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 
24,989 
100 
1,129 
2,917 
5,972 
7,984 
6,887 
acres 
2,037,951 
6,663 
67,556 
184,092 
429,740 
670,135 
679,765 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,064 
4 
75 
157 
262 
316 
250 
acres 
138,948 
500 
6,256 
13,200 
28,579 
48,346 
42,067 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
23,089 
95 
1,025 
2,700 
5,525 
7,396 
6,348 
acres 
1,736,901 
6,510 
58,009 
160,850 
366,784 
561,249 
583,499 
Partnership 
farms 
1,193 
1 
85 
156 
238 
335 
378 
acres 
166,551 
(D) 
(D) 
19,533 
22,472 
60,206 
57,217 
Registered under state law 
farms 
822 
1 
64 
105 
176 
234 
242 
acres 
117,234 
(D) 
(D) 
13,289 
16,932 
43,955 
39,219 
Corporation 
farms 
1,072 
4 
21 
113 
297 
344 
293 
acres 
210,849 
(D) 
(D) 
10,966 
54,273 
83,311 
55,533 
Family held 
farms 
932 
4 
18 
99 
262 
302 
247 
acres 
190,955 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
48,418 
79,300 
50,054 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
16 
2 
7 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
916 
4 
18 
99 
260 
295 
240 
Other than family held 
farms 
140 
- 
3 
14 
35 
42 
46 
acres 
19,894 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5,855 
4,011 
5,479 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
1 
- 
9 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
130 
- 
2 
14 
35 
33 
46 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
290 
2 
22 
27 
78 
90 
71 
acres 
32,909 
(D) 
(D) 
3,181 
6,565 
15,252 
6,792 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,949 
12 
214 
550 
1,236 
1,565 
1,372 
workers 
18,134 
19 
541 
2,026 
4,426 
6,502 
4,620 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,716 
4 
70 
207 
453 
510 
472 
workers 
5,077 
4 
127 
441 
1,214 
1,915 
1,376 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,884 
10 
167 
421 
946 
1,254 
1,086 
workers 
13,057 
15 
414 
1,585 
3,212 
4,587 
3,244 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
222 
- 
11 
24 
53 
65 
69 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
48 
- 
" 
8 
13 
17 
10 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,611 
45 
627 
1,561 
3,007 
3,560 
2,811 
workers 
26,770 
86 
1,611 
4,087 
7,236 
7,820 
5,930 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,510 
15 
122 
401 
673 
765 
534 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,049 
58 
631 
1,557 
3,100 
3,704 
2,999 
50 to 69 acres 
3,083 
1 
109 
320 
657 
1,021 
975 
70 to 99 acres 
2,729 
8 
118 
242 
582 
951 
828 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,943 
12 
66 
181 
438 
651 
595 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,019 
- 
35 
105 
195 
344 
340 
180 to 219 acres 
677 
- 
21 
64 
121 
224 
247 
220 to 259 acres 
397 
- 
16 
29 
106 
104 
142 
260 to 499 acres 
802 
6 
28 
65 
187 
255 
261 
500 to 999 acres 
266 
2 
3 
20 
46 
91 
104 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
118 
- 
2 
7 
25 
38 
46 
2,000 acres or more 
51 
- 
2 
5 
8 
17 
19 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,202 
25 
159 
265 
513 
677 
563 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
906 
- 
54 
115 
241 
302 
194 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
788 
“ 
21 
100 
204 
277 
186 
production (1 1 14) 
1,509 
6 
41 
143 
427 
498 
394 
Other crop farming (1119) 
6,824 
13 
190 
521 
1,316 
2,246 
2,538 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
144 
- 
17 
23 
27 
39 
38 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
100 
" 
9 
8 
28 
33 
22 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,580 
13 
164 
490 
1,261 
2,174 
2,478 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,814 
35 
429 
1,005 
1,882 
2,329 
2,134 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
4 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
48 
- 
- 
8 
17 
14 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
290 
- 
26 
47 
79 
97 
41 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
911 
5 
51 
161 
279 
276 
139 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,226 
10 
68 
220 
364 
346 
218 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,122 
8 
112 
409 
816 
1,103 
674 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,858 
40 
563 
1,324 
2,420 
2,982 
2,529 
number 
245,443 
822 
11,054 
31,859 
56,444 
80,631 
64,633 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,655 
16 
199 
550 
985 
1,077 
828 
10 to 49 
5,089 
18 
318 
618 
1,193 
1,524 
1,418 
50 to 99 
768 
6 
37 
129 
150 
261 
185 
1 00 to 1 99 
250 
- 
8 
17 
76 
88 
61 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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