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 
19,493 
149 
1,649 
2,806 
5,102 
5,546 
4,241 
acres 
5,447,712 
20,413 
309,892 
666,922 
1,232,379 
1,582,885 
1,635,221 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
723 
4 
65 
109 
166 
213 
166 
acres 
376,851 
1,102 
28,150 
30,805 
68,664 
104,297 
143,833 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
17,898 
143 
1,568 
2,635 
4,781 
5,026 
3,745 
acres 
4,147,964 
(D) 
(D) 
559,562 
973,035 
1,235,393 
1,077,000 
Partnership 
farms 
1,033 
6 
100 
112 
225 
315 
275 
acres 
603,587 
(D) 
(D) 
46,267 
140,678 
106,265 
261,283 
Registered under state law 
farms 
654 
5 
42 
69 
155 
197 
186 
acres 
425,529 
323 
26,741 
31,116 
118,017 
77,836 
171,496 
Corporation 
farms 
819 
- 
30 
112 
189 
275 
213 
acres 
805,327 
- 
8,174 
71,780 
162,405 
229,618 
333,350 
Family held 
farms 
743 
- 
26 
96 
172 
248 
201 
acres 
782,790 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
160,975 
220,762 
330,345 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
18 
- 
2 
7 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
725 
- 
26 
96 
170 
241 
192 
Other than family held 
farms 
76 
- 
4 
16 
17 
27 
12 
acres 
22,537 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,430 
8,856 
3,005 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
- 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
69 
- 
3 
16 
16 
24 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
400 
2 
10 
36 
52 
113 
187 
acres 
292,945 
(D) 
(D) 
8,791 
76,563 
146,544 
58,746 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,093 
17 
249 
535 
1,146 
1,156 
990 
workers 
10,415 
37 
533 
1,391 
2,636 
3,353 
2,465 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,284 
12 
69 
160 
337 
381 
325 
workers 
2,642 
24 
129 
343 
634 
893 
619 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,228 
7 
207 
418 
924 
917 
755 
workers 
7,773 
13 
404 
1,048 
2,002 
2,460 
1,846 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
10 
2 
7 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
" 
1 
2 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
7,631 
48 
690 
1,284 
2,160 
2,069 
1,380 
workers 
17,221 
139 
1,540 
3,337 
5,288 
4,135 
2,782 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,429 
37 
279 
445 
680 
589 
399 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,865 
34 
449 
892 
1,658 
1,712 
1,120 
50 to 69 acres 
1,106 
6 
89 
167 
247 
316 
281 
70 to 99 acres 
1,747 
17 
107 
223 
451 
501 
448 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,258 
11 
109 
146 
298 
378 
316 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,740 
7 
160 
210 
419 
493 
451 
180 to 219 acres 
763 
6 
65 
85 
210 
258 
139 
220 to 259 acres 
698 
3 
84 
95 
178 
190 
148 
260 to 499 acres 
2,233 
27 
203 
296 
542 
601 
564 
500 to 999 acres 
1,339 
2 
117 
203 
320 
384 
313 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
557 
- 
34 
86 
153 
172 
112 
2,000 acres or more 
415 
1 
12 
47 
91 
135 
129 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,610 
38 
522 
673 
1,150 
1,311 
916 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
90 
3 
15 
7 
32 
18 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
143 
“ 
“ 
13 
35 
69 
26 
production (1 1 14) 
221 
2 
18 
24 
53 
92 
32 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,767 
22 
214 
579 
1,340 
1,678 
1,934 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
" 
" 
“ 
“ 
- 
“ 
“ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,767 
22 
214 
579 
1,340 
1,678 
1,934 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,354 
76 
714 
947 
1,457 
1,346 
814 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
163 
- 
30 
29 
44 
34 
26 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
43 
2 
- 
1 
15 
22 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
205 
3 
11 
39 
75 
60 
17 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
183 
- 
16 
44 
48 
52 
23 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
590 
4 
49 
101 
204 
151 
81 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,781 
1 
119 
438 
794 
896 
533 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
7,855 
93 
975 
1,368 
2,265 
2,033 
1,121 
number 
916,326 
3,282 
60,885 
175,912 
164,663 
358,899 
152,685 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,187 
23 
280 
410 
690 
511 
273 
10 to 49 
3,605 
51 
448 
618 
1,020 
934 
534 
50 to 99 
1,026 
14 
131 
173 
269 
319 
120 
1 00 to 1 99 
573 
3 
81 
90 
175 
131 
93 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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