Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
4,713 
4,201 
4,032 
512 
459 
1,949 
acres 
3,521,343 
3,016,504 
2,780,357 
504,839 
408,232 
743,056 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
246 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
321,819 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
5,345 
5,081 
1,016 
845 
- 
acres 
5,359,671 
4,209,678 
3,772,441 
1,149,993 
727,389 
- 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
5,345 
5,081 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,209,678 
4,209,678 
3,772,441 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
264 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
5,081 
5,081 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
- 
- 
1,016 
845 
- 
acres 
1,149,993 
- 
- 
1,149,993 
727,389 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
- 
- 
171 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
- 
" 
845 
845 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,780 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1,274,627 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,005 
4,234 
4,021 
771 
620 
1,430 
workers 
184,444 
150,368 
133,002 
34,076 
24,662 
17,107 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,167 
3,496 
3,306 
671 
534 
941 
workers 
92,613 
74,792 
62,842 
17,821 
1 1 ,934 
7,809 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,949 
2,521 
2,394 
428 
355 
833 
workers 
91,831 
75,576 
70,160 
16,255 
12,728 
9,298 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
536 
452 
420 
84 
63 
114 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
43 
43 
42 
- 
- 
17 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,491 
1,304 
1,263 
187 
173 
1,069 
workers 
3,400 
2,849 
2,769 
551 
506 
2,857 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
958 
773 
751 
185 
182 
674 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,490 
1,273 
1,249 
217 
204 
916 
50 to 69 acres 
358 
303 
294 
55 
46 
130 
70 to 99 acres 
359 
299 
284 
60 
48 
141 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
325 
281 
266 
44 
33 
165 
140 to 1 79 acres 
294 
249 
239 
45 
37 
110 
180 to 219 acres 
226 
188 
178 
38 
29 
61 
220 to 259 acres 
207 
172 
171 
35 
32 
50 
260 to 499 acres 
652 
562 
515 
90 
70 
167 
500 to 999 acres 
572 
470 
430 
102 
68 
148 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
417 
358 
332 
59 
44 
97 
2,000 acres or more 
503 
417 
372 
86 
52 
121 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
201 
171 
165 
30 
26 
76 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
530 
441 
427 
89 
62 
101 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
3,187 
2,749 
2,591 
438 
370 
1,381 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
708 
572 
548 
136 
120 
92 
Other crop farming (1119) 
467 
368 
351 
99 
66 
298 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
23 
19 
19 
4 
2 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
444 
349 
332 
95 
64 
293 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
391 
336 
312 
55 
46 
380 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
20 
12 
11 
8 
8 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
143 
136 
133 
7 
7 
45 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
13 
10 
10 
3 
3 
17 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
88 
80 
74 
8 
7 
13 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
45 
36 
33 
9 
7 
61 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
568 
434 
426 
134 
123 
311 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
798 
708 
681 
90 
77 
560 
number 
861,679 
740,946 
713,043 
120,733 
(D) 
134,582 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
156 
130 
127 
26 
26 
202 
10 to 49 
216 
194 
186 
22 
15 
170 
50 to 99 
62 
48 
47 
14 
12 
37 
1 00 to 1 99 
56 
48 
45 
8 
5 
52 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data California 161 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
