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 
96,351 
68,425 
23,459 
4,467 
52,857 
43,494 
acres 
26,899,934 
11,344,634 
14,095,034 
1,460,266 
14,485,036 
12,414,898 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,149 
2,703 
1,183 
263 
1,902 
2,247 
acres 
2,058,719 
722,052 
1,157,358 
179,309 
873,254 
1,185,465 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
88,713 
63,434 
21,305 
3,974 
49,678 
39,035 
acres 
22,127,188 
9,745,851 
11,345,129 
1,036,208 
12,991,471 
9,135,717 
Partnership 
farms 
5,421 
3,417 
1,616 
388 
1,826 
3,595 
acres 
3,169,685 
961,835 
1,828,499 
379,351 
671,323 
2,498,362 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,367 
2,098 
994 
275 
1,084 
2,283 
acres 
2,383,286 
679,571 
1,384,972 
318,743 
470,530 
1,912,756 
Corporation 
farms 
3,099 
1,915 
923 
261 
1,484 
1,615 
acres 
2,410,376 
847,053 
1,368,283 
195,040 
958,525 
1,451,851 
Family held 
farms 
2,810 
1,693 
889 
228 
1,328 
1,482 
acres 
2,271,927 
(D) 
1,318,330 
(D) 
876,898 
1,395,029 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
80 
52 
20 
8 
43 
37 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,730 
1,641 
869 
220 
1,285 
1,445 
Other than family held 
farms 
289 
222 
34 
33 
156 
133 
acres 
138,449 
(D) 
49,953 
(D) 
81,627 
56,822 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
35 
3 
1 
29 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
250 
187 
31 
32 
127 
123 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,938 
1,681 
197 
60 
1,067 
871 
acres 
558,888 
396,234 
141,860 
20,794 
293,993 
264,895 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,702 
11,480 
8,057 
1,165 
10,655 
10,047 
workers 
56,543 
30,802 
22,079 
3,662 
25,960 
30,583 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,725 
3,614 
3,543 
568 
3,724 
4,001 
workers 
18,101 
9,622 
7,183 
1,296 
7,488 
10,613 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
15,932 
9,086 
5,989 
857 
8,229 
7,703 
workers 
38,442 
21,180 
14,896 
2,366 
18,472 
19,970 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
103 
88 
7 
104 
94 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
14 
5 
- 
12 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
39,253 
27,357 
10,237 
1,659 
16,991 
22,262 
workers 
89,614 
61,653 
24,047 
3,914 
34,358 
55,256 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,544 
3,264 
89 
191 
1,750 
1,794 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,706 
19,410 
1,373 
923 
1 1 ,264 
10,442 
50 to 69 acres 
7,104 
5,922 
839 
343 
3,867 
3,237 
70 to 99 acres 
11,101 
9,326 
1,310 
465 
6,072 
5,029 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
10,743 
8,263 
1,994 
486 
5,970 
4,773 
140 to 1 79 acres 
8,065 
6,001 
1,640 
424 
4,574 
3,491 
180 to 219 acres 
5,738 
3,912 
1,565 
261 
3,208 
2,530 
220 to 259 acres 
4,523 
2,882 
1,471 
170 
2,555 
1,968 
260 to 499 acres 
13,040 
7,257 
5,191 
592 
7,357 
5,683 
500 to 999 acres 
7,819 
2,998 
4,421 
400 
4,418 
3,401 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,757 
822 
2,655 
280 
2,083 
1,674 
2,000 acres or more 
2,031 
390 
1,493 
148 
937 
1,094 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
18,408 
8,667 
8,051 
1,690 
11,521 
6,887 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
648 
515 
81 
52 
289 
359 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
868 
805 
51 
12 
343 
525 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
758 
642 
65 
51 
352 
406 
Other crop farming (1119) 
24,197 
21,372 
2,341 
484 
14,099 
10,098 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
11 
9 
2 
- 
5 
6 
Cotton farming (11192) 
196 
26 
108 
62 
114 
82 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
23,990 
21,337 
2,231 
422 
13,980 
10,010 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
40,724 
27,457 
11,355 
1,912 
21,506 
19,218 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
730 
401 
302 
27 
392 
338 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,153 
602 
494 
57 
510 
643 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
689 
454 
188 
47 
307 
382 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,645 
1,375 
238 
32 
658 
987 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,086 
1,802 
193 
91 
870 
1,216 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,265 
6,355 
682 
228 
3,208 
4,057 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
53,401 
33,457 
17,452 
2,492 
27,920 
25,481 
number 
3,703,120 
1,504,946 
2,030,951 
167,223 
1,827,865 
1,875,255 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9,880 
8,353 
1,112 
415 
4,913 
4,967 
10 to 49 
25,292 
17,397 
6,621 
1,274 
13,532 
11,760 
50 to 99 
9,181 
4,682 
4,068 
431 
4,920 
4,261 
1 00 to 1 99 
5,217 
1,997 
3,013 
207 
2,706 
2,511 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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