Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
29 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
5 
_ 
10 or less stockholders farms 
253 
12 
4 
8 
27 
60 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
1,063 
100 
15 
15 
10 
404 
- 
acres 
2,058,591 
241,978 
8,027 
446 
1,085 
1,033,625 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
9,059 
1,737 
222 
254 
319 
2,125 
_ 
workers 
38,019 
5,008 
4,309 
2,060 
5,016 
5,320 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,883 
1,105 
160 
98 
205 
950 
- 
workers 
15,993 
2,100 
1,195 
421 
2,264 
1,649 
- 
Less than 150 days farms 
6,190 
1,107 
177 
222 
272 
1,575 
- 
workers 
22,026 
2,908 
3,114 
1,639 
2,752 
3,671 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
344 
40 
56 
47 
28 
66 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
84 
6 
4 
14 
1 
28 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
16,658 
1,380 
200 
325 
224 
4,268 
- 
workers 
38,488 
2,904 
533 
766 
501 
8,785 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,251 
28 
153 
243 
198 
652 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10,008 
159 
115 
229 
215 
2,956 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,629 
51 
8 
34 
14 
579 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,578 
145 
17 
20 
34 
890 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,825 
131 
12 
19 
24 
572 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
2,155 
224 
7 
13 
16 
897 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
947 
90 
4 
7 
22 
335 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
696 
82 
8 
3 
1 
277 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,296 
506 
24 
5 
23 
1,333 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,930 
634 
36 
3 
23 
938 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,263 
670 
41 
- 
4 
507 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
3,602 
1,231 
30 
1 
2 
387 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,951 
3,951 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
455 
- 
455 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
577 
- 
- 
577 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
576 
- 
- 
- 
576 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
10,323 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,323 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,323 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,528 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
268 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
183 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
343 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
611 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,212 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,153 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
13,970 
1,122 
43 
41 
32 
1,269 
_ 
number 
2,630,082 
176,663 
3,141 
378 
1,047 
86,742 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,434 
95 
18 
29 
13 
418 
- 
1 0 to 49 
4,877 
378 
13 
12 
10 
519 
- 
50 to 99 
1,567 
236 
6 
- 
8 
135 
- 
100 to 199 
1,247 
173 
2 
- 
1 
104 
- 
200 to 499 
1,059 
159 
2 
- 
- 
56 
- 
500 or more 
786 
81 
2 
- 
- 
37 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
11,518 
999 
34 
32 
25 
1,081 
_ 
number 
814,027 
82,101 
2,068 
145 
517 
47,473 
- 
Beef cows farms 
11,267 
995 
32 
31 
25 
1,069 
_ 
number 
683,291 
82,082 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
47,355 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,980 
110 
12 
28 
10 
402 
- 
1 0 to 49 
4,154 
444 
11 
3 
14 
448 
- 
50 to 99 
1,298 
183 
6 
- 
- 
100 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
988 
155 
- 
- 
1 
64 
- 
200 to 499 
662 
87 
2 
- 
- 
48 
- 
500 or more 
185 
16 
1 
- 
- 
7 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
