Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
42,203 
39,417 
1,464 
989 
acres 
8,209,594 
6,542,453 
1,030,341 
813,685 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,651 
1,082 
537 
498 
acres 
920,093 
394,161 
478,556 
416,802 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
39,417 
39,417 
_ 
_ 
acres 
6,542,453 
6,542,453 
- 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,107 
- 
2,107 
1,376 
acres 
1,415,100 
- 
1,415,100 
1,103,761 
Registered under state law farms 
1,376 
- 
1,376 
1,376 
acres 
1,103,761 
- 
1,103,761 
1,103,761 
Corporation farms 
1,316 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
742,289 
- 
- 
- 
Family held farms 
1,177 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
690,184 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
23 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,154 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held farms 
139 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
52,105 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
120 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
383 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
202,812 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
11,216 
9,558 
826 
610 
workers 
32,948 
24,810 
2,860 
2,184 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,174 
3,170 
458 
365 
workers 
10,311 
5,980 
1,410 
1,158 
Less than 150 days farms 
8,625 
7,558 
554 
388 
workers 
22,637 
18,830 
1,450 
1,026 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
170 
108 
22 
18 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
41 
33 
7 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
19,008 
17,397 
872 
558 
workers 
42,969 
39,100 
2,152 
1,345 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,919 
2,734 
81 
52 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,267 
12,519 
357 
203 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
3,995 
143 
78 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
4,356 
124 
68 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
4,016 
164 
92 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
2,673 
125 
80 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
1,867 
97 
52 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
1,259 
76 
50 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
3,350 
282 
183 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
1,787 
263 
193 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
584 
203 
161 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
277 
192 
164 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
1,571 
173 
129 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,083 
1,011 
52 
22 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,282 
1,166 
54 
31 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
653 
420 
65 
51 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
9,185 
694 
501 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
276 
71 
54 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
10,007 
8,909 
623 
447 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
16,583 
736 
397 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
78 
6 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
177 
155 
6 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,815 
3,428 
151 
114 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,904 
1,842 
38 
25 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
3,978 
132 
98 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
21,149 
19,602 
1,004 
599 
number 
1,236,467 
1,000,040 
137,439 
98,571 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
3,641 
109 
64 
1 0 to 49 
11,415 
10,819 
401 
215 
50 to 99 
3,211 
2,954 
158 
96 
100 to 199 
1,654 
1,437 
147 
84 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
