Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
19,288 
17,247 
1,001 
781 
acres 
8,240,659 
3,060,838 
1,081,517 
985,426 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,364 
778 
523 
499 
acres 
1,928,152 
370,055 
612,960 
611,933 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
17,247 
17,247 
_ 
_ 
acres 
3,060,838 
3,060,838 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,345 
- 
1,345 
1,032 
acres 
1,324,012 
- 
1,324,012 
1,212,093 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,032 
- 
1,032 
1,032 
acres 
1,212,093 
- 
1,212,093 
1,212,093 
Corporation 
farms 
1,045 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,671,792 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
893 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,558,186 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
41 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
852 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
152 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
113,606 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
124 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
368 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
20,192,553 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,851 
3,343 
704 
608 
workers 
29,245 
10,849 
7,314 
6,838 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,721 
1,568 
539 
481 
workers 
16,066 
4,438 
4,227 
3,942 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
2,924 
2,130 
366 
310 
workers 
13,179 
6,411 
3,087 
2,896 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
120 
55 
24 
22 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
25 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,465 
9,277 
574 
409 
workers 
28,429 
25,104 
1,826 
1,257 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
11,911 
11,143 
366 
217 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,082 
3,420 
279 
207 
50 to 69 acres 
398 
306 
52 
41 
70 to 99 acres 
354 
276 
38 
32 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
391 
311 
33 
33 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
374 
296 
48 
32 
180 to 219 acres 
200 
146 
27 
23 
220 to 259 acres 
142 
106 
21 
21 
260 to 499 acres 
540 
368 
90 
78 
500 to 999 acres 
513 
313 
118 
102 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
429 
241 
109 
102 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
321 
164 
144 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
718 
610 
68 
56 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,625 
1,483 
65 
42 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
877 
642 
99 
79 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
400 
237 
55 
44 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,489 
1,057 
277 
235 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
195 
75 
92 
77 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
1,294 
982 
185 
158 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,201 
3,600 
296 
245 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
7 
3 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
102 
60 
18 
15 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
213 
205 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
267 
218 
9 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4,593 
4,420 
109 
49 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,506 
4,708 
346 
255 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,029 
5,238 
402 
321 
number 
911,334 
306,919 
148,088 
141,907 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,961 
2,797 
100 
65 
10 to 49 
2,075 
1,878 
109 
75 
50 to 99 
331 
236 
44 
41 
100 to 199 
207 
124 
44 
40 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Arizona 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
