Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
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 
2,356 
1,917 
124 
97 
acres 
477,123 
264,023 
63,345 
53,035 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
190 
130 
47 
45 
acres 
60,378 
35,963 
23,586 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,917 
1,917 
_ 
_ 
acres 
264,023 
264,023 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
- 
161 
128 
acres 
78,919 
- 
78,919 
67,520 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
- 
128 
128 
acres 
67,520 
- 
67,520 
67,520 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
159,443 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
295 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
156,297 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,146 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
56 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
6,267 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
898 
578 
96 
81 
workers 
3,697 
1,623 
676 
585 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
578 
343 
68 
58 
workers 
1,772 
707 
276 
217 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
567 
360 
73 
66 
workers 
1,925 
916 
400 
368 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
38 
15 
6 
6 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
4 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,092 
857 
76 
60 
workers 
2,550 
1,981 
193 
141 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
452 
381 
20 
12 
1 0 to 49 acres 
933 
774 
48 
38 
50 to 69 acres 
143 
123 
6 
5 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
128 
9 
8 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
111 
13 
7 
1 40 te 1 79 acres 
89 
63 
10 
10 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
51 
3 
3 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
32 
2 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
142 
7 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
51 
12 
10 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
44 
17 
16 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
17 
14 
11 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
475 
43 
37 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
40 
4 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
19 
12 
5 
2 
production (1 1 14) 
73 
44 
9 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
251 
16 
12 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
" 
" 
" 
" 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
309 
251 
16 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
121 
11 
9 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
21 
3 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
15 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
474 
38 
28 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
31 
30 
" 
" 
production (1125, 1129) 
520 
432 
32 
25 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
431 
363 
29 
24 
number 
18,225 
9,032 
5,218 
5,148 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
160 
6 
3 
10 to 49 
188 
165 
8 
6 
50 to 99 
36 
28 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
17 
2 
8 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
146 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
