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 
20,996 
54 
890 
2,217 
4,365 
6,250 
7,220 
acres 
3,887,630 
4,056 
132,527 
303,505 
717,675 
1,172,875 
1,556,992 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,132 
- 
57 
129 
272 
300 
374 
acres 
452,817 
- 
20,554 
44,067 
107,033 
108,960 
172,203 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
19,402 
54 
823 
2,071 
4,074 
5,777 
6,603 
acres 
3,095,769 
4,056 
105,238 
248,622 
579,099 
925,445 
1 ,233,309 
Partnership 
farms 
1,310 
- 
47 
94 
231 
379 
559 
acres 
625,788 
- 
19,199 
42,987 
112,308 
179,907 
271,387 
Registered under state law 
farms 
886 
- 
39 
66 
160 
258 
363 
acres 
485,960 
- 
18,355 
33,809 
95,938 
146,337 
191,521 
Corporation 
farms 
729 
- 
28 
94 
142 
206 
259 
acres 
406,746 
- 
10,085 
28,671 
79,858 
115,553 
172,579 
Family held 
farms 
579 
- 
20 
76 
113 
157 
213 
acres 
303,362 
- 
9,174 
18,810 
67,257 
85,059 
123,062 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
1 
2 
9 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
561 
- 
20 
75 
111 
148 
207 
Other than family held 
farms 
150 
_ 
8 
18 
29 
49 
46 
acres 
103,384 
- 
911 
9,861 
12,601 
30,494 
49,517 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
6 
1 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
134 
- 
8 
12 
28 
46 
40 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
280 
8 
21 
49 
100 
102 
acres 
133,972 
- 
2,273 
7,192 
30,122 
49,610 
44,775 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,506 
10 
215 
467 
915 
1,326 
1,573 
workers 
10,742 
15 
577 
1,289 
2,204 
3,022 
3,635 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,203 
3 
73 
134 
240 
349 
404 
workers 
2,534 
3 
143 
314 
511 
690 
873 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,700 
7 
180 
374 
760 
1,090 
1,289 
workers 
8,208 
12 
434 
975 
1,693 
2,332 
2,762 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
34 
. 
3 
4 
15 
5 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
1 
- 
3 
2 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
9,512 
26 
433 
1,203 
2,182 
2,671 
2,997 
workers 
20,552 
56 
978 
2,930 
5,137 
5,379 
6,072 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,128 
11 
74 
187 
298 
302 
256 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,653 
20 
303 
719 
1,346 
1,633 
1,632 
50 to 69 acres 
2,155 
4 
64 
227 
434 
689 
737 
70 to 99 acres 
2,584 
2 
117 
266 
565 
773 
861 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,552 
6 
103 
251 
464 
814 
914 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,705 
4 
57 
147 
304 
496 
697 
180 to 219 acres 
1,223 
3 
37 
112 
225 
359 
487 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
- 
18 
63 
147 
257 
377 
260 to 499 acres 
2,267 
4 
75 
191 
446 
656 
895 
500 to 999 acres 
1,003 
- 
44 
81 
158 
307 
413 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
387 
- 
8 
27 
70 
116 
166 
2,000 acres or more 
202 
- 
6 
9 
39 
60 
88 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,073 
4 
84 
116 
206 
352 
311 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
452 
3 
21 
46 
108 
129 
145 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
444 
- 
16 
41 
90 
143 
154 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
307 
_ 
14 
43 
74 
91 
85 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,671 
1 
183 
588 
1,388 
2,439 
4,072 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
105 
- 
7 
20 
9 
15 
54 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
8,566 
1 
176 
568 
1,379 
2,424 
4,018 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,984 
35 
450 
946 
1,679 
2,187 
1,687 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
5 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
25 
- 
- 
1 
2 
9 
13 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
40 
- 
3 
8 
7 
11 
11 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
501 
- 
18 
80 
144 
139 
120 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
518 
2 
17 
75 
129 
167 
128 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,701 
9 
100 
335 
667 
794 
796 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,034 
32 
501 
1,110 
1,958 
2,514 
1,919 
number 
314,999 
1,295 
19,201 
35,677 
76,411 
100,197 
82,218 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,803 
10 
144 
300 
413 
520 
416 
1 0 to 49 
4,642 
11 
270 
623 
1,147 
1,475 
1,116 
50 to 99 
996 
3 
51 
129 
250 
325 
238 
100 to 199 
429 
8 
23 
48 
101 
152 
97 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 203 
