NAICS 2022
11
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Analysis
NAICS 11 is the 2022 sector for agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting. Census lists 632 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 22,752 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 161,334 people at an average annual payroll of $56,903 per employee (27th percentile of national industries). 70% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Across its national industries Census lists 632 index entries; typical ones are soybean farming, field and seed production, canola farming, field and seed production, bean farming, dry, field and seed production and wheat farming, field and seed production.
Its goods appear in 1476 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 0304 (fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced)…), 2401 (unmanufactured tobacco (whether or not threshed or…) and 0302 (fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 5 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 115 (Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry) with 11,886.
Its more detailed codes are 111 Crop Production, 112 Animal Production and Aquaculture, 113 Forestry and Logging (7,917 establishments), 114 Fishing, Hunting and Trapping (2,949 establishments) and 115 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (11,886 establishments).
Official definition
The Sector as a Whole
The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats.
The establishments in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, or hatcheries. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or a number of separate tracts which may be held under different tenures. For example, one tract may be owned by the farm operator and another rented. It may be operated by the operator alone or with the assistance of members of the household or hired employees, or it may be operated by a partnership, corporation, or other type of organization. When a landowner has one or more tenants, renters, croppers, or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm.
The sector distinguishes two basic activities: agricultural production and agricultural support activities. Agricultural production includes establishments performing the complete farm or ranch operation, such as farm owner-operators and tenant farm operators. Agricultural support activities include establishments that perform one or more activities associated with farm operation, such as soil preparation, planting, harvesting, and management, on a contract or fee basis.
Excluded from the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector are establishments primarily engaged in agricultural research (e.g., experimental farms) and government establishments primarily engaged in administering programs for regulating and conserving land, mineral, wildlife, and forest use. These establishments are classified in Industry 54171, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences; and Industry 92412, Administration of Conservation Programs, respectively.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (632)
- Soybean farming, field and seed production
- Canola farming, field and seed production
- Bean farming, dry, field and seed production
- Wheat farming, field and seed production
- Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production
- Rice (except wild rice) farming, field and seed production
- Oilseed and grain combination farming, field and seed production
- Barley farming, field and seed production
- Potato farming, field and seed potato production
- Acorn squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
- Orange groves
- Citrus groves (except orange)
- Apple orchards
- Grape farming without making wine
- Strawberry farming
- Berry (except strawberry) farming
- Almond farming
- Fruit and tree nut combination farming
- Apricot farming
- Mushroom farming
- Alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover
- Azalea farming
- Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants)
- Tobacco farming, field and seed production
- Cotton farming, field and seed production
- Cane farming, sugar, field production
- Alfalfa hay farming
- Sugar beet farming
- Peanut farming
- Agave farming
- Backgrounding, cattle
- Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation)
- Dairy cattle farming
- Farrow-to-finish operations
- Chicken egg production
- Broiler chicken production
- Egg production, turkey
- Chicken hatcheries
- Chukar partridge production
- Dairy sheep farming