Table 7. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Colorado: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
....farms 
9,059 
1,837 
2,009 
1,757 
853 
1,209 
637 
106 
workers 
38,019 
4,191 
4,636 
3,957 
2,736 
5,732 
5,717 
5,510 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
....farms 
4,883 
694 
767 
844 
549 
866 
584 
101 
workers 
15,993 
1,082 
1,175 
1,338 
1,121 
2,305 
2,869 
2,996 
Less than 150 days 
....farms 
6,190 
1,374 
1,494 
1,157 
539 
786 
386 
68 
workers 
22,026 
3,109 
3,461 
2,619 
1,615 
3,427 
2,848 
2,514 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
....farms 
344 
33 
44 
54 
50 
67 
56 
11 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
....farms 
84 
33 
19 
22 
3 
5 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
....farms 
16,658 
4,585 
6,664 
3,365 
693 
586 
201 
12 
workers 
38,488 
9,805 
15,819 
8,004 
1,600 
1,306 
441 
25 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,251 
1,266 
2,084 
769 
17 
26 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10,008 
3,142 
4,767 
1,773 
45 
34 
18 
5 
50 to 69 acres 
1,629 
536 
711 
297 
18 
2 
2 
2 
70 to 99 acres 
2,578 
842 
1,118 
504 
15 
11 
7 
2 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,825 
581 
736 
393 
25 
12 
10 
6 
140 to 179 acres 
2,155 
707 
794 
490 
30 
20 
13 
3 
180 to 219 acres 
947 
314 
314 
214 
34 
15 
10 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
696 
248 
229 
121 
38 
17 
- 
5 
260 to 499 acres 
3,296 
958 
1,033 
781 
213 
118 
17 
10 
500 to 999 acres 
2,930 
702 
808 
703 
229 
242 
61 
18 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,263 
401 
487 
581 
253 
243 
135 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
3,602 
359 
340 
536 
681 
910 
418 
41 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,951 
425 
671 
818 
651 
810 
334 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
455 
85 
110 
104 
18 
36 
67 
7 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
577 
196 
218 
116 
16 
10 
5 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
576 
126 
173 
114 
25 
62 
30 
6 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
10,323 
3,881 
3,884 
1,682 
202 
176 
52 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
10,323 
3,881 
3,884 
1,682 
202 
176 
52 
. 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,528 
2,629 
4,028 
2,313 
588 
473 
105 
10 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
268 
25 
34 
42 
23 
38 
44 
31 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
183 
15 
36 
15 
12 
15 
46 
36 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
343 
38 
196 
92 
3 
2 
2 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
611 
165 
313 
102 
1 
3 
- 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,212 
339 
566 
256 
13 
15 
5 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,153 
2,132 
3,192 
1,508 
46 
10 
6 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
13,970 
3,117 
4,877 
3,173 
935 
889 
348 
87 
number 
2,630,082 
107,133 
139,382 
169,485 
205,577 
372,708 
336,944 
482,660 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,434 
1,231 
2,250 
820 
29 
17 
5 
10 to 49 
4,877 
1,350 
1,948 
1,208 
113 
91 
19 
1 
50 to 99 
1,567 
303 
386 
574 
137 
84 
14 
1 
100 to 199 
1,247 
165 
193 
433 
250 
109 
28 
- 
200 to 499 
1,059 
52 
81 
135 
331 
306 
71 
2 
500 or more 
786 
16 
19 
3 
75 
282 
211 
83 
Cows and heifers that calved 
....farms 
11,518 
2,523 
3,925 
2,734 
830 
740 
264 
50 
number 
814,027 
63,585 
82,882 
105,112 
116,331 
164,824 
112,782 
105,559 
Beef cows 
....farms 
11,267 
2,498 
3,852 
2,695 
815 
724 
222 
16 
number 
683,291 
63,412 
82,584 
104,677 
115,516 
162,697 
87,982 
10,239 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,980 
1,095 
1,956 
797 
37 
20 
2 
1 
1 0 to 49 
4,154 
1,057 
1,471 
1,133 
171 
141 
30 
2 
50 to 99 
1,298 
205 
279 
489 
140 
97 
22 
- 
100 to 199 
988 
109 
105 
242 
264 
154 
42 
2 
200 to 499 
662 
32 
37 
32 
187 
230 
72 
6 
500 or more 
185 
- 
4 
2 
16 
82 
54 
5 
Milk cows 
....farms 
517 
73 
163 
128 
33 
24 
45 
36 
number 
130,736 
173 
298 
435 
815 
2,127 
24,800 
95,320 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
378 
72 
160 
119 
13 
5 
1 0 to 49 
29 
1 
3 
9 
13 
3 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
12 
- 
- 
- 
6 
5 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
11 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
19 
- 
500 or more 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
36 
Other cattle (see text) 
....farms 
10,949 
2,313 
3,546 
2,503 
882 
844 
336 
86 
number 
1,816,055 
43,548 
56,500 
64,373 
89,246 
207,884 
224,162 
377,101 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
11,570 
2,466 
3,667 
2,708 
921 
898 
342 
88 
number 
3,211,467 
69,874 
84,912 
104,336 
144,719 
321,893 
339,628 
574,694 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
60,849 
73,237 
86,714 
126,588 
345,421 
406,195 
780,880 
Non-family 
farms 
5,540 
478 
3,107 
386 
2,433 
29 
1 
552 
1,488 
84 
224 
61 
79 
62 
98 
45 
38 
166 
167 
150 
317 
232 
28 
16 
40 
446 
446 
382 
31 
8 
9 
25 
15 
259 
544 
816,193 
82 
147 
68 
69 
81 
97 
452 
62,952 
445 
56,184 
72 
149 
66 
70 
66 
22 
15 
6,768 
9 
1 
1 
4 
439 
753,241 
480 
1,571,411 
2,441,423 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
94 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
