Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
11,779 
10,132 
713 
608 
acres 
1,900,872 
1,317,433 
251,550 
224,097 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
937 
570 
353 
342 
acres 
230,687 
122,627 
106,081 
102,945 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
10,132 
10,132 
- 
- 
acres 
1,317,433 
1,317,433 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
931 
- 
931 
752 
acres 
312,372 
- 
312,372 
269,704 
Registered under state law 
farms 
752 
- 
752 
752 
acres 
269,704 
269,704 
269,704 
Corporation 
farms 
975 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
351,741 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
848 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
324,202 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
820 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
127 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
27,539 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
218 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
49,199 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,536 
2,475 
374 
313 
workers 
14,705 
7,416 
1,738 
1,558 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,039 
1,231 
261 
223 
workers 
6,814 
2,746 
814 
733 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,286 
1,678 
215 
184 
workers 
7,891 
4,670 
924 
825 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
133 
61 
25 
25 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
20 
15 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,802 
4,928 
413 
334 
workers 
13,659 
11,652 
1,008 
813 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,481 
1,308 
61 
51 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,554 
4,013 
214 
165 
50 to 69 acres 
1,121 
941 
83 
65 
70 to 99 acres 
981 
831 
61 
54 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
964 
782 
83 
65 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
629 
521 
63 
44 
180 to 219 acres 
427 
346 
33 
28 
220 to 259 acres 
306 
226 
37 
33 
260 to 499 acres 
861 
617 
119 
99 
500 to 999 acres 
553 
349 
108 
84 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
265 
147 
44 
41 
2,000 acres or more 
114 
51 
25 
23 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,561 
2,017 
304 
226 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
417 
343 
30 
29 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
201 
29 
26 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
490 
319 
42 
40 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,932 
2,503 
193 
153 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
23 
21 
1 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,909 
2,482 
192 
152 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,649 
1,508 
66 
51 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
45 
39 
5 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
417 
305 
66 
60 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
76 
74 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
922 
758 
56 
38 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
482 
444 
11 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,995 
1,621 
129 
113 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,499 
3,004 
266 
208 
number 
194,524 
127,842 
32,921 
28,948 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,130 
1,053 
36 
23 
1 0 to 49 
1,475 
1,299 
91 
71 
50 to 99 
380 
301 
49 
43 
100 to 199 
286 
217 
41 
26 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
