Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
35,620 
30,167 
2,035 
1,754 
acres 
10,757,375 
5,140,660 
2,261,070 
2,140,019 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,788 
1,584 
1,103 
1,044 
acres 
1,200,467 
577,682 
584,021 
546,763 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
30,167 
30,167 
- 
- 
acres 
5,140,660 
5,140,660 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,685 
- 
2,685 
2,305 
acres 
2,733,462 
- 
2,733,462 
2,591,019 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,305 
- 
2,305 
2,305 
acres 
2,591,019 
2,591,019 
2,591,019 
Corporation 
farms 
3,463 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,790,562 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,157 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,466,028 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
94 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,063 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
324,534 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
33 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
273 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
934 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,083,423 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,746 
7,382 
1,495 
1,377 
workers 
256,036 
80,929 
68,899 
66,375 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,067 
2,902 
1,010 
963 
workers 
56,387 
13,733 
13,408 
12,650 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
9,398 
6,091 
1,184 
1,086 
workers 
199,649 
67,196 
55,491 
53,725 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,314 
671 
262 
254 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
83 
66 
8 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,457 
14,871 
1,050 
862 
workers 
40,375 
34,302 
2,524 
2,043 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
10,559 
9,568 
428 
353 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,980 
11,321 
667 
556 
50 to 69 acres 
1,826 
1,505 
106 
95 
70 to 99 acres 
2,018 
1,578 
172 
146 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,513 
1,215 
125 
102 
140 to 179 acres 
1,180 
883 
109 
90 
180 to 219 acres 
739 
525 
80 
66 
220 to 259 acres 
527 
378 
54 
52 
260 to 499 acres 
1,805 
1,220 
222 
190 
500 to 999 acres 
1,508 
914 
207 
179 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,123 
552 
168 
149 
2,000 acres or more 
1,471 
508 
347 
327 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,620 
1,324 
419 
380 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,924 
1,542 
162 
151 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,825 
3,402 
636 
594 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,753 
1,312 
145 
137 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,926 
6,513 
478 
388 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,926 
6,513 
478 
388 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,008 
8,234 
358 
245 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
116 
90 
10 
10 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
471 
301 
88 
86 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
485 
460 
9 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,016 
887 
54 
36 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,407 
1,294 
51 
37 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,698 
4,808 
275 
238 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,861 
10,450 
639 
505 
number 
1,162,792 
565,135 
227,370 
220,807 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,205 
5,823 
176 
131 
1 0 to 49 
3,869 
3,436 
192 
143 
50 to 99 
662 
512 
68 
46 
100 to 199 
430 
304 
57 
44 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
154 Washington 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
