Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
17,558 
57 
835 
1,795 
4,519 
5,620 
4,732 
acres 
6,666,722 
8,591 
308,578 
719,710 
1,058,097 
2,175,964 
2,395,782 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,364 
1 
65 
144 
357 
406 
391 
acres 
1,033,746 
(D) 
(D) 
56,602 
135,841 
332,992 
474,454 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
15,438 
52 
761 
1,640 
4,032 
4,953 
4,000 
acres 
4,314,457 
8,051 
227,158 
545,888 
811,762 
1,355,327 
1,366,271 
Partnership 
farms 
1,292 
1 
51 
109 
262 
390 
479 
acres 
1,623,932 
(D) 
(D) 
135,788 
139,537 
433,507 
864,509 
Registered under state law 
farms 
978 
1 
33 
88 
201 
285 
370 
acres 
1 ,442,422 
(D) 
(D) 
123,911 
102,581 
391,564 
774,917 
Corporation 
farms 
967 
- 
27 
84 
247 
361 
248 
acres 
1,042,701 
- 
30,584 
74,015 
162,776 
406,425 
368,901 
Family held 
farms 
825 
- 
25 
66 
215 
298 
221 
acres 
901,060 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
146,893 
379,788 
282,192 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
- 
2 
3 
6 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
810 
- 
25 
64 
212 
292 
217 
Other than family held 
farms 
142 
- 
2 
18 
32 
63 
27 
acres 
141,641 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
15,883 
26,637 
86,709 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
19 
- 
6 
5 
4 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
123 
- 
2 
12 
27 
59 
23 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
521 
4 
13 
31 
113 
127 
233 
acres 
401,666 
(D) 
(D) 
56,894 
54,924 
120,859 
163,815 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,970 
9 
132 
282 
681 
891 
975 
workers 
9,511 
13 
438 
1,076 
2,010 
2,764 
3,210 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,308 
7 
42 
127 
280 
369 
483 
workers 
3,544 
(D) 
(D) 
571 
662 
944 
1,257 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,160 
2 
104 
197 
497 
672 
688 
workers 
5,967 
(D) 
(D) 
505 
1,348 
1,820 
1,953 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
62 
3 
12 
11 
16 
20 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
30 
- 
- 
6 
- 
6 
18 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
8,599 
28 
439 
957 
2,393 
2,731 
2,051 
workers 
19,855 
83 
1,092 
2,661 
5,940 
5,861 
4,218 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,667 
14 
141 
321 
765 
854 
572 
1 0 to 49 acres 
6,074 
18 
270 
634 
1,744 
2,040 
1,368 
50 to 69 acres 
921 
5 
50 
112 
220 
317 
217 
70 to 99 acres 
1,472 
7 
49 
170 
426 
430 
390 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,002 
- 
60 
88 
228 
310 
316 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,199 
3 
59 
109 
235 
368 
425 
180 to 219 acres 
459 
- 
18 
45 
123 
129 
144 
220 to 259 acres 
340 
3 
10 
22 
84 
100 
121 
260 to 499 acres 
1,536 
- 
55 
115 
332 
502 
532 
500 to 999 acres 
1,224 
6 
57 
95 
245 
375 
446 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
701 
1 
64 
77 
134 
207 
218 
2,000 acres or more 
623 
- 
19 
76 
118 
199 
211 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
909 
5 
75 
128 
210 
277 
214 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
150 
- 
3 
26 
38 
50 
33 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
281 
“ 
10 
19 
60 
112 
80 
production (1 1 14) 
283 
- 
7 
19 
67 
113 
77 
Other crop farming (1119) 
6,090 
7 
188 
448 
1,311 
1,922 
2,214 
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) 
6,090 
7 
188 
448 
1,311 
1,922 
2,214 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,051 
24 
346 
621 
1,448 
1,561 
1,051 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
58 
- 
1 
9 
15 
22 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
49 
- 
2 
4 
19 
15 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
211 
4 
11 
61 
81 
38 
16 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
385 
- 
16 
61 
139 
109 
60 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
682 
4 
42 
73 
238 
209 
116 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,069 
13 
151 
395 
1,028 
1,403 
1,079 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,057 
28 
436 
813 
1,733 
1,864 
1,183 
number 
644,253 
619 
11,715 
194,865 
166,073 
146,233 
124,748 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,708 
18 
191 
367 
809 
876 
447 
1 0 to 49 
2,384 
6 
175 
321 
671 
688 
523 
50 to 99 
480 
4 
56 
57 
124 
149 
90 
1 00 to 1 99 
230 
- 
8 
29 
72 
71 
50 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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