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 
21,075 
16,089 
4,404 
582 
12,271 
8,804 
acres 
3,501,214 
1,928,731 
1,453,468 
119,015 
2,038,559 
1,462,655 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
721 
492 
198 
31 
330 
391 
acres 
202,950 
77,298 
116,066 
9,586 
102,113 
100,837 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
20,009 
15,363 
4,107 
539 
11,857 
8,152 
acres 
3,194,583 
1,785,710 
1,302,856 
106,017 
1,932,277 
1,262,306 
Partnership 
farms 
893 
578 
286 
29 
256 
637 
acres 
256,458 
107,357 
138,855 
10,246 
66,889 
189,569 
Registered under state law 
farms 
626 
395 
211 
20 
183 
443 
acres 
192,770 
73,607 
112,626 
6,537 
52,248 
140,522 
Corporation 
farms 
429 
301 
100 
28 
233 
196 
acres 
123,053 
59,483 
57,246 
6,324 
59,382 
63,671 
Family held 
farms 
382 
264 
92 
26 
201 
181 
acres 
110,458 
51,352 
(D) 
(D) 
50,396 
60,062 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
9 
2 
10 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
371 
255 
90 
26 
191 
180 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
37 
8 
2 
32 
15 
acres 
12,595 
8,131 
(D) 
(D) 
8,986 
3,609 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
5 
3 
2 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
32 
8 
2 
29 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
158 
142 
13 
3 
102 
56 
acres 
32,580 
28,743 
3,588 
249 
18,035 
14,545 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,452 
2,199 
1,139 
114 
1,933 
1,519 
workers 
10,153 
5,978 
3,827 
348 
5,057 
5,096 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
882 
496 
340 
46 
434 
448 
workers 
2,284 
1,056 
1,126 
102 
779 
1,505 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,921 
1,863 
969 
89 
1,674 
1,247 
workers 
7,869 
4,922 
2,701 
246 
4,278 
3,591 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
30 
13 
17 
. 
14 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
- 
6 
- 
1 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,867 
8,112 
2,475 
280 
5,308 
5,559 
workers 
26,567 
19,523 
6,377 
667 
11,665 
14,902 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
956 
861 
48 
47 
530 
426 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,128 
4,559 
428 
141 
2,911 
2,217 
50 to 69 acres 
2,244 
1,944 
259 
41 
1,306 
938 
70 to 99 acres 
2,746 
2,296 
378 
72 
1,583 
1,163 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,841 
2,243 
537 
61 
1,672 
1,169 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,861 
1,351 
463 
47 
1,089 
772 
180 to 219 acres 
1,322 
943 
343 
36 
843 
479 
220 to 259 acres 
955 
630 
311 
14 
571 
384 
260 to 499 acres 
2,180 
1,145 
943 
92 
1,236 
944 
500 to 999 acres 
894 
332 
538 
24 
503 
391 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
279 
65 
194 
20 
159 
120 
2,000 acres or more 
83 
15 
64 
4 
45 
38 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
296 
165 
106 
25 
198 
98 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
470 
401 
47 
22 
222 
248 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
438 
407 
27 
4 
248 
190 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
412 
369 
29 
14 
219 
193 
Other crop farming (1119) 
6,744 
5,689 
944 
111 
4,259 
2,485 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
6 
5 
1 
- 
6 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
6,738 
5,684 
943 
Ill 
4,253 
2,485 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,430 
6,348 
2,767 
315 
5,611 
3,819 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
153 
85 
64 
4 
89 
64 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
155 
57 
76 
22 
84 
71 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
170 
155 
10 
5 
86 
84 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
680 
518 
155 
7 
269 
411 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
693 
618 
57 
18 
290 
403 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,848 
1,572 
224 
52 
873 
975 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,067 
7,910 
3,745 
412 
6,933 
5,134 
number 
414,908 
156,703 
236,295 
21,910 
223,813 
191,095 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,145 
3,467 
558 
120 
2,371 
1,774 
10 to 49 
6,104 
3,864 
2,039 
201 
3,561 
2,543 
50 to 99 
1,032 
429 
566 
37 
581 
451 
1 00 to 1 99 
490 
105 
357 
28 
274 
216 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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