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 
7,099 
4,690 
1,979 
430 
3,204 
3,895 
acres 
1,176,532 
523,298 
609,829 
43,405 
496,335 
680,197 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
663 
369 
229 
65 
230 
433 
acres 
145,680 
52,532 
87,061 
6,087 
45,498 
100,182 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,043 
4,094 
1,592 
357 
2,878 
3,165 
acres 
843,553 
404,932 
406,128 
32,493 
413,950 
429,603 
Partnership 
farms 
695 
364 
281 
50 
176 
519 
acres 
205,158 
73,684 
126,393 
5,081 
37,386 
167,772 
Registered under state law 
farms 
524 
273 
216 
35 
117 
407 
acres 
166,970 
(D) 
106,746 
(D) 
29,389 
137,581 
Corporation 
farms 
486 
277 
175 
34 
164 
322 
acres 
181,139 
58,284 
115,808 
7,047 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
410 
226 
156 
28 
130 
280 
acres 
161,780 
46,586 
108,554 
6,640 
42,802 
118,978 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
5 
4 
1 
5 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
400 
221 
152 
27 
125 
275 
Other than family held 
farms 
76 
51 
19 
6 
34 
42 
acres 
19,359 
11,698 
7,254 
407 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
3 
2 
- 
4 
1 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
71 
48 
17 
6 
30 
41 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
114 
88 
15 
11 
68 
46 
acres 
21,863 
16,229 
4,794 
840 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,293 
1,108 
1,029 
156 
949 
1,344 
workers 
9,216 
4,026 
4,511 
679 
3,145 
6,071 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,286 
543 
647 
96 
469 
817 
workers 
3,902 
1,310 
2,339 
253 
1,162 
2,740 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,683 
851 
730 
102 
711 
972 
workers 
5,314 
2,716 
2,172 
426 
1,983 
3,331 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
119 
33 
82 
4 
36 
83 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,689 
2,321 
1,131 
237 
1,437 
2,252 
workers 
8,623 
5,230 
2,750 
643 
2,954 
5,669 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
616 
465 
50 
101 
306 
310 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,258 
1,744 
356 
158 
995 
1,263 
50 to 69 acres 
573 
404 
135 
34 
259 
314 
70 to 99 acres 
650 
476 
154 
20 
301 
349 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
786 
546 
200 
40 
395 
391 
140 to 1 79 acres 
405 
261 
128 
16 
199 
206 
180 to 219 acres 
416 
261 
140 
15 
170 
246 
220 to 259 acres 
308 
188 
106 
14 
149 
159 
260 to 499 acres 
789 
332 
418 
39 
308 
481 
500 to 999 acres 
383 
108 
262 
13 
144 
239 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
115 
29 
84 
2 
47 
68 
2,000 acres or more 
39 
9 
30 
13 
26 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
66 
32 
30 
4 
37 
29 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
351 
228 
53 
70 
144 
207 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
273 
252 
15 
6 
119 
154 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
545 
431 
63 
51 
268 
277 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,634 
1,754 
747 
133 
1,296 
1,338 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,634 
1,754 
747 
133 
1,296 
1,338 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
862 
579 
240 
43 
435 
427 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
18 
8 
10 
- 
10 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
904 
203 
632 
69 
313 
591 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
57 
48 
9 
- 
15 
42 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
203 
172 
23 
8 
59 
144 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
390 
303 
68 
19 
126 
264 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,035 
813 
173 
49 
464 
571 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,784 
1,356 
1,273 
155 
1,179 
1,605 
number 
274,251 
45,171 
218,793 
10,287 
91,271 
182,980 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,043 
743 
246 
54 
460 
583 
10 to 49 
783 
418 
332 
33 
360 
423 
50 to 99 
326 
92 
197 
37 
138 
188 
1 00 to 1 99 
305 
61 
222 
22 
109 
196 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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