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 
11,779 
8,267 
2,584 
928 
6,362 
5,417 
acres 
1,900,872 
677,769 
1,027,959 
195,144 
956,475 
944,397 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
937 
633 
240 
64 
390 
547 
acres 
230,687 
79,531 
127,654 
23,502 
85,232 
145,455 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
10,132 
7,232 
2,143 
757 
5,776 
4,356 
acres 
1,317,433 
516,599 
683,323 
117,511 
798,247 
519,186 
Partnership 
farms 
931 
581 
260 
90 
274 
657 
acres 
312,372 
97,357 
169,583 
45,432 
69,121 
243,251 
Registered under state law 
farms 
752 
465 
210 
77 
232 
520 
acres 
269,704 
79,248 
152,843 
37,613 
59,281 
210,423 
Corporation 
farms 
975 
585 
254 
136 
389 
586 
acres 
351,741 
94,723 
205,616 
51,402 
105,473 
246,268 
Family held 
farms 
848 
498 
241 
109 
320 
528 
acres 
324,202 
83,546 
195,074 
45,582 
96,404 
227,798 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
28 
20 
7 
1 
10 
18 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
820 
478 
234 
108 
310 
510 
Other than family held 
farms 
127 
87 
13 
27 
69 
58 
acres 
27,539 
11,177 
10,542 
5,820 
9,069 
18,470 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
5 
1 
1 
2 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
82 
12 
26 
67 
53 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
218 
178 
14 
26 
124 
94 
acres 
49,199 
32,621 
14,481 
2,097 
22,816 
26,383 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,536 
2,024 
1,136 
376 
1,701 
1,835 
workers 
14,705 
7,870 
4,790 
2,045 
5,984 
8,721 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,039 
1,068 
718 
253 
890 
1,149 
workers 
6,814 
3,502 
2,313 
999 
2,501 
4,313 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,286 
1,334 
712 
240 
1,114 
1,172 
workers 
7,891 
4,368 
2,477 
1,046 
3,483 
4,408 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
133 
54 
66 
13 
41 
92 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
20 
16 
3 
1 
9 
11 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,802 
4,120 
1,248 
434 
2,635 
3,167 
workers 
13,659 
9,599 
2,992 
1,068 
5,382 
8,277 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,481 
1,283 
93 
105 
744 
737 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,554 
3,810 
443 
301 
2,392 
2,162 
50 to 69 acres 
1,121 
858 
179 
84 
639 
482 
70 to 99 acres 
981 
707 
202 
72 
541 
440 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
964 
686 
203 
75 
547 
417 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
629 
355 
207 
67 
372 
257 
180 to 219 acres 
427 
226 
141 
60 
248 
179 
220 to 259 acres 
306 
141 
139 
26 
159 
147 
260 to 499 acres 
861 
324 
436 
101 
484 
377 
500 to 999 acres 
553 
124 
360 
69 
282 
271 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
265 
38 
188 
39 
109 
156 
2,000 acres or more 
114 
24 
80 
10 
46 
68 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,561 
1,110 
1,068 
383 
1,608 
953 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
417 
266 
92 
59 
212 
205 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
270 
228 
23 
19 
114 
156 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
490 
397 
43 
50 
250 
240 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,932 
2,469 
357 
106 
1,819 
1,113 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
23 
18 
2 
3 
10 
13 
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 
2,451 
355 
103 
1,809 
1,100 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,649 
1,132 
383 
134 
916 
733 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
45 
21 
21 
3 
23 
22 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
417 
103 
234 
80 
148 
269 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
76 
60 
11 
5 
23 
53 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
922 
691 
206 
25 
396 
526 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
482 
405 
43 
34 
211 
271 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,995 
1,694 
190 
111 
843 
1,152 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,499 
1,930 
1,216 
353 
1,796 
1,703 
number 
194,524 
52,395 
116,900 
25,229 
68,451 
126,073 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,130 
842 
214 
74 
624 
506 
10 to 49 
1,475 
883 
460 
132 
808 
667 
50 to 99 
380 
114 
211 
55 
200 
180 
100 to 199 
286 
63 
165 
58 
101 
185 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
