Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
23,885 
1 1 ,938 
143 
379 
719 
1,687 
3,107 
5,903 
acres 
37,818,721 
27,229,078 
120,348 
647,335 
1,988,341 
4,687,646 
8,444,947 
11,340,461 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,233 
726 
1 
58 
68 
119 
207 
273 
acres 
6,696,602 
4,865,181 
(D) 
(D) 
548,129 
677,261 
1,889,106 
1,655,971 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
21,610 
10,613 
136 
338 
605 
1,483 
2,700 
5,351 
acres 
20,481,373 
14,592,757 
112,788 
393,808 
1,236,110 
2,595,071 
4,160,409 
6,094,571 
Partnership 
farms 
1,290 
795 
1 
40 
74 
126 
231 
323 
acres 
8,536,426 
7,172,809 
(D) 
(D) 
745,212 
1,074,171 
2,855,974 
2,328,655 
Registered under state law 
farms 
939 
614 
37 
66 
92 
194 
225 
acres 
7,921 ,222 
6,763,255 
- 
97,816 
700,713 
999,709 
2,747,202 
2,217,815 
Corporation 
farms 
1,079 
674 
6 
20 
64 
112 
223 
249 
acres 
7,886,450 
6,183,673 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,283,745 
2,187,251 
2,303,161 
Family held 
farms 
985 
636 
17 
59 
105 
210 
245 
acres 
7,470,973 
5,934,418 
- 
(D) 
218,776 
1,270,316 
2,064,180 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
30 
16 
- 
1 
- 
4 
7 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
955 
620 
- 
16 
59 
101 
203 
241 
Other than family held 
farms 
94 
38 
6 
3 
5 
7 
13 
4 
acres 
415,477 
249,255 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13,429 
123,071 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
21 
6 
3 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
73 
32 
6 
3 
2 
6 
11 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
742 
310 
7 
17 
44 
98 
144 
acres 
6,296,774 
3,405,188 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
723,048 
889,929 
1,657,626 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,429 
3,415 
20 
123 
272 
557 
956 
1,487 
workers 
21,981 
16,154 
146 
552 
1,389 
3,911 
5,011 
5,145 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,412 
1,741 
17 
83 
196 
321 
474 
650 
workers 
9,275 
7,271 
57 
296 
833 
1,886 
2,145 
2,054 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,904 
2,341 
18 
77 
158 
349 
670 
1,069 
workers 
12,706 
8,883 
89 
256 
556 
2,025 
2,866 
3,091 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
107 
90 
3 
11 
19 
13 
44 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
14 
- 
1 
- 
1 
7 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,120 
6,008 
81 
202 
388 
854 
1,592 
2,891 
workers 
28,701 
14,373 
282 
530 
967 
2,096 
3,726 
6,772 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
7,861 
3,159 
42 
119 
241 
434 
804 
1,519 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,811 
2,199 
13 
42 
104 
277 
632 
1,131 
50 to 69 acres 
757 
400 
6 
1 
8 
52 
118 
215 
70 to 99 acres 
849 
442 
- 
10 
39 
46 
122 
225 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
789 
436 
6 
8 
14 
52 
114 
242 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
962 
491 
6 
22 
30 
68 
131 
234 
180 to 219 acres 
455 
225 
- 
14 
23 
29 
65 
94 
220 to 259 acres 
385 
238 
- 
12 
17 
56 
50 
103 
260 to 499 acres 
1,598 
837 
17 
47 
35 
99 
189 
450 
500 to 999 acres 
1,723 
950 
23 
43 
62 
142 
235 
445 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,528 
894 
12 
30 
37 
137 
220 
458 
2,000 acres or more 
3,003 
2,121 
18 
57 
150 
373 
572 
951 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
321 
243 
3 
11 
16 
54 
73 
86 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,291 
674 
24 
27 
56 
90 
199 
278 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,401 
907 
- 
14 
45 
127 
230 
491 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
179 
93 
_ 
2 
8 
17 
33 
33 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,992 
2,993 
27 
126 
138 
338 
778 
1,586 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
55 
39 
- 
3 
- 
9 
13 
14 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) 
5,937 
2,954 
27 
123 
138 
329 
765 
1,572 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,989 
4,783 
70 
150 
289 
746 
1,202 
2,326 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
68 
41 
- 
- 
5 
2 
11 
23 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
196 
147 
7 
9 
15 
38 
43 
35 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
76 
31 
- 
6 
2 
12 
8 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
134 
48 
- 
2 
7 
5 
13 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,222 
681 
12 
6 
22 
98 
143 
400 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,852 
1,751 
- 
52 
157 
238 
519 
785 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,796 
7,028 
79 
212 
449 
1,091 
1,795 
3,402 
number 
1,354,240 
1 ,070,848 
5,184 
46,138 
122,667 
252,808 
370,222 
273,829 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,126 
2,409 
20 
44 
142 
334 
591 
1,278 
1 0 to 49 
5,174 
2,775 
49 
98 
144 
406 
647 
1,431 
50 to 99 
865 
561 
6 
15 
45 
83 
156 
256 
100 to 199 
664 
498 
2 
18 
27 
110 
142 
199 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
202 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
