Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
2,356 
1,501 
4 
48 
136 
346 
387 
580 
acres 
477,123 
420,490 
52 
14,747 
34,056 
95,545 
124,719 
151,371 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
190 
120 
- 
3 
7 
28 
35 
47 
acres 
60,378 
55,307 
- 
5,049 
8,546 
15,179 
12,109 
14,424 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,917 
1,193 
4 
40 
99 
291 
273 
486 
acres 
264,023 
221,913 
52 
7,466 
15,527 
57,672 
46,296 
94,900 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
109 
- 
2 
11 
29 
36 
31 
acres 
78,919 
72,860 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
14,889 
28,591 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
93 
- 
2 
10 
25 
31 
25 
acres 
67,520 
62,267 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
12,272 
13,372 
26,214 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
238 
- 
7 
29 
43 
82 
77 
acres 
159,443 
151,054 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
26,703 
67,826 
40,539 
Family held 
farms 
295 
228 
- 
6 
27 
40 
80 
75 
acres 
156,297 
148,793 
- 
(D) 
10,075 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
4 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
224 
- 
6 
27 
40 
78 
73 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
10 
_ 
1 
2 
3 
2 
2 
acres 
3,146 
2,261 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
9 
- 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
56 
25 
1 
3 
17 
4 
acres 
6,267 
3,652 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,587 
1,217 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
898 
709 
1 
16 
65 
177 
193 
257 
workers 
3,697 
3,108 
(D) 
(D) 
209 
718 
923 
1,204 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
578 
477 
11 
50 
112 
154 
150 
workers 
1,772 
1,513 
- 
33 
113 
362 
526 
479 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
567 
443 
1 
10 
42 
115 
119 
156 
workers 
1,925 
1,595 
(D) 
(D) 
96 
356 
397 
725 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
35 
1 
1 
2 
9 
9 
13 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
4 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,092 
675 
1 
25 
46 
180 
162 
261 
workers 
2,550 
1,603 
(D) 
(D) 
116 
413 
330 
676 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
452 
246 
1 
17 
20 
51 
76 
81 
1 0 to 49 acres 
933 
512 
3 
8 
53 
120 
150 
178 
50 to 69 acres 
143 
93 
- 
2 
2 
17 
14 
58 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
104 
- 
3 
22 
25 
17 
37 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
84 
- 
1 
3 
17 
19 
44 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
89 
67 
- 
- 
8 
24 
19 
16 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
51 
- 
3 
7 
4 
17 
20 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
34 
- 
- 
- 
9 
6 
19 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
151 
- 
9 
5 
48 
22 
67 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
82 
- 
1 
6 
22 
27 
26 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
84 
- 
2 
11 
18 
21 
32 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
57 
- 
3 
3 
11 
20 
20 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
456 
15 
32 
102 
107 
200 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
46 
2 
2 
3 
6 
15 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
12 
- 
1 
- 
1 
3 
7 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
73 
39 
_ 
2 
4 
6 
12 
15 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
138 
- 
- 
11 
11 
60 
56 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
309 
138 
. 
. 
11 
11 
60 
56 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
71 
1 
6 
2 
27 
6 
29 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
27 
- 
1 
6 
16 
1 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
505 
1 
13 
60 
144 
133 
154 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
17 
- 
- 
1 
3 
3 
10 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
520 
251 
- 
9 
21 
49 
68 
104 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
431 
265 
1 
15 
15 
87 
48 
99 
number 
18,225 
15,793 
(D) 
(D) 
382 
3,978 
(D) 
9,290 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
79 
9 
5 
34 
10 
21 
1 0 to 49 
188 
125 
1 
5 
8 
30 
31 
50 
50 to 99 
36 
26 
- 
- 
2 
13 
4 
7 
100 to 199 
17 
17 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
200 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
