Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
74,943 
70,093 
3,134 
1,904 
acres 
12,431,340 
10,397,336 
1,459,567 
989,258 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,700 
1,681 
965 
877 
acres 
829,152 
408,211 
407,452 
351,678 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
70,093 
70,093 
- 
- 
acres 
10,397,336 
10,397,336 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,666 
- 
4,666 
2,702 
acres 
1,904,448 
- 
1,904,448 
1,243,658 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,702 
- 
2,702 
2,702 
acres 
1,243,658 
- 
1,243,658 
1,243,658 
Corporation 
farms 
1,853 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
650,044 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
582,658 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,593 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
214 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
67,386 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
208 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
452 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
97,519 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
19,586 
16,806 
1,741 
1,114 
workers 
68,586 
53,885 
8,448 
5,931 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,047 
4,469 
856 
636 
workers 
18,689 
11,249 
3,602 
2,883 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
16,044 
14,083 
1,311 
797 
workers 
49,897 
42,636 
4,846 
3,048 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,181 
928 
183 
123 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
306 
263 
31 
17 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
33,069 
30,064 
2,075 
1,217 
workers 
76,822 
69,565 
5,133 
3,048 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
4,024 
163 
79 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
22,391 
872 
490 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
7,632 
318 
203 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
8,045 
493 
255 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
8,158 
560 
323 
140 to 179 acres 
5,297 
4,843 
304 
176 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
3,568 
278 
163 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
2,331 
224 
134 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
5,546 
614 
357 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
2,242 
415 
246 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
971 
230 
139 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
342 
195 
137 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
6,125 
764 
461 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,299 
1,214 
53 
33 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
708 
628 
35 
26 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
860 
642 
66 
51 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,096 
22,181 
1,313 
727 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2,534 
2,267 
213 
114 
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 
19,914 
1,100 
613 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
27,763 
1,730 
914 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
541 
469 
61 
36 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
890 
772 
82 
51 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
262 
242 
8 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,603 
1,446 
82 
57 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,746 
1,655 
59 
26 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
6,956 
413 
318 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
36,739 
2,567 
1,411 
number 
2,270,871 
1,898,054 
277,537 
165,926 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
8,055 
282 
157 
1 0 to 49 
19,639 
18,291 
1,055 
546 
50 to 99 
6,522 
5,827 
532 
296 
100 to 199 
3,363 
2,906 
338 
197 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
