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 
23,913 
16,715 
5,615 
1,583 
1 1 ,445 
12,468 
acres 
10,046,693 
4,328,480 
4,930,537 
787,676 
4,269,258 
5,777,435 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,861 
1,145 
527 
189 
734 
1,127 
acres 
1,601,748 
822,368 
668,474 
110,906 
573,654 
1 ,028,094 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
20,716 
14,863 
4,599 
1,254 
10,315 
10,401 
acres 
5,606,530 
2,356,904 
2,847,855 
401,771 
2,890,152 
2,716,378 
Partnership 
farms 
1,802 
1,046 
540 
216 
510 
1,292 
acres 
2,512,213 
962,831 
1,246,463 
302,919 
515,123 
1 ,997,090 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,475 
817 
473 
185 
419 
1,056 
acres 
2,296,351 
848,737 
1,177,839 
269,775 
475,149 
1,821,202 
Corporation 
farms 
1,792 
950 
653 
189 
716 
1,076 
acres 
2,650,800 
1,154,361 
1,278,631 
217,808 
1,126,246 
1 ,524,554 
Family held 
farms 
1,611 
827 
617 
167 
631 
980 
acres 
2,475,548 
1,061,745 
1,219,074 
194,729 
1,073,380 
1,402,168 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
42 
28 
10 
4 
19 
23 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,569 
799 
607 
163 
612 
957 
Other than family held 
farms 
181 
123 
36 
22 
85 
96 
acres 
175,252 
92,616 
59,557 
23,079 
52,866 
122,386 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
30 
22 
7 
1 
17 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
151 
101 
29 
21 
68 
83 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
506 
416 
51 
39 
255 
251 
acres 
990,566 
853,874 
127,770 
8,922 
651,950 
338,616 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,862 
4,062 
3,050 
750 
3,583 
4,279 
workers 
48,225 
18,811 
23,650 
5,764 
17,360 
30,865 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,036 
1,793 
1,827 
416 
1,682 
2,354 
workers 
19,365 
7,722 
9,782 
1,861 
6,198 
13,167 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
5,854 
2,985 
2,296 
573 
2,679 
3,175 
workers 
28,860 
11,089 
13,868 
3,903 
11,162 
17,698 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
617 
175 
363 
79 
263 
354 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
39 
23 
14 
2 
16 
23 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,404 
8,175 
2,634 
595 
4,418 
6,986 
workers 
27,485 
19,428 
6,620 
1,437 
9,121 
18,364 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,861 
4,442 
215 
204 
2,111 
2,750 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7,031 
5,649 
1,048 
334 
3,282 
3,749 
50 to 69 acres 
1,204 
883 
221 
100 
601 
603 
70 to 99 acres 
1,490 
1,050 
344 
96 
786 
704 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,273 
792 
346 
135 
637 
636 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,136 
837 
201 
98 
602 
534 
180 to 219 acres 
775 
456 
255 
64 
403 
372 
220 to 259 acres 
608 
320 
215 
73 
336 
272 
260 to 499 acres 
2,192 
1,136 
830 
226 
1,109 
1,083 
500 to 999 acres 
1,728 
840 
753 
135 
856 
872 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,308 
471 
709 
128 
614 
694 
2,000 acres or more 
1,210 
399 
706 
105 
459 
751 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,874 
1,138 
1,229 
507 
1,681 
1,193 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
758 
352 
275 
131 
334 
424 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
368 
345 
19 
4 
158 
210 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
504 
414 
50 
40 
221 
283 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,579 
5,607 
1,538 
434 
4,091 
3,488 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
7,579 
5,607 
1,538 
434 
4,091 
3,488 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,505 
5,338 
1,803 
364 
3,352 
4,153 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
150 
91 
44 
15 
59 
91 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
589 
312 
245 
32 
228 
361 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
217 
192 
19 
6 
78 
139 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
345 
313 
27 
5 
112 
233 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
815 
675 
107 
33 
296 
519 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,112 
2,498 
487 
127 
1,186 
1,926 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
10,957 
7,077 
3,281 
599 
4,752 
6,205 
number 
2,397,541 
1,256,912 
945,052 
195,577 
856,428 
1,541,113 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,879 
3,222 
511 
146 
1,599 
2,280 
1 0 to 49 
3,735 
2,344 
1,180 
211 
1,688 
2,047 
50 to 99 
1,032 
498 
443 
91 
498 
534 
100 to 199 
902 
382 
454 
66 
428 
474 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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