Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
13,011 
89 
946 
1,413 
2,528 
3,540 
4,495 
acres 
4,810,665 
27,581 
347,197 
584,509 
990,238 
1,336,845 
1,524,295 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
313 
- 
10 
20 
61 
87 
135 
acres 
136,081 
- 
5,105 
15,850 
27,691 
38,903 
48,532 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
12,142 
83 
915 
1,325 
2,387 
3,263 
4,169 
acres 
4,343,131 
26,621 
326,045 
550,753 
898,454 
1,167,360 
1,373,898 
Partnership 
farms 
771 
6 
29 
87 
124 
229 
296 
acres 
416,627 
960 
23,914 
41,510 
85,629 
144,911 
119,703 
Registered under state law 
farms 
464 
- 
21 
57 
84 
141 
161 
acres 
256,839 
- 
16,818 
24,214 
72,616 
76,145 
67,046 
Corporation 
farms 
138 
- 
11 
22 
28 
41 
36 
acres 
59,799 
- 
1,347 
7,040 
15,261 
16,405 
19,746 
Family held 
farms 
113 
- 
10 
20 
23 
35 
25 
acres 
53,842 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
13,948 
15,385 
16,709 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
- 
10 
20 
23 
35 
24 
Other than family held 
farms 
25 
_ 
1 
2 
5 
6 
11 
acres 
5,957 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,313 
1,020 
3,037 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
24 
- 
1 
2 
5 
6 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
401 
9 
23 
60 
142 
167 
acres 
191,701 
- 
3,680 
17,212 
23,008 
88,529 
59,272 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,928 
21 
104 
253 
400 
512 
638 
workers 
4,479 
26 
340 
700 
1,000 
1,124 
1,289 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
638 
9 
31 
69 
123 
170 
236 
workers 
1,080 
13 
46 
134 
258 
261 
368 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,401 
12 
80 
209 
302 
369 
429 
workers 
3,399 
13 
294 
566 
742 
863 
921 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
26 
. 
2 
1 
8 
6 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,452 
26 
363 
579 
969 
1,169 
1,346 
workers 
9,859 
69 
830 
1,383 
2,283 
2,436 
2,858 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
397 
12 
108 
52 
76 
90 
59 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,040 
- 
145 
289 
491 
532 
583 
50 to 69 acres 
842 
- 
37 
108 
142 
242 
313 
70 to 99 acres 
1,104 
14 
66 
109 
204 
320 
391 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
970 
- 
65 
69 
181 
287 
368 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,898 
19 
112 
169 
299 
537 
762 
180 to 219 acres 
655 
10 
43 
73 
104 
176 
249 
220 to 259 acres 
548 
3 
29 
66 
103 
136 
211 
260 to 499 acres 
2,386 
26 
135 
187 
452 
663 
923 
500 to 999 acres 
1,591 
- 
129 
205 
325 
387 
545 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
709 
2 
76 
74 
149 
214 
194 
2,000 acres or more 
312 
3 
19 
56 
73 
91 
70 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,708 
32 
258 
304 
356 
458 
300 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
38 
- 
- 
8 
7 
13 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
27 
- 
- 
4 
11 
9 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
34 
_ 
_ 
9 
6 
17 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,889 
14 
245 
564 
1,178 
2,189 
3,699 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
7,889 
14 
245 
564 
1,178 
2,189 
3,699 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,055 
34 
331 
352 
569 
492 
277 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
62 
- 
2 
14 
18 
20 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
43 
- 
1 
9 
14 
15 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
67 
5 
11 
6 
11 
21 
13 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
151 
- 
17 
25 
46 
47 
16 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,372 
4 
99 
162 
382 
392 
333 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,981 
41 
474 
514 
814 
733 
405 
number 
214,279 
1,642 
28,587 
36,502 
57,395 
59,530 
30,623 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
517 
13 
78 
82 
150 
117 
77 
1 0 to 49 
1,386 
19 
241 
237 
353 
346 
190 
50 to 99 
479 
3 
73 
90 
145 
120 
48 
100 to 199 
333 
6 
42 
57 
101 
73 
54 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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