Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Totai 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
30,009 
10,882 
2,807 
23,525 
20,173 
acres 
12,182,635 
4,443,367 
5,727,686 
2,011,582 
6,118,261 
6,064,374 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,485 
903 
378 
204 
737 
748 
acres 
989,018 
299,692 
429,011 
260,315 
411,861 
577,157 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
39,351 
27,731 
9,496 
2,124 
21,769 
17,582 
acres 
8,154,759 
3,572,401 
3,722,511 
859,847 
4,786,128 
3,368,631 
Partnership 
farms 
3,344 
1,405 
1,234 
705 
1,121 
2,223 
acres 
4,299,853 
639,018 
2,145,122 
1,515,713 
1,174,458 
3,125,395 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,469 
882 
976 
611 
837 
1,632 
acres 
3,803,864 
505,609 
1,921,506 
1 ,376,749 
1,077,187 
2,726,677 
Corporation 
farms 
1,842 
1,176 
456 
210 
932 
910 
acres 
1,164,901 
492,112 
446,745 
226,044 
597,903 
566,998 
Family held 
farms 
1,643 
1,043 
425 
175 
819 
824 
acres 
1,047,260 
442,917 
421,815 
182,528 
532,227 
515,033 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
32 
16 
10 
6 
15 
17 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,611 
1,027 
415 
169 
804 
807 
Other than family held 
farms 
199 
133 
31 
35 
113 
86 
acres 
117,641 
49,195 
24,930 
43,516 
65,676 
51,965 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
22 
22 
- 
- 
16 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
177 
111 
31 
35 
97 
80 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
534 
441 
73 
20 
255 
279 
acres 
191,273 
142,425 
38,108 
10,740 
105,726 
85,547 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,715 
6,100 
4,232 
1,383 
5,877 
5,838 
workers 
33,104 
14,642 
13,162 
5,300 
14,824 
18,280 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,732 
2,412 
2,254 
1,066 
2,652 
3,080 
workers 
13,663 
4,974 
5,651 
3,038 
5,445 
8,218 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,325 
4,432 
3,013 
880 
4,227 
4,098 
workers 
19,441 
9,668 
7,511 
2,262 
9,379 
10,062 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
205 
39 
84 
82 
89 
116 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
24 
12 
2 
10 
10 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,073 
13,156 
4,923 
994 
8,256 
10,817 
workers 
43,305 
29,462 
11,679 
2,164 
16,562 
26,743 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,918 
1,766 
45 
107 
971 
947 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1 1 ,947 
10,503 
988 
456 
6,180 
5,767 
50 to 69 acres 
3,827 
3,038 
660 
129 
2,130 
1,697 
70 to 99 acres 
4,986 
3,798 
934 
254 
2,695 
2,291 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,737 
3,335 
1,151 
251 
2,636 
2,101 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,081 
2,063 
860 
158 
1,806 
1,275 
180 to 219 acres 
2,343 
1,394 
825 
124 
1,266 
1,077 
220 to 259 acres 
1,654 
954 
621 
79 
910 
744 
260 to 499 acres 
4,725 
2,262 
2,177 
286 
2,595 
2,130 
500 to 999 acres 
2,598 
1,043 
1,228 
327 
1,407 
1,191 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,760 
367 
945 
448 
870 
890 
2,000 acres or more 
1,495 
230 
825 
440 
611 
884 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,234 
928 
1,789 
1,517 
2,460 
1,774 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
441 
367 
41 
33 
223 
218 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
403 
366 
29 
8 
190 
213 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
252 
217 
20 
15 
121 
131 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,838 
7,247 
1,265 
326 
5,435 
3,403 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
286 
39 
124 
123 
139 
147 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
8,552 
7,208 
1,141 
203 
5,296 
3,256 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
22,009 
14,452 
6,623 
934 
11,751 
10,258 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
106 
44 
58 
4 
47 
59 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
228 
166 
52 
10 
105 
123 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,298 
2,477 
783 
38 
1,389 
1,909 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,111 
977 
88 
46 
453 
658 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,148 
3,509 
511 
128 
1,901 
2,247 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,866 
16,596 
8,210 
1,060 
13,451 
12,415 
number 
1,615,774 
710,790 
836,155 
68,829 
847,770 
768,004 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,075 
4,195 
648 
232 
2,512 
2,563 
1 0 to 49 
13,049 
8,860 
3,624 
565 
6,955 
6,094 
50 to 99 
4,124 
2,195 
1,813 
116 
2,206 
1,918 
100 to 199 
2,155 
884 
1,186 
85 
1,057 
1,098 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
220 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
