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 
2,356 
1,600 
568 
188 
1,304 
1,052 
acres 
477,123 
103,336 
309,617 
64,170 
220,960 
256,163 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
190 
132 
42 
16 
90 
100 
acres 
60,378 
13,642 
31,185 
15,551 
20,091 
40,287 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,917 
1,344 
426 
147 
1,139 
778 
acres 
264,023 
69,889 
160,854 
33,280 
166,549 
97,474 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
100 
45 
16 
41 
120 
acres 
78,919 
(D) 
(D) 
14,360 
9,593 
69,326 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
72 
42 
14 
30 
98 
acres 
67,520 
14,712 
43,198 
9,610 
6,787 
60,733 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
168 
116 
33 
132 
185 
acres 
159,443 
18,505 
117,541 
23,397 
46,884 
112,559 
Family held 
farms 
295 
153 
111 
31 
116 
179 
acres 
156,297 
(D) 
117,341 
(D) 
43,950 
112,347 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
3 
3 
1 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
150 
108 
31 
115 
174 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
15 
5 
2 
16 
6 
acres 
3,146 
(D) 
200 
(D) 
2,934 
212 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
13 
5 
2 
14 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
56 
54 
2 
- 
34 
22 
acres 
6,267 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
4,025 
2,242 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
898 
510 
311 
77 
404 
494 
workers 
3,697 
1,796 
1,492 
409 
1,292 
2,405 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
578 
307 
216 
55 
226 
352 
workers 
1,772 
915 
680 
177 
578 
1,194 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
567 
313 
201 
53 
278 
289 
workers 
1,925 
881 
812 
232 
714 
1,211 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
13 
21 
4 
15 
23 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
1 
3 
2 
1 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,092 
789 
235 
68 
509 
583 
workers 
2,550 
1,840 
515 
195 
1,137 
1,413 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
452 
399 
8 
45 
261 
191 
1 0 to 49 acres 
933 
788 
100 
45 
454 
479 
50 to 69 acres 
143 
117 
18 
8 
97 
46 
70 to 99 acres 
158 
122 
30 
6 
79 
79 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
153 
91 
48 
14 
96 
57 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
89 
39 
37 
13 
61 
28 
180 to 219 acres 
63 
30 
20 
13 
36 
27 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
15 
26 
2 
38 
5 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
30 
128 
19 
127 
50 
500 to 999 acres 
92 
19 
69 
4 
43 
49 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
90 
11 
65 
14 
39 
51 
2,000 acres or more 
58 
5 
40 
13 
15 
43 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
207 
308 
91 
391 
215 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
31 
19 
11 
33 
28 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
17 
2 
- 
7 
12 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
73 
52 
9 
12 
31 
42 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
255 
51 
3 
191 
118 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
309 
255 
51 
3 
191 
118 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
116 
17 
4 
74 
63 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
19 
9 
4 
19 
13 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
8 
4 
4 
5 
11 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
479 
146 
20 
336 
309 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
28 
2 
1 
17 
14 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
520 
453 
21 
46 
240 
280 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
431 
282 
120 
29 
217 
214 
number 
18,225 
7,158 
(D) 
(D) 
7,248 
10,977 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
153 
9 
9 
78 
93 
10 to 49 
188 
105 
67 
16 
102 
86 
50 to 99 
36 
19 
14 
3 
22 
14 
100 to 199 
17 
- 
16 
1 
8 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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