Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
63,175 
487 
642 
851 
1,339 
1,836 
acres 
8,863,469 
877,676 
603,355 
536,109 
592,541 
629,623 
Partnership 
farms 
3,419 
255 
120 
101 
131 
192 
acres 
1,596,851 
829,518 
132,704 
77,171 
67,409 
81,615 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,828 
184 
78 
70 
77 
108 
acres 
1,073,532 
638,260 
93,030 
52,900 
38,341 
42,884 
Corporation 
farms 
963 
65 
28 
34 
63 
32 
acres 
300,357 
80,779 
37,019 
38,244 
25,742 
16,044 
Family held 
farms 
841 
53 
20 
30 
52 
30 
acres 
252,227 
57,939 
29,707 
36,210 
19,796 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
824 
51 
20 
30 
51 
30 
Other than family held 
farms 
122 
12 
8 
4 
11 
2 
acres 
48,130 
22,840 
7,312 
2,034 
5,946 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
10 
7 
3 
10 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
493 
6 
6 
15 
17 
7 
acres 
107,135 
33,029 
5,900 
8,740 
6,698 
3,840 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
15,071 
727 
609 
649 
814 
829 
workers 
42,737 
6,926 
2,721 
2,401 
2,604 
2,209 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,323 
625 
448 
366 
394 
269 
workers 
9,998 
3,320 
1,211 
877 
800 
434 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,574 
482 
385 
472 
631 
686 
workers 
32,739 
3,606 
1,510 
1,524 
1,804 
1,775 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
502 
91 
70 
88 
66 
30 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
78 
4 
3 
10 
13 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,557 
233 
305 
379 
591 
896 
workers 
67,735 
517 
600 
875 
1,279 
2,178 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
5 
6 
19 
23 
36 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
53 
67 
63 
90 
101 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
15 
19 
25 
28 
67 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
19 
16 
20 
38 
102 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
17 
20 
36 
79 
183 
140 to 179 acres 
4,553 
16 
10 
29 
76 
146 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
14 
20 
47 
79 
199 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
15 
10 
22 
83 
102 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
49 
81 
165 
534 
671 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
66 
157 
364 
401 
371 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
146 
315 
186 
104 
79 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
398 
75 
25 
15 
10 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
397 
335 
413 
544 
409 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
15 
19 
19 
20 
30 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
605 
1 
3 
2 
3 
10 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
1,034 
56 
36 
66 
94 
87 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
78 
67 
142 
148 
179 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
14 
27 
88 
85 
83 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
60 
36 
37 
25 
14 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
15,095 
4 
4 
17 
38 
82 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
44 
102 
148 
549 
1,241 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
37 
2 
2 
- 
3 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
472 
33 
71 
96 
119 
44 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
251 
13 
4 
7 
5 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
1,480 
171 
150 
94 
27 
8 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
- 
- 
- 
5 
12 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
3 
7 
14 
33 
44 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
38,826 
333 
408 
559 
979 
1,601 
number 
1,856,316 
119,987 
122,722 
115,529 
171,018 
207,763 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
6 
14 
11 
18 
33 
10 to 49 
20,582 
53 
66 
100 
119 
236 
50 to 99 
5,898 
61 
49 
96 
158 
380 
100 to 199 
2,912 
57 
66 
126 
355 
635 
200 to 499 
1,133 
78 
140 
184 
297 
313 
500 or more 
235 
78 
73 
42 
32 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,031 
287 
346 
448 
747 
1,392 
number 
922,608 
41,776 
47,040 
42,494 
72,367 
108,039 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,556 
255 
289 
377 
666 
1,366 
number 
874,630 
27,125 
34,375 
32,021 
65,309 
106,554 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,871 
13 
14 
42 
27 
69 
1 0 to 49 
18,385 
94 
105 
149 
222 
342 
50 to 99 
3,056 
50 
72 
93 
151 
516 
100 to 199 
974 
48 
49 
51 
180 
410 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
