Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
589 
3 
29 
62 
216 
131 
148 
acres 
25,846 
225 
698 
2,085 
9,840 
6,542 
6,456 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
43 
- 
6 
9 
18 
5 
5 
acres 
1,541 
- 
411 
340 
415 
235 
140 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
472 
3 
20 
49 
172 
110 
118 
acres 
20,072 
(D) 
(D) 
1,941 
7,108 
5,248 
5,300 
Partnership 
farms 
85 
8 
9 
30 
18 
20 
acres 
5,193 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,297 
(D) 
1,253 
Registered under state law 
farms 
33 
- 
3 
9 
7 
11 
3 
acres 
3,146 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,401 
(D) 
812 
Corporation 
farms 
46 
- 
3 
9 
16 
8 
10 
acres 
1,733 
- 
(D) 
37 
(D) 
(D) 
53 
Family held 
farms 
37 
- 
3 
7 
14 
7 
6 
acres 
1,580 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
43 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
37 
- 
3 
7 
14 
7 
6 
Other than family held 
farms 
9 
_ 
_ 
2 
2 
1 
4 
acres 
153 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
21 
1 
2 
10 
8 
acres 
3,531 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
289 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
152 
8 
16 
41 
45 
42 
workers 
586 
- 
23 
46 
139 
172 
206 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
86 
6 
7 
15 
26 
32 
workers 
266 
- 
12 
19 
37 
100 
98 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
105 
- 
7 
14 
36 
26 
22 
workers 
320 
- 
11 
27 
102 
72 
108 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
. 
. 
. 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
290 
- 
15 
20 
108 
77 
70 
workers 
745 
- 
19 
42 
327 
196 
161 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
221 
20 
35 
75 
29 
62 
1 0 to 49 acres 
237 
- 
8 
18 
86 
65 
60 
50 to 69 acres 
38 
- 
1 
- 
17 
13 
7 
70 to 99 acres 
45 
3 
- 
7 
14 
15 
6 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
26 
- 
3 
5 
6 
6 
6 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
25 
- 
- 
2 
6 
10 
7 
180 to 219 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
16 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
49 
3 
8 
12 
7 
13 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
24 
- 
- 
- 
8 
11 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
109 
_ 
9 
10 
33 
22 
35 
Other crop farming (1119) 
134 
- 
9 
13 
42 
36 
34 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
134 
. 
9 
13 
42 
36 
34 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
96 
- 
2 
13 
36 
16 
29 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
6 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
8 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
58 
- 
- 
3 
27 
16 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
48 
- 
- 
7 
8 
19 
14 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
85 
- 
4 
9 
47 
7 
18 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
166 
4 
12 
69 
34 
47 
number 
2,027 
- 
24 
83 
679 
824 
417 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
125 
3 
10 
58 
15 
39 
1 0 to 49 
29 
- 
1 
2 
6 
14 
6 
50 to 99 
7 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
1 
100 to 199 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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