Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal 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 
12,113 
29 
591 
1,459 
3,059 
3,814 
3,161 
acres 
1,610,683 
3,066 
72,583 
166,534 
391,629 
502,341 
474,530 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
377 
- 
28 
74 
92 
108 
75 
acres 
85,510 
- 
4,468 
13,365 
18,043 
19,147 
30,487 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
11,576 
29 
554 
1,383 
2,966 
3,632 
3,012 
acres 
1,494,736 
(D) 
(D) 
149,894 
371,812 
469,310 
436,161 
Partnership 
farms 
464 
29 
48 
108 
148 
131 
acres 
98,702 
- 
7,594 
12,275 
26,271 
23,882 
28,680 
Registered under state law 
farms 
319 
- 
22 
37 
78 
96 
86 
acres 
75,044 
- 
5,897 
11,137 
19,761 
16,814 
21,435 
Corporation 
farms 
184 
- 
9 
38 
22 
57 
58 
acres 
42,762 
- 
546 
7,726 
4,213 
11,702 
18,575 
Family held 
farms 
164 
- 
6 
35 
20 
52 
51 
acres 
36,583 
- 
270 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
15,376 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
159 
- 
6 
35 
20 
50 
48 
Other than family held 
farms 
20 
- 
3 
3 
2 
5 
7 
acres 
6,179 
- 
276 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,199 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
18 
- 
3 
3 
2 
5 
5 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
101 
3 
11 
10 
19 
32 
26 
acres 
13,677 
(D) 
(D) 
1,011 
2,961 
4,053 
5,157 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,602 
5 
77 
161 
400 
518 
441 
workers 
4,280 
5 
216 
395 
1,267 
1,242 
1,155 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
288 
1 
10 
21 
66 
103 
87 
workers 
567 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
239 
146 
128 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,404 
4 
69 
145 
358 
444 
384 
workers 
3,713 
(D) 
(D) 
356 
1,028 
1,096 
1,027 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
5 
- 
_ 
1 
4 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
6,254 
23 
329 
857 
1,722 
1,879 
1,444 
workers 
15,572 
68 
729 
2,602 
4,551 
4,359 
3,263 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
593 
9 
56 
101 
174 
154 
99 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,341 
4 
211 
463 
862 
1,002 
799 
50 to 69 acres 
1,444 
7 
34 
182 
351 
483 
387 
70 to 99 acres 
1,624 
3 
81 
175 
403 
535 
427 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,663 
- 
56 
201 
445 
498 
463 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,013 
2 
52 
106 
240 
341 
272 
180 to 219 acres 
707 
- 
33 
62 
168 
240 
204 
220 to 259 acres 
487 
2 
18 
42 
124 
157 
144 
260 to 499 acres 
1,005 
5 
42 
94 
235 
337 
292 
500 to 999 acres 
349 
- 
15 
49 
86 
96 
103 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
79 
- 
4 
2 
24 
23 
26 
2,000 acres or more 
20 
- 
1 
2 
3 
3 
11 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
138 
2 
9 
13 
27 
47 
40 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
247 
- 
18 
21 
44 
94 
70 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
287 
" 
13 
31 
66 
102 
75 
production (1 1 14) 
221 
3 
11 
22 
48 
70 
67 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4,426 
5 
160 
417 
1,009 
1,398 
1,437 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,423 
5 
160 
416 
1,009 
1,398 
1,435 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,922 
9 
257 
645 
1,335 
1,532 
1,144 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
78 
- 
7 
8 
4 
36 
23 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
3 
- 
9 
2 
11 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
118 
- 
3 
39 
47 
19 
10 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
284 
6 
11 
51 
85 
87 
44 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
437 
“ 
39 
76 
141 
123 
58 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,131 
4 
75 
147 
307 
350 
248 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,293 
22 
358 
857 
1,734 
1,923 
1,399 
number 
142,711 
240 
7,421 
20,923 
37,228 
43,278 
33,621 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,563 
14 
158 
363 
701 
772 
555 
1 0 to 49 
3,167 
8 
177 
418 
866 
969 
729 
50 to 99 
362 
- 
10 
50 
113 
119 
70 
1 00 to 1 99 
142 
- 
10 
15 
46 
48 
23 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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