Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
43,698 
39,351 
2,450 
1,851 
acres 
12,182,635 
8,154,759 
3,076,545 
2,710,679 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,485 
897 
549 
527 
acres 
989,018 
374,047 
599,640 
591,678 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
39,351 
39,351 
_ 
_ 
acres 
8,154,759 
8,154,759 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,344 
- 
3,344 
2,469 
acres 
4,299,853 
- 
4,299,853 
3,803,864 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,469 
- 
2,469 
2,469 
acres 
3,803,864 
- 
3,803,864 
3,803,864 
Corporation 
farms 
1,842 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,164,901 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,643 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,047,260 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
32 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,611 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
199 
- 
_ 
_ 
acres 
117,641 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
177 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
534 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
191,273 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,715 
8,657 
1,965 
1,653 
workers 
33,104 
19,839 
8,471 
7,517 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,732 
3,390 
1,555 
1,378 
workers 
13,663 
5,979 
4,843 
4,367 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,325 
6,419 
1,264 
1,045 
workers 
19,441 
13,860 
3,628 
3,150 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
205 
67 
110 
107 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
24 
13 
6 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,073 
17,002 
1,142 
738 
workers 
43,305 
38,596 
2,597 
1,588 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,918 
1,738 
65 
40 
1 0 to 49 acres 
11,947 
11,194 
373 
222 
50 to 69 acres 
3,827 
3,554 
133 
64 
70 to 99 acres 
4,986 
4,631 
189 
92 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,737 
4,357 
199 
109 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,081 
2,855 
92 
55 
180 to 219 acres 
2,343 
2,100 
103 
71 
220 to 259 acres 
1,654 
1,459 
101 
63 
260 to 499 acres 
4,725 
4,050 
335 
215 
500 to 999 acres 
2,598 
1,999 
303 
227 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,760 
923 
595 
527 
2,000 acres or more 
1,495 
491 
856 
784 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,234 
2,378 
1,427 
1,283 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
441 
394 
23 
11 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
403 
350 
18 
13 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
252 
173 
21 
20 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,838 
7,665 
635 
453 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
286 
136 
121 
115 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
8,552 
7,529 
514 
338 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
22,009 
20,496 
862 
470 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
106 
92 
7 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
228 
196 
13 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,298 
2,751 
173 
114 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,111 
1,060 
28 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,148 
3,794 
137 
86 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,866 
23,833 
1,103 
641 
number 
1,615,774 
1,326,338 
138,948 
94,346 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,075 
4,870 
112 
52 
1 0 to 49 
13,049 
12,268 
449 
239 
50 to 99 
4,124 
3,742 
193 
112 
100 to 199 
2,155 
1,871 
148 
96 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
