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 
30,088 
15,449 
1 1 ,923 
2,716 
19,092 
10,996 
acres 
38,047,018 
7,570,604 
27,504,360 
2,972,054 
21,331,469 
16,715,549 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
695 
499 
163 
33 
368 
327 
acres 
962,423 
314,638 
586,390 
61,395 
368,919 
593,504 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,578 
14,288 
10,846 
2,444 
18,012 
9,566 
acres 
31,181,498 
6,324,124 
23,028,852 
1 ,828,522 
18,983,318 
12,198,180 
Partnership 
farms 
2,124 
1,007 
893 
224 
726 
1,398 
acres 
5,470,405 
1,035,421 
3,833,064 
601,920 
1,030,954 
4,439,451 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,344 
630 
560 
154 
440 
904 
acres 
3,537,372 
675,080 
2,394,118 
468,174 
588,452 
2,948,920 
Corporation 
farms 
707 
219 
364 
124 
375 
332 
acres 
1 ,578,330 
(D) 
1,134,747 
(D) 
768,715 
809,615 
Family held 
farms 
662 
193 
348 
121 
342 
320 
acres 
1,504,821 
(D) 
1,070,829 
(D) 
721 ,773 
783,048 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
10 
5 
5 
4 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
652 
188 
343 
121 
338 
314 
Other than family held 
farms 
45 
26 
16 
3 
33 
12 
acres 
73,509 
(D) 
63,918 
(D) 
46,942 
26,567 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
25 
14 
3 
32 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
552 
453 
70 
29 
381 
171 
acres 
1,032,380 
(D) 
301,531 
(D) 
806,046 
226,334 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,300 
2,628 
5,859 
813 
5,297 
4,003 
workers 
27,414 
6,859 
17,747 
2,808 
13,921 
13,493 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,610 
1,106 
3,119 
385 
2,454 
2,156 
workers 
9,188 
2,252 
6,089 
847 
4,369 
4,819 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,729 
1,832 
4,274 
623 
3,839 
2,890 
workers 
18,226 
4,607 
1 1 ,658 
1,961 
9,552 
8,674 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
284 
56 
202 
26 
123 
161 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
11 
- 
7 
4 
11 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,096 
4,854 
4,344 
898 
5,329 
4,767 
workers 
21,632 
10,297 
9,415 
1,920 
10,466 
11,166 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
653 
8 
28 
390 
299 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
2,364 
143 
204 
1,603 
1,108 
50 to 69 acres 
1,063 
889 
89 
85 
718 
345 
70 to 99 acres 
1,455 
1,241 
92 
122 
1,025 
430 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,407 
1,079 
168 
160 
965 
442 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,632 
2,208 
185 
239 
1,798 
834 
180 to 219 acres 
958 
714 
164 
80 
635 
323 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
631 
152 
79 
578 
284 
260 to 499 acres 
4,086 
2,752 
853 
481 
2,769 
1,317 
500 to 999 acres 
4,237 
1,891 
1,823 
523 
2,775 
1,462 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,424 
830 
3,147 
447 
2,829 
1,595 
2,000 acres or more 
6,437 
715 
5,349 
373 
3,409 
3,028 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
2,387 
8,077 
1,754 
7,763 
4,455 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
70 
46 
20 
61 
75 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
34 
2 
5 
17 
24 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
56 
51 
4 
1 
29 
27 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,807 
9,297 
1,212 
298 
7,595 
3,212 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
10,807 
9,297 
1,212 
298 
7,595 
3,212 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
2,111 
2,283 
555 
2,730 
2,219 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
69 
81 
7 
61 
96 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
29 
57 
4 
40 
50 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
61 
3 
2 
30 
36 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
87 
9 
9 
52 
53 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
251 
177 
43 
31 
102 
149 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,085 
1,594 
356 
135 
1,014 
1,071 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,868 
3,261 
5,682 
925 
5,478 
4,390 
number 
1,809,613 
377,794 
1 ,327,547 
104,272 
948,546 
861,067 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
836 
609 
152 
75 
462 
374 
1 0 to 49 
2,813 
1,372 
1,091 
350 
1,618 
1,195 
50 to 99 
1,625 
447 
983 
195 
969 
656 
100 to 199 
1,806 
400 
1,242 
164 
1,018 
788 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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