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 
56,778 
37,566 
16,125 
3,087 
32,645 
24,133 
acres 
13,765,625 
2,865,969 
9,820,803 
1,078,853 
6,996,022 
6,769,603 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,124 
1,301 
677 
146 
963 
1,161 
acres 
877,479 
218,563 
564,141 
94,775 
318,320 
559,159 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
50,997 
34,466 
13,926 
2,605 
30,334 
20,663 
acres 
10,006,936 
2,321,923 
7,133,733 
551,280 
5,962,568 
4,044,368 
Partnership 
farms 
3,376 
1,866 
1,227 
283 
1,058 
2,318 
acres 
2,191,875 
332,398 
1 ,502,822 
356,655 
352,105 
1,839,770 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,257 
1,211 
848 
198 
691 
1,566 
acres 
1,705,060 
246,438 
1,141,033 
317,589 
260,129 
1,444,931 
Corporation 
farms 
3,266 
1,553 
1,391 
322 
1,454 
1,812 
acres 
2,312,284 
320,822 
1,713,329 
278,133 
858,497 
1 ,453,787 
Family held 
farms 
3,030 
1,405 
1,338 
287 
1,306 
1,724 
acres 
2,215,043 
295,260 
1 ,662,343 
257,440 
799,526 
1,415,517 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
56 
35 
21 
- 
26 
30 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,974 
1,370 
1,317 
287 
1,280 
1,694 
Other than family held 
farms 
236 
148 
53 
35 
148 
88 
acres 
97,241 
25,562 
50,986 
20,693 
58,971 
38,270 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
16 
13 
1 
2 
8 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
220 
135 
52 
33 
140 
80 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,056 
880 
135 
41 
635 
421 
acres 
209,301 
105,707 
96,369 
7,225 
95,003 
114,298 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,350 
6,532 
6,835 
983 
7,472 
6,878 
workers 
46,590 
19,463 
23,232 
3,895 
20,477 
26,113 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,930 
2,157 
3,289 
484 
2,694 
3,236 
workers 
15,733 
5,865 
8,227 
1,641 
5,734 
9,999 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
10,918 
5,083 
5,091 
744 
5,763 
5,155 
workers 
30,857 
13,598 
15,005 
2,254 
14,743 
16,114 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
188 
61 
115 
12 
91 
97 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
21 
8 
9 
4 
15 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
23,247 
15,445 
6,707 
1,095 
10,932 
12,315 
workers 
57,799 
39,374 
15,895 
2,530 
23,883 
33,916 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,607 
6,094 
221 
292 
3,388 
3,219 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,770 
18,049 
1,993 
728 
11,576 
9,194 
50 to 69 acres 
4,617 
3,519 
878 
220 
2,722 
1,895 
70 to 99 acres 
5,118 
3,798 
1,039 
281 
3,134 
1,984 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,168 
2,627 
1,225 
316 
2,498 
1,670 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,493 
1,444 
901 
148 
1,556 
937 
180 to 219 acres 
1,767 
831 
775 
161 
1,104 
663 
220 to 259 acres 
1,378 
550 
703 
125 
882 
496 
260 to 499 acres 
4,275 
1,177 
2,740 
358 
2,696 
1,579 
500 to 999 acres 
3,562 
426 
2,837 
299 
2,197 
1,365 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,544 
136 
2,213 
195 
1,258 
1,286 
2,000 acres or more 
1,396 
114 
1,154 
128 
470 
926 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24,002 
9,824 
11,900 
2,278 
15,080 
8,922 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
688 
511 
117 
60 
310 
378 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
402 
356 
34 
12 
192 
210 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
794 
674 
71 
49 
365 
429 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,636 
10,410 
1,024 
202 
7,194 
4,442 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
86 
48 
31 
7 
62 
24 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1 199) 
11,550 
10,362 
993 
195 
7,132 
4,418 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,394 
6,626 
1,497 
271 
4,669 
3,725 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
319 
184 
118 
17 
171 
148 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,459 
676 
678 
105 
618 
841 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,301 
847 
394 
60 
610 
691 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,336 
1,110 
213 
13 
549 
787 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,719 
1,487 
165 
67 
727 
992 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,645 
6,060 
468 
117 
2,996 
3,649 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
17,370 
10,690 
5,941 
739 
9,294 
8,076 
number 
821 ,265 
340,661 
408,614 
71,990 
390,472 
430,793 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,397 
4,969 
1,237 
191 
3,375 
3,022 
1 0 to 49 
7,628 
4,483 
2,784 
361 
4,349 
3,279 
50 to 99 
1,804 
717 
982 
105 
900 
904 
100 to 199 
892 
309 
531 
52 
422 
470 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
