Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
12,776 
93 
241 
795 
2,256 
3,614 
5,777 
acres 
8,240,659 
5,382,209 
1,281 
239,055 
900,651 
836,230 
1,781,354 
1,623,638 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,364 
885 
6 
33 
78 
151 
280 
337 
acres 
1,928,152 
1,656,467 
18 
12,169 
452,401 
81,175 
757,122 
353,582 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
17,247 
1 1 ,423 
86 
191 
652 
1,967 
3,202 
5,325 
acres 
3,060,838 
2,317,695 
1,162 
31,324 
127,266 
287,630 
761,004 
1,109,309 
Partnership 
farms 
1,345 
919 
6 
38 
82 
151 
291 
351 
acres 
1,324,012 
1,036,730 
(D) 
(D) 
132,098 
136,050 
352,796 
391,222 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,032 
731 
37 
67 
123 
233 
271 
acres 
1,212,093 
948,202 
- 
24,382 
120,971 
125,696 
332,625 
344,528 
Corporation 
farms 
1,045 
672 
1 
24 
71 
193 
182 
201 
acres 
1,671,792 
1,207,706 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
336,542 
360,037 
384,324 
Family held 
farms 
893 
589 
1 
23 
63 
174 
150 
178 
acres 
1,558,186 
1,149,401 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
326,687 
323,490 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
41 
28 
4 
12 
7 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
852 
561 
1 
23 
59 
162 
143 
173 
Other than family held 
farms 
152 
83 
_ 
1 
8 
19 
32 
23 
acres 
113,606 
58,305 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
9,855 
36,547 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
11 
- 
4 
2 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
124 
72 
- 
1 
4 
17 
29 
21 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
368 
205 
3 
18 
39 
77 
68 
acres 
20,192,553 
2,752,217 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
189,033 
1,592,965 
194,891 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,851 
3,228 
1 
98 
221 
544 
943 
1,421 
workers 
29,245 
21,627 
(D) 
(D) 
2,166 
5,753 
6,309 
6,713 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,721 
1,826 
1 
75 
143 
342 
543 
722 
workers 
16,066 
1 1 ,792 
(D) 
(D) 
1,522 
2,916 
3,515 
3,404 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
2,924 
2,001 
51 
123 
306 
588 
933 
workers 
13,179 
9,835 
- 
251 
644 
2,837 
2,794 
3,309 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
120 
89 
2 
6 
15 
32 
34 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,465 
6,815 
44 
125 
387 
1,294 
1,940 
3,025 
workers 
28,429 
18,353 
98 
431 
1,282 
3,562 
5,063 
7,917 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
11,911 
7,790 
86 
125 
471 
1,519 
2,121 
3,468 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,082 
2,600 
- 
33 
164 
412 
772 
1,219 
50 to 69 acres 
398 
263 
- 
7 
11 
50 
59 
136 
70 to 99 acres 
354 
224 
- 
4 
7 
23 
77 
113 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
391 
274 
1 
3 
23 
37 
74 
136 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
374 
237 
6 
10 
11 
33 
62 
115 
180 to 219 acres 
200 
125 
- 
4 
9 
27 
35 
50 
220 to 259 acres 
142 
98 
- 
4 
11 
8 
26 
49 
260 to 499 acres 
540 
396 
- 
36 
19 
50 
105 
186 
500 to 999 acres 
513 
394 
- 
11 
19 
69 
157 
138 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
429 
327 
- 
10 
39 
49 
96 
133 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
491 
- 
9 
39 
73 
168 
202 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
718 
555 
6 
42 
96 
165 
246 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,625 
1,289 
5 
12 
63 
263 
439 
507 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
877 
467 
- 
6 
22 
72 
104 
263 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
400 
255 
. 
6 
26 
39 
101 
83 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,489 
1,038 
6 
37 
86 
156 
310 
443 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
195 
167 
6 
17 
18 
22 
62 
42 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and ali 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
1,294 
871 
20 
68 
134 
248 
401 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,201 
2,706 
17 
80 
171 
430 
773 
1,235 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
10 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
102 
78 
- 
9 
9 
18 
18 
24 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
213 
81 
- 
- 
5 
32 
17 
27 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
267 
144 
- 
3 
12 
32 
38 
59 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4,593 
3,543 
33 
36 
138 
565 
804 
1,967 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,506 
3,053 
32 
60 
248 
645 
979 
1,089 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,029 
4,090 
27 
119 
258 
757 
1,139 
1,790 
number 
911,334 
810,917 
278 
35,968 
168,631 
259,937 
139,145 
206,958 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,961 
1,936 
22 
43 
110 
405 
577 
779 
1 0 to 49 
2,075 
1,413 
4 
39 
89 
252 
358 
671 
50 to 99 
331 
227 
1 
8 
14 
32 
66 
106 
100 to 199 
207 
151 
- 
6 
9 
21 
41 
74 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
204 Arizona 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
