Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
2,072 
3,782 
3,866 
4,309 
4,617 
10,009 
acres 
572,426 
495,294 
275,597 
183,646 
167,098 
437,641 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
266 
310 
251 
189 
173 
430 
acres 
93,954 
56,122 
27,120 
11,869 
16,104 
46,272 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,708 
3,317 
3,495 
4,008 
4,346 
9,220 
acres 
432,953 
408,673 
234,872 
161,564 
135,936 
355,736 
Partnership 
farms 
188 
245 
201 
170 
155 
411 
acres 
70,921 
34,081 
(D) 
12,409 
27,987 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
150 
199 
165 
121 
120 
325 
acres 
53,124 
28,940 
(D) 
(D) 
26,335 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
228 
251 
195 
145 
110 
351 
acres 
88,994 
53,182 
25,119 
6,764 
7,015 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
209 
224 
172 
131 
98 
319 
acres 
(D) 
51,256 
23,003 
6,258 
6,795 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
6 
2 
1 
6 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
205 
218 
170 
130 
92 
309 
Other than family held 
farms 
19 
27 
23 
14 
12 
32 
acres 
(D) 
1,926 
2,116 
506 
220 
2,572 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
19 
26 
22 
14 
12 
32 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
79 
103 
94 
94 
98 
241 
acres 
34,242 
27,212 
(D) 
10,337 
7,681 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
868 
1,131 
860 
755 
627 
1,448 
workers 
5,433 
5,244 
3,030 
2,487 
1,799 
4,567 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
269 
284 
205 
208 
169 
544 
workers 
531 
567 
440 
370 
315 
1,164 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
725 
959 
728 
588 
490 
1,105 
workers 
4,902 
4,677 
2,590 
2,117 
1,484 
3,403 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
85 
54 
15 
13 
7 
20 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
20 
6 
- 
1 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,022 
2,009 
2,027 
2,251 
2,365 
5,300 
workers 
2,221 
4,835 
4,827 
5,240 
5,512 
12,329 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
379 
1,003 
1,129 
1,581 
1,948 
4,258 
1 0 to 49 acres 
672 
1,233 
1,546 
1,921 
2,075 
4,229 
50 to 69 acres 
107 
209 
262 
243 
228 
404 
70 to 99 acres 
142 
293 
285 
247 
160 
413 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
110 
230 
225 
131 
88 
298 
140 to 1 79 acres 
97 
168 
177 
112 
62 
203 
180 to 219 acres 
75 
124 
83 
43 
52 
104 
220 to 259 acres 
40 
82 
56 
36 
25 
54 
260 to 499 acres 
178 
324 
159 
68 
44 
147 
500 to 999 acres 
247 
189 
39 
29 
13 
68 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
108 
51 
19 
3 
8 
29 
2,000 acres or more 
48 
10 
5 
3 
6 
16 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
158 
160 
81 
45 
39 
30 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
97 
231 
349 
413 
256 
108 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
460 
613 
409 
364 
234 
393 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
192 
450 
226 
182 
134 
235 
Other crop farming (1119) 
612 
1,053 
1,078 
1,129 
1,352 
1,606 
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) 
612 
1,053 
1,078 
1,129 
1,352 
1,606 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
398 
908 
1,232 
1,415 
1,429 
2,989 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
19 
27 
5 
5 
- 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
12 
4 
1 
1 
- 
74 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
16 
45 
59 
175 
183 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
6 
20 
31 
81 
219 
593 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
38 
80 
103 
189 
322 
654 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
207 
354 
425 
534 
549 
3,354 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
580 
1,192 
1,432 
1,548 
1,592 
3,693 
number 
26,256 
32,002 
20,866 
14,354 
10,940 
35,140 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
65 
286 
621 
995 
1,225 
2,886 
10 to 49 
313 
759 
777 
544 
366 
749 
50 to 99 
152 
121 
31 
8 
1 
30 
1 00 to 1 99 
46 
18 
2 
1 
- 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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