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 
Totai 
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 
42,203 
30,215 
9,942 
2,046 
25,247 
16,956 
acres 
8,209,594 
4,379,729 
3,404,414 
425,451 
4,923,806 
3,285,788 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,651 
1,135 
400 
116 
885 
766 
acres 
920,093 
503,946 
361,847 
54,300 
416,787 
503,306 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
39,417 
28,395 
9,160 
1,862 
24,071 
15,346 
acres 
6,542,453 
3,619,980 
2,636,794 
285,679 
4,333,678 
2,208,775 
Partnership 
farms 
2,107 
1,278 
669 
160 
742 
1,365 
acres 
1,415,100 
595,544 
687,104 
132,452 
420,447 
994,653 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,376 
840 
432 
104 
499 
877 
acres 
1,103,761 
469,950 
520,335 
113,476 
320,952 
782,809 
Corporation 
farms 
1,316 
912 
307 
97 
680 
636 
acres 
742,289 
373,976 
311,151 
57,162 
352,173 
390,116 
Family held 
farms 
1,177 
821 
265 
91 
586 
591 
acres 
690,184 
347,218 
286,813 
56,153 
311,138 
379,046 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
19 
4 
- 
13 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,154 
802 
261 
91 
573 
581 
Other than family held 
farms 
139 
91 
42 
6 
94 
45 
acres 
52,105 
26,758 
24,338 
1,009 
41,035 
11,070 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
19 
19 
- 
- 
13 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
72 
42 
6 
81 
39 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
383 
324 
44 
15 
219 
164 
acres 
202,812 
166,504 
35,185 
1,123 
116,232 
86,580 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,216 
6,896 
3,727 
593 
6,392 
4,824 
workers 
32,948 
19,637 
1 1 ,248 
2,063 
17,509 
15,439 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,174 
2,467 
1,461 
246 
2,194 
1,980 
workers 
10,311 
6,088 
3,574 
649 
4,863 
5,448 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,625 
5,269 
2,903 
453 
5,013 
3,612 
workers 
22,637 
13,549 
7,674 
1,414 
12,646 
9,991 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
170 
97 
63 
10 
78 
92 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
41 
24 
11 
6 
31 
10 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,008 
13,434 
4,743 
831 
9,346 
9,662 
workers 
42,969 
29,851 
1 1 ,244 
1,874 
18,877 
24,092 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,919 
2,560 
164 
195 
1,554 
1,365 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,267 
1 1 ,059 
1,495 
713 
7,409 
5,858 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
3,199 
827 
209 
2,554 
1,681 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
3,391 
1,048 
166 
2,772 
1,833 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
2,998 
1,143 
201 
2,708 
1,634 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
1,857 
912 
128 
1,808 
1,089 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
1,217 
720 
104 
1,266 
775 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
809 
525 
48 
873 
509 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
2,094 
1,575 
146 
2,531 
1,284 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
1,105 
998 
127 
1,411 
819 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
388 
466 
57 
549 
362 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
232 
307 
40 
277 
302 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
790 
832 
214 
1,242 
594 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,083 
792 
198 
93 
637 
446 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,282 
1,173 
88 
21 
707 
575 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
653 
529 
73 
51 
337 
316 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
8,193 
1,855 
327 
6,816 
3,559 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
368 
96 
212 
60 
254 
114 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
10,007 
8,097 
1,643 
267 
6,562 
3,445 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
11,172 
5,416 
1,110 
11,056 
6,642 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
44 
42 
1 
52 
35 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
177 
135 
29 
13 
107 
70 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,815 
2,876 
896 
43 
1,765 
2,050 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,904 
1,671 
177 
56 
926 
978 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
3,534 
574 
205 
2,067 
2,246 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,149 
12,771 
7,152 
1,226 
12,921 
8,228 
number 
1,236,467 
453,873 
706,175 
76,419 
724,656 
511,811 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
3,067 
512 
236 
2,166 
1,649 
1 0 to 49 
11,415 
7,433 
3,293 
689 
7,145 
4,270 
50 to 99 
3,211 
1,465 
1,581 
165 
1,972 
1,239 
100 to 199 
1,654 
561 
1,035 
58 
1,049 
605 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
