Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
1,942 
1,785 
1,745 
157 
151 
279 
acres 
917,358 
876,394 
842,299 
40,964 
(D) 
108,270 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
44 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
16,964 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
2,410 
2,152 
2,098 
258 
237 
- 
acres 
1,192,077 
1,079,965 
1,032,114 
112,112 
106,899 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,152 
2,152 
2,098 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,079,965 
1,079,965 
1,032,114 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
54 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,098 
2,098 
2,098 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
258 
- 
- 
258 
237 
- 
acres 
112,112 
- 
- 
112,112 
106,899 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
21 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
237 
- 
" 
237 
237 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
449 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
163,480 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,407 
1,265 
1,232 
142 
122 
174 
workers 
12,721 
11,253 
10,843 
1,468 
1,124 
958 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,029 
920 
892 
109 
90 
110 
workers 
5,702 
4,936 
4,629 
766 
533 
440 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
817 
738 
725 
79 
66 
97 
workers 
7,019 
6,317 
6,214 
702 
591 
518 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
93 
79 
75 
14 
11 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
928 
859 
843 
69 
67 
139 
workers 
1,911 
1,766 
1,735 
145 
(D) 
324 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
165 
140 
130 
25 
21 
57 
1 0 to 49 acres 
543 
462 
451 
81 
73 
88 
50 to 69 acres 
200 
189 
188 
11 
11 
34 
70 to 99 acres 
185 
162 
157 
23 
23 
36 
100 to 139 acres 
179 
151 
149 
28 
28 
37 
140 to 1 79 acres 
104 
100 
98 
4 
4 
25 
180 to 219 acres 
108 
99 
97 
9 
7 
27 
220 to 259 acres 
84 
79 
79 
5 
4 
21 
260 to 499 acres 
288 
256 
255 
32 
29 
51 
500 to 999 acres 
254 
235 
231 
19 
18 
40 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
163 
151 
145 
12 
10 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
137 
128 
118 
9 
9 
18 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
117 
92 
90 
25 
25 
20 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
64 
54 
51 
10 
10 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
210 
185 
181 
25 
20 
24 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
229 
190 
182 
39 
38 
56 
Other crop farming (1119) 
609 
569 
551 
40 
38 
171 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
78 
75 
75 
3 
3 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
529 
492 
474 
37 
35 
166 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
328 
296 
292 
32 
32 
87 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
47 
46 
46 
1 
1 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
23 
23 
23 
- 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
457 
422 
415 
35 
23 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
29 
23 
23 
6 
6 
15 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
297 
252 
244 
45 
44 
44 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
705 
656 
650 
49 
48 
117 
number 
130,088 
125,401 
124,754 
4,687 
(D) 
12,675 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
76 
71 
71 
5 
5 
20 
10 to 49 
283 
261 
258 
22 
22 
57 
50 to 99 
106 
99 
98 
7 
6 
12 
1 00 to 1 99 
87 
80 
80 
7 
7 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Georgia 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
