Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
47,662 
16,664 
2,171 
38,983 
27,514 
acres 
10,373,562 
4,496,705 
5,450,761 
426,096 
6,020,579 
4,352,983 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,198 
814 
316 
68 
644 
554 
acres 
356,390 
135,470 
196,537 
24,383 
164,816 
191,574 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
63,175 
45,524 
15,624 
2,027 
37,691 
25,484 
acres 
8,863,469 
4,105,496 
4,445,013 
312,960 
5,566,881 
3,296,588 
Partnership 
farms 
3,419 
2,111 
1,129 
179 
1,228 
2,191 
acres 
1,596,851 
369,850 
1,079,715 
147,286 
411,050 
1,185,801 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,828 
1,139 
593 
96 
657 
1,171 
acres 
1,073,532 
215,463 
740,029 
118,040 
244,217 
829,315 
Corporation 
farms 
963 
689 
226 
48 
497 
466 
acres 
300,357 
110,742 
(D) 
(D) 
143,720 
156,637 
Family held 
farms 
841 
598 
203 
40 
429 
412 
acres 
252,227 
95,506 
143,862 
12,859 
116,450 
135,777 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
14 
2 
1 
11 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
824 
584 
201 
39 
418 
406 
Other than family held 
farms 
122 
91 
23 
8 
68 
54 
acres 
48,130 
15,236 
(D) 
(D) 
27,270 
20,860 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
7 
2 
1 
8 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
112 
84 
21 
7 
60 
52 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
493 
410 
66 
17 
272 
221 
acres 
107,135 
81,817 
(D) 
(D) 
61,746 
45,389 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
15,071 
8,805 
5,699 
567 
8,445 
6,626 
workers 
42,737 
22,429 
18,513 
1,795 
22,445 
20,292 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,323 
2,185 
1,947 
191 
2,230 
2,093 
workers 
9,998 
4,720 
4,808 
470 
4,586 
5,412 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,574 
7,343 
4,761 
470 
7,137 
5,437 
workers 
32,739 
17,709 
13,705 
1,325 
17,859 
14,880 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
502 
184 
291 
27 
306 
196 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
78 
28 
45 
5 
51 
27 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,557 
20,665 
7,959 
933 
13,818 
15,739 
workers 
67,735 
46,261 
19,238 
2,236 
27,949 
39,786 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
2,921 
126 
183 
1,663 
1,567 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
20,514 
2,474 
575 
13,443 
10,120 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
6,015 
1,399 
290 
4,507 
3,197 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
5,478 
1,796 
245 
4,483 
3,036 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
4,822 
2,149 
290 
4,342 
2,919 
140 to 179 acres 
4,553 
2,834 
1,614 
105 
2,714 
1,839 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
1,730 
1,312 
143 
1,956 
1,229 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
1,095 
901 
59 
1,214 
841 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
2,321 
2,727 
176 
3,181 
2,043 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
770 
1,376 
122 
1,353 
915 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
188 
714 
54 
572 
384 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
46 
457 
29 
260 
272 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
1,753 
2,049 
347 
2,868 
1,281 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
560 
163 
45 
408 
360 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
605 
578 
20 
7 
297 
308 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,034 
838 
142 
54 
543 
491 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
13,590 
1,997 
302 
10,081 
5,808 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
215 
305 
53 
394 
179 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
221 
43 
140 
38 
151 
70 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,095 
13,332 
1,552 
211 
9,536 
5,559 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
22,184 
11,052 
1,221 
20,575 
13,882 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
37 
20 
17 
- 
21 
16 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
472 
173 
279 
20 
235 
237 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
251 
198 
40 
13 
130 
121 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,480 
1,253 
209 
18 
550 
930 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
1,850 
222 
67 
974 
1,165 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
5,737 
855 
177 
3,006 
3,763 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
38,826 
24,153 
13,299 
1,374 
22,832 
15,994 
number 
1,856,316 
744,672 
1,047,152 
64,492 
1,076,133 
780,183 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
6,632 
1,193 
241 
4,442 
3,624 
10 to 49 
20,582 
13,533 
6,292 
757 
12,430 
8,152 
50 to 99 
5,898 
2,718 
2,955 
225 
3,547 
2,351 
100 to 199 
2,912 
1,027 
1,782 
103 
1,615 
1,297 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
