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 
78,487 
50,429 
23,287 
4,771 
43,347 
35,140 
acres 
33,149,834 
10,705,490 
20,332,295 
2,112,049 
19,802,827 
13,347,007 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,728 
1,652 
886 
190 
1,342 
1,386 
acres 
2,564,282 
793,492 
1,593,287 
177,503 
1,153,400 
1,410,882 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
73,364 
47,309 
21,630 
4,425 
41,023 
32,341 
acres 
27,612,735 
9,016,252 
17,026,529 
1,569,954 
17,452,430 
10,160,305 
Partnership 
farms 
3,605 
2,151 
1,149 
305 
1,366 
2,239 
acres 
3,618,945 
1,160,993 
2,010,186 
447,766 
1,231,062 
2,387,883 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,299 
1,390 
712 
197 
873 
1,426 
acres 
2,866,792 
922,500 
1,552,716 
391,576 
1,024,592 
1,842,200 
Corporation 
farms 
1,931 
1,104 
677 
150 
1,002 
929 
acres 
2,088,285 
585,278 
1,334,087 
168,920 
1,137,738 
950,547 
Family held 
farms 
1,601 
951 
529 
121 
764 
837 
acres 
1,788,909 
518,962 
1,128,729 
141,218 
925,427 
863,482 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
36 
22 
10 
4 
20 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,565 
929 
519 
117 
744 
821 
Other than family held 
farms 
330 
153 
148 
29 
238 
92 
acres 
299,376 
66,316 
205,358 
27,702 
212,311 
87,065 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
25 
17 
4 
4 
19 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
305 
136 
144 
25 
219 
86 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,345 
1,041 
246 
58 
748 
597 
acres 
1,036,145 
555,709 
421,268 
59,168 
413,525 
622,620 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
18,108 
9,209 
7,802 
1,097 
10,054 
8,054 
workers 
51,119 
27,896 
20,311 
2,912 
28,420 
22,699 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,110 
2,976 
2,815 
319 
3,194 
2,916 
workers 
15,426 
8,558 
5,992 
876 
8,409 
7,017 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
14,174 
7,155 
6,141 
878 
7,985 
6,189 
workers 
35,693 
19,338 
14,319 
2,036 
20,011 
15,682 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
140 
68 
59 
13 
61 
79 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
49 
25 
24 
- 
26 
23 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
36,302 
22,942 
11,153 
2,207 
16,132 
20,170 
workers 
83,961 
52,259 
26,708 
4,994 
33,320 
50,641 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,724 
3,470 
96 
158 
1,771 
1,953 
1 0 to 49 acres 
16,327 
14,114 
1,416 
797 
8,038 
8,289 
50 to 69 acres 
4,562 
3,502 
799 
261 
2,349 
2,213 
70 to 99 acres 
8,374 
6,500 
1,347 
527 
4,564 
3,810 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,535 
4,676 
1,479 
380 
3,507 
3,028 
140 to 179 acres 
7,947 
5,682 
1,560 
705 
4,576 
3,371 
180 to 219 acres 
3,720 
2,246 
1,253 
221 
2,069 
1,651 
220 to 259 acres 
3,290 
1,924 
1,173 
193 
1,855 
1,435 
260 to 499 acres 
10,536 
5,267 
4,567 
702 
6,054 
4,482 
500 to 999 acres 
7,401 
2,508 
4,390 
503 
4,456 
2,945 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,311 
979 
3,056 
276 
2,823 
1,488 
2,000 acres or more 
3,518 
737 
2,566 
215 
2,077 
1,441 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,364 
2,523 
3,933 
908 
5,000 
2,364 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
291 
234 
40 
17 
158 
133 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,411 
1,214 
165 
32 
697 
714 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
286 
238 
31 
17 
136 
150 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
16,249 
12,497 
3,151 
601 
9,880 
6,369 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
77 
14 
46 
17 
49 
28 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
16,172 
12,483 
3,105 
584 
9,831 
6,341 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
40,939 
23,942 
14,225 
2,772 
22,209 
18,730 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
372 
205 
136 
31 
190 
182 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
309 
159 
141 
9 
139 
170 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
623 
492 
86 
45 
269 
354 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,472 
1,218 
225 
29 
589 
883 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,269 
1,906 
277 
86 
917 
1,352 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
8,660 
6,977 
1,292 
391 
3,955 
4,705 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
51,043 
28,362 
19,256 
3,425 
27,741 
23,302 
number 
4,245,970 
1,564,252 
2,455,141 
226,577 
2,459,461 
1,786,509 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,718 
8,239 
1,771 
708 
5,298 
5,420 
10 to 49 
24,463 
14,836 
7,806 
1,821 
13,381 
1 1 ,082 
50 to 99 
7,139 
2,927 
3,791 
421 
3,951 
3,188 
100 to 199 
4,439 
1,408 
2,771 
260 
2,585 
1,854 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 Oklahoma 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
