Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
5,386 
4,848 
4,754 
538 
509 
1,792 
acres 
10,262,599 
9,426,994 
9,152,351 
835,605 
(D) 
1,590,125 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
175 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
535,549 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
6,859 
5,997 
5,875 
862 
791 
- 
acres 
12,909,765 
11,017,774 
10,658,960 
1,891,991 
1,252,606 
- 
Family held 
farms 
5,997 
5,997 
5,875 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
11,017,774 
11,017,774 
10,658,960 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
122 
122 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,875 
5,875 
5,875 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
862 
_ 
_ 
862 
791 
_ 
acres 
1,891,991 
- 
- 
1,891,991 
1,252,606 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
71 
- 
- 
71 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
791 
- 
- 
791 
791 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,710 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,727,044 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,639 
3,185 
3,101 
454 
396 
851 
workers 
26,206 
19,274 
18,096 
6,932 
4,205 
2,982 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,718 
2,370 
2,299 
348 
298 
510 
workers 
15,708 
11,143 
10,248 
4,565 
2,359 
1,928 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,947 
1,670 
1,645 
277 
240 
475 
workers 
10,498 
8,131 
7,848 
2,367 
1,846 
1,054 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
81 
66 
65 
15 
9 
21 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
26 
26 
26 
- 
- 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,844 
2,534 
2,497 
310 
297 
1,124 
workers 
6,302 
5,593 
5,501 
709 
687 
2,579 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
399 
333 
332 
66 
61 
139 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,133 
1,016 
1,009 
117 
108 
453 
50 to 69 acres 
346 
286 
281 
60 
57 
156 
70 to 99 acres 
386 
320 
314 
66 
60 
185 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
419 
367 
350 
52 
48 
244 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
340 
288 
276 
52 
51 
227 
180 to 219 acres 
257 
202 
196 
55 
52 
121 
220 to 259 acres 
219 
182 
182 
37 
32 
95 
260 to 499 acres 
812 
722 
708 
90 
78 
364 
500 to 999 acres 
813 
735 
722 
78 
74 
313 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
817 
733 
718 
84 
78 
186 
2,000 acres or more 
918 
813 
787 
105 
92 
227 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
482 
436 
434 
46 
45 
94 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
65 
55 
54 
10 
8 
23 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
173 
155 
153 
18 
16 
58 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
389 
327 
323 
62 
54 
44 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,696 
1,513 
1,472 
183 
170 
1,008 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
365 
343 
340 
22 
22 
46 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
1,331 
1,170 
1,132 
161 
148 
962 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,519 
2,188 
2,140 
331 
318 
976 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
87 
53 
46 
34 
28 
14 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
47 
43 
43 
4 
4 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
20 
18 
18 
2 
1 
18 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
147 
116 
113 
31 
14 
27 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
184 
168 
164 
16 
16 
114 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,050 
925 
915 
125 
117 
327 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,371 
2,931 
2,867 
440 
417 
1,191 
number 
2,014,897 
1,214,287 
825,899 
800,610 
498,164 
326,520 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
673 
570 
554 
103 
100 
288 
1 0 to 49 
1,278 
1,115 
1,094 
163 
157 
592 
50 to 99 
436 
389 
384 
47 
46 
130 
100 to 199 
331 
303 
301 
28 
28 
72 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Texas 155 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
