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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 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 
1,067 
987 
976 
80 
71 
255 
acres 
533,008 
513,284 
509,711 
19,724 
19,216 
103,792 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
47,376 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
1,316 
1,177 
1,154 
139 
120 
- 
acres 
742,289 
690,184 
662,125 
52,105 
48,417 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,177 
1,177 
1,154 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
690,184 
690,184 
662,125 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,154 
1,154 
1,154 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
139 
_ 
_ 
139 
120 
_ 
acres 
52,105 
- 
- 
52,105 
48,417 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
19 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
- 
- 
120 
120 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
383 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
202,812 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
701 
621 
607 
80 
68 
131 
workers 
4,742 
3,553 
3,390 
1,189 
768 
536 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
478 
430 
417 
48 
37 
68 
workers 
2,651 
1,939 
1,794 
712 
(D) 
270 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
428 
377 
369 
51 
46 
85 
workers 
2,091 
1,614 
1,596 
477 
(D) 
266 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
39 
34 
33 
5 
5 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
574 
541 
532 
33 
31 
165 
workers 
1,251 
1,178 
1,139 
73 
(D) 
466 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
84 
67 
64 
17 
15 
20 
1 0 to 49 acres 
304 
273 
270 
31 
21 
87 
50 to 69 acres 
67 
64 
64 
3 
3 
30 
70 to 99 acres 
97 
82 
80 
15 
15 
28 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
115 
102 
100 
13 
13 
47 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
78 
70 
69 
8 
8 
21 
180 to 219 acres 
57 
47 
47 
10 
8 
20 
220 to 259 acres 
35 
33 
33 
2 
2 
12 
260 to 499 acres 
140 
126 
124 
14 
13 
43 
500 to 999 acres 
145 
133 
128 
12 
8 
35 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
103 
92 
89 
11 
11 
21 
2,000 acres or more 
91 
88 
86 
3 
3 
19 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
78 
71 
69 
7 
7 
14 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
15 
11 
10 
4 
4 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
44 
42 
42 
2 
2 
18 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
157 
140 
135 
17 
17 
11 
Other crop farming (1119) 
307 
269 
260 
38 
31 
189 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
20 
17 
17 
3 
3 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
287 
252 
243 
35 
28 
188 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
310 
284 
282 
26 
26 
69 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
15 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
229 
207 
203 
22 
10 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
16 
13 
13 
3 
3 
8 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
157 
138 
138 
19 
19 
46 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
455 
420 
417 
35 
35 
88 
number 
87,955 
83,679 
80,027 
4,276 
4,276 
1 1 ,033 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
41 
40 
40 
1 
1 
24 
1 0 to 49 
162 
142 
141 
20 
20 
33 
50 to 99 
86 
80 
80 
6 
6 
13 
100 to 199 
61 
60 
60 
1 
1 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Alabama 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
