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 
40,891 
30,593 
8,358 
1,940 
25,441 
15,450 
acres 
8,906,536 
4,429,097 
4,032,333 
445,106 
5,649,453 
3,257,083 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,380 
1,724 
487 
169 
1,320 
1,060 
acres 
968,604 
525,118 
385,845 
57,641 
490,067 
478,537 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
36,863 
27,885 
7,279 
1,699 
23,604 
13,259 
acres 
6,610,516 
3,314,531 
2,963,083 
332,902 
4,674,130 
1,936,386 
Partnership 
farms 
2,535 
1,667 
697 
171 
1,003 
1,532 
acres 
1,654,763 
721,970 
819,080 
113,713 
550,329 
1,104,434 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,836 
1,241 
467 
128 
738 
1,098 
acres 
1,250,430 
594,368 
562,282 
93,780 
431,755 
818,675 
Corporation 
farms 
2,410 
1,603 
651 
156 
1,186 
1,224 
acres 
1,192,077 
631,025 
518,656 
42,396 
640,040 
552,037 
Family held 
farms 
2,152 
1,416 
606 
130 
1,061 
1,091 
acres 
1,079,965 
552,498 
488,228 
39,239 
568,625 
511,340 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
54 
44 
5 
5 
28 
26 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,098 
1,372 
601 
125 
1,033 
1,065 
Other than family held 
farms 
258 
187 
45 
26 
125 
133 
acres 
112,112 
78,527 
30,428 
3,157 
71,415 
40,697 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
19 
1 
1 
11 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
237 
168 
44 
25 
114 
123 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
449 
389 
33 
27 
268 
181 
acres 
163,480 
140,148 
18,119 
5,213 
90,939 
72,541 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
12,258 
7,490 
4,015 
753 
7,235 
5,023 
workers 
51,156 
25,899 
20,803 
4,454 
25,945 
25,211 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,030 
3,278 
2,339 
413 
3,368 
2,662 
workers 
18,439 
9,328 
7,432 
1,679 
8,741 
9,698 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,348 
5,190 
2,680 
478 
5,026 
3,322 
workers 
32,717 
16,571 
13,371 
2,775 
17,204 
15,513 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
460 
187 
230 
43 
268 
192 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
93 
67 
24 
2 
61 
32 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,399 
13,133 
3,534 
732 
8,732 
8,667 
workers 
37,675 
28,355 
7,671 
1,649 
16,653 
21,022 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,025 
2,713 
103 
209 
1,664 
1,361 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,834 
12,084 
1,215 
535 
8,112 
5,722 
50 to 69 acres 
4,202 
3,407 
589 
206 
2,569 
1,633 
70 to 99 acres 
4,061 
3,152 
737 
172 
2,581 
1,480 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,992 
2,924 
871 
197 
2,571 
1,421 
140 to 179 acres 
2,416 
1,691 
641 
84 
1,545 
871 
180 to 219 acres 
1,845 
1,252 
499 
94 
1,236 
609 
220 to 259 acres 
1,213 
758 
398 
57 
788 
425 
260 to 499 acres 
3,276 
1,925 
1,159 
192 
2,158 
1,118 
500 to 999 acres 
2,284 
946 
1,125 
213 
1,540 
744 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,375 
411 
899 
65 
909 
466 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
281 
424 
29 
388 
346 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,940 
912 
745 
283 
1,469 
471 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,081 
832 
182 
67 
621 
460 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,931 
2,600 
263 
68 
1,726 
1,205 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,015 
843 
69 
103 
552 
463 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
11,856 
8,606 
2,670 
580 
8,177 
3,679 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
28 
7 
19 
2 
19 
9 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1,175 
207 
784 
184 
839 
336 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,653 
8,392 
1,867 
394 
7,319 
3,334 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
12,858 
9,052 
3,167 
639 
8,164 
4,694 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
232 
85 
118 
29 
116 
116 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
247 
223 
20 
4 
160 
87 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4,158 
3,182 
896 
80 
2,084 
2,074 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,912 
1,712 
130 
70 
941 
971 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,027 
3,497 
400 
130 
2,051 
1,976 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
17,188 
11,171 
5,202 
815 
10,659 
6,529 
number 
1,033,717 
395,864 
589,314 
48,539 
598,814 
434,903 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,749 
3,205 
385 
159 
2,187 
1,562 
10 to 49 
8,939 
6,176 
2,343 
420 
5,722 
3,217 
50 to 99 
2,349 
1,160 
1,079 
110 
1,496 
853 
100 to 199 
1,214 
408 
733 
73 
704 
510 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
