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 
Total 
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 
5,689 
4,387 
936 
366 
2,803 
2,886 
acres 
391,397 
188,109 
153,232 
50,056 
158,577 
232,820 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,068 
797 
203 
68 
407 
661 
acres 
107,277 
40,495 
38,534 
28,248 
29,400 
77,877 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
4,663 
3,665 
727 
271 
2,464 
2,199 
acres 
258,511 
139,010 
79,463 
40,038 
123,725 
134,786 
Partnership 
farms 
612 
437 
137 
38 
160 
452 
acres 
69,996 
27,270 
37,515 
5,211 
13,043 
56,953 
Registered under state law 
farms 
529 
376 
118 
35 
129 
400 
acres 
56,582 
22,302 
29,509 
4,771 
9,777 
46,805 
Corporation 
farms 
523 
354 
102 
67 
215 
308 
acres 
84,454 
28,395 
44,351 
11,708 
21,315 
63,139 
Family held 
farms 
439 
297 
91 
51 
164 
275 
acres 
73,621 
25,149 
40,485 
7,987 
18,214 
55,407 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
5 
- 
1 
4 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
433 
292 
91 
50 
160 
273 
Other than family held 
farms 
84 
57 
11 
16 
51 
33 
acres 
10,833 
3,246 
3,866 
3,721 
3,101 
7,732 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
4 
1 
- 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
79 
53 
10 
16 
48 
31 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
179 
133 
14 
32 
77 
102 
acres 
23,578 
15,917 
6,548 
1,113 
14,595 
8,983 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,704 
1,130 
410 
164 
746 
958 
workers 
13,713 
6,256 
6,040 
1,417 
5,480 
8,233 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,078 
672 
297 
109 
434 
644 
workers 
6,663 
3,052 
2,811 
800 
2,769 
3,894 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,149 
750 
292 
107 
521 
628 
workers 
7,050 
3,204 
3,229 
617 
2,711 
4,339 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
79 
31 
42 
6 
30 
49 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
2 
1 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,261 
2,566 
504 
191 
1,361 
1,900 
workers 
8,319 
6,318 
1,442 
559 
3,094 
5,225 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,768 
1,568 
70 
130 
846 
922 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,403 
1,931 
325 
147 
1,217 
1,186 
50 to 69 acres 
460 
322 
95 
43 
224 
236 
70 to 99 acres 
389 
260 
108 
21 
172 
217 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
279 
165 
97 
17 
152 
127 
140 to 1 79 acres 
189 
113 
72 
4 
80 
109 
180 to 219 acres 
142 
96 
32 
14 
82 
60 
220 to 259 acres 
60 
31 
23 
6 
32 
28 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
68 
96 
13 
75 
102 
500 to 999 acres 
67 
22 
39 
6 
26 
41 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
29 
11 
16 
2 
8 
21 
2,000 acres or more 
14 
2 
7 
5 
2 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
78 
48 
27 
3 
39 
39 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
574 
410 
92 
72 
286 
288 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
220 
42 
8 
107 
163 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
1,115 
961 
77 
77 
585 
530 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,007 
673 
288 
46 
553 
454 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
39 
14 
24 
1 
20 
19 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
968 
659 
264 
45 
533 
435 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
693 
512 
136 
45 
400 
293 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
6 
3 
3 
- 
1 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
146 
34 
88 
24 
58 
88 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
160 
130 
28 
2 
81 
79 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
175 
155 
12 
8 
71 
104 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
246 
208 
24 
14 
131 
115 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,507 
1,235 
163 
109 
604 
903 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,452 
915 
425 
112 
749 
703 
number 
48,278 
11,220 
33,362 
3,696 
13,380 
34,898 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
887 
672 
165 
50 
482 
405 
10 to 49 
418 
226 
156 
36 
220 
198 
50 to 99 
56 
8 
29 
19 
20 
36 
1 00 to 1 99 
38 
4 
31 
3 
16 
22 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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