Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
322 
1 
17 
35 
86 
124 
59 
acres 
103,096 
(D) 
(D) 
3,289 
6,280 
28,571 
64,017 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
33 
2 
5 
10 
13 
3 
acres 
7,762 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
576 
(D) 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
286 
14 
30 
75 
110 
57 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3,136 
6,029 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms 
20 
- 
3 
2 
9 
6 
acres 
3,113 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
564 
2,505 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
17 
- 
3 
2 
7 
5 
- 
acres 
1,371 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
534 
793 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
3 
7 
11 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,577 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
2 
7 
8 
2 
acres 
3,269 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,577 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
2 
7 
8 
2 
Other than family held 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
21 
1 
1 
4 
8 
7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
480 
2,301 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
109 
1 
9 
9 
33 
41 
16 
workers 
467 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
193 
163 
52 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
38 
2 
2 
19 
12 
3 
workers 
149 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
74 
55 
9 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
91 
1 
9 
7 
26 
33 
15 
workers 
318 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
119 
108 
43 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
. 
. 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
178 
1 
7 
25 
58 
66 
21 
workers 
493 
(D) 
(D) 
76 
171 
162 
44 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
115 
1 
8 
12 
42 
38 
14 
1 0 to 49 acres 
80 
- 
7 
8 
26 
30 
9 
50 to 69 acres 
11 
- 
1 
1 
1 
4 
4 
70 to 99 acres 
21 
- 
1 
4 
5 
7 
4 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
20 
- 
- 
2 
4 
12 
2 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
17 
- 
- 
3 
3 
6 
5 
180 to 219 acres 
12 
- 
- 
3 
3 
4 
2 
220 to 259 acres 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
32 
- 
- 
3 
6 
14 
9 
500 to 999 acres 
17 
- 
1 
1 
6 
6 
3 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
50 
- 
4 
8 
18 
15 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
59 
_ 
3 
4 
20 
22 
10 
Other crop farming (1119) 
102 
- 
5 
9 
19 
42 
27 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
102 
. 
5 
9 
19 
42 
27 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
25 
- 
1 
4 
6 
10 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
- 
2 
2 
5 
3 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
14 
- 
2 
- 
5 
6 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
75 
1 
1 
11 
23 
31 
8 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
55 
2 
9 
17 
22 
5 
number 
2,661 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
120 
2,335 
140 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
33 
1 
7 
13 
10 
2 
1 0 to 49 
16 
- 
1 
2 
4 
7 
2 
50 to 99 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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