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 
72,641 
59,732 
6,247 
5,083 
acres 
20,951,605 
12,000,544 
4,686,662 
4,181,937 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,453 
2,096 
2,111 
2,008 
acres 
2,772,951 
988,432 
1,462,700 
1,402,767 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
59,732 
59,732 
- 
- 
acres 
12,000,544 
12,000,544 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
- 
8,984 
7,283 
acres 
6,934,159 
- 
6,934,159 
5,929,592 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,283 
- 
7,283 
7,283 
acres 
5,929,592 
5,929,592 
5,929,592 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5,359,671 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,209,678 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,149,993 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,274,627 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
33,955 
21,725 
5,795 
4,878 
workers 
465,422 
150,767 
113,104 
102,216 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
20,018 
10,589 
4,321 
3,746 
workers 
205,851 
50,403 
55,026 
50,633 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
22,621 
15,347 
3,492 
2,913 
workers 
259,571 
100,364 
58,078 
51,583 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2,921 
1,669 
602 
522 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
755 
606 
89 
79 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31,965 
26,476 
2,929 
2,228 
workers 
72,020 
58,753 
7,010 
5,385 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
21,829 
1,176 
868 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
21,105 
2,300 
1,748 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
2,671 
541 
439 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
2,558 
543 
436 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
2,249 
483 
408 
140 to 179 acres 
2,533 
1,662 
467 
368 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
913 
277 
238 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
698 
234 
191 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
2,311 
853 
750 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
1,661 
849 
709 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
952 
574 
513 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
1,123 
687 
615 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
1,473 
546 
447 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
4,191 
3,068 
492 
417 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
35,945 
26,785 
4,592 
3,809 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,390 
2,288 
302 
249 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,815 
4,224 
826 
684 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
194 
99 
67 
67 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,621 
4,125 
759 
617 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
10,145 
851 
640 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
156 
111 
20 
15 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,594 
878 
528 
463 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
446 
398 
18 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
995 
106 
70 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,246 
2,954 
186 
111 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
6,413 
517 
371 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
13,665 
1,741 
1,373 
number 
5,370,531 
2,258,362 
2,115,908 
1,665,543 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
6,716 
322 
217 
1 0 to 49 
4,687 
3,963 
338 
254 
50 to 99 
1,128 
905 
124 
95 
100 to 199 
914 
662 
144 
104 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
160 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
