Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
25,081 
7,520 
2,088 
16,419 
18,270 
acres 
28,438,867 
10,194,032 
16,016,147 
2,228,688 
12,542,871 
15,895,996 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,345 
2,251 
843 
251 
1,340 
2,005 
acres 
5,178,565 
1,860,129 
2,732,853 
585,583 
1,957,235 
3,221,330 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,367 
21,613 
6,077 
1,677 
14,484 
14,883 
acres 
17,747,109 
6,350,326 
10,236,571 
1,160,212 
8,593,392 
9,153,717 
Partnership 
farms 
3,228 
2,015 
949 
264 
1,039 
2,189 
acres 
7,594,854 
2,256,603 
4,453,044 
885,207 
2,354,452 
5,240,402 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,604 
1,587 
793 
224 
810 
1,794 
acres 
6,628,196 
1,952,983 
3,846,270 
828,943 
1,990,194 
4,638,002 
Corporation 
farms 
2,522 
1,603 
677 
242 
999 
1,523 
acres 
4,486,122 
1,632,086 
2,341,610 
512,426 
1,832,834 
2,653,288 
Family held 
farms 
2,240 
1,402 
629 
209 
850 
1,390 
acres 
4,124,539 
1,386,089 
2,250,406 
488,044 
1,593,457 
2,531,082 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
32 
10 
4 
21 
25 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,194 
1,370 
619 
205 
829 
1,365 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
201 
48 
33 
149 
133 
acres 
361,583 
245,997 
91,204 
24,382 
239,377 
122,206 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
29 
27 
2 
- 
12 
17 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
253 
174 
46 
33 
137 
116 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,063 
874 
136 
53 
554 
509 
acres 
2,058,591 
1,554,232 
459,551 
44,808 
1,401,701 
656,890 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,059 
5,214 
3,103 
742 
4,023 
5,036 
workers 
38,019 
19,935 
14,121 
3,963 
14,571 
23,448 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,883 
2,567 
1,873 
443 
2,014 
2,869 
workers 
15,993 
8,641 
5,652 
1,700 
5,634 
10,359 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
6,190 
3,626 
2,091 
473 
2,810 
3,380 
workers 
22,026 
11,294 
8,469 
2,263 
8,937 
13,089 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
344 
165 
149 
30 
158 
186 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
84 
66 
13 
5 
38 
46 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
16,658 
11,975 
3,762 
921 
6,261 
10,397 
workers 
38,488 
27,176 
9,199 
2,113 
12,565 
25,923 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,251 
3,930 
129 
192 
1,962 
2,289 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10,008 
9,002 
656 
350 
4,408 
5,600 
50 to 69 acres 
1,629 
1,295 
256 
78 
738 
891 
70 to 99 acres 
2,578 
2,065 
398 
115 
1,271 
1,307 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,825 
1,327 
406 
92 
845 
980 
140 to 179 acres 
2,155 
1,715 
282 
158 
1,138 
1,017 
180 to 219 acres 
947 
628 
226 
93 
487 
460 
220 to 259 acres 
696 
482 
157 
57 
353 
343 
260 to 499 acres 
3,296 
2,130 
888 
278 
1,756 
1,540 
500 to 999 acres 
2,930 
1,537 
1,094 
299 
1,502 
1,428 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,263 
956 
1,080 
227 
1,108 
1,155 
2,000 acres or more 
3,602 
1,038 
2,267 
297 
1,508 
2,094 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,951 
1,478 
1,871 
602 
2,119 
1,832 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
455 
313 
87 
55 
180 
275 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
577 
501 
62 
14 
256 
321 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
576 
482 
45 
49 
270 
306 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
10,323 
8,575 
1,343 
405 
5,801 
4,522 
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 
8,575 
1,343 
405 
5,801 
4,522 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,528 
6,575 
3,271 
682 
4,515 
6,013 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
268 
133 
107 
28 
119 
149 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
183 
121 
45 
17 
62 
121 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
343 
304 
24 
15 
103 
240 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
611 
545 
56 
10 
223 
388 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,212 
1,034 
126 
52 
450 
762 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,153 
6,044 
802 
307 
2,978 
4,175 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,970 
8,276 
4,720 
974 
5,917 
8,053 
number 
2,630,082 
1,397,988 
943,638 
288,456 
1,104,464 
1,525,618 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,434 
3,506 
684 
244 
1,827 
2,607 
10 to 49 
4,877 
2,964 
1,567 
346 
2,153 
2,724 
50 to 99 
1,567 
736 
705 
126 
725 
842 
100 to 199 
1,247 
472 
664 
111 
522 
725 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
