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 
30,911 
18,256 
177 
1,446 
2,019 
4,128 
5,298 
5,188 
acres 
40,934,161 
35,379,990 
98,811 
1,713,935 
3,874,511 
9,204,578 
10,790,623 
9,697,532 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
944 
502 
- 
60 
47 
136 
108 
151 
acres 
1 ,832,507 
1 ,596,509 
- 
107,235 
1 1 1 ,426 
418,053 
386,704 
573,091 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
27,544 
16,013 
176 
1,336 
1,746 
3,677 
4,591 
4,487 
acres 
29,203,602 
25,647,292 
(D) 
(D) 
2,899,935 
7,011,053 
7,828,207 
6,347,103 
Partnership 
farms 
2,150 
1,364 
80 
206 
271 
378 
429 
acres 
6,174,315 
5,532,459 
- 
139,909 
732,327 
1 ,387,292 
1,803,935 
1 ,468,996 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,477 
918 
- 
53 
139 
189 
246 
291 
acres 
4,483,990 
3,978,669 
- 
90,344 
530,139 
971,984 
1,272,367 
1,113,835 
Corporation 
farms 
1,644 
1,195 
_ 
62 
135 
252 
404 
342 
acres 
4,561,391 
4,068,678 
- 
161,554 
417,657 
811,257 
1,381,164 
1,297,046 
Family held 
farms 
1,534 
1,147 
- 
60 
125 
241 
387 
334 
acres 
4,379,824 
3,913,387 
- 
(D) 
355,068 
(D) 
1,342,021 
1 ,273,607 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
25 
19 
- 
1 
6 
5 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,509 
1,128 
- 
60 
124 
235 
382 
327 
Other than family held 
farms 
110 
48 
_ 
2 
10 
11 
17 
8 
acres 
181,567 
155,291 
- 
(D) 
62,589 
(D) 
39,143 
23,439 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
3 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
45 
- 
2 
9 
9 
17 
8 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
651 
272 
2 
11 
21 
47 
85 
106 
acres 
3,317,771 
2,089,671 
(D) 
(D) 
153,210 
393,31 1 
378,630 
1,141,872 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,938 
7,730 
57 
448 
855 
2,050 
2,351 
1,969 
workers 
27,199 
21,540 
108 
1,196 
2,487 
6,097 
6,626 
5,026 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,947 
4,164 
20 
204 
468 
1,151 
1,297 
1,024 
workers 
10,162 
8,776 
31 
407 
1,073 
2,431 
2,923 
1,911 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,933 
5,286 
47 
329 
600 
1,418 
1,571 
1,321 
workers 
17,037 
12,764 
77 
789 
1,414 
3,666 
3,703 
3,115 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
52 
1 
13 
13 
17 
8 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,065 
6,462 
47 
517 
707 
1,599 
1,869 
1,723 
workers 
25,248 
14,542 
82 
1,226 
1,785 
3,730 
4,073 
3,646 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
489 
11 
73 
60 
93 
125 
127 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
1,337 
5 
101 
166 
273 
343 
449 
50 to 69 acres 
1,180 
326 
3 
19 
21 
79 
87 
117 
70 to 99 acres 
1,723 
493 
7 
47 
58 
69 
118 
194 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,470 
533 
18 
40 
28 
85 
133 
229 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,046 
749 
10 
74 
75 
99 
145 
346 
180 to 219 acres 
886 
377 
12 
37 
42 
58 
92 
136 
220 to 259 acres 
863 
402 
6 
42 
23 
53 
90 
188 
260 to 499 acres 
3,604 
2,080 
31 
232 
184 
354 
525 
754 
500 to 999 acres 
4,229 
3,289 
55 
323 
366 
725 
1,025 
795 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,075 
3,585 
16 
249 
470 
961 
1,125 
764 
2,000 acres or more 
5,637 
5,184 
4 
252 
615 
1,398 
1,650 
1,265 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
8,475 
85 
722 
1,029 
2,016 
2,659 
1,964 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
28 
- 
2 
1 
4 
11 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
15 
- 
- 
3 
2 
5 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
100 
51 
_ 
10 
3 
9 
24 
5 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
2,538 
14 
119 
215 
441 
643 
1,106 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) 
7,996 
2,538 
14 
119 
215 
441 
643 
1,106 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
5,387 
63 
463 
586 
1,206 
1,446 
1,623 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
646 
530 
3 
51 
66 
134 
153 
123 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
240 
- 
27 
53 
73 
66 
21 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
170 
- 
16 
21 
69 
39 
25 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
81 
- 
7 
9 
14 
31 
20 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
256 
9 
11 
35 
41 
58 
102 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
1,073 
4 
61 
87 
238 
323 
360 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,583 
11,317 
134 
991 
1,380 
2,759 
3,188 
2,865 
number 
3,893,251 
3,514,896 
15,287 
238,364 
433,380 
994,200 
1,055,032 
778,633 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,425 
489 
10 
33 
57 
95 
116 
178 
1 0 to 49 
3,819 
2,001 
45 
219 
197 
370 
493 
677 
50 to 99 
2,382 
1,693 
27 
173 
192 
403 
450 
448 
100 to 199 
2,538 
2,094 
34 
215 
280 
468 
618 
479 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
202 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
