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 
Total 
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 
7,362 
5,524 
1,149 
689 
3,792 
3,570 
acres 
469,987 
294,005 
157,095 
18,887 
219,218 
250,769 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
475 
307 
96 
72 
187 
288 
acres 
42,611 
22,314 
18,413 
1,884 
15,285 
27,326 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,168 
4,713 
916 
539 
3,372 
2,796 
acres 
(D) 
214,422 
96,731 
(D) 
(D) 
150,981 
Partnership 
farms 
583 
349 
136 
98 
136 
447 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
16,033 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
388 
240 
94 
54 
73 
315 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
31,292 
(D) 
(D) 
42,288 
Corporation 
farms 
719 
478 
121 
120 
325 
394 
acres 
105,800 
71,343 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
578 
397 
101 
80 
241 
337 
acres 
82,550 
51,244 
(D) 
(D) 
31,515 
51,035 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
8 
2 
5 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
568 
389 
99 
80 
236 
332 
Other than family held 
farms 
141 
81 
20 
40 
84 
57 
acres 
23,250 
20,099 
1,282 
1,869 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
139 
79 
20 
40 
83 
56 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
285 
214 
29 
42 
104 
181 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
4,870 
1,997 
(D) 
19,571 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,534 
1,644 
572 
318 
1,199 
1,335 
workers 
15,649 
8,506 
4,924 
2,219 
5,786 
9,863 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,500 
930 
376 
194 
605 
895 
workers 
6,257 
3,157 
2,226 
874 
2,020 
4,237 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,893 
1,197 
463 
233 
908 
985 
workers 
9,392 
5,349 
2,698 
1,345 
3,766 
5,626 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
124 
69 
50 
5 
55 
69 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
7 
1 
- 
4 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,967 
2,950 
718 
299 
1,738 
2,229 
workers 
9,760 
7,086 
1,825 
849 
3,650 
6,110 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
1,721 
97 
504 
1,249 
1,073 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
2,348 
357 
208 
1,478 
1,435 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
413 
137 
20 
295 
275 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
395 
140 
20 
269 
286 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
467 
356 
101 
10 
216 
251 
140 to 1 79 acres 
241 
153 
81 
7 
132 
109 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
118 
70 
9 
87 
110 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
57 
46 
5 
51 
57 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
145 
113 
11 
114 
155 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
34 
44 
3 
33 
48 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
7 
16 
2 
10 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
23 
16 
2 
27 
14 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
461 
201 
261 
478 
445 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
779 
662 
80 
37 
413 
366 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
968 
783 
81 
104 
504 
464 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,502 
1,129 
306 
67 
806 
696 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
11 
2 
8 
1 
5 
6 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,491 
1,127 
298 
66 
801 
690 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
467 
127 
26 
372 
248 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
8 
1 
5 
2 
1 
7 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
147 
37 
95 
15 
57 
90 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
135 
117 
14 
4 
69 
66 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
380 
333 
32 
15 
175 
205 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
301 
42 
22 
159 
206 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
1,440 
203 
244 
876 
1,011 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,423 
914 
435 
74 
721 
702 
number 
35,703 
8,560 
24,749 
2,394 
13,970 
21,733 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
691 
151 
30 
453 
419 
10 to 49 
383 
191 
161 
31 
196 
187 
50 to 99 
87 
27 
54 
6 
44 
43 
1 00 to 1 99 
46 
4 
36 
6 
17 
29 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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