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 
12,655 
77 
1,125 
1,778 
3,095 
3,548 
3,032 
acres 
5,554,171 
9,463 
255,697 
742,457 
1,108,671 
1,772,065 
1,665,818 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
442 
- 
16 
50 
135 
145 
96 
acres 
235,998 
- 
4,465 
18,884 
67,870 
68,723 
76,056 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
11,531 
77 
1,080 
1,688 
2,830 
3,182 
2,674 
acres 
3,556,310 
9,463 
241,569 
572,452 
823,923 
928,980 
979,923 
Partnership 
farms 
786 
3 
41 
76 
204 
256 
206 
acres 
641,856 
318 
13,809 
54,396 
122,995 
149,596 
300,742 
Registered under state law 
farms 
559 
3 
15 
54 
151 
181 
155 
acres 
505,321 
318 
10,833 
32,289 
94,663 
108,480 
258,738 
Corporation 
farms 
449 
- 
15 
36 
95 
164 
139 
acres 
492,713 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
98,998 
126,556 
242,977 
Family held 
farms 
387 
- 
15 
34 
83 
143 
112 
acres 
466,437 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
122,673 
228,624 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
4 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
381 
- 
15 
34 
79 
142 
111 
Other than family held 
farms 
62 
_ 
_ 
2 
12 
21 
27 
acres 
26,276 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3,883 
14,353 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
57 
- 
- 
1 
12 
18 
26 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
379 
6 
14 
69 
122 
168 
acres 
1,228,100 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
109,222 
643,470 
341,346 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,208 
10 
138 
279 
597 
616 
568 
workers 
5,659 
131 
498 
756 
1,371 
1,553 
1,350 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
783 
4 
61 
96 
177 
221 
224 
workers 
1,386 
4 
113 
220 
286 
384 
379 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,647 
6 
93 
221 
474 
461 
392 
workers 
4,273 
127 
385 
536 
1,085 
1,169 
971 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
14 
. 
1 
4 
2 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,603 
36 
447 
715 
1,215 
1,253 
937 
workers 
10,706 
100 
1,049 
1,922 
2,888 
2,664 
2,083 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
811 
8 
139 
155 
207 
193 
109 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,639 
21 
360 
568 
969 
1,028 
693 
50 to 69 acres 
854 
1 
62 
101 
194 
259 
237 
70 to 99 acres 
1,230 
9 
107 
158 
260 
376 
320 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
937 
7 
86 
99 
212 
252 
281 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,297 
20 
62 
133 
303 
391 
388 
180 to 219 acres 
509 
2 
40 
79 
124 
149 
115 
220 to 259 acres 
461 
3 
34 
50 
111 
125 
138 
260 to 499 acres 
1,524 
8 
145 
203 
350 
425 
393 
500 to 999 acres 
940 
1 
49 
123 
258 
268 
241 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
490 
- 
40 
80 
106 
141 
123 
2,000 acres or more 
453 
- 
18 
65 
104 
117 
149 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,186 
32 
252 
369 
530 
579 
424 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
41 
- 
3 
3 
10 
13 
12 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
30 
- 
- 
3 
6 
16 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
49 
_ 
1 
10 
13 
20 
5 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,458 
- 
233 
529 
1,130 
1,637 
1,929 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
5,458 
. 
233 
529 
1,130 
1,637 
1,929 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,901 
38 
462 
516 
786 
681 
418 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
116 
- 
22 
29 
24 
30 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
1 
- 
8 
10 
11 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
53 
- 
12 
9 
12 
13 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
- 
9 
11 
36 
39 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
434 
9 
41 
90 
129 
121 
44 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,736 
- 
107 
237 
512 
564 
316 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4,266 
56 
598 
802 
1,152 
1,038 
620 
number 
378,355 
1,943 
33,755 
70,643 
109,234 
90,694 
72,086 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
936 
12 
115 
212 
294 
209 
94 
1 0 to 49 
1,818 
31 
282 
284 
497 
455 
269 
50 to 99 
689 
12 
114 
145 
134 
177 
107 
100 to 199 
444 
- 
50 
88 
131 
109 
66 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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