Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
241 ,785 
222,580 
12,027 
8,747 
acres 
118,358,872 
82,792,493 
23,713,655 
20,153,927 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
8,664 
4,800 
3,689 
3,504 
acres 
14,066,216 
4,835,119 
8,695,548 
8,284,222 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
222,580 
222,580 
_ 
_ 
acres 
82,792,493 
82,792,493 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
16,660 
- 
16,660 
1 1 ,736 
acres 
31,724,136 
- 
31,724,136 
26,716,533 
Registered under state law 
farms 
11,736 
- 
1 1 ,736 
1 1 ,736 
acres 
26,716,533 
- 
26,716,533 
26,716,533 
Corporation 
farms 
6,859 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
12,909,765 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
5,997 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
11,017,774 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
122 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,875 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
862 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
1,891,991 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
71 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
791 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,710 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,727,044 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
56,401 
45,165 
6,746 
5,152 
workers 
160,392 
104,062 
27,142 
22,598 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
24,788 
17,245 
4,315 
3,461 
workers 
63,248 
30,464 
15,148 
13,300 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
39,622 
33,178 
4,022 
2,956 
workers 
97,144 
73,598 
1 1 ,994 
9,298 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,019 
713 
204 
173 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
406 
332 
43 
35 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
114,685 
102,914 
7,803 
5,484 
workers 
259,072 
230,967 
19,224 
13,537 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
20,825 
19,589 
698 
402 
1 0 to 49 acres 
72,856 
68,920 
2,350 
1,481 
50 to 69 acres 
19,018 
17,823 
693 
437 
70 to 99 acres 
19,480 
18,043 
866 
513 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
20,550 
18,770 
1,117 
692 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
14,820 
13,337 
916 
601 
180 to 219 acres 
10,449 
9,437 
634 
402 
220 to 259 acres 
7,287 
6,493 
480 
326 
260 to 499 acres 
24,266 
20,957 
2,133 
1,481 
500 to 999 acres 
17,309 
14,126 
2,057 
1,551 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
11,139 
8,304 
1,832 
1,485 
2,000 acres or more 
10,810 
6,781 
2,884 
2,365 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,938 
6,141 
1,221 
927 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,578 
1,404 
86 
68 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,736 
4,171 
334 
276 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,750 
1,112 
205 
167 
Other crop farming (1119) 
56,173 
49,357 
4,112 
2,903 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
4,504 
3,473 
620 
466 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1 199) 
51,669 
45,884 
3,492 
2,437 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
127,726 
116,286 
7,945 
5,363 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
898 
670 
127 
101 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
656 
468 
134 
105 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,184 
1,099 
47 
30 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,980 
3,613 
193 
126 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15,603 
14,651 
654 
402 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
26,587 
23,608 
1,602 
1,268 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
151,362 
136,726 
10,074 
6,925 
number 
11,159,747 
5,925,711 
2,892,619 
2,618,576 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
49,970 
47,169 
1,840 
1,139 
1 0 to 49 
72,247 
66,191 
4,186 
2,725 
50 to 99 
14,875 
12,811 
1,498 
1,034 
100 to 199 
7,488 
6,055 
1,030 
803 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
154 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
