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 
855 
1 
53 
90 
199 
294 
218 
acres 
56,633 
(D) 
(D) 
5,873 
10,364 
20,363 
18,300 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
70 
14 
20 
13 
17 
6 
acres 
5,071 
- 
539 
2,107 
892 
1,280 
253 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
724 
1 
49 
83 
171 
234 
186 
acres 
42,110 
(D) 
(D) 
4,007 
7,986 
14,881 
13,973 
Partnership 
farms 
52 
2 
4 
8 
23 
15 
acres 
6,059 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
290 
1,568 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
35 
- 
2 
3 
6 
11 
13 
acres 
5,253 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
257 
852 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
79 
- 
3 
2 
23 
42 
9 
acres 
8,389 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,405 
4,865 
939 
Family held 
farms 
67 
- 
3 
2 
18 
35 
9 
acres 
7,504 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,205 
4,180 
939 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
65 
- 
3 
2 
18 
34 
8 
Other than family held 
farms 
12 
_ 
_ 
_ 
5 
7 
_ 
acres 
885 
- 
- 
- 
200 
685 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
5 
6 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
31 
2 
4 
7 
6 
12 
acres 
2,615 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
507 
146 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
189 
5 
28 
38 
67 
51 
workers 
589 
- 
11 
66 
103 
228 
181 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
101 
2 
17 
13 
40 
29 
workers 
259 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
20 
98 
114 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
124 
- 
5 
19 
30 
42 
28 
workers 
330 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
83 
130 
67 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
. 
1 
. 
2 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
417 
- 
14 
54 
113 
152 
84 
workers 
947 
- 
24 
200 
249 
317 
157 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
206 
28 
17 
49 
77 
35 
1 0 to 49 acres 
421 
- 
20 
58 
112 
132 
99 
50 to 69 acres 
50 
- 
- 
3 
10 
21 
16 
70 to 99 acres 
54 
1 
3 
7 
10 
19 
14 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
69 
- 
2 
4 
12 
22 
29 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
22 
- 
1 
- 
5 
12 
4 
180 to 219 acres 
12 
- 
1 
- 
2 
6 
3 
220 to 259 acres 
9 
- 
1 
- 
1 
3 
4 
260 to 499 acres 
26 
- 
- 
1 
5 
8 
12 
500 to 999 acres 
10 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
5 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
150 
1 
9 
10 
35 
55 
40 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
15 
- 
2 
- 
9 
3 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7 
- 
- 
1 
2 
4 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
34 
_ 
5 
4 
5 
11 
9 
Other crop farming (1119) 
171 
- 
1 
7 
44 
57 
62 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
171 
. 
1 
7 
44 
57 
62 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
66 
- 
5 
19 
19 
16 
7 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
15 
- 
3 
8 
- 
- 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
140 
- 
12 
8 
34 
54 
32 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
14 
- 
- 
1 
4 
6 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
269 
- 
18 
35 
56 
98 
62 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
166 
9 
34 
38 
54 
31 
number 
2,432 
- 
169 
744 
330 
737 
452 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
92 
5 
18 
22 
30 
17 
1 0 to 49 
63 
- 
3 
10 
16 
22 
12 
50 to 99 
10 
- 
1 
6 
- 
1 
2 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 201 
