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 
6,042 
31 
268 
598 
1,638 
1,768 
1,739 
acres 
475,976 
854 
13,986 
39,673 
126,918 
133,419 
161,126 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
452 
3 
15 
52 
129 
140 
113 
acres 
58,977 
69 
1,552 
4,599 
11,640 
18,840 
22,277 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
5,384 
27 
255 
547 
1,462 
1,562 
1,531 
acres 
363,999 
822 
13,190 
35,163 
99,476 
103,764 
111,584 
Partnership 
farms 
378 
- 
8 
28 
66 
137 
139 
acres 
70,369 
- 
929 
3,075 
10,149 
26,709 
29,507 
Registered under state law 
farms 
306 
- 
8 
20 
58 
113 
107 
acres 
59,148 
- 
929 
2,293 
8,715 
20,544 
26,667 
Corporation 
farms 
353 
4 
7 
30 
117 
101 
94 
acres 
57,715 
32 
99 
2,164 
20,025 
16,344 
19,051 
Family held 
farms 
286 
4 
4 
26 
97 
82 
73 
acres 
48,755 
32 
87 
2,130 
17,826 
12,005 
16,675 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
2 
2 
6 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
273 
4 
4 
24 
95 
76 
70 
Other than family held 
farms 
67 
- 
3 
4 
20 
19 
21 
acres 
8,960 
- 
12 
34 
2,199 
4,339 
2,376 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
63 
- 
3 
4 
17 
18 
21 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
145 
10 
12 
37 
40 
46 
acres 
25,146 
670 
1,122 
3,143 
10,226 
9,985 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,206 
3 
32 
112 
312 
366 
381 
workers 
4,259 
4 
98 
326 
1,521 
995 
1,315 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
542 
19 
45 
151 
161 
166 
workers 
1,835 
- 
52 
93 
675 
377 
638 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
831 
3 
20 
84 
207 
255 
262 
workers 
2,424 
4 
46 
233 
846 
618 
677 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
31 
. 
4 
5 
8 
9 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
4 
- 
2 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,129 
19 
141 
334 
885 
942 
808 
workers 
7,475 
40 
249 
1,043 
2,281 
2,163 
1,699 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
973 
11 
80 
112 
289 
278 
203 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,748 
15 
94 
288 
746 
829 
776 
50 to 69 acres 
647 
- 
33 
48 
155 
195 
216 
70 to 99 acres 
496 
3 
24 
37 
144 
137 
151 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
491 
2 
19 
34 
108 
144 
184 
140 to 1 79 acres 
293 
- 
19 
33 
59 
87 
95 
180 to 219 acres 
168 
- 
8 
22 
41 
49 
48 
220 to 259 acres 
104 
- 
- 
13 
31 
24 
36 
260 to 499 acres 
216 
- 
2 
27 
71 
63 
53 
500 to 999 acres 
89 
- 
1 
3 
29 
21 
35 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
21 
- 
- 
- 
8 
7 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
14 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
970 
10 
41 
107 
252 
300 
260 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
147 
2 
11 
8 
55 
38 
33 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
155 
- 
8 
9 
54 
47 
37 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
231 
1 
17 
14 
62 
68 
69 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,901 
10 
50 
128 
419 
544 
750 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
7 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,894 
10 
49 
128 
416 
544 
747 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,006 
- 
55 
146 
308 
252 
245 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
25 
- 
5 
1 
3 
8 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
33 
- 
4 
2 
15 
8 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
55 
- 
5 
11 
13 
20 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
280 
3 
17 
42 
94 
75 
49 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
325 
5 
34 
42 
101 
82 
61 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,132 
- 
33 
107 
306 
398 
288 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,654 
11 
116 
237 
502 
421 
367 
number 
42,174 
74 
3,147 
5,167 
15,199 
9,973 
8,614 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
719 
10 
64 
98 
207 
186 
154 
1 0 to 49 
734 
1 
34 
118 
218 
194 
169 
50 to 99 
125 
- 
6 
12 
39 
31 
37 
1 00 to 1 99 
60 
- 
12 
9 
28 
6 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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