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 
23,924 
61 
834 
2,391 
6,201 
7,233 
7,204 
acres 
2,178,878 
6,589 
57,616 
167,040 
491,093 
612,701 
843,839 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,367 
1 
44 
174 
381 
427 
340 
acres 
370,670 
(D) 
30,786 
(D) 
98,799 
116,777 
101,250 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
20,672 
46 
730 
2,038 
5,411 
6,207 
6,240 
acres 
1,457,249 
2,762 
51,277 
102,155 
341,499 
424,312 
535,244 
Partnership 
farms 
1,180 
7 
34 
142 
258 
344 
395 
acres 
491,819 
(D) 
31,217 
(D) 
100,011 
91,468 
164,933 
Registered under state law 
farms 
857 
1 
22 
101 
203 
260 
270 
acres 
417,660 
(D) 
(D) 
98,427 
87,171 
79,129 
125,960 
Corporation 
farms 
2,517 
5 
93 
301 
659 
788 
671 
acres 
627,365 
23 
7,212 
50,198 
77,910 
119,312 
372,710 
Family held 
farms 
2,123 
5 
73 
248 
551 
663 
583 
acres 
471,967 
23 
4,854 
43,196 
70,757 
98,079 
255,058 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
32 
- 
- 
2 
6 
12 
12 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,091 
5 
73 
246 
545 
651 
571 
Other than family held 
farms 
394 
- 
20 
53 
108 
125 
88 
acres 
155,398 
- 
2,358 
7,002 
7,153 
21,233 
117,652 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
- 
3 
3 
1 
3 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
379 
- 
17 
50 
107 
122 
83 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
469 
5 
10 
27 
106 
154 
167 
acres 
136,592 
(D) 
237 
(D) 
15,057 
82,084 
23,752 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,275 
7 
202 
569 
1,174 
1,633 
1,690 
workers 
23,710 
46 
760 
2,172 
5,803 
7,535 
7,394 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,277 
1 
61 
273 
508 
694 
740 
workers 
9,452 
(D) 
(D) 
786 
2,490 
2,717 
3,213 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,714 
6 
155 
387 
829 
1,140 
1,197 
workers 
14,258 
(D) 
(D) 
1,386 
3,313 
4,818 
4,181 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
195 
17 
22 
49 
54 
53 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
176 
- 
2 
17 
38 
50 
69 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,769 
34 
403 
1,337 
3,265 
3,482 
3,248 
workers 
25,897 
104 
969 
3,294 
7,548 
7,355 
6,627 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,418 
22 
254 
722 
1,699 
1,981 
1,740 
1 0 to 49 acres 
11,538 
17 
355 
1,219 
3,100 
3,432 
3,415 
50 to 69 acres 
1,462 
2 
39 
101 
401 
457 
462 
70 to 99 acres 
1,383 
5 
56 
126 
318 
421 
457 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,040 
- 
33 
100 
252 
290 
365 
140 to 1 79 acres 
627 
6 
25 
41 
136 
197 
222 
180 to 219 acres 
472 
3 
22 
49 
92 
158 
148 
220 to 259 acres 
287 
2 
9 
20 
70 
86 
100 
260 to 499 acres 
787 
4 
39 
67 
194 
237 
246 
500 to 999 acres 
468 
- 
21 
32 
107 
131 
177 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
175 
2 
5 
17 
33 
54 
64 
2,000 acres or more 
181 
- 
9 
14 
32 
49 
77 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
140 
- 
6 
15 
32 
36 
51 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
377 
5 
25 
27 
91 
129 
100 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
3,785 
3 
82 
304 
808 
1,174 
1,414 
production (1 1 14) 
2,296 
14 
69 
247 
586 
809 
571 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,867 
6 
79 
226 
661 
802 
1,093 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
42 
“ 
“ 
8 
9 
9 
16 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
2,825 
6 
79 
218 
652 
793 
1,077 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,755 
22 
427 
1,023 
2,626 
2,750 
2,907 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
61 
- 
6 
9 
13 
28 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
368 
- 
6 
77 
138 
93 
54 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
516 
- 
20 
67 
168 
150 
111 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,034 
“ 
50 
122 
305 
317 
240 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,639 
13 
97 
391 
1,006 
1,205 
927 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,438 
37 
488 
1,260 
3,106 
3,276 
3,271 
number 
432,544 
1,254 
22,539 
39,426 
95,372 
117,818 
156,135 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,256 
10 
214 
671 
1,470 
1,462 
1,429 
10 to 49 
4,835 
22 
195 
450 
1,342 
1,414 
1,412 
50 to 99 
713 
3 
41 
73 
156 
208 
232 
1 00 to 1 99 
307 
- 
15 
27 
85 
104 
76 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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