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 
Total 
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 
19,288 
7,917 
2,564 
8,807 
9,396 
9,892 
acres 
8,240,659 
5,234,453 
1,568,592 
1,437,614 
4,616,903 
3,623,756 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,364 
945 
217 
202 
616 
748 
acres 
1,928,152 
1,521,619 
281,663 
124,870 
434,739 
1,493,413 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
17,247 
6,564 
2,243 
8,440 
8,625 
8,622 
acres 
3,060,838 
1,004,791 
958,412 
1 ,097,635 
1,516,830 
1,544,008 
Partnership 
farms 
1,345 
715 
246 
384 
418 
927 
acres 
1,324,012 
583,274 
406,154 
334,584 
459,142 
864,870 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,032 
558 
200 
274 
325 
707 
acres 
1,212,093 
564,886 
361,873 
285,334 
437,909 
774,184 
Corporation 
farms 
1,045 
749 
128 
168 
456 
589 
acres 
1 ,671 ,792 
1,322,530 
229,548 
119,714 
910,844 
760,948 
Family held 
farms 
893 
647 
114 
132 
373 
520 
acres 
1,558,186 
1,260,193 
215,130 
82,863 
860,356 
697,830 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
41 
37 
2 
2 
22 
19 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
852 
610 
112 
130 
351 
501 
Other than family held 
farms 
152 
102 
14 
36 
83 
69 
acres 
113,606 
62,337 
14,418 
36,851 
50,488 
63,118 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
21 
2 
5 
17 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
124 
81 
12 
31 
66 
58 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
368 
270 
36 
62 
202 
166 
acres 
20,192,553 
19,887,962 
132,848 
171,743 
18,442,498 
1,750,055 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,851 
2,605 
763 
1,483 
2,215 
2,636 
workers 
29,245 
12,985 
7,481 
8,779 
12,127 
17,118 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,721 
1,512 
493 
716 
1,161 
1,560 
workers 
16,066 
7,335 
3,805 
4,926 
7,261 
8,805 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
2,924 
1,475 
461 
988 
1,382 
1,542 
workers 
13,179 
5,650 
3,676 
3,853 
4,866 
8,313 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
120 
46 
23 
51 
50 
70 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
19 
7 
1 
13 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,465 
4,136 
1,320 
5,009 
4,673 
5,792 
workers 
28,429 
10,560 
3,519 
14,350 
1 1 ,274 
17,155 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
11,911 
4,307 
1,167 
6,437 
5,927 
5,984 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,082 
2,172 
570 
1,340 
1,887 
2,195 
50 to 69 acres 
398 
178 
56 
164 
182 
216 
70 to 99 acres 
354 
237 
43 
74 
197 
157 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
391 
195 
57 
139 
193 
198 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
374 
235 
53 
86 
177 
197 
180 to 219 acres 
200 
88 
31 
81 
78 
122 
220 to 259 acres 
142 
68 
26 
48 
83 
59 
260 to 499 acres 
540 
230 
145 
165 
207 
333 
500 to 999 acres 
513 
194 
155 
164 
250 
263 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
429 
145 
130 
154 
210 
219 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
249 
220 
202 
310 
361 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
718 
75 
139 
504 
388 
330 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,625 
351 
236 
1,038 
726 
899 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
877 
793 
64 
20 
493 
384 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
400 
339 
29 
32 
200 
200 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,489 
535 
342 
612 
832 
657 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
195 
33 
66 
96 
96 
99 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
1,294 
502 
276 
516 
736 
558 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,201 
1,616 
648 
1,937 
2,068 
2,133 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
10 
2 
2 
4 
10 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
102 
58 
16 
28 
36 
66 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
213 
159 
19 
35 
83 
130 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
267 
242 
6 
19 
97 
170 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4,593 
756 
681 
3,156 
2,322 
2,271 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,506 
3,364 
471 
1,671 
2,452 
3,054 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,029 
2,127 
1,010 
2,892 
2,822 
3,207 
number 
911,334 
520,253 
253,843 
137,238 
302,522 
608,812 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,961 
865 
426 
1,670 
1,446 
1,515 
1 0 to 49 
2,075 
626 
356 
1,093 
948 
1,127 
50 to 99 
331 
155 
100 
76 
146 
185 
100 to 199 
207 
136 
53 
18 
83 
124 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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