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 
241,785 
174,909 
52,963 
13,913 
138,145 
103,640 
acres 
118,358,872 
48,981,646 
54,617,583 
14,759,643 
64,057,943 
54,300,929 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
8,664 
6,375 
1,698 
591 
4,431 
4,233 
acres 
14,066,216 
6,983,984 
5,103,257 
1 ,978,975 
5,763,095 
8,303,121 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
222,580 
161,790 
48,594 
12,196 
130,023 
92,557 
acres 
82,792,493 
32,874,284 
40,906,156 
9,012,053 
51,551,663 
31,240,830 
Partnership 
farms 
16,660 
1 1 ,048 
4,038 
1,574 
6,295 
10,365 
acres 
31,724,136 
13,840,889 
12,472,470 
5,410,777 
9,581,725 
22,142,411 
Registered under state law 
farms 
11,736 
7,883 
2,690 
1,163 
4,503 
7,233 
acres 
26,716,533 
12,341,096 
10,000,501 
4,374,936 
7,911,239 
18,805,294 
Corporation 
farms 
6,859 
4,617 
1,399 
843 
3,484 
3,375 
acres 
12,909,765 
6,363,841 
4,481,676 
2,064,248 
5,741,213 
7,168,552 
Family held 
farms 
5,997 
4,000 
1,241 
756 
2,962 
3,035 
acres 
11,017,774 
5,121,061 
3,942,448 
1 ,954,265 
4,952,140 
6,065,634 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
122 
97 
17 
8 
74 
48 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,875 
3,903 
1,224 
748 
2,888 
2,987 
Other than family held 
farms 
862 
617 
158 
87 
522 
340 
acres 
1,891,991 
1 ,242,780 
539,228 
109,983 
789,073 
1,102,918 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
71 
63 
8 
- 
40 
31 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
791 
554 
150 
87 
482 
309 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,710 
2,328 
266 
116 
1,538 
1,172 
acres 
2,727,044 
1,607,317 
903,836 
215,891 
1,486,512 
1,240,532 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
56,401 
33,924 
18,014 
4,463 
31,413 
24,988 
workers 
160,392 
90,591 
54,360 
15,441 
78,797 
81,595 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
24,788 
14,053 
8,265 
2,470 
12,899 
1 1 ,889 
workers 
63,248 
34,923 
21,567 
6,758 
28,000 
35,248 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
39,622 
23,815 
12,938 
2,869 
22,401 
17,221 
workers 
97,144 
55,668 
32,793 
8,683 
50,797 
46,347 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,019 
499 
437 
83 
515 
504 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
406 
232 
146 
28 
242 
164 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
114,685 
82,600 
25,890 
6,195 
53,920 
60,765 
workers 
259,072 
185,058 
59,992 
14,022 
107,744 
151,328 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
20,825 
19,501 
558 
766 
1 1 ,320 
9,505 
1 0 to 49 acres 
72,856 
64,287 
6,395 
2,174 
39,000 
33,856 
50 to 69 acres 
19,018 
14,998 
3,087 
933 
10,606 
8,412 
70 to 99 acres 
19,480 
14,716 
3,821 
943 
11,106 
8,374 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
20,550 
14,630 
4,614 
1,306 
1 1 ,994 
8,556 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
14,820 
10,544 
3,387 
889 
8,746 
6,074 
180 to 219 acres 
10,449 
6,775 
2,937 
737 
6,225 
4,224 
220 to 259 acres 
7,287 
4,333 
2,420 
534 
4,426 
2,861 
260 to 499 acres 
24,266 
13,781 
8,660 
1,825 
14,784 
9,482 
500 to 999 acres 
17,309 
8,332 
7,173 
1,804 
10,673 
6,636 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
11,139 
4,285 
5,446 
1,408 
6,769 
4,370 
2,000 acres or more 
10,810 
3,601 
5,799 
1,410 
5,691 
5,119 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,938 
2,679 
3,741 
1,518 
5,129 
2,809 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,578 
1,141 
316 
121 
879 
699 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,736 
4,270 
394 
72 
2,439 
2,297 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,750 
1,443 
150 
157 
856 
894 
Other crop farming (1119) 
56,173 
42,420 
10,697 
3,056 
35,422 
20,751 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
4,504 
1,218 
2,207 
1,079 
3,057 
1,447 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
51,669 
41,202 
8,490 
1,977 
32,365 
19,304 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
127,726 
87,164 
32,714 
7,848 
72,618 
55,108 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
898 
530 
290 
78 
531 
367 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
656 
270 
323 
63 
336 
320 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,184 
967 
135 
82 
552 
632 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,980 
3,340 
556 
84 
1,654 
2,326 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15,603 
13,454 
1,606 
543 
7,733 
7,870 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
26,587 
22,105 
3,375 
1,107 
13,191 
13,396 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
151,362 
99,989 
42,068 
9,305 
84,976 
66,386 
number 
11,159,747 
6,062,318 
4,193,425 
904,004 
6,268,073 
4,891,674 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
49,970 
41,462 
6,373 
2,135 
27,220 
22,750 
1 0 to 49 
72,247 
47,248 
20,342 
4,657 
41,155 
31,092 
50 to 99 
14,875 
6,611 
7,137 
1,127 
8,691 
6,184 
100 to 199 
7,488 
2,630 
4,185 
673 
4,282 
3,206 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
228 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
