Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
23,190 
91 
1,448 
3,026 
6,163 
6,769 
5,693 
acres 
3,274,940 
10,104 
151,421 
364,068 
837,550 
1,051,551 
860,246 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
678 
4 
24 
92 
173 
198 
187 
acres 
198,720 
1,622 
4,386 
24,273 
45,187 
55,161 
68,091 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,636 
86 
1,371 
2,875 
5,788 
6,304 
5,212 
acres 
2,762,865 
8,289 
134,676 
326,898 
714,471 
869,231 
709,300 
Partnership 
farms 
1,077 
- 
53 
116 
240 
311 
357 
acres 
382,959 
- 
1 1 ,804 
39,524 
87,595 
126,681 
117,355 
Registered under state law 
farms 
686 
- 
32 
71 
165 
189 
229 
acres 
294,567 
- 
9,722 
31,597 
69,790 
95,325 
88,133 
Corporation 
farms 
718 
5 
37 
80 
172 
219 
205 
acres 
234,400 
1,815 
6,632 
25,699 
45,080 
84,997 
70,177 
Family held 
farms 
633 
3 
30 
68 
155 
191 
186 
acres 
197,050 
(D) 
(D) 
20,038 
37,603 
71,201 
61,028 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
9 
1 
- 
2 
3 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
624 
3 
29 
68 
153 
188 
183 
Other than family held 
farms 
85 
2 
7 
12 
17 
28 
19 
acres 
37,350 
(D) 
(D) 
5,661 
7,477 
13,796 
9,149 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
82 
2 
7 
11 
17 
27 
18 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
325 
- 
4 
28 
75 
101 
117 
acres 
86,996 
- 
919 
4,451 
32,533 
23,365 
25,728 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,145 
9 
194 
474 
1,089 
1,289 
1,090 
workers 
8,690 
21 
435 
1,202 
2,287 
2,679 
2,066 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,361 
2 
63 
150 
366 
412 
368 
workers 
2,433 
(D) 
(D) 
412 
591 
726 
574 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,130 
7 
144 
360 
826 
991 
802 
workers 
6,257 
(D) 
(D) 
790 
1,696 
1,953 
1,492 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
9 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,810 
46 
749 
1,611 
3,034 
3,025 
2,345 
workers 
24,921 
116 
1,873 
4,215 
7,091 
6,762 
4,864 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,250 
5 
134 
198 
388 
310 
215 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7,788 
26 
550 
1,055 
2,064 
2,213 
1,880 
50 to 69 acres 
2,408 
14 
85 
328 
673 
705 
603 
70 to 99 acres 
2,982 
12 
243 
399 
739 
845 
744 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,740 
17 
157 
340 
709 
815 
702 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,681 
2 
95 
213 
378 
520 
473 
180 to 219 acres 
1,153 
1 
54 
140 
316 
343 
299 
220 to 259 acres 
779 
3 
37 
106 
215 
228 
190 
260 to 499 acres 
1,833 
11 
81 
198 
512 
573 
458 
500 to 999 acres 
767 
- 
18 
84 
193 
249 
223 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
249 
- 
7 
28 
63 
83 
68 
2,000 acres or more 
126 
- 
4 
10 
25 
51 
36 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
789 
9 
49 
103 
223 
234 
171 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
232 
- 
25 
18 
57 
76 
56 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
251 
" 
22 
20 
73 
89 
47 
production (1114) 
123 
- 
8 
8 
32 
47 
28 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,968 
8 
194 
595 
1,248 
1,664 
2,259 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
18 
2 
2 
2 
2 
4 
6 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
5,950 
6 
192 
593 
1,246 
1,660 
2,253 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 1 ,988 
59 
892 
1,680 
3,353 
3,503 
2,501 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
16 
- 
5 
1 
3 
3 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
111 
- 
18 
26 
43 
21 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
724 
1 
46 
121 
223 
241 
92 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
734 
6 
70 
143 
225 
192 
98 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,819 
8 
136 
384 
795 
864 
632 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,386 
69 
1,043 
1,930 
3,759 
3,879 
2,706 
number 
521,176 
1,800 
29,461 
72,840 
147,194 
159,184 
110,697 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,352 
9 
299 
556 
951 
892 
645 
1 0 to 49 
7,345 
44 
593 
995 
2,055 
2,171 
1,487 
50 to 99 
1,725 
16 
104 
231 
457 
539 
378 
100 to 199 
664 
- 
35 
95 
208 
204 
122 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 203 
