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 
4,255 
3,399 
646 
210 
1,895 
2,360 
acres 
412,266 
279,294 
124,488 
8,484 
172,075 
240,191 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
546 
396 
90 
60 
199 
347 
acres 
61,228 
32,275 
(D) 
(D) 
17,942 
43,286 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,701 
2,980 
544 
177 
1,715 
1,986 
acres 
320,968 
219,495 
94,341 
7,132 
141,152 
179,816 
Partnership 
farms 
320 
201 
84 
35 
70 
250 
acres 
79,591 
48,023 
28,386 
3,182 
12,268 
67,323 
Registered under state law 
farms 
250 
158 
74 
18 
54 
196 
acres 
69,591 
41,738 
25,829 
2,024 
8,811 
60,780 
Corporation 
farms 
243 
195 
41 
7 
92 
151 
acres 
34,810 
18,021 
(D) 
(D) 
8,736 
26,074 
Family held 
farms 
182 
146 
32 
4 
65 
117 
acres 
28,968 
13,458 
(D) 
(D) 
7,207 
21,761 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
182 
146 
32 
4 
65 
117 
Other than family held 
farms 
61 
49 
9 
3 
27 
34 
acres 
5,842 
4,563 
1,258 
21 
1,529 
4,313 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
55 
43 
9 
3 
21 
34 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
127 
111 
8 
8 
60 
67 
acres 
38,696 
36,433 
(D) 
(D) 
17,278 
21,418 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,167 
837 
261 
69 
481 
686 
workers 
6,110 
4,098 
1,696 
316 
2,084 
4,026 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
588 
388 
161 
39 
183 
405 
workers 
1,957 
1,240 
641 
76 
473 
1,484 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
900 
656 
196 
48 
402 
498 
workers 
4,153 
2,858 
1,055 
240 
1,611 
2,542 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
29 
13 
14 
2 
9 
20 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,359 
1,859 
398 
102 
861 
1,498 
workers 
5,641 
4,385 
982 
274 
1,750 
3,891 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
953 
852 
27 
74 
471 
482 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,482 
1,212 
173 
97 
654 
828 
50 to 69 acres 
379 
289 
69 
21 
169 
210 
70 to 99 acres 
357 
287 
67 
3 
112 
245 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
315 
248 
56 
11 
143 
172 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
241 
188 
44 
9 
109 
132 
180 to 219 acres 
143 
109 
34 
- 
79 
64 
220 to 259 acres 
107 
61 
45 
1 
41 
66 
260 to 499 acres 
262 
162 
93 
7 
101 
161 
500 to 999 acres 
115 
56 
55 
4 
49 
66 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
21 
14 
7 
- 
6 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
16 
9 
7 
- 
3 
13 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20 
4 
15 
1 
10 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
340 
230 
51 
59 
132 
208 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
211 
189 
16 
6 
87 
124 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
497 
429 
43 
25 
227 
270 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,174 
835 
277 
62 
613 
561 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
1,174 
835 
277 
62 
613 
561 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
383 
302 
75 
6 
175 
208 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
150 
48 
95 
7 
49 
101 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
88 
70 
11 
7 
44 
44 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
224 
204 
19 
1 
64 
160 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
300 
270 
21 
9 
136 
164 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,003 
906 
53 
44 
399 
604 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,091 
723 
341 
27 
463 
628 
number 
33,392 
6,983 
24,078 
2,331 
8,178 
25,214 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
768 
617 
138 
13 
345 
423 
1 0 to 49 
200 
84 
110 
6 
84 
116 
50 to 99 
42 
10 
27 
5 
14 
28 
100 to 199 
44 
9 
34 
1 
14 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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