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 
35,620 
27,978 
5,609 
2,033 
16,574 
19,046 
acres 
10,757,375 
3,294,097 
5,529,050 
1,934,228 
4,190,416 
6,566,959 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,788 
1,898 
600 
290 
1,168 
1,620 
acres 
1,200,467 
454,364 
567,594 
178,509 
421,207 
779,260 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
30,167 
24,753 
4,167 
1,247 
14,539 
15,628 
acres 
5,140,660 
2,197,403 
2,458,686 
484,571 
2,582,546 
2,558,114 
Partnership 
farms 
2,685 
1,745 
603 
337 
816 
1,869 
acres 
2,733,462 
562,730 
1,425,451 
745,281 
548,670 
2,184,792 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,305 
1,457 
533 
315 
697 
1,608 
acres 
2,591,019 
497,453 
1,359,708 
733,858 
513,346 
2,077,673 
Corporation 
farms 
3,463 
1,782 
1,066 
615 
1,427 
2,036 
acres 
3,790,562 
750,672 
2,076,095 
963,795 
1,389,200 
2,401,362 
Family held 
farms 
3,157 
1,610 
989 
558 
1,261 
1,896 
acres 
3,466,028 
673,968 
1,870,003 
922,057 
1,231,040 
2,234,988 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
94 
65 
15 
14 
45 
49 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,063 
1,545 
974 
544 
1,216 
1,847 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
172 
77 
57 
166 
140 
acres 
324,534 
76,704 
206,092 
41,738 
158,160 
166,374 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
33 
19 
8 
6 
21 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
273 
153 
69 
51 
145 
128 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
934 
790 
91 
53 
578 
356 
acres 
3,083,423 
2,975,418 
83,431 
24,574 
2,926,331 
157,092 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1 1 ,746 
7,208 
3,283 
1,255 
5,452 
6,294 
workers 
256,036 
132,546 
99,993 
23,497 
100,097 
155,939 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,067 
3,199 
2,031 
837 
2,589 
3,478 
workers 
56,387 
24,559 
25,907 
5,921 
19,427 
36,960 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
9,398 
5,793 
2,654 
951 
4,397 
5,001 
workers 
199,649 
107,987 
74,086 
17,576 
80,670 
118,979 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,314 
793 
405 
116 
597 
717 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
83 
60 
14 
9 
62 
21 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,457 
13,989 
2,668 
800 
6,893 
10,564 
workers 
40,375 
32,191 
6,319 
1,865 
13,915 
26,460 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
10,559 
9,713 
358 
488 
4,801 
5,758 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,980 
1 1 ,278 
1,279 
423 
6,010 
6,970 
50 to 69 acres 
1,826 
1,423 
333 
70 
867 
959 
70 to 99 acres 
2,018 
1,499 
422 
97 
983 
1,035 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,513 
1,052 
361 
100 
740 
773 
140 to 179 acres 
1,180 
874 
254 
52 
587 
593 
180 to 219 acres 
739 
463 
223 
53 
366 
373 
220 to 259 acres 
527 
329 
142 
56 
276 
251 
260 to 499 acres 
1,805 
1,065 
576 
164 
932 
873 
500 to 999 acres 
1,508 
695 
600 
213 
755 
753 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,123 
399 
537 
187 
521 
602 
2,000 acres or more 
1,471 
280 
842 
349 
522 
949 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,620 
865 
1,146 
609 
1,298 
1,322 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,924 
1,351 
320 
253 
749 
1,175 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,825 
3,883 
679 
263 
2,395 
2,430 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,753 
1,448 
138 
167 
808 
945 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,926 
6,435 
1,154 
337 
4,303 
3,623 
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 
6,435 
1,154 
337 
4,303 
3,623 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,008 
7,268 
1,468 
272 
4,237 
4,771 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
116 
56 
59 
1 
49 
67 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
471 
194 
241 
36 
165 
306 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
485 
453 
20 
12 
163 
322 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,016 
915 
64 
37 
358 
658 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,407 
1,242 
127 
38 
502 
905 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,698 
4,960 
511 
227 
2,333 
3,365 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,861 
8,784 
2,629 
448 
5,267 
6,594 
number 
1,162,792 
588,700 
461,960 
112,132 
608,647 
554,145 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,205 
5,491 
603 
111 
2,670 
3,535 
10 to 49 
3,869 
2,686 
1,029 
154 
1,873 
1,996 
50 to 99 
662 
298 
312 
52 
294 
368 
100 to 199 
430 
119 
261 
50 
170 
260 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
226 Washington 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
