Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,198 
40 
315 
103 
112 
100 
acres 
356,390 
215 
8,946 
5,975 
9,112 
11,790 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
63,175 
3,049 
22,506 
7,272 
7,094 
6,729 
acres 
8,863,469 
15,977 
616,668 
421,104 
586,635 
781,238 
Partnership 
farms 
3,419 
80 
645 
306 
301 
394 
acres 
1,596,851 
360 
17,864 
17,953 
25,038 
44,912 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,828 
48 
326 
144 
164 
179 
acres 
1,073,532 
200 
9,213 
8,411 
13,444 
20,271 
Corporation 
farms 
963 
51 
245 
72 
82 
103 
acres 
300,357 
242 
6,839 
4,126 
6,807 
11,986 
Family held 
farms 
841 
48 
214 
65 
72 
84 
acres 
252,227 
235 
5,931 
3,755 
5,964 
9,827 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
- 
5 
2 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
824 
48 
209 
63 
72 
82 
Other than family held 
farms 
122 
3 
31 
7 
10 
19 
acres 
48,130 
7 
908 
371 
843 
2,159 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
3 
27 
7 
10 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
493 
50 
167 
54 
42 
35 
acres 
107,135 
173 
4,693 
3,162 
3,575 
4,049 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
15,071 
511 
3,387 
1,361 
1,453 
1,637 
workers 
42,737 
1,392 
8,388 
3,230 
3,468 
4,048 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,323 
160 
722 
238 
292 
313 
workers 
9,998 
343 
1,683 
435 
522 
559 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,574 
394 
2,868 
1,203 
1,255 
1,443 
workers 
32,739 
1,049 
6,705 
2,795 
2,946 
3,489 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
502 
16 
66 
21 
29 
47 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
78 
1 
13 
3 
10 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,557 
1,412 
10,275 
3,340 
3,196 
3,175 
workers 
67,735 
3,349 
22,967 
7,648 
7,384 
7,300 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
3,230 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
- 
23,563 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
- 
- 
7,704 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
- 
- 
- 
7,519 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,261 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
4,553 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
46 
559 
299 
291 
389 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
123 
374 
66 
76 
35 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
605 
77 
355 
51 
41 
35 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,034 
239 
386 
101 
73 
77 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
223 
6,768 
2,079 
1,849 
1,676 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
43 
108 
49 
53 
69 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
2 
15 
4 
8 
16 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
15,095 
178 
6,645 
2,026 
1,788 
1,591 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
1,119 
9,512 
3,956 
4,300 
4,382 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
37 
2 
12 
1 
6 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
472 
12 
70 
14 
14 
28 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
251 
33 
121 
28 
29 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,480 
204 
699 
161 
103 
88 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
403 
1,069 
224 
191 
112 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
749 
3,638 
724 
546 
434 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
38,826 
1,193 
10,241 
4,316 
4,686 
4,791 
number 
1,856,316 
13,459 
137,942 
92,099 
128,681 
174,372 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
827 
4,641 
947 
705 
457 
1 0 to 49 
20,582 
314 
5,405 
3,148 
3,462 
3,265 
50 to 99 
5,898 
41 
154 
194 
466 
908 
100 to 199 
2,912 
11 
28 
25 
47 
137 
200 to 499 
1,133 
- 
13 
- 
4 
22 
500 or more 
235 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,031 
882 
8,178 
3,727 
4,208 
4,387 
number 
922,608 
6,117 
68,743 
46,712 
67,024 
91,864 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
