Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
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 
14,726 
69 
742 
1,746 
4,268 
4,586 
3,315 
acres 
1,573,079 
3,835 
63,814 
161,771 
429,657 
472,315 
441,687 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
764 
2 
39 
105 
244 
218 
156 
acres 
116,179 
(D) 
(D) 
13,779 
38,980 
30,649 
26,780 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
13,295 
61 
667 
1,551 
3,895 
4,163 
2,958 
acres 
1,329,964 
3,413 
57,468 
137,312 
365,818 
399,540 
366,413 
Partnership 
farms 
825 
3 
50 
115 
216 
239 
202 
acres 
137,886 
300 
4,983 
13,529 
38,423 
42,706 
37,945 
Registered under state law 
farms 
655 
- 
41 
89 
175 
193 
157 
acres 
111,591 
- 
4,659 
10,264 
30,128 
37,534 
29,006 
Corporation 
farms 
813 
5 
41 
103 
200 
262 
202 
acres 
137,241 
122 
(D) 
(D) 
32,260 
43,651 
44,441 
Family held 
farms 
700 
3 
32 
86 
178 
224 
177 
acres 
120,803 
(D) 
(D) 
9,970 
30,086 
38,928 
38,634 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
16 
2 
5 
5 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
684 
3 
32 
84 
173 
219 
173 
Other than family held 
farms 
113 
2 
9 
17 
22 
38 
25 
acres 
16,438 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,174 
4,723 
5,807 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
3 
1 
6 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
103 
2 
6 
17 
21 
32 
25 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
204 
- 
6 
32 
52 
61 
53 
acres 
39,952 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7,017 
8,035 
9,052 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,829 
11 
144 
285 
752 
921 
716 
workers 
12,154 
31 
510 
1,086 
3,465 
3,466 
3,596 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,228 
8 
59 
122 
306 
403 
330 
workers 
4,473 
25 
209 
399 
1,361 
1,135 
1,344 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,127 
3 
119 
213 
564 
685 
543 
workers 
7,681 
6 
301 
687 
2,104 
2,331 
2,252 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
102 
- 
6 
6 
32 
40 
18 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
" 
6 
5 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
7,546 
32 
418 
978 
2,322 
2,262 
1,534 
workers 
17,901 
60 
1,070 
2,679 
5,774 
5,060 
3,258 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,630 
17 
108 
239 
486 
457 
323 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,684 
23 
258 
601 
1,389 
1,472 
941 
50 to 69 acres 
1,627 
9 
94 
196 
475 
531 
322 
70 to 99 acres 
1,887 
4 
84 
209 
581 
599 
410 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,813 
11 
85 
202 
498 
593 
424 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,030 
2 
45 
119 
282 
317 
265 
180 to 219 acres 
700 
- 
27 
49 
209 
223 
192 
220 to 259 acres 
491 
- 
17 
51 
134 
159 
130 
260 to 499 acres 
918 
3 
33 
97 
220 
292 
273 
500 to 999 acres 
260 
- 
10 
26 
70 
56 
98 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
83 
- 
2 
11 
16 
23 
31 
2,000 acres or more 
14 
- 
1 
1 
3 
3 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
882 
4 
95 
135 
239 
232 
177 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
716 
2 
47 
92 
236 
224 
115 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
968 
5 
31 
131 
279 
334 
188 
production (1 1 14) 
1,078 
4 
38 
98 
288 
356 
294 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4,991 
12 
187 
471 
1,182 
1,638 
1,501 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
“ 
“ 
“ 
” 
“ 
“ 
“ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,991 
12 
187 
471 
1,182 
1,638 
1,501 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,249 
6 
141 
305 
775 
627 
395 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
50 
- 
9 
7 
14 
14 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
291 
13 
33 
47 
83 
55 
60 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
239 
- 
26 
47 
89 
66 
11 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
474 
4 
29 
86 
154 
133 
68 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
602 
11 
31 
98 
188 
191 
83 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,597 
8 
97 
284 
836 
855 
517 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4,450 
29 
336 
650 
1,466 
1,234 
735 
number 
108,361 
746 
6,057 
13,287 
37,784 
28,870 
21,617 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,915 
11 
154 
300 
623 
559 
268 
1 0 to 49 
2,108 
15 
160 
298 
698 
568 
369 
50 to 99 
280 
3 
15 
41 
98 
73 
50 
1 00 to 1 99 
108 
- 
7 
9 
33 
25 
34 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New York 207 
