Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
700 
639 
626 
61 
57 
291 
acres 
230,690 
208,943 
200,747 
21,747 
19,954 
49,153 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,190 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
963 
841 
824 
122 
112 
- 
acres 
300,357 
252,227 
242,421 
48,130 
45,685 
- 
Family held 
farms 
841 
841 
824 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
252,227 
252,227 
242,421 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
824 
824 
824 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
122 
- 
- 
122 
112 
- 
acres 
48,130 
- 
- 
48,130 
45,685 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
- 
" 
112 
112 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
493 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
107,135 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
428 
368 
362 
60 
52 
168 
workers 
4,083 
2,621 
2,469 
1,462 
(D) 
647 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
282 
237 
231 
45 
41 
90 
workers 
1,781 
1,062 
965 
719 
(D) 
311 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
292 
257 
252 
35 
29 
107 
workers 
2,302 
1,559 
1,504 
743 
(D) 
336 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
31 
25 
25 
6 
6 
8 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
396 
356 
350 
40 
40 
221 
workers 
951 
836 
805 
115 
115 
596 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
51 
48 
48 
3 
3 
50 
1 0 to 49 acres 
245 
214 
209 
31 
27 
167 
50 to 69 acres 
72 
65 
63 
7 
7 
54 
70 to 99 acres 
82 
72 
72 
10 
10 
42 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
103 
84 
82 
19 
19 
35 
140 to 1 79 acres 
62 
50 
49 
12 
12 
24 
180 to 219 acres 
60 
53 
52 
7 
4 
23 
220 to 259 acres 
42 
38 
38 
4 
2 
18 
260 to 499 acres 
108 
96 
94 
12 
12 
39 
500 to 999 acres 
69 
64 
64 
5 
5 
29 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
42 
35 
32 
7 
6 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
27 
22 
21 
5 
5 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
100 
80 
78 
20 
16 
24 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
22 
13 
13 
9 
7 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
32 
27 
25 
5 
5 
4 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
89 
71 
71 
18 
15 
34 
Other crop farming (1119) 
148 
120 
114 
28 
27 
156 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
8 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
144 
117 
111 
27 
26 
148 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
379 
350 
345 
29 
29 
163 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
29 
28 
27 
1 
1 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
14 
14 
14 
- 
- 
9 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
132 
122 
121 
10 
10 
77 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
468 
431 
423 
37 
36 
197 
number 
49,218 
46,596 
45,812 
2,622 
(D) 
10,032 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
83 
74 
72 
9 
9 
47 
10 to 49 
209 
196 
194 
13 
13 
100 
50 to 99 
79 
70 
70 
9 
8 
26 
1 00 to 1 99 
51 
48 
45 
3 
3 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Tennessee 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
