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 
3,073 
39 
87 
238 
850 
1,076 
783 
acres 
144,068 
621 
4,204 
7,649 
34,543 
59,270 
37,781 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
453 
7 
25 
55 
158 
104 
104 
acres 
24,396 
26 
652 
1,661 
6,805 
10,959 
4,293 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
2,607 
31 
73 
182 
696 
950 
675 
acres 
98,344 
525 
4,027 
5,649 
23,707 
39,893 
24,543 
Partnership 
farms 
288 
8 
33 
26 
83 
75 
63 
acres 
20,018 
96 
621 
776 
5,482 
7,881 
5,162 
Registered under state law 
farms 
252 
7 
32 
19 
79 
70 
45 
acres 
16,591 
26 
617 
616 
5,227 
7,615 
2,490 
Corporation 
farms 
204 
- 
4 
22 
61 
64 
53 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
865 
4,554 
14,871 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
157 
- 
1 
21 
45 
48 
42 
acres 
24,631 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
154 
- 
1 
21 
45 
47 
40 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
- 
3 
1 
16 
16 
11 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
366 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
44 
- 
3 
- 
15 
15 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
112 
- 
3 
17 
42 
35 
15 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,595 
3,832 
4,294 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
606 
7 
20 
62 
165 
174 
178 
workers 
2,244 
21 
58 
198 
508 
805 
654 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
305 
1 
3 
36 
105 
85 
75 
workers 
944 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
247 
351 
248 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
424 
7 
18 
46 
92 
123 
138 
workers 
1,300 
(D) 
(D) 
108 
261 
454 
406 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
10 
_ 
_ 
7 
3 
_ 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,805 
14 
54 
129 
535 
629 
444 
workers 
4,372 
55 
153 
302 
1,316 
1,547 
999 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,084 
30 
46 
94 
284 
352 
278 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,343 
6 
37 
94 
387 
482 
337 
50 to 69 acres 
244 
- 
3 
15 
72 
86 
68 
70 to 99 acres 
186 
1 
12 
25 
50 
66 
32 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
135 
2 
6 
11 
38 
44 
34 
140 to 1 79 acres 
80 
- 
3 
4 
24 
30 
19 
180 to 219 acres 
49 
- 
- 
- 
8 
18 
23 
220 to 259 acres 
15 
- 
- 
1 
1 
11 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
49 
- 
6 
1 
12 
23 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
- 
- 
2 
4 
10 
4 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
32 
- 
2 
5 
9 
7 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
219 
1 
11 
28 
60 
80 
39 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
150 
" 
2 
9 
41 
58 
40 
production (1114) 
603 
6 
22 
39 
192 
172 
172 
Other crop farming (1119) 
566 
13 
23 
25 
106 
232 
167 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
563 
13 
23 
24 
106 
231 
166 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
445 
- 
5 
29 
136 
166 
109 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
1 
- 
6 
9 
6 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
102 
- 
1 
17 
34 
30 
20 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
87 
- 
2 
7 
24 
37 
17 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
180 
12 
25 
8 
51 
47 
37 
production (1125, 1129) 
788 
6 
20 
73 
220 
288 
181 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
824 
9 
29 
64 
248 
282 
192 
number 
8,641 
114 
171 
567 
2,806 
2,543 
2,440 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
563 
6 
21 
45 
163 
190 
138 
1 0 to 49 
242 
2 
8 
17 
77 
88 
50 
50 to 99 
13 
1 
- 
2 
5 
3 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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