Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
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 
6,512 
43 
165 
616 
1,591 
2,085 
2,012 
acres 
2,858,450 
1,966 
20,273 
180,458 
1 ,589,405 
335,825 
730,523 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
479 
3 
16 
28 
100 
171 
161 
acres 
271,685 
6 
1,527 
12,601 
27,970 
50,341 
179,240 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,824 
43 
145 
574 
1,426 
1,878 
1,758 
acres 
743,143 
1,966 
17,863 
119,357 
82,396 
239,060 
282,501 
Partnership 
farms 
426 
- 
5 
24 
98 
131 
168 
acres 
287,282 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
30,558 
(D) 
147,681 
Registered under state law 
farms 
301 
- 
5 
19 
66 
94 
117 
acres 
263,891 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
26,634 
49,373 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
373 
- 
18 
29 
97 
99 
130 
acres 
464,086 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
31,655 
(D) 
314,420 
Family held 
farms 
304 
- 
17 
18 
79 
72 
118 
acres 
408,785 
- 
447 
48,349 
15,293 
41,680 
303,016 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
13 
- 
1 
- 
2 
7 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
291 
- 
16 
18 
77 
65 
115 
Other than family held 
farms 
69 
_ 
1 
11 
18 
27 
12 
acres 
55,301 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
16,362 
(D) 
1 1 ,404 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
17 
- 
1 
- 
13 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
52 
- 
1 
10 
18 
14 
9 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
163 
- 
1 
22 
26 
57 
57 
acres 
17,440,336 
- 
(D) 
1 1 ,865,749 
4,384,378 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,623 
2 
25 
129 
331 
520 
616 
workers 
7,618 
(D) 
(D) 
584 
1,485 
3,612 
1,842 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
895 
2 
16 
84 
178 
266 
349 
workers 
4,274 
(D) 
(D) 
334 
459 
2,527 
910 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
923 
12 
75 
191 
312 
333 
workers 
3,344 
- 
51 
250 
1,026 
1,085 
932 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
31 
- 
- 
7 
9 
10 
5 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
- 
1 
- 
14 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,650 
25 
92 
359 
893 
1,178 
1,103 
workers 
10,076 
73 
263 
1,202 
2,416 
3,221 
2,901 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,121 
19 
80 
420 
1,151 
1,312 
1,139 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,482 
6 
59 
132 
286 
461 
538 
50 to 69 acres 
135 
6 
- 
14 
23 
46 
46 
70 to 99 acres 
130 
6 
3 
14 
21 
48 
38 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
117 
- 
6 
4 
32 
35 
40 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
137 
6 
2 
10 
28 
37 
54 
180 to 219 acres 
75 
- 
5 
5 
8 
23 
34 
220 to 259 acres 
44 
- 
1 
- 
14 
14 
15 
260 to 499 acres 
144 
- 
4 
7 
29 
59 
45 
500 to 999 acres 
119 
- 
6 
7 
10 
42 
54 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
102 
- 
- 
9 
16 
34 
43 
2,000 acres or more 
180 
- 
3 
27 
29 
54 
67 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
163 
6 
2 
12 
37 
50 
56 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
336 
6 
16 
32 
95 
104 
83 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
410 
" 
“ 
22 
91 
130 
167 
production (1114) 
145 
- 
2 
4 
25 
81 
33 
Other crop farming (1119) 
451 
- 
18 
52 
79 
128 
174 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
28 
" 
4 
7 
6 
2 
9 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
423 
- 
14 
45 
73 
126 
165 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,495 
19 
37 
162 
360 
453 
464 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
24 
- 
- 
2 
3 
14 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
132 
- 
6 
36 
43 
26 
21 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
123 
- 
1 
7 
25 
54 
36 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,050 
6 
16 
77 
273 
268 
410 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,453 
6 
71 
243 
615 
854 
664 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,939 
19 
45 
242 
481 
590 
562 
number 
100,417 
75 
2,443 
14,041 
12,429 
43,977 
27,452 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,025 
17 
15 
139 
278 
292 
284 
1 0 to 49 
662 
2 
22 
68 
151 
224 
195 
50 to 99 
104 
- 
2 
7 
16 
38 
41 
100 to 199 
56 
- 
1 
8 
18 
12 
17 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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