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 
7,938 
5,976 
1,526 
436 
3,707 
4,231 
acres 
1,314,892 
736,426 
533,423 
45,043 
594,471 
720,421 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
396 
262 
92 
42 
137 
259 
acres 
107,962 
40,557 
58,220 
9,185 
32,112 
75,850 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,929 
5,358 
1,214 
357 
3,367 
3,562 
acres 
912,217 
567,139 
321,153 
23,925 
451,962 
460,255 
Partnership 
farms 
525 
308 
169 
48 
144 
381 
acres 
151,773 
54,080 
83,093 
14,600 
37,998 
113,775 
Registered under state law 
farms 
312 
172 
111 
29 
71 
241 
acres 
111,743 
36,974 
63,267 
1 1 ,502 
27,018 
84,725 
Corporation 
farms 
582 
342 
187 
53 
193 
389 
acres 
354,808 
136,681 
209,760 
8,367 
114,135 
240,673 
Family held 
farms 
503 
285 
175 
43 
145 
358 
acres 
335,369 
123,195 
205,234 
6,940 
100,812 
234,557 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
5 
3 
- 
2 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
495 
280 
172 
43 
143 
352 
Other than family held 
farms 
79 
57 
12 
10 
48 
31 
acres 
19,439 
13,486 
4,526 
1,427 
13,323 
6,116 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
7 
5 
1 
1 
1 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
72 
52 
11 
9 
47 
25 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
137 
118 
11 
8 
78 
59 
acres 
35,306 
31,317 
3,924 
65 
22,459 
12,847 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,415 
1,439 
826 
150 
1,060 
1,355 
workers 
15,072 
6,620 
7,698 
754 
4,952 
10,120 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,146 
570 
496 
80 
447 
699 
workers 
4,594 
1,889 
2,422 
283 
1,339 
3,255 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,976 
1,174 
697 
105 
871 
1,105 
workers 
10,478 
4,731 
5,276 
471 
3,613 
6,865 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
109 
48 
57 
4 
41 
68 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
15 
1 
- 
11 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,229 
3,111 
876 
242 
1,668 
2,561 
workers 
10,698 
7,456 
2,382 
860 
3,981 
6,717 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,239 
1,000 
63 
176 
589 
650 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,278 
1,942 
215 
121 
1,014 
1,264 
50 to 69 acres 
622 
504 
97 
21 
339 
283 
70 to 99 acres 
857 
672 
166 
19 
398 
459 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
794 
575 
183 
36 
353 
441 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
521 
403 
95 
23 
225 
296 
180 to 219 acres 
407 
268 
121 
18 
172 
235 
220 to 259 acres 
257 
160 
88 
9 
144 
113 
260 to 499 acres 
654 
374 
257 
23 
303 
351 
500 to 999 acres 
332 
143 
177 
12 
157 
175 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
157 
66 
84 
7 
71 
86 
2,000 acres or more 
55 
19 
35 
1 
17 
38 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
16 
27 
2 
27 
18 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
891 
528 
231 
132 
389 
502 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
681 
586 
75 
20 
315 
366 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
958 
817 
96 
45 
462 
496 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,340 
1,678 
543 
119 
1,183 
1,157 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
2,340 
1,678 
543 
119 
1,183 
1,157 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
950 
717 
204 
29 
468 
482 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
14 
7 
7 
- 
12 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
308 
67 
225 
16 
124 
184 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
160 
132 
22 
6 
62 
98 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
209 
192 
12 
5 
75 
134 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
326 
279 
39 
8 
133 
193 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,291 
1,107 
100 
84 
532 
759 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,423 
1,523 
804 
96 
1,041 
1,382 
number 
86,256 
20,811 
61,211 
4,234 
24,756 
61,500 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,467 
1,142 
262 
63 
633 
834 
1 0 to 49 
667 
338 
308 
21 
299 
368 
50 to 99 
113 
20 
89 
4 
51 
62 
100 to 199 
102 
15 
85 
2 
37 
65 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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