Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
2,024 
1,843 
1,820 
181 
175 
785 
acres 
3,521,217 
3,356,623 
3,293,130 
164,594 
157,175 
1,290,638 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
141 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
337,777 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
~ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
2,522 
2,240 
2,194 
282 
253 
- 
acres 
4,486,122 
4,124,539 
3,988,168 
361,583 
253,434 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,240 
2,240 
2,194 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,124,539 
4,124,539 
3,988,168 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,194 
2,194 
2,194 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
- 
- 
282 
253 
- 
acres 
361,583 
- 
- 
361,583 
253,434 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
29 
- 
- 
29 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
253 
- 
" 
253 
253 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,063 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
2,058,591 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,354 
1,216 
1,188 
138 
117 
343 
workers 
11,827 
9,866 
9,561 
1,961 
1,470 
1,736 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,013 
909 
891 
104 
88 
208 
workers 
6,059 
4,695 
4,566 
1,364 
965 
588 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
832 
757 
737 
75 
65 
227 
workers 
5,768 
5,171 
4,995 
597 
505 
1,148 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
74 
70 
69 
4 
4 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,079 
979 
969 
100 
96 
416 
workers 
2,466 
2,234 
2,215 
232 
221 
1,174 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
197 
175 
173 
22 
21 
76 
1 0 to 49 acres 
451 
398 
395 
53 
53 
202 
50 to 69 acres 
100 
76 
75 
24 
24 
26 
70 to 99 acres 
113 
96 
95 
17 
17 
77 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
103 
91 
86 
12 
12 
51 
140 to 1 79 acres 
120 
105 
102 
15 
14 
95 
180 to 219 acres 
64 
53 
48 
11 
11 
30 
220 to 259 acres 
48 
44 
42 
4 
1 
26 
260 to 499 acres 
266 
235 
232 
31 
30 
138 
500 to 999 acres 
286 
252 
249 
34 
26 
118 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
261 
234 
228 
27 
20 
89 
2,000 acres or more 
513 
481 
469 
32 
24 
135 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
334 
320 
313 
14 
12 
100 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
53 
49 
46 
4 
4 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
58 
50 
50 
8 
8 
15 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
173 
145 
142 
28 
27 
10 
Other crop farming (1119) 
534 
469 
457 
65 
60 
404 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
534 
469 
457 
65 
60 
404 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
601 
541 
536 
60 
48 
245 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
75 
60 
55 
15 
11 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
45 
43 
43 
2 
2 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
3 
3 
6 
5 
8 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
47 
36 
35 
11 
11 
14 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
40 
38 
38 
2 
2 
18 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
553 
486 
476 
67 
63 
225 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
943 
854 
841 
89 
74 
310 
number 
889,150 
479,569 
473,230 
409,581 
147,045 
108,926 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
147 
126 
124 
21 
20 
89 
10 to 49 
229 
206 
205 
23 
20 
109 
50 to 99 
119 
107 
105 
12 
10 
45 
1 00 to 1 99 
119 
111 
111 
8 
7 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Colorado 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
