Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
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 
66,497 
755 
766 
963 
1,514 
2,114 
acres 
10,373,562 
1,625,102 
741,375 
629,131 
670,392 
738,207 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,198 
50 
44 
41 
45 
67 
acres 
356,390 
101,311 
43,305 
33,527 
20,964 
22,649 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
63,175 
499 
647 
850 
1,367 
1,937 
acres 
8,863,469 
893,814 
607,794 
525,669 
601,845 
658,959 
Partnership 
farms 
3,419 
258 
121 
100 
129 
199 
acres 
1,596,851 
834,706 
130,568 
75,611 
67,817 
83,595 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,828 
186 
79 
68 
77 
112 
acres 
1,073,532 
642,125 
91,167 
51,698 
39,441 
43,818 
Corporation 
farms 
963 
65 
28 
37 
62 
32 
acres 
300,357 
80,779 
37,019 
40,198 
24,968 
15,164 
Family held 
farms 
841 
53 
20 
31 
53 
30 
acres 
252,227 
57,939 
29,707 
37,272 
19,914 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
824 
51 
20 
30 
53 
30 
Other than family held 
farms 
122 
12 
8 
6 
9 
2 
acres 
48,130 
22,840 
7,312 
2,926 
5,054 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
10 
7 
5 
8 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
493 
6 
6 
15 
18 
6 
acres 
107,135 
33,029 
5,900 
8,740 
6,798 
3,740 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
15,071 
738 
609 
653 
820 
880 
workers 
42,737 
6,971 
2,709 
2,430 
2,599 
2,428 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,323 
634 
449 
361 
400 
273 
workers 
9,998 
3,342 
1,203 
882 
802 
434 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,574 
490 
381 
479 
636 
732 
workers 
32,739 
3,629 
1,506 
1,548 
1,797 
1,994 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
502 
91 
71 
87 
69 
32 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
78 
4 
4 
9 
15 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,557 
236 
305 
382 
604 
966 
workers 
67,735 
526 
600 
880 
1,305 
2,342 
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 
103 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
15 
19 
25 
28 
69 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
19 
16 
20 
41 
105 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
17 
20 
36 
83 
200 
140 to 179 acres 
4,553 
16 
10 
29 
76 
159 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
14 
20 
47 
85 
206 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
15 
10 
22 
84 
112 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
50 
81 
170 
549 
709 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
68 
163 
371 
394 
383 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
158 
314 
176 
107 
83 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
398 
76 
24 
16 
9 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
408 
338 
409 
558 
421 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
15 
19 
19 
20 
31 
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 
88 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
79 
69 
139 
151 
193 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
14 
28 
87 
87 
91 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
61 
37 
35 
26 
13 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,095 
4 
4 
17 
38 
89 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
44 
104 
154 
562 
1,319 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
37 
2 
2 
- 
3 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
472 
36 
70 
98 
115 
44 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
251 
13 
4 
7 
5 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
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 
45 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
38,826 
337 
410 
568 
992 
1,695 
number 
1,856,316 
121,178 
123,860 
115,398 
174,059 
215,067 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
6 
14 
11 
18 
34 
10 to 49 
20,582 
54 
65 
101 
123 
251 
50 to 99 
5,898 
61 
50 
96 
159 
415 
100 to 199 
2,912 
57 
67 
136 
357 
683 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
