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 
15,434 
58 
768 
1,942 
3,779 
4,713 
4,174 
acres 
2,037,547 
4,603 
86,441 
208,837 
482,754 
674,698 
580,214 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,099 
3 
79 
193 
258 
327 
239 
acres 
313,744 
261 
14,333 
37,652 
92,323 
93,195 
75,980 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
14,255 
54 
722 
1,799 
3,484 
4,338 
3,858 
acres 
1,583,061 
3,242 
75,629 
177,952 
370,383 
496,350 
459,505 
Partnership 
farms 
766 
8 
37 
83 
167 
233 
238 
acres 
279,282 
(D) 
(D) 
23,697 
78,731 
75,546 
90,631 
Registered under state law 
farms 
526 
5 
29 
62 
115 
164 
151 
acres 
234,776 
337 
9,668 
17,438 
69,557 
66,580 
71,196 
Corporation 
farms 
794 
1 
23 
81 
217 
266 
206 
acres 
372,405 
(D) 
(D) 
91,845 
51,390 
145,799 
74,408 
Family held 
farms 
670 
1 
23 
47 
195 
234 
170 
acres 
210,645 
(D) 
(D) 
8,772 
46,250 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
34 
6 
6 
9 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
636 
1 
23 
41 
189 
225 
157 
Other than family held 
farms 
124 
- 
- 
34 
22 
32 
36 
acres 
161,760 
- 
- 
83,073 
5,140 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
118 
- 
- 
30 
22 
32 
34 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
142 
7 
19 
23 
60 
33 
acres 
38,619 
- 
922 
3,498 
3,213 
11,974 
19,012 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,354 
18 
116 
409 
805 
994 
1,012 
workers 
8,872 
31 
366 
1,058 
1,964 
2,692 
2,761 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,094 
9 
48 
124 
253 
318 
342 
workers 
2,548 
9 
102 
234 
545 
718 
940 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,637 
9 
75 
325 
653 
784 
791 
workers 
6,324 
22 
264 
824 
1,419 
1,974 
1,821 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
55 
4 
5 
16 
15 
15 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
5 
11 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
7,616 
25 
406 
1,034 
1,938 
2,331 
1,882 
workers 
17,566 
47 
1,033 
2,759 
4,716 
5,139 
3,872 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,931 
4 
120 
319 
552 
541 
395 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,983 
27 
297 
796 
1,491 
1,834 
1,538 
50 to 69 acres 
1,613 
4 
84 
176 
388 
496 
465 
70 to 99 acres 
1,490 
14 
69 
176 
296 
507 
428 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,414 
13 
56 
153 
327 
425 
440 
140 to 1 79 acres 
779 
- 
42 
82 
175 
238 
242 
180 to 219 acres 
575 
- 
23 
48 
135 
175 
194 
220 to 259 acres 
414 
- 
19 
36 
82 
133 
144 
260 to 499 acres 
1,010 
- 
45 
122 
256 
322 
265 
500 to 999 acres 
470 
- 
26 
42 
124 
144 
134 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
165 
1 
3 
21 
39 
44 
57 
2,000 acres or more 
113 
- 
5 
11 
26 
38 
33 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
460 
4 
44 
71 
94 
141 
106 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
231 
3 
14 
32 
41 
81 
60 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
519 
- 
13 
57 
117 
178 
154 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
350 
4 
22 
38 
73 
111 
102 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4,630 
12 
175 
366 
897 
1,462 
1,718 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
30 
- 
4 
3 
3 
9 
11 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,600 
12 
171 
363 
894 
1,453 
1,707 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,289 
32 
396 
853 
1,680 
1,848 
1,480 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
11 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
15 
- 
- 
4 
3 
6 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
137 
- 
5 
50 
45 
20 
17 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
332 
- 
14 
62 
86 
112 
58 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
401 
- 
18 
75 
112 
117 
79 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,581 
8 
88 
374 
742 
810 
559 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
7,442 
42 
467 
1,046 
1,992 
2,201 
1,694 
number 
297,149 
1,200 
14,219 
56,390 
80,639 
82,571 
62,130 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,246 
8 
152 
319 
625 
629 
513 
1 0 to 49 
3,844 
28 
250 
519 
999 
1,162 
886 
50 to 99 
763 
5 
37 
111 
211 
227 
172 
1 00 to 1 99 
346 
- 
15 
59 
87 
110 
75 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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