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 
21,732 
65 
888 
2,121 
5,092 
6,768 
6,798 
acres 
3,023,069 
3,313 
61,430 
204,710 
597,057 
988,669 
1,167,890 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,083 
3 
41 
119 
240 
329 
351 
acres 
362,413 
393 
5,941 
28,950 
60,917 
119,011 
147,201 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
19,995 
63 
845 
1,995 
4,684 
6,203 
6,205 
acres 
2,329,748 
3,283 
54,515 
174,175 
442,740 
756,277 
898,758 
Partnership 
farms 
1,151 
2 
27 
81 
233 
377 
431 
acres 
439,457 
(D) 
(D) 
34,707 
68,827 
148,029 
182,739 
Registered under state law 
farms 
811 
13 
60 
173 
270 
295 
acres 
373,688 
- 
2,437 
32,595 
54,121 
129,214 
155,321 
Corporation 
farms 
967 
4 
26 
66 
248 
329 
294 
acres 
403,593 
(D) 
(D) 
11,752 
102,694 
155,673 
128,991 
Family held 
farms 
842 
4 
21 
49 
223 
286 
259 
acres 
335,241 
(D) 
(D) 
10,248 
94,810 
1 1 1 ,278 
114,772 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
3 
1 
- 
6 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
821 
4 
18 
48 
223 
280 
248 
Other than family held 
farms 
125 
- 
5 
17 
25 
43 
35 
acres 
68,352 
- 
350 
1,504 
7,884 
44,395 
14,219 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
118 
- 
5 
17 
23 
39 
34 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
286 
- 
10 
25 
50 
90 
111 
acres 
81,799 
- 
609 
1,170 
11,239 
36,597 
32,184 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,530 
_ 
139 
407 
1,054 
1,456 
1,474 
workers 
12,063 
- 
284 
1,094 
2,940 
3,873 
3,872 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,625 
- 
44 
136 
361 
577 
507 
workers 
3,471 
- 
54 
293 
785 
1,242 
1,097 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,359 
- 
102 
323 
792 
1,018 
1,124 
workers 
8,592 
- 
230 
801 
2,155 
2,631 
2,775 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
71 
- 
2 
10 
18 
15 
26 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
43 
- 
4 
10 
12 
8 
9 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
9,577 
36 
429 
1,053 
2,448 
2,955 
2,656 
workers 
21,296 
83 
982 
2,804 
5,795 
6,184 
5,448 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,892 
14 
134 
277 
533 
542 
392 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,370 
33 
415 
949 
2,100 
2,582 
2,291 
50 to 69 acres 
2,459 
10 
109 
209 
585 
776 
770 
70 to 99 acres 
2,187 
1 
51 
175 
522 
712 
726 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,167 
3 
87 
186 
443 
662 
786 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,190 
6 
31 
89 
258 
358 
448 
180 to 219 acres 
953 
1 
29 
62 
187 
332 
342 
220 to 259 acres 
573 
- 
9 
38 
122 
174 
230 
260 to 499 acres 
1,475 
- 
31 
100 
280 
484 
580 
500 to 999 acres 
691 
1 
10 
62 
120 
214 
284 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
292 
- 
1 
15 
44 
103 
129 
2,000 acres or more 
150 
- 
1 
5 
21 
60 
63 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
855 
6 
64 
83 
214 
258 
230 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
566 
- 
33 
64 
148 
195 
126 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
1,717 
6 
46 
171 
417 
563 
514 
production (1 1 14) 
502 
- 
19 
43 
137 
156 
147 
Other crop farming (1119) 
6,849 
15 
141 
512 
1,315 
2,094 
2,772 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
183 
“ 
11 
25 
50 
56 
41 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,663 
15 
128 
487 
1,265 
2,038 
2,730 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,910 
29 
345 
696 
1,620 
2,153 
2,067 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
30 
- 
- 
1 
8 
4 
17 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
156 
4 
18 
22 
49 
31 
32 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,148 
- 
70 
143 
322 
360 
253 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,296 
2 
97 
210 
331 
358 
298 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,370 
7 
75 
222 
654 
827 
585 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,242 
33 
398 
859 
1,959 
2,560 
2,433 
number 
266,083 
510 
9,575 
27,424 
63,032 
82,386 
83,156 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,389 
15 
138 
282 
556 
754 
644 
1 0 to 49 
4,488 
17 
201 
431 
1,095 
1,384 
1,360 
50 to 99 
913 
1 
48 
90 
204 
285 
285 
1 00 to 1 99 
329 
- 
10 
42 
69 
100 
108 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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