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 
73,220 
49,746 
19,866 
3,608 
41,955 
31,265 
acres 
13,179,482 
3,912,932 
8,399,433 
867,117 
7,039,554 
6,139,928 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,163 
2,546 
1,317 
300 
1,936 
2,227 
acres 
1,277,168 
276,384 
881,592 
119,192 
466,238 
810,930 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
66,942 
46,024 
17,736 
3,182 
39,618 
27,324 
acres 
10,481,463 
3,425,504 
6,516,532 
539,427 
6,446,412 
4,035,051 
Partnership 
farms 
4,626 
2,498 
1,764 
364 
1,429 
3,197 
acres 
2,130,857 
329,254 
1 ,526,574 
275,029 
319,459 
1,811,398 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,150 
1,657 
1,219 
274 
919 
2,231 
acres 
1,640,631 
226,825 
1,165,992 
247,814 
236,155 
1 ,404,476 
Corporation 
farms 
2,753 
1,678 
858 
217 
1,196 
1,557 
acres 
1,148,041 
228,670 
774,323 
145,048 
367,026 
781,015 
Family held 
farms 
2,494 
1,492 
801 
201 
1,060 
1,434 
acres 
1,097,395 
208,263 
745,170 
143,962 
344,573 
752,822 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
85 
62 
21 
2 
44 
41 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,409 
1,430 
780 
199 
1,016 
1,393 
Other than family held 
farms 
259 
186 
57 
16 
136 
123 
acres 
50,646 
20,407 
29,153 
1,086 
22,453 
28,193 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
18 
15 
3 
- 
9 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
241 
171 
54 
16 
127 
114 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,141 
953 
143 
45 
676 
465 
acres 
200,243 
124,849 
67,075 
8,319 
101,991 
98,252 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
17,035 
8,834 
7,198 
1,003 
8,695 
8,340 
workers 
64,589 
30,497 
29,061 
5,031 
27,21 1 
37,378 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
6,618 
3,006 
3,162 
450 
2,853 
3,765 
workers 
20,984 
9,745 
9,783 
1,456 
7,989 
12,995 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,261 
6,926 
5,572 
763 
6,952 
6,309 
workers 
43,605 
20,752 
19,278 
3,575 
19,222 
24,383 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
267 
110 
128 
29 
95 
172 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
22 
8 
9 
5 
11 
11 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
31 ,722 
21,465 
8,823 
1,434 
14,720 
17,002 
workers 
79,860 
53,889 
22,543 
3,428 
33,214 
46,646 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,796 
6,230 
250 
316 
3,417 
3,379 
1 0 to 49 acres 
24,220 
20,910 
2,421 
889 
13,280 
10,940 
50 to 69 acres 
6,855 
5,417 
1,095 
343 
4,016 
2,839 
70 to 99 acres 
8,336 
6,315 
1,558 
463 
4,957 
3,379 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,134 
4,751 
1,955 
428 
4,293 
2,841 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
4,565 
2,698 
1,611 
256 
2,844 
1,721 
180 to 219 acres 
3,094 
1,539 
1,370 
185 
1,906 
1,188 
220 to 259 acres 
2,182 
967 
1,061 
154 
1,322 
860 
260 to 499 acres 
6,015 
1,663 
3,973 
379 
3,674 
2,341 
500 to 999 acres 
3,674 
495 
2,961 
218 
2,074 
1,600 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,845 
107 
1,632 
106 
909 
936 
2,000 acres or more 
746 
61 
614 
71 
227 
519 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
25,392 
10,922 
12,279 
2,191 
16,330 
9,062 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,111 
838 
205 
68 
484 
627 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,001 
916 
58 
27 
500 
501 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,680 
1,452 
154 
74 
816 
864 
Other crop farming (1119) 
18,534 
15,906 
2,276 
352 
1 1 ,355 
7,179 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
109 
67 
33 
9 
68 
41 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
18,425 
15,839 
2,243 
343 
1 1 ,287 
7,138 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 1 ,445 
8,810 
2,264 
371 
6,367 
5,078 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
548 
295 
227 
26 
315 
233 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2,850 
1,069 
1,498 
283 
1,293 
1,557 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,170 
744 
383 
43 
521 
649 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,472 
1,213 
199 
60 
581 
891 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,188 
1,907 
191 
90 
944 
1,244 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
8,071 
7,081 
767 
223 
3,413 
4,658 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,501 
15,573 
8,804 
1,124 
13,406 
12,095 
number 
1 ,242,293 
447,706 
721,341 
73,246 
560,465 
681 ,828 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,901 
7,053 
1,545 
303 
4,595 
4,306 
1 0 to 49 
1 1 ,330 
6,862 
3,965 
503 
6,367 
4,963 
50 to 99 
2,666 
995 
1,502 
169 
1,353 
1,313 
100 to 199 
1,452 
411 
958 
83 
631 
821 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Ohio 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
