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 
74,943 
57,151 
14,825 
2,967 
44,383 
30,560 
acres 
12,431,340 
6,135,596 
5,791,794 
503,950 
7,110,126 
5,321,214 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,700 
1,987 
577 
136 
1,372 
1,328 
acres 
829,152 
357,937 
419,859 
51,356 
400,511 
428,641 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
70,093 
53,764 
13,595 
2,734 
42,402 
27,691 
acres 
10,397,336 
5,438,613 
4,592,155 
366,568 
6,487,632 
3,909,704 
Partnership 
farms 
4,666 
3,144 
1,238 
284 
1,746 
2,920 
acres 
1,904,448 
620,608 
1,109,151 
174,689 
484,164 
1,420,284 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,702 
1,862 
700 
140 
1,044 
1,658 
acres 
1,243,658 
369,313 
743,834 
130,511 
328,372 
915,286 
Corporation 
farms 
1,853 
1,373 
375 
105 
954 
899 
acres 
650,044 
293,008 
331,772 
25,264 
310,276 
339,768 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
1,208 
354 
77 
826 
813 
acres 
582,658 
249,911 
312,786 
19,961 
270,082 
312,576 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
39 
5 
2 
25 
21 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,593 
1,169 
349 
75 
801 
792 
Other than family held 
farms 
214 
165 
21 
28 
128 
86 
acres 
67,386 
43,097 
18,986 
5,303 
40,194 
27,192 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
3 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
208 
159 
21 
28 
125 
83 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
452 
383 
42 
27 
259 
193 
acres 
97,519 
77,906 
15,600 
4,013 
48,348 
49,171 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
19,586 
12,496 
6,187 
903 
11,156 
8,430 
workers 
68,586 
38,665 
26,302 
3,619 
37,315 
31,271 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,047 
3,367 
2,351 
329 
3,130 
2,917 
workers 
18,689 
10,271 
7,458 
960 
8,727 
9,962 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
16,044 
10,311 
5,012 
721 
9,303 
6,741 
workers 
49,897 
28,394 
18,844 
2,659 
28,588 
21,309 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,181 
380 
702 
99 
688 
493 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
306 
84 
191 
31 
194 
112 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
33,069 
24,607 
7,136 
1,326 
15,904 
17,165 
workers 
76,822 
56,261 
17,408 
3,153 
33,396 
43,426 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
3,873 
142 
322 
2,423 
1,914 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
20,953 
1,925 
898 
13,636 
10,140 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
6,787 
1,027 
347 
4,887 
3,274 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
7,059 
1,374 
306 
5,296 
3,443 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
6,929 
1,638 
387 
5,453 
3,501 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,297 
3,788 
1,332 
177 
3,244 
2,053 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
2,636 
1,176 
144 
2,304 
1,652 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
1,678 
862 
112 
1,565 
1,087 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
3,397 
2,773 
246 
3,868 
2,548 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
1,139 
1,582 
127 
1,644 
1,204 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
344 
934 
45 
773 
550 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
81 
485 
39 
268 
337 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
3,922 
2,791 
479 
4,680 
2,512 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,299 
1,078 
151 
70 
626 
673 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
708 
653 
43 
12 
303 
405 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
860 
733 
74 
53 
406 
454 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,096 
19,835 
3,481 
780 
15,294 
8,802 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2,534 
1,147 
1,109 
278 
1,678 
856 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
21,562 
18,688 
2,372 
502 
13,616 
7,946 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
21,903 
6,962 
1,176 
17,962 
12,079 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
541 
339 
168 
34 
298 
243 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
890 
408 
432 
50 
466 
424 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
262 
196 
39 
27 
135 
127 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,603 
1,350 
227 
26 
657 
946 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,746 
1,543 
140 
63 
833 
913 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
6,704 
742 
380 
3,701 
4,125 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
27,304 
11,124 
1,713 
23,461 
16,680 
number 
2,270,871 
1,062,409 
1,102,290 
106,172 
1,289,908 
980,963 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
7,195 
948 
327 
4,770 
3,700 
10 to 49 
19,639 
14,184 
4,581 
874 
11,772 
7,867 
50 to 99 
6,522 
3,772 
2,501 
249 
3,773 
2,749 
100 to 199 
3,363 
1,469 
1,740 
154 
2,004 
1,359 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
