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 
1,165 
881 
192 
92 
551 
614 
acres 
58,664 
39,120 
15,976 
3,568 
29,425 
29,239 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
104 
75 
18 
11 
43 
61 
acres 
4,185 
2,869 
(D) 
(D) 
1,723 
2,462 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
919 
715 
145 
59 
457 
462 
acres 
43,332 
32,206 
10,431 
695 
22,893 
20,439 
Partnership 
farms 
144 
97 
30 
17 
46 
98 
acres 
11,316 
6,119 
(D) 
(D) 
6,014 
5,302 
Registered under state law 
farms 
69 
50 
14 
5 
13 
56 
acres 
7,050 
(D) 
1,310 
(D) 
4,544 
2,506 
Corporation 
farms 
149 
101 
25 
23 
59 
90 
acres 
10,420 
6,129 
(D) 
(D) 
4,389 
6,031 
Family held 
farms 
128 
88 
22 
18 
47 
81 
acres 
8,823 
4,724 
2,821 
1,278 
3,090 
5,733 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
127 
87 
22 
18 
46 
81 
Other than family held 
farms 
21 
13 
3 
5 
12 
9 
acres 
1,597 
1,405 
(D) 
(D) 
1,299 
298 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
21 
13 
3 
5 
12 
9 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
31 
16 
2 
13 
19 
12 
acres 
4,521 
3,601 
(D) 
(D) 
3,534 
987 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
394 
246 
83 
65 
182 
212 
workers 
1,869 
883 
666 
320 
757 
1,112 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
248 
142 
60 
46 
89 
159 
workers 
783 
372 
249 
162 
252 
531 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
277 
179 
62 
36 
134 
143 
workers 
1,086 
511 
417 
158 
505 
581 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
2 
4 
. 
4 
2 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
598 
455 
86 
57 
253 
345 
workers 
1,474 
1,094 
243 
137 
584 
890 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
433 
332 
28 
73 
190 
243 
1 0 to 49 acres 
451 
336 
85 
30 
207 
244 
50 to 69 acres 
83 
68 
15 
- 
55 
28 
70 to 99 acres 
97 
78 
17 
2 
46 
51 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
63 
43 
18 
2 
27 
36 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
35 
21 
13 
1 
18 
17 
180 to 219 acres 
20 
14 
5 
1 
11 
9 
220 to 259 acres 
20 
13 
6 
1 
5 
15 
260 to 499 acres 
30 
17 
13 
- 
16 
14 
500 to 999 acres 
7 
4 
2 
1 
2 
5 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
2 
- 
1 
3 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
4 
2 
1 
4 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
139 
88 
22 
29 
74 
65 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
65 
54 
9 
2 
24 
41 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
256 
187 
38 
31 
116 
140 
Other crop farming (1119) 
196 
156 
35 
5 
103 
93 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
196 
156 
35 
5 
103 
93 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
154 
118 
33 
3 
73 
81 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
5 
2 
- 
6 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
3 
10 
- 
4 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
20 
19 
1 
- 
8 
12 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
88 
68 
8 
12 
29 
59 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
54 
47 
7 
- 
17 
37 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
244 
180 
35 
29 
123 
121 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
300 
209 
80 
11 
135 
165 
number 
4,667 
1,884 
(D) 
(D) 
1,619 
3,048 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
209 
163 
38 
8 
97 
112 
10 to 49 
65 
40 
22 
3 
30 
35 
50 to 99 
15 
5 
10 
- 
5 
10 
100 to 199 
10 
- 
10 
- 
3 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
206 Rhode Island 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
