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 
2,039,093 
1 ,383,034 
516,499 
139,560 
1,150,531 
888,562 
acres 
810,233,654 
276,792,166 
456,826,752 
76,614,736 
419,044,128 
391,189,526 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
101,372 
66,834 
26,161 
8,377 
47,006 
54,366 
acres 
85,976,552 
37,422,970 
40,189,656 
8,363,926 
36,507,653 
49,468,899 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1 ,828,946 
1,256,852 
452,417 
119,677 
1,066,699 
762,247 
acres 
562,433,686 
191,290,409 
323,451,463 
47,691,814 
332,121,248 
230,312,438 
Partnership 
farms 
137,987 
81,424 
42,874 
13,689 
45,951 
92,036 
acres 
156,076,785 
49,221,675 
84,862,003 
21,993,107 
40,558,666 
115,518,119 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98,911 
57,758 
30,713 
10,440 
32,540 
66,371 
acres 
128,378,262 
41,515,088 
67,967,190 
18,895,984 
33,401,260 
94,977,002 
Corporation 
farms 
106,716 
60,686 
33,651 
12,379 
48,309 
58,407 
acres 
131,272,892 
43,856,962 
72,778,819 
14,637,111 
53,289,556 
77,983,336 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
53,055 
31,449 
10,638 
41,877 
53,265 
acres 
118,795,904 
38,093,550 
67,735,573 
12,966,781 
46,702,246 
72,093,658 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2,308 
1,507 
602 
199 
1,058 
1,250 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
92,834 
51,548 
30,847 
10,439 
40,819 
52,015 
Other than family held 
farms 
11,574 
7,631 
2,202 
1,741 
6,432 
5,142 
acres 
12,476,988 
5,763,412 
5,043,246 
1 ,670,330 
6,587,310 
5,889,678 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1,136 
829 
199 
108 
635 
501 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10,438 
6,802 
2,003 
1,633 
5,797 
4,641 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35,654 
29,389 
4,128 
2,137 
20,193 
15,461 
acres 
64,744,294 
51,864,143 
10,200,539 
2,679,612 
49,395,704 
15,348,590 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
566,469 
299,608 
219,036 
47,825 
297,077 
269,392 
workers 
2,736,417 
1,240,587 
1,153,423 
342,407 
1,189,529 
1,546,888 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
256,887 
121,049 
110,518 
25,320 
120,752 
136,135 
workers 
999,596 
419,937 
437,099 
142,560 
386,972 
612,624 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
418,055 
222,355 
161,461 
34,239 
223,519 
194,536 
workers 
1,736,821 
820,650 
716,324 
199,847 
802,557 
934,264 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
18,911 
8,213 
8,706 
1,992 
9,206 
9,705 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3,360 
2,072 
959 
329 
1,918 
1,442 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
892,842 
608,159 
227,694 
56,989 
410,029 
482,813 
workers 
2,062,011 
1,390,360 
536,808 
134,843 
840,757 
1,221,254 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
223,634 
193,102 
8,232 
22,300 
116,796 
106,838 
1 0 to 49 acres 
589,549 
505,437 
55,640 
28,472 
317,247 
272,302 
50 to 69 acres 
153,698 
119,680 
25,308 
8,710 
87,719 
65,979 
70 to 99 acres 
184,942 
141,207 
33,353 
10,382 
107,328 
77,614 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
166,381 
116,469 
39,039 
10,873 
97,531 
68,850 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
129,026 
87,814 
32,168 
9,044 
77,046 
51,980 
180 to 219 acres 
84,317 
50,211 
28,082 
6,024 
49,849 
34,468 
220 to 259 acres 
63,636 
35,460 
23,653 
4,523 
37,636 
26,000 
260 to 499 acres 
198,085 
93,099 
89,553 
15,433 
117,568 
80,517 
500 to 999 acres 
142,555 
46,208 
82,731 
13,616 
83,643 
58,912 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
91,273 
20,790 
60,908 
9,575 
50,808 
40,465 
2,000 acres or more 
82,207 
18,874 
54,403 
8,930 
37,981 
44,226 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
369,332 
137,321 
184,390 
47,621 
235,343 
133,989 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
43,021 
27,910 
7,964 
7,147 
20,629 
22,392 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
93,020 
80,893 
8,028 
4,099 
49,170 
43,850 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
52,777 
43,277 
4,931 
4,569 
27,337 
25,440 
Other crop farming (1119) 
496,837 
404,221 
74,105 
18,511 
306,702 
190,135 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
5,132 
1,988 
2,577 
567 
3,416 
1,716 
Cotton farming (11192) 
8,915 
2,262 
4,642 
2,011 
5,929 
2,986 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
482,790 
399,971 
66,886 
15,933 
297,357 
185,433 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
619,172 
407,793 
172,560 
38,819 
344,773 
274,399 
Cattle feedlots (1 1 21 1 2) 
13,734 
6,372 
6,267 
1,095 
7,477 
6,257 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
46,005 
15,741 
26,242 
4,022 
19,647 
26,358 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21,687 
14,537 
5,773 
1,377 
10,517 
11,170 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
52,849 
42,583 
8,925 
1,341 
22,651 
30,198 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
73,272 
58,676 
7,758 
6,838 
33,769 
39,503 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
227,597 
189,027 
26,127 
12,443 
103,137 
124,460 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
913,246 
534,381 
318,664 
60,201 
494,083 
419,163 
number 
89,994,614 
35,613,952 
47,662,932 
6,717,730 
43,219,694 
46,774,920 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
243,071 
194,208 
35,316 
13,547 
126,360 
116,711 
1 0 to 49 
394,222 
245,102 
122,633 
26,487 
223,483 
170,739 
50 to 99 
118,394 
50,627 
59,042 
8,725 
66,088 
52,306 
100 to 199 
76,729 
23,981 
47,175 
5,573 
40,474 
36,255 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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