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 
14,458 
45 
604 
1,528 
3,419 
4,661 
4,201 
acres 
1,813,578 
3,663 
60,087 
166,515 
355,963 
536,228 
691,122 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
817 
4 
32 
110 
196 
248 
227 
acres 
243,196 
200 
4,780 
39,223 
33,805 
72,342 
92,846 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
13,406 
45 
557 
1,407 
3,190 
4,302 
3,905 
acres 
1,485,424 
3,663 
47,441 
130,401 
301,837 
447,580 
554,502 
Partnership 
farms 
763 
4 
44 
90 
147 
231 
247 
acres 
243,577 
200 
9,201 
31,168 
31,207 
69,646 
102,155 
Registered under state law 
farms 
513 
4 
23 
71 
98 
172 
145 
acres 
188,669 
200 
2,972 
27,362 
23,846 
55,371 
78,918 
Corporation 
farms 
536 
- 
16 
51 
152 
175 
142 
acres 
175,001 
- 
2,288 
22,997 
36,469 
43,941 
69,306 
Family held 
farms 
467 
- 
10 
39 
130 
154 
134 
acres 
148,863 
- 
1,262 
15,441 
31,947 
34,048 
66,165 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
2 
2 
3 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
455 
- 
10 
37 
128 
151 
129 
Other than family held 
farms 
69 
- 
6 
12 
22 
21 
8 
acres 
26,138 
- 
1,026 
7,556 
4,522 
9,893 
3,141 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
67 
- 
6 
11 
22 
20 
8 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
200 
- 
9 
30 
34 
65 
62 
acres 
64,331 
- 
6,990 
19,026 
5,523 
14,941 
17,851 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,523 
12 
92 
254 
566 
811 
788 
workers 
8,319 
18 
220 
779 
1,473 
3,883 
1,946 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
873 
7 
34 
84 
208 
282 
258 
workers 
2,180 
13 
75 
247 
550 
763 
532 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,958 
5 
72 
199 
446 
609 
627 
workers 
6,139 
5 
145 
532 
923 
3,120 
1,414 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
43 
- 
4 
3 
10 
11 
15 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
" 
3 
5 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
6,651 
24 
342 
820 
1,768 
1,971 
1,726 
workers 
14,592 
41 
752 
2,182 
4,203 
4,068 
3,346 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,340 
6 
77 
179 
391 
450 
237 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,794 
21 
268 
703 
1,492 
1,900 
1,410 
50 to 69 acres 
1,577 
6 
60 
144 
350 
520 
497 
70 to 99 acres 
1,454 
3 
30 
144 
330 
461 
486 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,284 
- 
51 
109 
312 
390 
422 
140 to 1 79 acres 
756 
5 
33 
74 
158 
223 
263 
180 to 219 acres 
590 
3 
18 
42 
117 
163 
247 
220 to 259 acres 
421 
4 
26 
34 
64 
167 
126 
260 to 499 acres 
983 
1 
34 
83 
186 
295 
384 
500 to 999 acres 
477 
- 
26 
37 
89 
149 
176 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
156 
- 
3 
14 
22 
43 
74 
2,000 acres or more 
73 
- 
- 
15 
12 
12 
34 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
941 
5 
65 
123 
237 
295 
216 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
520 
2 
26 
48 
122 
192 
130 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
541 
“ 
27 
35 
131 
190 
158 
production (1 1 14) 
453 
- 
12 
45 
107 
157 
132 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,088 
13 
182 
422 
908 
1,571 
1,992 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
7 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
92 
“ 
10 
13 
27 
29 
13 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,989 
13 
170 
409 
879 
1,541 
1,977 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,446 
22 
168 
400 
772 
1,096 
988 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
106 
- 
10 
14 
29 
41 
12 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
503 
4 
33 
83 
175 
150 
58 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
759 
“ 
39 
98 
235 
243 
144 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,535 
3 
64 
306 
807 
836 
519 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4,456 
26 
251 
526 
1,048 
1,418 
1,187 
number 
108,420 
748 
6,855 
11,800 
24,321 
35,696 
29,000 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,693 
12 
95 
222 
424 
558 
382 
1 0 to 49 
2,252 
10 
136 
245 
513 
671 
677 
50 to 99 
364 
3 
14 
40 
75 
136 
96 
1 00 to 1 99 
111 
1 
4 
15 
29 
41 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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