Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
1,122 
980 
960 
142 
130 
263 
acres 
703,391 
629,915 
566,792 
73,476 
68,347 
106,728 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
42 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
30,989 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
1,463 
1,223 
1,195 
240 
211 
- 
acres 
942,226 
778,467 
708,434 
163,759 
114,800 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
1,223 
1,195 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
778,467 
778,467 
708,434 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,195 
1,195 
1,195 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
_ 
_ 
240 
211 
_ 
acres 
163,759 
- 
- 
163,759 
114,800 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
29 
- 
- 
29 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
211 
- 
- 
211 
211 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
426 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
210,192 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
766 
656 
638 
110 
90 
130 
workers 
4,099 
3,205 
3,139 
894 
488 
564 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
459 
393 
381 
66 
52 
61 
workers 
1,942 
1,467 
1,429 
475 
258 
246 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
527 
453 
440 
74 
62 
90 
workers 
2,157 
1,738 
1,710 
419 
230 
318 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
31 
28 
27 
3 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
549 
472 
466 
77 
74 
151 
workers 
1,135 
989 
976 
146 
139 
360 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
63 
55 
55 
8 
6 
7 
1 0 to 49 acres 
197 
158 
158 
39 
34 
76 
50 to 69 acres 
87 
72 
71 
15 
15 
25 
70 to 99 acres 
113 
101 
97 
12 
12 
33 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
102 
84 
82 
18 
18 
46 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
81 
65 
65 
16 
12 
47 
180 to 219 acres 
92 
77 
74 
15 
13 
16 
220 to 259 acres 
43 
31 
31 
12 
9 
19 
260 to 499 acres 
208 
171 
171 
37 
37 
84 
500 to 999 acres 
214 
187 
182 
27 
24 
36 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
168 
142 
135 
26 
22 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
95 
80 
74 
15 
9 
24 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
231 
207 
201 
24 
21 
26 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
36 
32 
30 
4 
4 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
36 
35 
5 
5 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
63 
51 
50 
12 
12 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
485 
373 
361 
112 
95 
261 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
30 
23 
23 
7 
3 
2 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
455 
350 
338 
105 
92 
259 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
265 
229 
225 
36 
36 
58 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
12 
12 
1 
1 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
22 
18 
18 
4 
4 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
155 
139 
137 
16 
8 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
19 
17 
17 
2 
2 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
132 
108 
108 
24 
23 
51 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
402 
355 
349 
47 
47 
75 
number 
57,211 
50,935 
(D) 
6,276 
6,276 
19,767 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
48 
45 
45 
3 
3 
11 
1 0 to 49 
166 
146 
141 
20 
20 
34 
50 to 99 
62 
56 
56 
6 
6 
11 
100 to 199 
55 
45 
45 
10 
10 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Mississippi 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
