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 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
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 
1,165 
919 
123 
59 
acres 
58,664 
43,332 
9,663 
(D) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
104 
69 
35 
31 
acres 
4,185 
2,642 
1,543 
1,479 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
919 
919 
_ 
_ 
acres 
43,332 
43,332 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
144 
- 
144 
69 
acres 
11,316 
- 
11,316 
7,050 
Registered under state law 
farms 
69 
- 
69 
69 
acres 
7,050 
- 
7,050 
7,050 
Corporation 
farms 
149 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
10,420 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
128 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8,823 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
127 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,597 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
31 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,521 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
394 
211 
61 
35 
workers 
1,869 
855 
339 
226 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
248 
114 
42 
26 
workers 
783 
252 
154 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
277 
165 
37 
21 
workers 
1,086 
603 
185 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
6 
4 
2 
2 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
598 
479 
54 
20 
workers 
1,474 
1,203 
133 
62 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
433 
296 
47 
17 
1 0 to 49 acres 
451 
364 
45 
24 
50 to 69 acres 
83 
65 
13 
7 
70 to 99 acres 
97 
76 
11 
6 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
63 
49 
9 
5 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
35 
28 
2 
1 
180 to 219 acres 
20 
13 
2 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
20 
12 
4 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
30 
13 
9 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
7 
2 
1 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
- 
1 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
2 
1 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
139 
107 
13 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
65 
48 
8 
7 
production (1 1 14) 
256 
143 
35 
21 
Other crop farming (1119) 
196 
145 
39 
24 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
196 
145 
39 
24 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
154 
133 
15 
2 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
7 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
8 
4 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
20 
19 
1 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
88 
73 
6 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
54 
51 
3 
" 
production (1125, 1129) 
244 
183 
19 
3 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
300 
241 
40 
15 
number 
4,667 
2,968 
1,130 
410 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
209 
175 
25 
6 
1 0 to 49 
65 
51 
8 
7 
50 to 99 
15 
9 
4 
1 
100 to 199 
10 
6 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
140 Rhode Island 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
