Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
86,586 
79,601 
78,046 
6,985 
6,587 
23,819 
acres 
103,550,869 
98,147,161 
93,037,650 
5,403,708 
4,502,145 
25,535,910 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,810 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9,143,107 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
106,716 
95,142 
92,834 
1 1 ,574 
10,438 
_ 
acres 
131,272,892 
118,795,904 
110,824,629 
12,476,988 
8,794,912 
- 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
95,142 
92,834 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
118,795,904 
118,795,904 
110,824,629 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2,308 
2,308 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
92,834 
92,834 
92,834 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
11,574 
_ 
_ 
1 1 ,574 
10,438 
_ 
acres 
12,476,988 
- 
- 
12,476,988 
8,794,912 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1,136 
- 
- 
1,136 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10,438 
- 
- 
10,438 
10,438 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35,654 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
64,744,294 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
65,665 
59,149 
57,585 
6,516 
5,714 
12,129 
workers 
802,534 
677,686 
628,096 
124,848 
93,296 
74,105 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
49,235 
44,272 
43,006 
4,963 
4,272 
7,257 
workers 
380,366 
315,142 
284,756 
65,224 
45,375 
33,823 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
41,759 
37,677 
36,722 
4,082 
3,629 
7,651 
workers 
422,168 
362,544 
343,340 
59,624 
47,921 
40,282 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
4,158 
3,742 
3,608 
416 
355 
297 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
297 
275 
274 
22 
21 
51 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
38,414 
34,812 
34,177 
3,602 
3,413 
13,621 
workers 
87,137 
78,013 
75,845 
9,124 
8,373 
34,881 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
9,661 
8,065 
7,950 
1,596 
1,517 
3,881 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,538 
17,776 
17,486 
2,762 
2,553 
8,459 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
4,467 
4,380 
687 
643 
2,345 
70 to 99 acres 
5,830 
5,056 
4,932 
774 
690 
2,972 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,761 
5,064 
4,917 
697 
634 
2,766 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
4,655 
4,039 
3,934 
616 
567 
2,624 
180 to 219 acres 
3,488 
3,053 
2,968 
435 
391 
1,464 
220 to 259 acres 
2,830 
2,530 
2,472 
300 
264 
1,164 
260 to 499 acres 
10,991 
9,910 
9,648 
1,081 
975 
3,810 
500 to 999 acres 
12,302 
11,319 
11,081 
983 
837 
2,587 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1 1 ,945 
11,193 
10,906 
752 
666 
1,516 
2,000 acres or more 
13,561 
12,670 
12,160 
891 
701 
2,066 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24,549 
23,216 
22,839 
1,333 
1,235 
4,826 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
3,276 
2,805 
2,720 
471 
405 
734 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
8,975 
7,857 
7,528 
1,118 
948 
2,348 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
10,110 
8,543 
8,434 
1,567 
1,481 
1,137 
Other crop farming (1119) 
18,333 
15,953 
15,383 
2,380 
2,083 
13,710 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
197 
177 
177 
20 
20 
18 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
701 
646 
639 
55 
45 
94 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
17,435 
15,130 
14,567 
2,305 
2,018 
13,598 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
16,259 
14,723 
14,336 
1,536 
1,447 
6,286 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1,299 
1,148 
1,110 
151 
116 
133 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3,274 
3,115 
3,045 
159 
153 
396 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2,326 
2,067 
2,014 
259 
205 
239 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,835 
3,435 
3,329 
400 
274 
438 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,241 
1,095 
1,067 
146 
138 
722 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
13,239 
11,185 
1 1 ,029 
2,054 
1,953 
4,685 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
32,771 
30,166 
29,463 
2,605 
2,424 
9,263 
number 
16,403,836 
13,134,742 
11,821,940 
3,269,094 
2,097,776 
1,695,693 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,341 
3,855 
3,791 
486 
470 
2,329 
1 0 to 49 
8,920 
8,143 
7,992 
777 
747 
3,695 
50 to 99 
4,254 
3,921 
3,858 
333 
311 
1,112 
100 to 199 
4,267 
4,008 
3,941 
259 
247 
825 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA United States 163 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
