Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
3,893 
2,019 
2 
91 
121 
337 
588 
880 
acres 
4,045,739 
3,400,785 
(D) 
87,040 
(D) 
(D) 
866,765 
1,231,426 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
371 
243 
1 
13 
20 
57 
71 
81 
acres 
1 ,035,232 
905,835 
(D) 
106,047 
(D) 
226,369 
84,727 
449,190 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,217 
1,543 
1 
76 
94 
229 
448 
695 
acres 
1,420,644 
1,147,874 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
202,653 
319,677 
476,182 
Partnership 
farms 
330 
241 
1 
9 
8 
67 
72 
84 
acres 
658,429 
597,841 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
237,337 
85,609 
140,317 
Registered under state law 
farms 
269 
206 
1 
9 
8 
65 
56 
67 
acres 
623,543 
565,709 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
234,920 
83,209 
113,002 
Corporation 
farms 
343 
262 
- 
13 
20 
46 
70 
113 
acres 
2,286,790 
2,188,195 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
150,535 
537,479 
979,017 
Family held 
farms 
315 
246 
- 
8 
19 
44 
66 
109 
acres 
1,888,918 
1,791,932 
- 
1,121 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
24 
22 
- 
- 
6 
7 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
291 
224 
- 
8 
19 
38 
59 
100 
Other than family held 
farms 
28 
16 
_ 
5 
1 
2 
4 
4 
acres 
397,872 
396,263 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
7 
7 
- 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
21 
9 
- 
3 
1 
- 
3 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
247 
148 
4 
5 
57 
44 
38 
acres 
1,547,898 
1 ,264,324 
- 
51,604 
302,100 
33,900 
483,128 
393,592 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,420 
1,019 
1 
57 
63 
205 
290 
403 
workers 
6,984 
5,499 
(D) 
234 
(D) 
1,432 
1,246 
2,337 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
897 
700 
1 
27 
59 
144 
219 
250 
workers 
3,368 
2,729 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
945 
703 
827 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
910 
623 
1 
43 
33 
139 
150 
257 
workers 
3,616 
2,770 
(D) 
(D) 
101 
487 
543 
1,510 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
55 
48 
1 
6 
11 
14 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,085 
1,092 
1 
35 
65 
189 
308 
494 
workers 
4,758 
2,497 
(D) 
(D) 
146 
415 
672 
1,194 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,003 
375 
1 
21 
33 
51 
89 
180 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,197 
470 
- 
20 
15 
75 
129 
231 
50 to 69 acres 
196 
89 
- 
- 
6 
22 
19 
42 
70 to 99 acres 
229 
99 
- 
1 
2 
22 
33 
41 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
198 
121 
- 
9 
2 
20 
58 
32 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
122 
82 
1 
3 
8 
8 
24 
38 
180 to 219 acres 
75 
43 
- 
4 
- 
7 
7 
25 
220 to 259 acres 
65 
50 
- 
1 
1 
14 
18 
16 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
192 
- 
11 
5 
40 
39 
97 
500 to 999 acres 
294 
249 
- 
8 
16 
65 
70 
90 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
207 
183 
- 
9 
18 
27 
76 
53 
2,000 acres or more 
282 
241 
- 
15 
21 
48 
72 
85 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20 
6 
1 
2 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
82 
54 
- 
- 
9 
17 
15 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
79 
42 
- 
- 
- 
2 
9 
31 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
71 
42 
_ 
2 
8 
10 
9 
13 
Other crop farming (1119) 
994 
662 
- 
26 
38 
159 
192 
247 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
994 
662 
. 
26 
38 
159 
192 
247 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,242 
736 
1 
29 
41 
122 
222 
321 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
12 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
26 
22 
1 
6 
- 
6 
3 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
22 
7 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
72 
27 
- 
- 
6 
8 
12 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
340 
124 
- 
- 
1 
20 
26 
77 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,177 
466 
- 
39 
20 
55 
139 
213 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,822 
1,121 
2 
41 
74 
235 
346 
423 
number 
420,322 
378,085 
(D) 
38,989 
(D) 
76,902 
87,809 
149,996 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
576 
271 
6 
26 
48 
89 
102 
1 0 to 49 
619 
335 
- 
8 
15 
85 
93 
134 
50 to 99 
141 
96 
- 
4 
3 
21 
38 
30 
100 to 199 
111 
91 
- 
2 
9 
14 
28 
38 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
192 Nevada 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
