Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
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 
40,891 
36,863 
1,807 
1,366 
acres 
8,906,536 
6,610,516 
1,270,392 
973,571 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,380 
1,512 
824 
786 
acres 
968,604 
458,955 
492,685 
454,560 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
36,863 
36,863 
- 
- 
acres 
6,610,516 
6,610,516 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,535 
- 
2,535 
1,836 
acres 
1,654,763 
- 
1,654,763 
1 
,250,430 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,836 
- 
1,836 
1,836 
acres 
1,250,430 
- 
1,250,430 
1 
,250,430 
Corporation 
farms 
2,410 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,192,077 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,152 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,079,965 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
54 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,098 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
258 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
112,112 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
237 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
449 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
163,480 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
12,258 
9,472 
1,205 
907 
workers 
51,156 
29,895 
7,582 
6,122 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,030 
4,130 
761 
582 
workers 
18,439 
8,830 
3,467 
2,899 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,348 
6,705 
729 
555 
workers 
32,717 
21,065 
4,115 
3,223 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
460 
276 
91 
75 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
93 
80 
7 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,399 
15,312 
1,020 
744 
workers 
37,675 
33,035 
2,405 
1,729 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,025 
2,722 
81 
62 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,834 
12,725 
478 
305 
50 to 69 acres 
4,202 
3,806 
162 
109 
70 to 99 acres 
4,061 
3,687 
153 
111 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,992 
3,602 
174 
124 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,416 
2,142 
145 
93 
180 to 219 acres 
1,845 
1,572 
138 
105 
220 to 259 acres 
1,213 
1,005 
103 
77 
260 to 499 acres 
3,276 
2,624 
313 
236 
500 to 999 acres 
2,284 
1,685 
305 
247 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,375 
935 
262 
199 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
358 
221 
168 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,940 
1,688 
115 
89 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,081 
945 
66 
58 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,931 
2,564 
133 
103 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,015 
647 
83 
73 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
11,856 
10,079 
997 
737 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
28 
23 
3 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1,175 
937 
155 
108 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,653 
9,119 
839 
627 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
12,858 
11,861 
582 
348 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
232 
131 
51 
30 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
247 
214 
8 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4,158 
3,424 
256 
209 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,912 
1,805 
63 
41 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,027 
3,505 
181 
141 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
17,188 
15,367 
999 
642 
number 
1,033,717 
740,541 
150,413 
105,999 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,749 
3,533 
120 
67 
1 0 to 49 
8,939 
8,235 
364 
220 
50 to 99 
2,349 
2,025 
206 
134 
100 to 199 
1,214 
998 
119 
80 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
