Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
38,821 
146 
1,652 
4,795 
9,939 
12,215 
10,074 
acres 
4,012,144 
9,512 
136,737 
470,539 
1,001,458 
1,279,424 
1,114,474 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
629 
- 
33 
52 
119 
224 
201 
acres 
120,916 
" 
6,862 
10,305 
21,980 
41,876 
39,893 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
37,172 
139 
1,598 
4,659 
9,572 
1 1 ,679 
9,525 
acres 
3,675,719 
9,093 
128,359 
429,904 
929,619 
1,175,700 
1,003,044 
Partnership 
farms 
1,598 
11 
62 
129 
336 
500 
560 
acres 
317,248 
513 
10,006 
36,796 
68,175 
88,819 
112,939 
Registered under state law 
farms 
830 
8 
28 
73 
165 
271 
285 
acres 
170,640 
378 
2,396 
20,106 
32,942 
54,102 
60,716 
Corporation 
farms 
512 
- 
10 
44 
125 
166 
167 
acres 
107,894 
- 
3,146 
8,461 
22,904 
35,589 
37,794 
Family held 
farms 
455 
- 
9 
41 
113 
146 
146 
acres 
84,180 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
31,695 
26,233 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
12 
- 
3 
9 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
443 
- 
9 
41 
110 
137 
146 
Other than family held 
farms 
57 
- 
1 
3 
12 
20 
21 
acres 
23,714 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,894 
11,561 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
52 
- 
1 
3 
10 
19 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
314 
13 
38 
56 
103 
104 
acres 
34,058 
- 
1,223 
5,281 
6,174 
9,458 
1 1 ,922 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,135 
19 
263 
859 
1,761 
2,259 
1,974 
workers 
17,000 
52 
624 
2,143 
4,091 
5,456 
4,634 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,525 
58 
164 
349 
473 
481 
workers 
2,730 
- 
77 
350 
572 
963 
768 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
6,128 
19 
221 
757 
1,533 
1,938 
1,660 
workers 
14,270 
52 
547 
1,793 
3,519 
4,493 
3,866 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
132 
5 
12 
21 
36 
58 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
26 
- 
1 
3 
5 
4 
13 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,746 
74 
796 
2,603 
4,865 
5,422 
3,986 
workers 
41,092 
208 
2,114 
6,811 
11,969 
11,865 
8,125 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,137 
18 
152 
340 
645 
575 
407 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15,557 
71 
742 
2,033 
3,981 
4,884 
3,846 
50 to 69 acres 
4,956 
18 
225 
574 
1,312 
1,576 
1,251 
70 to 99 acres 
4,399 
17 
137 
523 
1,084 
1,396 
1,242 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,127 
6 
154 
518 
1,017 
1,284 
1,148 
140 to 1 79 acres 
2,538 
8 
77 
238 
586 
823 
806 
180 to 219 acres 
1,646 
6 
56 
175 
414 
560 
435 
220 to 259 acres 
1,043 
- 
42 
98 
239 
338 
326 
260 to 499 acres 
2,220 
6 
68 
254 
585 
688 
619 
500 to 999 acres 
738 
- 
24 
82 
167 
260 
205 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
201 
- 
4 
27 
49 
60 
61 
2,000 acres or more 
34 
- 
2 
8 
10 
4 
10 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,613 
18 
104 
230 
425 
431 
405 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
338 
1 
28 
49 
90 
106 
64 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
376 
2 
12 
34 
87 
135 
106 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
458 
_ 
25 
56 
118 
162 
97 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,918 
16 
319 
978 
2,386 
3,424 
3,795 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
188 
- 
12 
21 
60 
47 
48 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
55 
- 
4 
12 
15 
14 
10 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
10,675 
16 
303 
945 
2,311 
3,363 
3,737 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
19,175 
95 
869 
2,494 
5,020 
6,067 
4,630 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
18 
- 
2 
5 
3 
4 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
116 
- 
8 
15 
33 
41 
19 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
138 
2 
8 
30 
38 
53 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
748 
4 
26 
124 
239 
236 
119 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,400 
- 
117 
254 
441 
382 
206 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,298 
12 
165 
601 
1,209 
1,407 
904 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
20,962 
93 
994 
2,841 
5,551 
6,604 
4,879 
number 
725,317 
1,639 
27,893 
97,473 
190,374 
235,026 
172,912 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,421 
35 
342 
808 
1,514 
1,595 
1,127 
10 to 49 
11,637 
54 
517 
1,471 
3,034 
3,679 
2,882 
50 to 99 
2,533 
3 
79 
370 
647 
861 
573 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,030 
1 
41 
143 
259 
372 
214 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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