Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
63,175 
2,331 
1,325 
acres 
10,373,562 
8,863,469 
1,230,250 
841,459 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,198 
819 
364 
336 
acres 
356,390 
176,594 
171,606 
155,198 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
63,175 
63,175 
- 
- 
acres 
8,863,469 
8,863,469 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,419 
- 
3,419 
1,828 
acres 
1,596,851 
- 
1,596,851 
1 
,073,532 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,828 
- 
1,828 
1,828 
acres 
1,073,532 
- 
1,073,532 
1 
,073,532 
Corporation 
farms 
963 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
300,357 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
841 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
252,227 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
824 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
122 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
48,130 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
493 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
107,135 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
15,071 
13,238 
1,237 
743 
workers 
42,737 
33,456 
4,551 
3,058 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,323 
3,369 
582 
409 
workers 
9,998 
6,287 
1,619 
1,233 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,574 
11,237 
938 
546 
workers 
32,739 
27,169 
2,932 
1,825 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
502 
395 
68 
45 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
78 
70 
8 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,557 
27,411 
1,529 
812 
workers 
67,735 
62,433 
3,755 
2,033 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
3,049 
80 
48 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
22,506 
645 
326 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
7,272 
306 
144 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
7,094 
301 
164 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
6,729 
394 
179 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
4,553 
4,191 
276 
147 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
2,916 
186 
89 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
1,863 
132 
69 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
4,619 
458 
250 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
1,896 
274 
160 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
740 
166 
105 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
300 
201 
147 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
3,582 
443 
277 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
697 
41 
24 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
605 
539 
30 
27 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,034 
840 
71 
51 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
14,879 
706 
386 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
509 
53 
23 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
177 
43 
31 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,095 
14,193 
610 
332 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
32,191 
1,724 
837 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
37 
31 
2 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
472 
385 
68 
42 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
251 
238 
1 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,480 
1,386 
64 
33 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
2,073 
43 
21 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
6,334 
226 
127 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
38,826 
36,088 
2,073 
1,038 
number 
1,856,316 
1,608,842 
188,224 
102,635 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
7,699 
237 
100 
1 0 to 49 
20,582 
19,411 
862 
411 
50 to 99 
5,898 
5,383 
410 
212 
100 to 199 
2,912 
2,507 
341 
170 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
