Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
11,947 
75 
546 
1,085 
2,830 
3,706 
3,705 
acres 
10,589,643 
18,096 
397,600 
482,290 
2,076,931 
3,587,726 
4,027,000 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
507 
- 
6 
47 
115 
164 
175 
acres 
1,831,421 
- 
10,913 
202,238 
369,597 
452,756 
795,917 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
10,997 
74 
504 
1,000 
2,662 
3,374 
3,383 
acres 
5,888,616 
(D) 
(D) 
402,813 
1 ,272,448 
1,848,636 
2,030,701 
Partnership 
farms 
495 
1 
15 
66 
66 
164 
183 
acres 
1,363,617 
(D) 
(D) 
175,079 
387,388 
436,780 
352,670 
Registered under state law 
farms 
325 
1 
3 
45 
43 
112 
121 
acres 
1,157,967 
(D) 
(D) 
173,946 
352,722 
336,342 
284,097 
Corporation 
farms 
405 
- 
17 
36 
80 
166 
106 
acres 
1,702,777 
- 
5,132 
38,362 
143,746 
940,775 
574,762 
Family held 
farms 
349 
- 
11 
25 
68 
159 
86 
acres 
1,536,555 
- 
5,120 
37,486 
94,261 
932,871 
466,817 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
1 
- 
10 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
335 
- 
11 
24 
68 
149 
83 
Other than family held 
farms 
56 
_ 
6 
11 
12 
7 
20 
acres 
166,222 
- 
12 
876 
49,485 
7,904 
107,945 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
15 
- 
6 
- 
1 
1 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
41 
- 
- 
11 
11 
6 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
432 
- 
41 
34 
89 
114 
154 
acres 
2,891,586 
- 
73,672 
15,809 
702,867 
755,022 
1,344,216 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,014 
3 
93 
163 
423 
595 
737 
workers 
5,827 
3 
235 
593 
1,132 
2,276 
1,588 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
671 
- 
34 
49 
125 
204 
259 
workers 
2,004 
- 
64 
188 
448 
843 
461 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,563 
3 
73 
132 
326 
460 
569 
workers 
3,823 
3 
171 
405 
684 
1,433 
1,127 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
1 
2 
6 
8 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
6,112 
34 
292 
612 
1,511 
1,862 
1,801 
workers 
14,328 
74 
785 
1,590 
3,710 
4,116 
4,053 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,702 
25 
197 
482 
1,160 
1,433 
1,405 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,612 
15 
141 
235 
689 
820 
712 
50 to 69 acres 
357 
12 
15 
39 
96 
112 
83 
70 to 99 acres 
407 
- 
10 
49 
70 
152 
126 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
353 
6 
16 
38 
63 
100 
130 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
471 
- 
12 
40 
87 
168 
164 
180 to 219 acres 
230 
6 
8 
35 
47 
69 
65 
220 to 259 acres 
147 
- 
12 
10 
25 
53 
47 
260 to 499 acres 
761 
- 
30 
51 
169 
248 
263 
500 to 999 acres 
773 
7 
55 
33 
151 
218 
309 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
634 
1 
31 
57 
163 
175 
207 
2,000 acres or more 
882 
3 
50 
67 
177 
270 
315 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
78 
- 
1 
10 
26 
16 
25 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
617 
9 
47 
50 
155 
222 
134 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
1,494 
" 
51 
88 
291 
417 
647 
production (1114) 
86 
- 
- 
13 
15 
32 
26 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,999 
12 
136 
227 
622 
967 
1,035 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
16 
■ 
■ 
2 
■ 
5 
9 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
2,983 
12 
136 
225 
622 
962 
1,026 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,206 
47 
245 
427 
1,042 
1,256 
1,189 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
27 
- 
3 
1 
6 
6 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
49 
- 
1 
6 
27 
13 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
45 
- 
- 
7 
19 
7 
12 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
86 
- 
- 
7 
24 
29 
26 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
541 
6 
15 
45 
153 
146 
176 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,101 
1 
78 
255 
517 
707 
543 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
5,768 
53 
302 
660 
1,514 
1,718 
1,521 
number 
283,392 
545 
8,853 
49,757 
63,444 
90,735 
70,058 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,717 
31 
116 
352 
823 
781 
614 
1 0 to 49 
2,399 
22 
146 
244 
544 
755 
688 
50 to 99 
304 
- 
18 
22 
83 
93 
88 
100 to 199 
166 
- 
8 
28 
33 
41 
56 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Mexico 203 
