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 
11,224 
9,154 
868 
685 
acres 
25,613,370 
12,544,766 
4,078,931 
3,376,309 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,138 
557 
519 
490 
acres 
5,883,628 
2,139,241 
3,042,456 
2,856,592 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
9,154 
9,154 
- 
- 
acres 
12,544,766 
12,544,766 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,095 
- 
1,095 
851 
acres 
5,956,475 
- 
5,956,475 
4,970,369 
Registered under state law 
farms 
851 
- 
851 
851 
acres 
4,970,369 
- 
4,970,369 
4,970,369 
Corporation 
farms 
1,085 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8,835,882 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
985 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8,154,173 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
44 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
941 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
100 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
681,709 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
91 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
402 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,026,518 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,133 
1,787 
520 
428 
workers 
10,472 
4,575 
2,136 
1,813 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,889 
887 
342 
300 
workers 
4,785 
1,586 
1,101 
968 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,039 
1,217 
342 
275 
workers 
5,687 
2,989 
1,035 
845 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
86 
42 
10 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
14 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,461 
4,281 
506 
374 
workers 
13,168 
10,178 
1,395 
1,080 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,086 
988 
30 
22 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,291 
2,104 
84 
50 
50 to 69 acres 
449 
406 
19 
10 
70 to 99 acres 
634 
571 
31 
21 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
612 
530 
33 
31 
140 to 179 acres 
658 
555 
41 
27 
180 to 219 acres 
355 
286 
36 
27 
220 to 259 acres 
290 
233 
22 
7 
260 to 499 acres 
1,098 
830 
120 
97 
500 to 999 acres 
1,109 
798 
153 
128 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
813 
575 
112 
91 
2,000 acres or more 
2,341 
1,278 
414 
340 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
408 
310 
35 
25 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
26 
20 
2 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
25 
23 
1 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
68 
44 
8 
6 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3,098 
2,410 
296 
253 
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) 
3,098 
2,410 
296 
253 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,365 
3,264 
476 
361 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
69 
41 
15 
10 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
26 
4 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
96 
92 
1 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
112 
102 
8 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
293 
228 
33 
24 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,140 
2,594 
216 
161 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,115 
4,640 
662 
510 
number 
1,307,731 
610,569 
282,275 
235,946 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,312 
1,200 
58 
38 
1 0 to 49 
1,734 
1,474 
133 
85 
50 to 99 
798 
629 
80 
68 
100 to 199 
732 
534 
76 
62 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Wyoming 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
