Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,700 
139 
647 
260 
263 
272 
acres 
829,152 
621 
16,970 
15,141 
21,735 
31,622 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
70,093 
4,024 
22,391 
7,632 
8,045 
8,158 
acres 
10,397,336 
20,330 
589,896 
442,835 
666,073 
945,178 
Partnership 
farms 
4,666 
163 
872 
318 
493 
560 
acres 
1,904,448 
661 
24,744 
18,562 
40,938 
64,643 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,702 
79 
490 
203 
255 
323 
acres 
1,243,658 
325 
13,986 
11,859 
21,331 
37,259 
Corporation 
farms 
1,853 
127 
385 
177 
150 
179 
acres 
650,044 
546 
10,826 
10,182 
12,222 
20,346 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
103 
345 
160 
132 
162 
acres 
582,658 
458 
9,680 
9,167 
10,659 
18,217 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
- 
6 
1 
4 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,593 
103 
339 
159 
128 
157 
Other than family held 
farms 
214 
24 
40 
17 
18 
17 
acres 
67,386 
88 
1,146 
1,015 
1,563 
2,129 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
208 
24 
38 
17 
18 
17 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
452 
23 
128 
34 
51 
57 
acres 
97,519 
93 
3,468 
1,947 
4,271 
6,692 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
19,586 
691 
3,995 
1,768 
1,905 
2,174 
workers 
68,586 
2,337 
12,031 
5,232 
5,260 
6,719 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,047 
190 
920 
379 
403 
495 
workers 
18,689 
773 
2,166 
955 
943 
1,612 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
16,044 
555 
3,372 
1,505 
1,652 
1,852 
workers 
49,897 
1,564 
9,865 
4,277 
4,317 
5,107 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,181 
21 
116 
70 
57 
83 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
306 
11 
30 
10 
26 
29 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
33,069 
1,829 
10,142 
3,398 
3,743 
3,930 
workers 
76,822 
4,253 
23,454 
7,821 
8,752 
9,261 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
4,337 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
- 
23,776 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
- 
- 
8,161 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
- 
- 
- 
8,739 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,954 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,297 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
132 
1,230 
575 
674 
725 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,299 
257 
572 
127 
139 
102 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
708 
133 
355 
69 
58 
35 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
860 
234 
364 
67 
43 
52 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,096 
555 
7,670 
3,010 
3,021 
3,059 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2,534 
140 
512 
230 
215 
288 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
21,562 
415 
7,158 
2,780 
2,806 
2,771 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
1,302 
7,849 
3,165 
3,734 
3,968 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
541 
7 
37 
45 
74 
102 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
890 
15 
61 
28 
78 
118 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
262 
46 
99 
38 
17 
15 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,603 
225 
680 
145 
158 
108 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,746 
326 
970 
163 
103 
90 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
1,105 
3,889 
729 
640 
580 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
1,395 
9,040 
3,898 
4,780 
5,220 
number 
2,270,871 
12,435 
123,591 
86,364 
133,387 
202,262 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
1,060 
4,458 
875 
812 
592 
1 0 to 49 
19,639 
312 
4,382 
2,764 
3,401 
3,318 
50 to 99 
6,522 
17 
134 
205 
490 
1,080 
100 to 199 
3,363 
- 
28 
37 
49 
183 
200 to 499 
1,734 
6 
32 
16 
28 
45 
500 or more 
413 
- 
6 
1 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,809 
938 
7,124 
3,327 
4,192 
4,709 
number 
1,056,858 
5,557 
58,350 
43,277 
68,683 
102,608 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
