Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
180 to 219 
220 to 259 
260 to 499 
500 to 999 
1,000 to 1,999 
2,000 or more 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
113 
65 
67 
257 
217 
153 
135 
acres 
17,968 
12,855 
15,956 
92,620 
155,116 
214,775 
624,949 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
883 
525 
378 
1,220 
914 
552 
508 
acres 
139,427 
103,854 
89,556 
437,327 
631,442 
763,471 
2,321,633 
Partnership 
farms 
109 
80 
54 
222 
207 
168 
347 
acres 
17,342 
15,769 
12,862 
81,017 
149,478 
228,229 
2,176,008 
Registered under state law 
farms 
90 
66 
52 
190 
179 
149 
327 
acres 
14,280 
13,068 
12,400 
70,036 
128,754 
201,956 
2,106,091 
Corporation 
farms 
144 
103 
72 
303 
344 
371 
586 
acres 
22,721 
20,528 
17,295 
110,308 
245,842 
540,427 
2,773,948 
Family held 
farms 
131 
98 
61 
273 
319 
357 
565 
acres 
20,664 
19,516 
14,692 
99,432 
227,142 
522,170 
2,509,663 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
4 
8 
6 
8 
7 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
128 
94 
53 
267 
311 
350 
549 
Other than family held 
farms 
13 
5 
11 
30 
25 
14 
21 
acres 
2,057 
1,012 
2,603 
10,876 
18,700 
18,257 
264,285 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
6 
8 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10 
5 
10 
24 
17 
12 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
44 
31 
23 
60 
43 
32 
30 
acres 
6,975 
6,024 
5,388 
21,809 
29,402 
43,736 
2,949,156 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
443 
296 
236 
831 
784 
709 
1,170 
workers 
14,771 
10,937 
8,239 
35,758 
28,459 
31,475 
39,366 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
285 
197 
138 
566 
528 
483 
889 
workers 
3,127 
1,712 
1,417 
7,281 
7,035 
8,306 
15,347 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
346 
225 
190 
619 
588 
543 
885 
workers 
11,644 
9,225 
6,822 
28,477 
21,424 
23,169 
24,019 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
80 
42 
35 
110 
112 
66 
47 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
503 
299 
212 
684 
498 
353 
432 
workers 
1,121 
682 
465 
1,518 
1,036 
786 
949 
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 
1,180 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
69 
47 
61 
276 
359 
461 
908 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
18 
26 
14 
65 
84 
55 
66 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
170 
87 
67 
167 
97 
45 
36 
production (1114) 
16 
15 
9 
23 
11 
3 
3 
Other crop farming (1119) 
478 
291 
200 
729 
606 
391 
203 
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) . 
478 
291 
200 
729 
606 
391 
203 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
253 
165 
118 
310 
209 
112 
202 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
7 
3 
2 
14 
13 
3 
18 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
31 
21 
107 
71 
24 
15 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
2 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3 
8 
6 
13 
6 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
7 
3 
6 
7 
9 
3 
2 
production (1125, 1129) 
126 
61 
23 
89 
40 
25 
18 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
386 
271 
193 
611 
460 
288 
490 
number 
42,579 
36,254 
39,674 
148,112 
278,827 
114,347 
338,374 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
66 
44 
38 
64 
39 
19 
22 
1 0 to 49 
199 
124 
80 
247 
149 
104 
83 
50 to 99 
50 
47 
29 
92 
88 
58 
80 
1 00 to 1 99 
37 
22 
20 
71 
64 
45 
93 
200 to 499 
20 
20 
19 
62 
47 
34 
114 
500 or more 
14 
14 
7 
75 
73 
28 
98 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
323 
251 
173 
559 
434 
266 
455 
number 
16,170 
15,828 
1 1 ,720 
73,707 
106,085 
66,665 
118,591 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Washington 77 
