Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
34,689 
825 
853 
1,451 
2,277 
2,106 
acres 
28,438,867 
5,098,914 
4,163,648 
5,153,359 
4,833,487 
2,376,257 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,345 
195 
158 
198 
315 
240 
acres 
5,178,565 
1,291,322 
948,350 
843,747 
685,596 
318,379 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,367 
361 
514 
1,067 
1,758 
1,728 
acres 
17,747,109 
1,779,790 
2,334,286 
3,429,093 
3,432,891 
1,847,956 
Partnership 
farms 
3,228 
311 
179 
252 
355 
215 
acres 
7,594,854 
2,505,568 
1,237,352 
1,423,226 
935,643 
302,080 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,604 
284 
157 
215 
298 
186 
acres 
6,628,196 
2,227,930 
1,036,871 
1,306,947 
795,344 
239,422 
Corporation 
farms 
2,522 
269 
205 
217 
241 
198 
acres 
4,486,122 
1,015,651 
887,209 
908,875 
696,884 
325,626 
Family held 
farms 
2,240 
234 
191 
211 
228 
181 
acres 
4,124,539 
967,599 
778,159 
(D) 
683,895 
272,703 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
8 
7 
3 
3 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,194 
226 
184 
208 
225 
178 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
35 
14 
6 
13 
17 
acres 
361,583 
48,052 
109,050 
(D) 
12,989 
52,923 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
29 
8 
2 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
253 
27 
12 
6 
11 
16 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,063 
18 
27 
27 
80 
70 
acres 
2,058,591 
913,835 
145,687 
122,191 
185,316 
75,693 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,059 
887 
725 
1,020 
1,111 
710 
workers 
38,019 
14,716 
3,917 
3,644 
3,130 
2,311 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,883 
805 
541 
694 
663 
337 
workers 
15,993 
7,966 
1,683 
1,527 
1,295 
674 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
6,190 
542 
466 
645 
709 
497 
workers 
22,026 
6,750 
2,234 
2,117 
1,835 
1,637 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
344 
76 
42 
56 
53 
27 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
84 
2 
3 
4 
9 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
16,658 
247 
314 
600 
1,107 
965 
workers 
38,488 
561 
644 
1,441 
2,681 
2,307 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,251 
11 
23 
29 
53 
61 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10,008 
34 
15 
38 
70 
152 
50 to 69 acres 
1,629 
5 
1 
7 
22 
50 
70 to 99 acres 
2,578 
11 
9 
11 
32 
112 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,825 
19 
4 
13 
63 
124 
140 to 179 acres 
2,155 
20 
12 
21 
110 
142 
180 to 219 acres 
947 
16 
11 
19 
64 
56 
220 to 259 acres 
696 
5 
9 
14 
54 
51 
260 to 499 acres 
3,296 
39 
44 
176 
300 
307 
500 to 999 acres 
2,930 
96 
147 
212 
368 
362 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,263 
173 
144 
183 
478 
422 
2,000 acres or more 
3,602 
530 
506 
840 
820 
372 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,951 
393 
470 
724 
856 
517 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
455 
87 
31 
21 
19 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
577 
5 
3 
15 
20 
32 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
576 
46 
35 
52 
54 
39 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
10,323 
63 
83 
172 
379 
435 
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 
63 
83 
172 
379 
435 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,528 
131 
241 
512 
976 
1,012 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
268 
107 
28 
18 
28 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
183 
88 
8 
14 
5 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
343 
12 
3 
- 
2 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
611 
7 
1 
2 
3 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,212 
10 
11 
13 
17 
21 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,153 
10 
11 
20 
75 
105 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,970 
523 
503 
843 
1,408 
1,265 
number 
2,630,082 
1,580,534 
241,051 
263,131 
237,572 
111,725 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,434 
6 
15 
12 
48 
60 
10 to 49 
4,877 
23 
43 
76 
221 
332 
50 to 99 
1,567 
21 
36 
106 
255 
434 
100 to 199 
1,247 
38 
51 
142 
459 
362 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
