Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Totai 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
26,804 
7,680 
2,227 
23,023 
13,688 
acres 
9,843,046 
4,691,607 
3,653,862 
1,497,577 
5,729,094 
4,113,952 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,952 
1,387 
417 
148 
1,050 
902 
acres 
1,012,729 
525,366 
354,288 
133,075 
474,464 
538,265 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
33,316 
24,720 
6,839 
1,757 
21,383 
1 1 ,933 
acres 
6,674,195 
3,739,437 
2,416,950 
517,808 
4,545,016 
2,129,179 
Partnership 
farms 
2,871 
1,646 
774 
451 
1,221 
1,650 
acres 
3,104,467 
693,641 
1,299,890 
1,110,936 
990,193 
2,114,274 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,092 
1,117 
569 
406 
857 
1,235 
acres 
2,684,937 
553,468 
1,098,977 
1,032,492 
869,023 
1,815,914 
Corporation 
farms 
1,463 
995 
309 
159 
835 
628 
acres 
942,226 
506,611 
277,929 
157,686 
501,905 
440,321 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
830 
278 
115 
707 
516 
acres 
778,467 
399,092 
252,611 
126,764 
427,651 
350,816 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
28 
18 
10 
- 
18 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,195 
812 
268 
115 
689 
506 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
165 
31 
44 
128 
112 
acres 
163,759 
107,519 
25,318 
30,922 
74,254 
89,505 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
29 
23 
2 
4 
9 
20 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
211 
142 
29 
40 
119 
92 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
426 
373 
41 
12 
266 
160 
acres 
210,192 
164,379 
38,369 
7,444 
127,488 
82,704 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,581 
6,206 
3,304 
1,071 
6,233 
4,348 
workers 
32,307 
16,651 
10,945 
4,711 
16,734 
15,573 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,089 
1,942 
1,473 
674 
2,191 
1,898 
workers 
1 1 ,430 
4,393 
4,364 
2,673 
5,130 
6,300 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,167 
4,939 
2,499 
729 
4,894 
3,273 
workers 
20,877 
12,258 
6,581 
2,038 
1 1 ,604 
9,273 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
129 
59 
58 
12 
67 
62 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
10 
3 
10 
7 
16 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
15,973 
1 1 ,640 
3,519 
814 
8,435 
7,538 
workers 
34,033 
24,696 
7,716 
1,621 
16,277 
17,756 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,697 
1,480 
82 
135 
948 
749 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,017 
7,683 
793 
541 
5,265 
3,752 
50 to 69 acres 
3,490 
2,782 
541 
167 
2,168 
1,322 
70 to 99 acres 
4,222 
3,361 
700 
161 
2,690 
1,532 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,167 
3,113 
861 
193 
2,737 
1,430 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,992 
2,194 
674 
124 
1,988 
1,004 
180 to 219 acres 
2,331 
1,651 
553 
127 
1,519 
812 
220 to 259 acres 
1,478 
994 
444 
40 
958 
520 
260 to 499 acres 
4,193 
2,594 
1,430 
169 
2,771 
1,422 
500 to 999 acres 
2,323 
1,221 
878 
224 
1,494 
829 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,237 
430 
584 
223 
741 
496 
2,000 acres or more 
929 
231 
423 
275 
426 
503 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,466 
988 
1,516 
962 
2,326 
1,140 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
924 
705 
165 
54 
549 
375 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
783 
722 
47 
14 
405 
378 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
589 
535 
28 
26 
325 
264 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,019 
10,429 
1,280 
310 
8,055 
3,964 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
357 
120 
152 
85 
239 
118 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
1 1 ,662 
10,309 
1,128 
225 
7,816 
3,846 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,041 
8,439 
3,832 
770 
8,338 
4,703 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
8 
5 
2 
1 
4 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
144 
71 
66 
7 
77 
67 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
117 
96 
14 
7 
67 
50 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,071 
1,655 
399 
17 
1,031 
1,040 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
796 
717 
57 
22 
382 
414 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,118 
3,372 
557 
189 
2,146 
1,972 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,940 
9,942 
5,135 
863 
9,928 
6,012 
number 
921,508 
379,907 
499,169 
42,432 
566,748 
354,760 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,855 
2,318 
374 
163 
1,656 
1,199 
1 0 to 49 
8,707 
5,784 
2,427 
496 
5,586 
3,121 
50 to 99 
2,410 
1,163 
1,132 
115 
1,511 
899 
100 to 199 
1,237 
461 
722 
54 
760 
477 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
220 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
