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 
24,460 
18,574 
4,895 
991 
15,119 
9,341 
acres 
4,460,442 
2,418,340 
1,873,564 
168,538 
2,764,464 
1,695,978 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,604 
1,167 
350 
87 
833 
771 
acres 
675,723 
370,380 
271,635 
33,708 
335,528 
340,195 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
22,393 
17,149 
4,385 
859 
14,222 
8,171 
acres 
3,409,872 
1,951,110 
1,352,364 
106,398 
2,376,019 
1,033,853 
Partnership 
farms 
1,482 
1,004 
389 
89 
557 
925 
acres 
849,702 
334,366 
451,718 
63,618 
253,133 
596,569 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,022 
715 
242 
65 
376 
646 
acres 
625,241 
261,558 
310,210 
53,473 
179,599 
445,642 
Corporation 
farms 
1,108 
758 
264 
86 
560 
548 
acres 
572,105 
317,930 
237,062 
17,113 
297,279 
274,826 
Family held 
farms 
968 
659 
250 
59 
480 
488 
acres 
488,941 
259,158 
216,923 
12,860 
254,640 
234,301 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
25 
17 
7 
1 
12 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
943 
642 
243 
58 
468 
475 
Other than family held 
farms 
140 
99 
14 
27 
80 
60 
acres 
83,164 
58,772 
20,139 
4,253 
42,639 
40,525 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
8 
2 
- 
8 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
130 
91 
12 
27 
72 
58 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
283 
258 
17 
8 
163 
120 
acres 
139,565 
122,508 
12,851 
4,206 
40,757 
98,808 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,851 
3,724 
1,803 
324 
3,489 
2,362 
workers 
23,398 
10,855 
10,852 
1,691 
11,183 
12,215 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,685 
1,553 
958 
174 
1,487 
1,198 
workers 
9,020 
4,009 
4,293 
718 
4,114 
4,906 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,235 
2,717 
1,298 
220 
2,538 
1,697 
workers 
14,378 
6,846 
6,559 
973 
7,069 
7,309 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
200 
70 
105 
25 
112 
88 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
12 
7 
4 
8 
15 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,350 
8,599 
2,294 
457 
5,906 
5,444 
workers 
24,548 
18,535 
4,968 
1,045 
11,177 
13,371 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,135 
1,895 
95 
145 
1,207 
928 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,996 
7,717 
939 
340 
5,266 
3,730 
50 to 69 acres 
2,538 
2,023 
402 
113 
1,578 
960 
70 to 99 acres 
2,382 
1,843 
458 
81 
1,516 
866 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,152 
1,569 
502 
81 
1,402 
750 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,292 
882 
369 
41 
847 
445 
180 to 219 acres 
1,032 
655 
325 
52 
666 
366 
220 to 259 acres 
787 
476 
270 
41 
520 
267 
260 to 499 acres 
1,912 
1,151 
715 
46 
1,216 
696 
500 to 999 acres 
1,121 
610 
451 
60 
771 
350 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
555 
213 
313 
29 
339 
216 
2,000 acres or more 
364 
135 
216 
13 
174 
190 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,100 
950 
937 
213 
1,524 
576 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,062 
780 
196 
86 
600 
462 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
936 
831 
86 
19 
501 
435 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
805 
690 
63 
52 
458 
347 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,701 
6,061 
1,406 
234 
5,226 
2,475 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
55 
19 
31 
5 
46 
9 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
115 
221 
32 
253 
115 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,278 
5,927 
1,154 
197 
4,927 
2,351 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,851 
4,085 
1,536 
230 
3,797 
2,054 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
80 
30 
43 
7 
36 
44 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
236 
185 
40 
11 
138 
98 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,238 
943 
262 
33 
618 
620 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,100 
971 
95 
34 
604 
496 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,157 
3,643 
391 
123 
2,000 
2,157 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,121 
5,251 
2,546 
324 
5,120 
3,001 
number 
297,286 
128,769 
158,059 
10,458 
175,576 
121,710 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,665 
2,160 
395 
110 
1,565 
1,100 
10 to 49 
4,072 
2,591 
1,315 
166 
2,704 
1,368 
50 to 99 
841 
340 
473 
28 
543 
298 
100 to 199 
325 
95 
216 
14 
195 
130 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
