Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
10 
4 
2 
_ 
3 
1 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
112 
16 
7 
5 
15 
27 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
493 
24 
8 
4 
34 
156 
8 
acres 
107,135 
42,191 
1,540 
(D) 
586 
19,875 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
15,071 
1,549 
217 
166 
530 
2,815 
362 
workers 
42,737 
4,848 
2,295 
577 
4,196 
8,069 
2,204 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,323 
845 
66 
44 
274 
679 
118 
workers 
9,998 
1,869 
382 
83 
1,870 
1,351 
417 
Less than 150 days farms 
12,574 
1,114 
198 
139 
432 
2,389 
323 
workers 
32,739 
2,979 
1,913 
494 
2,326 
6,718 
1,787 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
502 
86 
38 
5 
72 
176 
130 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
78 
3 
3 
1 
11 
42 
37 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
29,557 
1,297 
363 
296 
449 
6,421 
245 
workers 
67,735 
2,797 
983 
695 
1,075 
14,088 
547 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
46 
123 
77 
239 
223 
43 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
559 
374 
355 
386 
6,768 
108 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
299 
66 
51 
101 
2,079 
49 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
291 
76 
41 
73 
1,849 
53 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
389 
35 
35 
77 
1,676 
69 
140 to 179 acres 
4,553 
229 
23 
20 
28 
1,019 
32 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
203 
8 
10 
24 
589 
49 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
139 
8 
4 
24 
355 
16 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
597 
27 
8 
40 
808 
74 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
556 
18 
4 
25 
321 
46 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
451 
6 
- 
17 
132 
27 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
390 
4 
- 
70 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
4,149 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
- 
768 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
605 
- 
- 
605 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,034 
- 
- 
- 
1,034 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15,889 
573 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
- 
- 
- 
- 
573 
573 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
- 
- 
- 
- 
221 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,095 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15,095 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
472 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
251 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,480 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
" 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
38,826 
1,189 
133 
25 
121 
1,509 
291 
number 
1,856,316 
105,620 
4,458 
291 
4,802 
55,929 
23,519 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
112 
51 
13 
43 
566 
26 
1 0 to 49 
20,582 
480 
66 
12 
48 
662 
139 
50 to 99 
5,898 
280 
7 
- 
18 
146 
52 
100 to 199 
2,912 
184 
3 
- 
7 
88 
45 
200 to 499 
1,133 
114 
6 
- 
5 
40 
25 
500 or more 
235 
19 
- 
" 
- 
7 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
34,031 
1,076 
123 
23 
100 
1,260 
268 
number 
922,608 
54,589 
2,107 
192 
2,942 
29,774 
11,760 
Beef cows farms 
33,556 
1,061 
112 
23 
100 
1,231 
267 
number 
874,630 
53,791 
2,034 
192 
2,933 
29,388 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,871 
164 
62 
16 
34 
537 
42 
1 0 to 49 
18,385 
557 
41 
7 
50 
546 
153 
50 to 99 
3,056 
206 
6 
- 
9 
90 
42 
1 00 to 1 99 
974 
87 
2 
- 
5 
45 
22 
200 to 499 
238 
42 
1 
- 
2 
13 
8 
500 or more 
32 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
