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 
10,687 
32 
740 
1,470 
2,560 
3,129 
2,756 
acres 
1,814,398 
3,577 
68,897 
163,274 
355,298 
606,241 
617,111 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,099 
3 
81 
140 
218 
352 
305 
acres 
1,771,921 
(D) 
(D) 
35,418 
111,565 
1,404,053 
204,939 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
9,330 
27 
676 
1,344 
2,265 
2,696 
2,322 
acres 
1,081,772 
1,657 
63,608 
119,164 
230,227 
349,481 
317,635 
Partnership 
farms 
821 
2 
39 
73 
171 
255 
281 
acres 
491,438 
(D) 
1,182 
33,128 
109,555 
(D) 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
692 
2 
34 
62 
134 
220 
240 
acres 
452,085 
(D) 
1,124 
30,614 
101,662 
(D) 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
481 
- 
20 
72 
107 
147 
135 
acres 
245,196 
- 
3,119 
16,692 
32,718 
53,607 
139,060 
Family held 
farms 
423 
- 
20 
55 
95 
126 
127 
acres 
233,175 
- 
3,119 
11,417 
31,850 
51,014 
135,775 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
2 
1 
8 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
405 
- 
20 
53 
94 
118 
120 
Other than family held 
farms 
58 
- 
- 
17 
12 
21 
8 
acres 
12,021 
- 
- 
5,275 
868 
2,593 
3,285 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
53 
- 
- 
17 
10 
20 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
456 
5 
19 
28 
105 
151 
148 
acres 
1,484,937 
(D) 
3,538 
2,576 
16,422 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,865 
6 
67 
235 
501 
563 
493 
workers 
5,815 
12 
211 
652 
1,754 
1,661 
1,525 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
430 
2 
16 
55 
114 
134 
109 
workers 
1,307 
(D) 
(D) 
128 
438 
366 
333 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,628 
4 
67 
197 
438 
494 
428 
workers 
4,508 
(D) 
(D) 
524 
1,316 
1,295 
1,192 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
30 
2 
2 
10 
6 
10 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
2 
" 
" 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,810 
22 
376 
855 
1,512 
1,710 
1,335 
workers 
15,605 
49 
996 
2,658 
4,254 
4,432 
3,216 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,791 
12 
339 
597 
951 
990 
902 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,580 
13 
209 
510 
823 
1,091 
934 
50 to 69 acres 
592 
- 
26 
54 
165 
188 
159 
70 to 99 acres 
598 
- 
41 
72 
151 
195 
139 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
498 
1 
17 
61 
119 
155 
145 
140 to 1 79 acres 
450 
3 
33 
56 
99 
130 
129 
180 to 219 acres 
277 
- 
22 
31 
54 
96 
74 
220 to 259 acres 
138 
- 
4 
25 
30 
34 
45 
260 to 499 acres 
448 
- 
38 
43 
97 
139 
131 
500 to 999 acres 
339 
4 
10 
36 
77 
120 
92 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
212 
1 
8 
15 
48 
58 
82 
2,000 acres or more 
165 
- 
7 
17 
34 
53 
54 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
228 
- 
15 
24 
53 
62 
74 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
257 
- 
11 
49 
71 
59 
67 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
250 
“ 
17 
14 
60 
64 
95 
production (1 1 14) 
98 
- 
7 
9 
24 
28 
30 
Other crop farming (1119) 
3,586 
3 
136 
404 
859 
1,122 
1,062 
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) 
3,586 
3 
136 
404 
859 
1,122 
1,062 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,216 
24 
311 
477 
792 
912 
700 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
59 
- 
1 
11 
12 
19 
16 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
46 
- 
5 
9 
14 
15 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
139 
- 
12 
38 
37 
39 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
136 
- 
4 
35 
29 
30 
38 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
443 
2 
37 
80 
121 
111 
92 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,630 
5 
198 
367 
576 
788 
696 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4,880 
24 
424 
738 
1,296 
1,386 
1,012 
number 
180,514 
364 
15,466 
17,533 
40,060 
56,365 
50,726 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,434 
19 
203 
398 
689 
644 
481 
1 0 to 49 
1,750 
3 
148 
265 
431 
508 
395 
50 to 99 
368 
- 
42 
43 
97 
114 
72 
1 00 to 1 99 
216 
2 
17 
27 
47 
79 
44 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Utah 203 
