Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
17,278 
6,591 
44 
309 
508 
972 
1,608 
3,150 
acres 
5,986,407 
4,172,009 
4,580 
172,759 
552,416 
708,786 
1,312,828 
1,420,640 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,078 
979 
9 
55 
89 
163 
245 
418 
acres 
5,632,488 
3,860,567 
(D) 
61,895 
244,626 
(D) 
401,394 
1,419,356 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
14,575 
5,245 
39 
249 
394 
726 
1,223 
2,614 
acres 
3,291,934 
2,210,162 
3,230 
129,814 
263,303 
351,661 
552,405 
909,749 
Partnership 
farms 
1,588 
767 
1 
23 
52 
130 
211 
350 
acres 
1,604,907 
1,113,469 
(D) 
(D) 
104,525 
(D) 
430,063 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,345 
653 
1 
23 
42 
112 
190 
285 
acres 
1,450,320 
998,235 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
378,887 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
1,147 
666 
4 
39 
72 
153 
212 
186 
acres 
1,415,962 
1,170,766 
(D) 
(D) 
170,027 
366,734 
381,081 
233,189 
Family held 
farms 
1,003 
580 
4 
27 
60 
139 
191 
159 
acres 
1,328,222 
1,095,047 
(D) 
(D) 
155,414 
343,346 
369,279 
207,830 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
34 
16 
1 
1 
9 
1 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
969 
564 
4 
26 
59 
130 
190 
155 
Other than family held 
farms 
144 
86 
_ 
12 
12 
14 
21 
27 
acres 
87,740 
75,719 
- 
557 
14,613 
23,388 
11,802 
25,359 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
11 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
133 
80 
- 
12 
10 
14 
21 
23 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
717 
261 
15 
34 
35 
55 
122 
acres 
4,661,593 
3,176,656 
- 
(D) 
400,486 
(D) 
84,318 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,309 
2,444 
18 
83 
243 
465 
676 
959 
workers 
17,927 
12,112 
42 
316 
1,937 
2,320 
3,826 
3,671 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,527 
1,097 
2 
31 
139 
248 
342 
335 
workers 
6,241 
4,934 
(D) 
(D) 
1,189 
1,019 
1,337 
1,257 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,528 
1,900 
18 
61 
185 
337 
520 
779 
workers 
11,686 
7,178 
(D) 
(D) 
748 
1,301 
2,489 
2,414 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
150 
120 
5 
13 
26 
29 
47 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
13 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
9,241 
3,431 
27 
140 
316 
528 
837 
1,583 
workers 
25,348 
9,743 
58 
431 
977 
1,636 
2,251 
4,390 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,205 
1,414 
21 
74 
128 
206 
328 
657 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,239 
1,659 
4 
62 
110 
214 
410 
859 
50 to 69 acres 
941 
349 
6 
23 
14 
42 
87 
177 
70 to 99 acres 
973 
375 
- 
31 
12 
46 
88 
198 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
867 
369 
2 
16 
29 
45 
79 
198 
140 to 179 acres 
718 
268 
1 
6 
22 
30 
47 
162 
180 to 219 acres 
461 
184 
- 
6 
8 
33 
49 
88 
220 to 259 acres 
328 
190 
- 
11 
16 
34 
44 
85 
260 to 499 acres 
1,075 
627 
10 
37 
44 
108 
146 
282 
500 to 999 acres 
892 
553 
- 
16 
68 
103 
137 
229 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
623 
411 
- 
11 
38 
73 
127 
162 
2,000 acres or more 
705 
540 
" 
33 
63 
110 
159 
175 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
513 
285 
1 
14 
25 
55 
59 
131 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
463 
206 
12 
12 
17 
26 
60 
79 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
427 
177 
- 
- 
6 
16 
41 
114 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
210 
112 
_ 
4 
16 
17 
39 
36 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,873 
2,287 
- 
76 
169 
327 
487 
1,228 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
5,873 
2,287 
. 
76 
169 
327 
487 
1,228 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,231 
2,015 
17 
106 
142 
269 
486 
995 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
126 
67 
- 
- 
2 
7 
22 
36 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
248 
202 
1 
6 
33 
48 
63 
51 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
199 
60 
- 
17 
12 
17 
7 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
214 
78 
- 
17 
15 
15 
15 
16 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
763 
320 
1 
12 
24 
44 
86 
153 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,760 
1,130 
12 
62 
91 
203 
336 
426 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,625 
3,745 
18 
189 
305 
587 
901 
1,745 
number 
776,833 
596,319 
933 
26,442 
82,837 
135,477 
172,453 
178,177 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,412 
978 
6 
74 
63 
131 
211 
493 
1 0 to 49 
2,952 
1,202 
6 
45 
75 
163 
250 
663 
50 to 99 
864 
496 
3 
27 
24 
79 
105 
258 
100 to 199 
600 
384 
1 
5 
45 
85 
104 
144 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
202 Utah 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
