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 
17,278 
12,020 
3,957 
1,301 
9,167 
8,111 
acres 
5,986,407 
2,678,123 
2,840,809 
467,475 
2,891,403 
3,095,004 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,078 
1,313 
638 
127 
971 
1,107 
acres 
5,632,488 
4,666,361 
840,084 
126,043 
4,507,001 
1,125,487 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
14,575 
10,248 
3,164 
1,163 
8,054 
6,521 
acres 
3,291,934 
1,511,245 
1,430,148 
350,541 
1,871,272 
1,420,662 
Partnership 
farms 
1,588 
1,007 
496 
85 
565 
1,023 
acres 
1,604,907 
711,240 
800,453 
93,214 
457,148 
1,147,759 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,345 
860 
417 
68 
481 
864 
acres 
1,450,320 
643,919 
715,413 
90,988 
416,472 
1,033,848 
Corporation 
farms 
1,147 
677 
379 
91 
474 
673 
acres 
1,415,962 
618,300 
726,941 
70,721 
544,408 
871,554 
Family held 
farms 
1,003 
587 
342 
74 
390 
613 
acres 
1,328,222 
577,040 
683,963 
67,219 
486,275 
841,947 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
34 
26 
8 
- 
8 
26 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
969 
561 
334 
74 
382 
587 
Other than family held 
farms 
144 
90 
37 
17 
84 
60 
acres 
87,740 
41,260 
42,978 
3,502 
58,133 
29,607 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
8 
2 
1 
7 
4 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
133 
82 
35 
16 
77 
56 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
717 
579 
107 
31 
415 
302 
acres 
4,661,593 
4,348,473 
307,630 
5,490 
4,463,586 
198,007 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,309 
2,419 
1,601 
289 
2,095 
2,214 
workers 
17,927 
9,436 
7,010 
1,481 
7,275 
10,652 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,527 
794 
663 
70 
618 
909 
workers 
6,241 
3,203 
2,597 
441 
2,477 
3,764 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,528 
1,982 
1,290 
256 
1,764 
1,764 
workers 
11,686 
6,233 
4,413 
1,040 
4,798 
6,888 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
150 
70 
68 
12 
59 
91 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
13 
10 
3 
- 
7 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
9,241 
6,330 
2,212 
699 
4,067 
5,174 
workers 
25,348 
16,673 
6,647 
2,028 
9,606 
15,742 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,205 
4,464 
286 
455 
2,566 
2,639 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,239 
3,846 
1,045 
348 
2,886 
2,353 
50 to 69 acres 
941 
623 
255 
63 
545 
396 
70 to 99 acres 
973 
623 
289 
61 
567 
406 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
867 
511 
290 
66 
486 
381 
140 to 1 79 acres 
718 
443 
207 
68 
403 
315 
180 to 219 acres 
461 
246 
178 
37 
245 
216 
220 to 259 acres 
328 
171 
142 
15 
167 
161 
260 to 499 acres 
1,075 
555 
454 
66 
575 
500 
500 to 999 acres 
892 
457 
369 
66 
428 
464 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
623 
283 
284 
56 
294 
329 
2,000 acres or more 
705 
289 
347 
69 
346 
359 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
513 
261 
191 
61 
309 
204 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
463 
321 
70 
72 
209 
254 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
427 
365 
44 
18 
214 
213 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
210 
166 
29 
15 
85 
125 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,873 
4,095 
1,467 
311 
3,485 
2,388 
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) 
5,873 
4,095 
1,467 
311 
3,485 
2,388 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,231 
3,419 
1,385 
427 
2,741 
2,490 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
126 
62 
59 
5 
73 
53 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
248 
105 
133 
10 
94 
154 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
199 
149 
35 
15 
103 
96 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
214 
170 
30 
14 
68 
146 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
763 
472 
167 
124 
374 
389 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,760 
2,926 
536 
298 
1,753 
2,007 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,625 
5,260 
2,676 
689 
4,310 
4,315 
number 
776,833 
324,539 
418,733 
33,561 
346,332 
430,501 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,412 
2,548 
600 
264 
1,690 
1,722 
10 to 49 
2,952 
1,711 
954 
287 
1,542 
1,410 
50 to 99 
864 
440 
352 
72 
455 
409 
1 00 to 1 99 
600 
250 
309 
41 
299 
301 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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