Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
190 
51 
54 
15 
5 
20 
acres 
60,378 
216 
1,319 
857 
(D) 
2,213 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,917 
381 
774 
123 
128 
111 
acres 
264,023 
1,659 
17,316 
7,184 
10,680 
12,823 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
20 
48 
6 
9 
13 
acres 
78,919 
123 
1,060 
(D) 
766 
1,521 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
12 
38 
5 
8 
7 
acres 
67,520 
61 
866 
(D) 
676 
849 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
45 
88 
11 
18 
21 
acres 
159,443 
222 
2,074 
623 
1,521 
2,344 
Family held 
farms 
295 
44 
79 
8 
17 
16 
acres 
156,297 
(D) 
1,821 
449 
(D) 
1,757 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
43 
79 
8 
17 
15 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
1 
9 
3 
1 
5 
acres 
3,146 
(D) 
253 
174 
(D) 
587 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
1 
8 
3 
1 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
56 
6 
23 
3 
3 
8 
acres 
6,267 
18 
456 
(D) 
233 
954 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
898 
124 
275 
44 
62 
57 
workers 
3,697 
416 
846 
136 
171 
173 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
578 
71 
167 
28 
43 
24 
workers 
1,772 
180 
443 
69 
69 
77 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
567 
87 
150 
23 
44 
41 
workers 
1,925 
236 
403 
67 
102 
96 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
1 
5 
1 
1 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,092 
190 
473 
54 
82 
57 
workers 
2,550 
459 
1,066 
142 
217 
138 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
452 
452 
1 0 to 49 acres 
933 
- 
933 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
143 
- 
- 
143 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
- 
- 
- 
158 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
- 
- 
- 
- 
153 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
89 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
6 
77 
39 
47 
62 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
19 
11 
3 
1 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
4 
9 
2 
1 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
73 
37 
27 
3 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
10 
158 
46 
35 
16 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
309 
10 
158 
46 
35 
16 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
46 
62 
7 
10 
4 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
1 
- 
- 
13 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
12 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
145 
260 
30 
38 
41 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
17 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
520 
155 
313 
13 
13 
20 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
431 
67 
147 
31 
53 
19 
number 
18,225 
430 
1,685 
708 
1,501 
474 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
50 
86 
8 
10 
3 
1 0 to 49 
188 
17 
55 
21 
33 
13 
50 to 99 
36 
- 
6 
2 
10 
3 
100 to 199 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
347 
45 
112 
19 
53 
19 
number 
8,345 
215 
721 
323 
974 
294 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
68 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
