2,285 
1,441 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
10,559 
10,559 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,980 
- 
12,980 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,826 
- 
- 
1,826 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,018 
- 
- 
- 
2,018 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,513 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,513 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,180 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
739 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
527 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
1,805 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,508 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,123 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1,471 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,620 
50 
188 
45 
88 
68 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,924 
982 
449 
46 
65 
54 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
4,825 
1,460 
1,844 
304 
333 
215 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,753 
956 
546 
58 
64 
49 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,926 
575 
2,748 
536 
661 
508 
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) . 
7,926 
575 
2,748 
536 
661 
508 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,008 
2,554 
3,695 
499 
529 
362 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
116 
11 
22 
3 
9 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
471 
64 
42 
13 
19 
32 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
485 
228 
196 
10 
23 
17 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,016 
534 
366 
24 
34 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
1,407 
716 
508 
66 
47 
33 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,698 
2,429 
2,376 
222 
146 
143 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,861 
2,912 
4,293 
682 
740 
535 
number 
1,162,792 
26,572 
52,006 
19,224 
32,901 
33,922 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,205 
2,506 
2,759 
266 
248 
134 
1 0 to 49 
3,869 
365 
1,450 
359 
422 
287 
50 to 99 
662 
7 
62 
39 
46 
64 
100 to 199 
430 
15 
12 
10 
14 
27 
200 to 499 
352 
12 
5 
2 
5 
12 
500 or more 
343 
7 
5 
6 
5 
11 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
9,816 
2,108 
3,531 
604 
642 
470 
number 
478,841 
9,713 
25,350 
8,690 
10,370 
15,952 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
76 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
