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 
18,969 
59 
785 
2,033 
4,790 
6,288 
5,014 
acres 
1,972,177 
3,032 
67,245 
152,324 
375,168 
634,249 
740,159 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,126 
6 
56 
165 
274 
336 
289 
acres 
334,417 
813 
19,259 
44,010 
64,619 
96,661 
109,055 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
17,039 
56 
723 
1,843 
4,376 
5,607 
4,434 
acres 
1,388,998 
2,882 
55,633 
93,965 
267,546 
425,697 
543,275 
Partnership 
farms 
1,034 
5 
35 
112 
192 
353 
337 
acres 
300,410 
184 
1,966 
44,918 
55,438 
(D) 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
844 
5 
35 
96 
167 
291 
250 
acres 
262,269 
184 
1,966 
41,744 
50,721 
(D) 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
1,000 
- 
31 
91 
242 
357 
279 
acres 
388,342 
- 
16,652 
29,443 
64,549 
165,721 
111,977 
Family held 
farms 
886 
- 
19 
81 
210 
327 
249 
acres 
326,143 
- 
16,430 
26,277 
58,452 
122,251 
102,733 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
6 
8 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
864 
- 
19 
81 
204 
319 
241 
Other than family held 
farms 
114 
- 
12 
10 
32 
30 
30 
acres 
62,199 
- 
222 
3,166 
6,097 
43,470 
9,244 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
110 
- 
12 
10 
30 
30 
28 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
526 
- 
5 
41 
101 
221 
158 
acres 
857,864 
- 
449 
13,955 
11,800 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,901 
14 
129 
373 
917 
1,300 
1,168 
workers 
46,481 
103 
1,703 
8,780 
9,288 
16,915 
9,692 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,417 
6 
59 
146 
335 
451 
420 
workers 
8,383 
26 
314 
1,660 
1,396 
3,132 
1,855 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,160 
13 
89 
296 
763 
1,070 
929 
workers 
38,098 
77 
1,389 
7,120 
7,892 
13,783 
7,837 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
323 
2 
13 
45 
90 
97 
76 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
36 
- 
- 
8 
15 
6 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
9,794 
20 
411 
1,084 
2,659 
3,235 
2,385 
workers 
23,209 
37 
1,005 
3,116 
6,652 
7,200 
5,199 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,860 
18 
375 
907 
1,866 
2,242 
1,452 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7,516 
29 
266 
794 
1,898 
2,599 
1,930 
50 to 69 acres 
898 
3 
24 
77 
222 
314 
258 
70 to 99 acres 
979 
- 
27 
85 
264 
318 
285 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
709 
7 
26 
35 
167 
236 
238 
140 to 1 79 acres 
533 
1 
7 
27 
115 
169 
214 
180 to 219 acres 
327 
- 
10 
21 
61 
118 
117 
220 to 259 acres 
204 
- 
11 
19 
34 
64 
76 
260 to 499 acres 
670 
2 
19 
50 
122 
170 
307 
500 to 999 acres 
480 
1 
14 
31 
91 
162 
181 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
264 
- 
8 
29 
44 
88 
95 
2,000 acres or more 
159 
- 
7 
12 
27 
58 
55 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
524 
1 
27 
37 
147 
175 
137 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
883 
8 
36 
182 
244 
256 
157 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
1,951 
7 
59 
236 
483 
689 
477 
production (1 1 14) 
847 
2 
32 
78 
175 
305 
255 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4,677 
7 
105 
308 
967 
1,547 
1,743 
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) 
4,677 
7 
105 
308 
967 
1,547 
1,743 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,395 
21 
256 
598 
1,427 
1,765 
1,328 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
39 
- 
- 
2 
14 
17 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
74 
4 
3 
4 
17 
31 
15 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
306 
1 
26 
71 
122 
57 
29 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
605 
2 
30 
81 
187 
208 
97 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
882 
2 
58 
140 
238 
288 
156 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,416 
6 
162 
350 
890 
1,200 
808 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,323 
25 
311 
774 
1,713 
2,024 
1,476 
number 
124,743 
172 
4,528 
14,002 
36,152 
47,834 
22,055 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,042 
16 
214 
524 
1,103 
1,302 
883 
1 0 to 49 
1,962 
9 
79 
214 
514 
626 
520 
50 to 99 
194 
- 
13 
26 
56 
54 
45 
1 00 to 1 99 
78 
- 
4 
6 
29 
22 
17 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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