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 
24,684 
85 
1,194 
2,604 
6,411 
7,794 
6,596 
acres 
2,844,438 
8,070 
113,436 
271,837 
667,820 
906,877 
876,398 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,496 
5 
74 
196 
413 
423 
385 
acres 
269,433 
371 
12,867 
31,759 
63,841 
71,146 
89,449 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
22,718 
80 
1,118 
2,445 
5,922 
7,157 
5,996 
acres 
2,393,033 
4,790 
96,820 
226,730 
569,143 
768,676 
726,874 
Partnership 
farms 
1,304 
7 
55 
109 
308 
409 
416 
acres 
308,242 
(D) 
(D) 
28,055 
63,674 
108,275 
98,901 
Registered under state law 
farms 
878 
34 
79 
221 
281 
263 
acres 
213,071 
- 
6,842 
19,275 
48,989 
70,489 
67,476 
Corporation 
farms 
1,043 
2 
34 
70 
302 
340 
295 
acres 
253,810 
(D) 
(D) 
28,603 
64,720 
76,322 
70,394 
Family held 
farms 
878 
2 
28 
46 
258 
301 
243 
acres 
222,451 
(D) 
(D) 
25,679 
55,240 
66,924 
60,971 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
17 
1 
2 
7 
1 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
861 
2 
27 
44 
251 
300 
237 
Other than family held 
farms 
165 
- 
6 
24 
44 
39 
52 
acres 
31,359 
- 
134 
2,924 
9,480 
9,398 
9,423 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
155 
- 
6 
24 
41 
34 
50 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
225 
- 
3 
26 
44 
63 
89 
acres 
45,283 
- 
9 
9,395 
3,785 
15,195 
16,899 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,416 
15 
206 
439 
1,351 
1,685 
1,720 
workers 
15,825 
71 
414 
1,776 
3,640 
5,203 
4,721 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,553 
- 
69 
104 
386 
497 
497 
workers 
3,863 
- 
114 
404 
918 
1,387 
1,040 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,405 
15 
152 
361 
1,104 
1,368 
1,405 
workers 
11,962 
71 
300 
1,372 
2,722 
3,816 
3,681 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
99 
- 
10 
13 
23 
20 
33 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
25 
- 
" 
2 
4 
15 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,160 
34 
600 
1,371 
3,502 
3,713 
2,940 
workers 
27,989 
101 
1,540 
3,603 
8,571 
8,141 
6,033 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,209 
23 
182 
340 
581 
637 
446 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,136 
31 
433 
1,050 
2,527 
2,863 
2,232 
50 to 69 acres 
2,718 
17 
108 
257 
711 
860 
765 
70 to 99 acres 
2,770 
- 
111 
258 
708 
838 
855 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,567 
5 
128 
179 
643 
877 
735 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,556 
3 
76 
132 
362 
500 
483 
180 to 219 acres 
1,102 
2 
58 
102 
292 
328 
320 
220 to 259 acres 
686 
- 
24 
59 
194 
223 
186 
260 to 499 acres 
1,675 
7 
63 
192 
366 
578 
469 
500 to 999 acres 
599 
- 
17 
51 
140 
182 
209 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
213 
- 
9 
24 
47 
62 
71 
2,000 acres or more 
59 
1 
1 
6 
5 
21 
25 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
791 
5 
55 
82 
202 
244 
203 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
365 
3 
25 
54 
113 
100 
70 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
600 
4 
13 
64 
164 
202 
153 
production (1 1 14) 
775 
11 
13 
69 
184 
254 
244 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,328 
9 
278 
541 
1,563 
2,377 
2,560 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
91 
5 
6 
8 
33 
21 
18 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
28 
" 
8 
1 
4 
7 
8 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,209 
4 
264 
532 
1,526 
2,349 
2,534 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,675 
49 
542 
1,099 
2,594 
2,988 
2,403 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
148 
4 
2 
20 
32 
52 
38 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
80 
- 
3 
11 
20 
24 
22 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
182 
- 
22 
43 
81 
26 
10 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
684 
4 
27 
115 
214 
220 
104 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,011 
~ 
89 
136 
310 
321 
155 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,651 
- 
141 
416 
1,099 
1,161 
834 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,122 
58 
727 
1,473 
3,304 
3,706 
2,854 
number 
486,074 
2,198 
23,830 
54,572 
129,607 
158,286 
117,581 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,145 
11 
192 
453 
913 
910 
666 
10 to 49 
6,307 
36 
404 
694 
1,682 
1,907 
1,584 
50 to 99 
1,624 
5 
79 
189 
448 
541 
362 
1 00 to 1 99 
700 
6 
45 
83 
170 
246 
150 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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