Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal 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 
33,550 
96 
1,209 
2,944 
7,882 
10,377 
11,042 
acres 
5,433,949 
5,700 
169,225 
320,689 
1,104,970 
1,292,320 
2,541,045 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,813 
9 
71 
178 
414 
557 
584 
acres 
663,720 
116 
8,928 
37,796 
231,472 
197,517 
187,891 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
28,785 
90 
1,054 
2,553 
6,858 
8,933 
9,297 
acres 
3,213,341 
5,679 
108,223 
196,995 
689,852 
822,893 
1,389,699 
Partnership 
farms 
3,082 
3 
120 
291 
670 
926 
1,072 
acres 
1,461,891 
3 
50,602 
85,386 
461,588 
392,783 
471,529 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,413 
- 
99 
220 
527 
740 
827 
acres 
1,310,553 
- 
47,953 
58,287 
425,363 
352,197 
426,753 
Corporation 
farms 
2,079 
7 
98 
190 
468 
643 
673 
acres 
1,321,377 
(D) 
(D) 
93,972 
186,889 
216,903 
806,456 
Family held 
farms 
1,655 
3 
69 
144 
373 
515 
551 
acres 
875,770 
18 
11,697 
41,361 
127,658 
167,603 
527,433 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
91 
- 
2 
5 
24 
24 
36 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,564 
3 
67 
139 
349 
491 
515 
Other than family held 
farms 
424 
4 
29 
46 
95 
128 
122 
acres 
445,607 
(D) 
(D) 
52,611 
59,231 
49,300 
279,023 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
61 
9 
11 
22 
19 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
363 
4 
29 
37 
84 
106 
103 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,442 
2 
33 
104 
292 
447 
564 
acres 
417,676 
(D) 
(D) 
35,964 
93,964 
99,020 
183,172 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,928 
22 
364 
976 
2,672 
3,532 
4,362 
workers 
91,850 
514 
3,447 
6,088 
18,871 
25,608 
37,322 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,563 
13 
174 
460 
1,193 
1,618 
2,105 
workers 
36,316 
44 
1,102 
2,477 
6,646 
10,501 
15,546 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,468 
12 
278 
679 
1,923 
2,527 
3,049 
workers 
55,534 
470 
2,345 
3,611 
12,225 
15,107 
21,776 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
737 
- 
18 
52 
157 
206 
304 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
333 
- 
12 
23 
72 
112 
114 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
15,830 
54 
621 
1,470 
3,985 
4,826 
4,874 
workers 
36,250 
108 
1,516 
3,828 
9,892 
10,464 
10,442 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
13,979 
47 
453 
1,177 
3,368 
4,346 
4,588 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,488 
37 
504 
1,226 
2,937 
3,957 
3,827 
50 to 69 acres 
1,488 
- 
38 
153 
360 
459 
478 
70 to 99 acres 
1,382 
- 
77 
107 
300 
390 
508 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,226 
10 
60 
118 
281 
366 
391 
140 to 1 79 acres 
948 
4 
37 
74 
223 
269 
341 
180 to 219 acres 
413 
- 
16 
35 
79 
127 
156 
220 to 259 acres 
399 
- 
11 
23 
93 
123 
149 
260 to 499 acres 
1,151 
- 
49 
92 
216 
333 
461 
500 to 999 acres 
896 
1 
27 
56 
202 
308 
302 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
459 
3 
17 
33 
109 
128 
169 
2,000 acres or more 
559 
- 
16 
44 
120 
143 
236 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
603 
- 
72 
73 
152 
135 
171 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,273 
21 
100 
206 
295 
372 
279 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
16,727 
28 
478 
1,337 
3,754 
5,210 
5,920 
production (1 1 14) 
1,357 
- 
45 
117 
286 
438 
471 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,643 
3 
115 
247 
608 
755 
915 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
30 
“ 
3 
2 
6 
13 
6 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,613 
3 
112 
245 
602 
742 
909 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,052 
17 
231 
512 
1,505 
1,889 
1,898 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
54 
- 
- 
1 
7 
24 
22 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
155 
- 
2 
13 
65 
27 
48 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
261 
2 
13 
47 
97 
65 
37 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
519 
3 
23 
43 
133 
163 
154 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,744 
18 
109 
197 
490 
512 
418 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,000 
10 
117 
345 
896 
1,359 
1,273 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
7,573 
30 
287 
746 
1,964 
2,359 
2,187 
number 
589,032 
525 
9,926 
25,043 
142,586 
147,634 
263,318 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,186 
12 
152 
451 
1,175 
1,302 
1,094 
10 to 49 
2,326 
17 
94 
229 
535 
728 
723 
50 to 99 
441 
- 
25 
38 
96 
146 
136 
1 00 to 1 99 
272 
1 
7 
13 
61 
93 
97 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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