Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
23,885 
21,610 
928 
685 
acres 
37,818,721 
20,481,373 
6,380,197 
5,869,327 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,233 
753 
422 
396 
acres 
6,696,602 
1,669,603 
4,276,193 
4,193,186 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,610 
21,610 
_ 
_ 
acres 
20,481,373 
20,481,373 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,290 
- 
1,290 
939 
acres 
8,536,426 
- 
8,536,426 
7,921,222 
Registered under state law 
farms 
939 
- 
939 
939 
acres 
7,921,222 
- 
7,921,222 
7,921,222 
Corporation 
farms 
1,079 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
7,886,450 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
985 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
7,470,973 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
30 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
955 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
94 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
415,477 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
73 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
742 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
6,296,774 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,429 
4,092 
552 
459 
workers 
21,981 
1 1 ,622 
4,770 
3,913 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,412 
1,487 
367 
332 
workers 
9,275 
3,703 
2,798 
2,331 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,904 
3,100 
341 
269 
workers 
12,706 
7,919 
1,972 
1,582 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
107 
72 
16 
13 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
14 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,120 
10,655 
584 
412 
workers 
28,701 
24,842 
1,521 
1,054 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
7,861 
7,406 
156 
103 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,811 
4,373 
184 
109 
50 to 69 acres 
757 
689 
22 
13 
70 to 99 acres 
849 
752 
36 
29 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
789 
655 
44 
21 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
962 
820 
64 
49 
180 to 219 acres 
455 
378 
33 
24 
220 to 259 acres 
385 
339 
17 
8 
260 to 499 acres 
1,598 
1,369 
112 
77 
500 to 999 acres 
1,723 
1,458 
120 
81 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,528 
1,283 
112 
87 
2,000 acres or more 
3,003 
2,088 
390 
338 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
321 
260 
27 
18 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,291 
1,180 
27 
14 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,401 
2,178 
87 
76 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
179 
131 
8 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,992 
5,231 
300 
216 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
55 
40 
8 
8 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1 199) 
5,937 
5,191 
292 
208 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,989 
7,653 
618 
451 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
68 
53 
3 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
196 
113 
60 
47 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
76 
70 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
134 
123 
3 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,222 
1,142 
18 
12 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,852 
3,476 
139 
91 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,796 
11,028 
836 
612 
number 
1,354,240 
667,090 
458,285 
375,408 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,126 
4,789 
156 
87 
1 0 to 49 
5,174 
4,605 
208 
116 
50 to 99 
865 
680 
93 
85 
100 to 199 
664 
458 
98 
75 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
