Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,345 
309 
742 
137 
228 
182 
acres 
5,178,565 
1,365 
21,973 
7,792 
18,370 
20,970 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
29,367 
3,771 
8,873 
1,375 
2,199 
1,520 
acres 
17,747,109 
17,438 
250,508 
79,445 
176,957 
175,991 
Partnership 
farms 
3,228 
207 
482 
128 
189 
151 
acres 
7,594,854 
964 
13,765 
7,293 
15,395 
17,500 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,604 
157 
373 
93 
142 
118 
acres 
6,628,196 
732 
10,474 
5,327 
1 1 ,642 
13,652 
Corporation 
farms 
2,522 
197 
451 
100 
113 
103 
acres 
4,486,122 
818 
12,868 
5,859 
9,120 
12,008 
Family held 
farms 
2,240 
175 
398 
76 
96 
91 
acres 
4,124,539 
730 
1 1 ,384 
4,403 
7,748 
10,586 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
2 
3 
1 
1 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,194 
173 
395 
75 
95 
86 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
22 
53 
24 
17 
12 
acres 
361,583 
88 
1,484 
1,456 
1,372 
1,422 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
29 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
253 
21 
53 
24 
17 
12 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,063 
76 
202 
26 
77 
51 
acres 
2,058,591 
364 
5,514 
1,464 
6,103 
5,815 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,059 
655 
1,610 
288 
505 
342 
workers 
38,019 
2,130 
5,823 
1,092 
1,789 
1,619 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,883 
256 
618 
124 
211 
182 
workers 
15,993 
622 
1,884 
350 
568 
485 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
6,190 
510 
1,202 
214 
354 
254 
workers 
22,026 
1,508 
3,939 
742 
1,221 
1,134 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
344 
18 
45 
25 
20 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
84 
7 
28 
4 
4 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
16,658 
2,078 
5,071 
778 
1,248 
887 
workers 
38,488 
4,703 
11,439 
1,734 
2,936 
2,090 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,251 
4,251 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10,008 
- 
10,008 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,629 
- 
- 
1,629 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,578 
- 
- 
- 
2,578 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,825 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,825 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,155 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
947 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
696 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,296 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,930 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,263 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
3,602 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,951 
28 
159 
51 
145 
131 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
455 
153 
115 
8 
17 
12 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
577 
243 
229 
34 
20 
19 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
576 
198 
215 
14 
34 
24 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
10,323 
652 
2,956 
579 
890 
572 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
10,323 
652 
2,956 
579 
890 
572 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,528 
949 
2,498 
505 
766 
534 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
268 
6 
13 
3 
17 
16 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
183 
9 
56 
7 
8 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
343 
100 
147 
13 
22 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
611 
146 
291 
29 
50 
23 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,212 
313 
535 
52 
81 
52 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,153 
1,454 
2,794 
334 
528 
422 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,970 
1,082 
3,037 
622 
968 
682 
number 
2,630,082 
20,688 
69,491 
22,438 
53,968 
91,622 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,434 
756 
1,965 
310 
398 
243 
1 0 to 49 
4,877 
252 
909 
271 
466 
345 
50 to 99 
1,567 
43 
83 
25 
57 
60 
100 to 199 
1,247 
12 
40 
10 
24 
16 
200 to 499 
1,059 
11 
14 
3 
15 
6 
500 or more 
786 
8 
26 
3 
8 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
11,518 
789 
2,236 
492 
757 
548 
number 
814,027 
12,010 
28,897 
7,921 
16,579 
14,091 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
