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 
36,711 
33,316 
2,010 
1,549 
acres 
9,843,046 
6,674,195 
2,358,732 
2,063,807 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,952 
1,158 
752 
698 
acres 
1,012,729 
396,694 
585,046 
554,125 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
33,316 
33,316 
_ 
_ 
acres 
6,674,195 
6,674,195 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,871 
- 
2,871 
2,092 
acres 
3,104,467 
- 
3,104,467 
2,684,937 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,092 
- 
2,092 
2,092 
acres 
2,684,937 
- 
2,684,937 
2,684,937 
Corporation 
farms 
1,463 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
942,226 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
778,467 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,195 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
- 
_ 
_ 
acres 
163,759 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
29 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
211 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
426 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
210,192 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,581 
8,232 
1,453 
1,169 
workers 
32,307 
20,816 
6,828 
5,880 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,089 
2,593 
976 
846 
workers 
11,430 
5,335 
3,907 
3,463 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,167 
6,600 
950 
742 
workers 
20,877 
15,481 
2,921 
2,417 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
129 
71 
27 
19 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
23 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
15,973 
14,194 
1,079 
753 
workers 
34,033 
30,142 
2,396 
1,665 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,697 
1,574 
53 
37 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,017 
8,452 
292 
179 
50 to 69 acres 
3,490 
3,213 
165 
111 
70 to 99 acres 
4,222 
3,882 
194 
120 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,167 
3,842 
177 
109 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,992 
2,709 
155 
100 
180 to 219 acres 
2,331 
2,079 
144 
94 
220 to 259 acres 
1,478 
1,288 
128 
72 
260 to 499 acres 
4,193 
3,553 
348 
236 
500 to 999 acres 
2,323 
1,739 
334 
263 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,237 
695 
361 
301 
2,000 acres or more 
929 
290 
520 
470 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,466 
2,344 
865 
750 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
924 
845 
39 
27 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
783 
706 
33 
28 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
589 
492 
26 
26 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,019 
10,273 
1,000 
691 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
357 
239 
86 
68 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
11,662 
10,034 
914 
623 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,041 
12,127 
591 
332 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
5 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
144 
106 
23 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
117 
85 
7 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,071 
1,800 
110 
88 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
796 
745 
28 
22 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,118 
3,788 
147 
107 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,940 
14,631 
832 
502 
number 
921,508 
734,611 
109,919 
75,161 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,855 
2,691 
105 
66 
1 0 to 49 
8,707 
8,132 
375 
201 
50 to 99 
2,410 
2,194 
143 
90 
100 to 199 
1,237 
1,083 
93 
56 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
