Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
29,367 
2,513 
2,051 
acres 
28,438,867 
17,747,109 
5,879,903 
5,098,054 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,345 
1,758 
1,446 
1,385 
acres 
5,178,565 
1,863,854 
2,976,934 
2,837,336 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,367 
29,367 
- 
- 
acres 
17,747,109 
17,747,109 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,228 
- 
3,228 
2,604 
acres 
7,594,854 
- 
7,594,854 
6,628,196 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,604 
- 
2,604 
2,604 
acres 
6,628,196 
6,628,196 
6,628,196 
Corporation 
farms 
2,522 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,486,122 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,240 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,124,539 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,194 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
361,583 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
29 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
253 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,063 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,058,591 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,059 
5,990 
1,372 
1,199 
workers 
38,019 
16,308 
8,148 
7,638 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,883 
2,736 
926 
818 
workers 
15,993 
5,215 
4,131 
3,907 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
6,190 
4,260 
871 
767 
workers 
22,026 
11,093 
4,017 
3,731 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
344 
185 
79 
75 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
84 
62 
14 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
16,658 
13,729 
1,434 
1,161 
workers 
38,488 
31,262 
3,586 
2,979 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,251 
3,771 
207 
157 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10,008 
8,873 
482 
373 
50 to 69 acres 
1,629 
1,375 
128 
93 
70 to 99 acres 
2,578 
2,199 
189 
142 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,825 
1,520 
151 
118 
140 to 179 acres 
2,155 
1,764 
176 
138 
180 to 219 acres 
947 
766 
87 
66 
220 to 259 acres 
696 
554 
68 
52 
260 to 499 acres 
3,296 
2,542 
350 
275 
500 to 999 acres 
2,930 
2,205 
321 
266 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,263 
1,604 
309 
269 
2,000 acres or more 
3,602 
2,194 
760 
655 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,951 
2,972 
545 
443 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
455 
314 
73 
70 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
577 
453 
51 
44 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
576 
330 
63 
49 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
10,323 
8,541 
844 
659 
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 
8,541 
844 
659 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,528 
8,727 
955 
777 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
268 
143 
44 
44 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
183 
98 
37 
35 
Hog and pig farming (1 1 22) 
343 
304 
22 
16 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
611 
524 
26 
15 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,212 
1,094 
60 
41 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,153 
5,867 
508 
411 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,970 
11,339 
1,378 
1,111 
number 
2,630,082 
971,413 
660,593 
610,801 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,434 
3,962 
236 
162 
1 0 to 49 
4,877 
4,162 
377 
295 
50 to 99 
1,567 
1,245 
158 
123 
100 to 199 
1,247 
925 
173 
150 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
