Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
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 
73,220 
66,942 
3,306 
2,302 
acres 
13,179,482 
10,481,463 
1,634,534 
1,279,431 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,163 
2,562 
1,511 
1,402 
acres 
1,277,168 
577,159 
674,731 
631,047 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
66,942 
66,942 
_ 
_ 
acres 
10,481,463 
10,481,463 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,626 
- 
4,626 
3,150 
acres 
2,130,857 
- 
2,130,857 
1,640,631 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,150 
- 
3,150 
3,150 
acres 
1,640,631 
- 
1,640,631 
1,640,631 
Corporation 
farms 
2,753 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,148,041 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,494 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,097,395 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
85 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,409 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
259 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
50,646 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
241 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,141 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
200,243 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
17,035 
13,525 
1,692 
1,285 
workers 
64,589 
38,734 
8,221 
6,194 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
6,618 
4,440 
955 
762 
workers 
20,984 
9,235 
3,862 
2,954 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,261 
10,774 
1,218 
918 
workers 
43,605 
29,499 
4,359 
3,240 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
267 
156 
42 
35 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
22 
18 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31,722 
28,354 
1,953 
1,365 
workers 
79,860 
71,019 
5,225 
3,751 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,796 
6,225 
286 
199 
1 0 to 49 acres 
24,220 
22,295 
936 
610 
50 to 69 acres 
6,855 
6,241 
299 
180 
70 to 99 acres 
8,336 
7,496 
437 
265 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,134 
6,388 
397 
247 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
4,565 
4,057 
282 
192 
180 to 219 acres 
3,094 
2,735 
202 
134 
220 to 259 acres 
2,182 
1,915 
153 
92 
260 to 499 acres 
6,015 
5,109 
561 
395 
500 to 999 acres 
3,674 
2,895 
481 
359 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,845 
1,227 
341 
278 
2,000 acres or more 
746 
359 
251 
199 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
25,392 
22,081 
2,077 
1,422 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,111 
993 
60 
37 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,001 
839 
74 
58 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,680 
1,220 
117 
103 
Other crop farming (1119) 
18,534 
16,694 
841 
510 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
109 
106 
3 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
18,425 
16,588 
838 
508 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,445 
10,744 
405 
252 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
548 
453 
53 
45 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2,850 
2,322 
350 
254 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,170 
985 
112 
89 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,472 
1,299 
83 
66 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,188 
2,076 
65 
39 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
8,071 
7,236 
389 
275 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,501 
23,026 
1,558 
1,030 
number 
1 ,242,293 
891,654 
199,323 
159,421 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,901 
8,428 
280 
149 
1 0 to 49 
11,330 
10,397 
583 
369 
50 to 99 
2,666 
2,337 
215 
147 
100 to 199 
1,452 
1,147 
213 
144 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Ohio 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
