Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
807 
723 
704 
84 
83 
127 
acres 
299,822 
284,671 
277,956 
15,151 
(D) 
32,067 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
1,979 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
975 
848 
820 
127 
120 
- 
acres 
351,741 
324,202 
311,431 
27,539 
(D) 
- 
Family held 
farms 
848 
848 
820 
- 
- 
acres 
324,202 
324,202 
311,431 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
28 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
820 
820 
820 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
127 
- 
- 
127 
120 
- 
acres 
27,539 
- 
- 
27,539 
(D) 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
7 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
- 
" 
120 
120 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
218 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
49,199 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
601 
529 
506 
72 
67 
86 
workers 
5,093 
4,211 
3,973 
882 
776 
458 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
481 
418 
403 
63 
58 
66 
workers 
3,020 
2,480 
2,379 
540 
483 
234 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
346 
301 
286 
45 
41 
47 
workers 
2,073 
1,731 
1,594 
342 
293 
224 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
46 
40 
39 
6 
6 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
378 
332 
326 
46 
45 
83 
workers 
805 
712 
702 
93 
(D) 
194 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
81 
63 
60 
18 
18 
31 
1 0 to 49 acres 
263 
222 
219 
41 
38 
64 
50 to 69 acres 
70 
59 
56 
11 
10 
27 
70 to 99 acres 
74 
64 
63 
10 
9 
15 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
76 
63 
61 
13 
13 
23 
140 to 1 79 acres 
39 
33 
32 
6 
6 
6 
180 to 219 acres 
38 
31 
30 
7 
6 
10 
220 to 259 acres 
33 
30 
29 
3 
3 
10 
260 to 499 acres 
107 
98 
94 
9 
9 
18 
500 to 999 acres 
87 
83 
77 
4 
4 
9 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
73 
72 
70 
1 
1 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
34 
30 
29 
4 
3 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
209 
194 
190 
15 
14 
31 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
33 
25 
24 
8 
8 
11 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
38 
38 
36 
- 
- 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
123 
98 
98 
25 
22 
6 
Other crop farming (1119) 
157 
127 
119 
30 
29 
79 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1 
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) 
156 
126 
118 
30 
29 
79 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
54 
50 
50 
4 
3 
21 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
45 
45 
43 
- 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
101 
99 
93 
2 
2 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
16 
14 
14 
2 
1 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
197 
157 
152 
40 
40 
48 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
194 
184 
180 
10 
9 
35 
number 
31,864 
30,155 
(D) 
1,709 
(D) 
1,897 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
25 
25 
25 
16 
10 to 49 
72 
70 
68 
2 
2 
13 
50 to 99 
28 
24 
24 
4 
4 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
27 
25 
25 
2 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Maryland 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
