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 
72,641 
56,986 
8,648 
7,007 
37,954 
34,687 
acres 
20,951,605 
7,873,947 
9,586,737 
3,490,921 
9,075,896 
11,875,709 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,453 
3,332 
570 
551 
2,155 
2,298 
acres 
2,772,951 
1,318,519 
1,031,291 
423,141 
1,172,819 
1,600,132 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
59,732 
48,165 
6,371 
5,196 
32,711 
27,021 
acres 
12,000,544 
4,643,972 
5,666,883 
1,689,689 
6,300,892 
5,699,652 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
6,074 
1,610 
1,300 
3,296 
5,688 
acres 
6,934,159 
2,366,822 
3,170,172 
1,397,165 
1,849,384 
5,084,775 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,283 
4,850 
1,338 
1,095 
2,665 
4,618 
acres 
5,929,592 
2,139,777 
2,541,908 
1,247,907 
1,605,501 
4,324,091 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
3,843 
1,306 
1,212 
2,770 
3,591 
acres 
5,359,671 
2,297,850 
2,123,302 
938,519 
1,995,717 
3,363,954 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
3,240 
1,136 
969 
2,294 
3,051 
acres 
4,209,678 
1,735,869 
1,783,725 
690,084 
1,556,754 
2,652,924 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
179 
48 
37 
98 
166 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
3,061 
1,088 
932 
2,196 
2,885 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
603 
170 
243 
476 
540 
acres 
1,149,993 
561,981 
339,577 
248,435 
438,963 
711,030 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
93 
55 
23 
85 
86 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
510 
115 
220 
391 
454 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
2,410 
203 
167 
1,420 
1,360 
acres 
1,274,627 
772,896 
349,758 
151,973 
460,388 
814,239 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
33,955 
23,857 
5,811 
4,287 
17,353 
16,602 
workers 
465,422 
179,329 
173,755 
112,338 
189,807 
275,615 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
20,018 
12,499 
4,449 
3,070 
9,591 
10,427 
workers 
205,851 
71,143 
81,067 
53,641 
74,591 
131,260 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
22,621 
16,120 
3,757 
2,744 
11,649 
10,972 
workers 
259,571 
108,186 
92,688 
58,697 
115,216 
144,355 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
2,921 
1,887 
667 
367 
1,503 
1,418 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
755 
620 
75 
60 
440 
315 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31,965 
26,100 
3,346 
2,519 
14,069 
17,896 
workers 
72,020 
58,212 
7,832 
5,976 
27,800 
44,220 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
21,972 
460 
2,205 
13,229 
11,408 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
22,207 
1,668 
1,936 
13,549 
12,262 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
2,811 
526 
363 
1,955 
1,745 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
2,641 
601 
359 
1,947 
1,654 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
2,250 
597 
375 
1,739 
1,483 
140 to 179 acres 
2,533 
1,779 
490 
264 
1,221 
1,312 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
882 
412 
183 
773 
704 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
714 
310 
165 
604 
585 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
2,151 
1,174 
658 
1,956 
2,027 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
1,526 
1,169 
535 
1,412 
1,818 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
761 
901 
378 
840 
1,200 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
798 
1,182 
454 
972 
1,462 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
889 
646 
761 
1,198 
1,098 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
4,191 
2,236 
617 
1,338 
1,897 
2,294 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
35,945 
31,200 
2,990 
1,755 
20,249 
15,696 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,390 
2,306 
313 
771 
1,815 
1,575 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,815 
4,052 
1,089 
674 
3,234 
2,581 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
194 
54 
93 
47 
104 
90 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,621 
3,998 
996 
627 
3,130 
2,491 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
8,318 
2,274 
1,175 
5,584 
6,183 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
156 
106 
38 
12 
97 
59 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,594 
787 
507 
300 
671 
923 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
446 
377 
37 
32 
172 
274 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
1,059 
68 
75 
453 
749 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,246 
2,650 
296 
300 
1,374 
1,872 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
6,512 
615 
682 
3,453 
4,356 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
1 1 ,454 
3,591 
1,719 
7,503 
9,261 
number 
5,370,531 
2,409,484 
2,235,922 
725,125 
2,158,456 
3,212,075 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
6,239 
695 
462 
3,251 
4,145 
10 to 49 
4,687 
3,246 
998 
443 
2,209 
2,478 
50 to 99 
1,128 
566 
391 
171 
540 
588 
100 to 199 
914 
392 
385 
137 
423 
491 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
234 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
