Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
1 1 ,224 
5,538 
23 
343 
383 
902 
1,713 
2,174 
acres 
25,613,370 
20,028,843 
53,339 
883,750 
1,994,280 
3,399,055 
6,925,710 
6,772,709 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,138 
642 
- 
53 
67 
123 
205 
194 
acres 
5,883,628 
4,910,993 
- 
117,001 
459,789 
703,116 
2,064,025 
1,567,062 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
9,154 
4,271 
23 
264 
285 
702 
1,295 
1,702 
acres 
12,544,766 
9,993,337 
53,339 
508,241 
627,909 
1,769,185 
3,463,356 
3,571,307 
Partnership 
farms 
1,095 
643 
- 
56 
60 
108 
182 
237 
acres 
5,956,475 
4,647,879 
- 
170,196 
423,262 
707,177 
1,831,949 
1,515,295 
Registered under state law 
farms 
851 
506 
- 
50 
36 
89 
145 
186 
acres 
4,970,369 
3,858,908 
- 
138,842 
324,116 
551,467 
1,561,564 
1,282,919 
Corporation 
farms 
1,085 
740 
- 
31 
75 
128 
262 
244 
acres 
8,835,882 
7,731,122 
- 
296,808 
1,378,932 
1,377,617 
2,516,440 
2,161,325 
Family held 
farms 
985 
682 
- 
27 
62 
117 
242 
234 
acres 
8,154,173 
7,159,539 
- 
222,808 
(D) 
(D) 
2,319,716 
2,086,390 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
44 
41 
- 
1 
7 
9 
14 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
941 
641 
- 
26 
55 
108 
228 
224 
Other than family held 
farms 
100 
58 
- 
4 
13 
11 
20 
10 
acres 
681,709 
571,583 
- 
74,000 
(D) 
(D) 
196,724 
74,935 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
9 
6 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
91 
52 
- 
2 
13 
10 
18 
9 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
402 
191 
13 
16 
23 
68 
71 
acres 
3,026,518 
1,483,727 
- 
32,399 
264,848 
191,255 
422,879 
572,346 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,133 
2,232 
8 
117 
196 
392 
718 
801 
workers 
10,472 
7,887 
23 
522 
958 
1,481 
2,532 
2,371 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,889 
1,477 
2 
83 
140 
245 
490 
517 
workers 
4,785 
3,875 
(D) 
(D) 
509 
688 
1,258 
1,242 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,039 
1,382 
6 
68 
129 
263 
443 
473 
workers 
5,687 
4,012 
(D) 
(D) 
449 
793 
1,274 
1,129 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
86 
74 
1 
7 
16 
33 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
15 
- 
5 
1 
1 
5 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,461 
2,703 
11 
180 
227 
475 
796 
1,014 
workers 
13,168 
6,442 
29 
393 
662 
1,142 
1,982 
2,234 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,086 
347 
49 
44 
57 
104 
93 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,291 
670 
2 
34 
47 
121 
178 
288 
50 to 69 acres 
449 
135 
1 
1 
18 
19 
36 
60 
70 to 99 acres 
634 
230 
- 
7 
13 
42 
69 
99 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
612 
249 
3 
9 
22 
29 
63 
123 
140 to 179 acres 
658 
269 
6 
20 
12 
32 
86 
113 
180 to 219 acres 
355 
185 
- 
11 
18 
10 
65 
81 
220 to 259 acres 
290 
136 
4 
10 
3 
19 
43 
57 
260 to 499 acres 
1,098 
579 
- 
27 
32 
112 
195 
213 
500 to 999 acres 
1,109 
635 
- 
65 
45 
106 
176 
243 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
813 
531 
6 
27 
31 
71 
177 
219 
2,000 acres or more 
2,341 
1,879 
1 
104 
151 
343 
615 
665 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
408 
319 
5 
49 
34 
58 
89 
84 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
26 
13 
- 
1 
1 
4 
4 
3 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
25 
12 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
68 
32 
_ 
1 
2 
9 
12 
8 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3,098 
1,533 
8 
92 
82 
232 
440 
679 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
3,098 
1,533 
8 
92 
82 
232 
440 
679 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,365 
2,657 
10 
164 
194 
428 
875 
986 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
69 
47 
- 
- 
5 
4 
11 
27 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
26 
- 
- 
5 
14 
6 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
96 
27 
- 
- 
8 
13 
6 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
112 
49 
- 
- 
4 
7 
24 
14 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
293 
148 
- 
7 
11 
26 
50 
54 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,140 
982 
- 
50 
89 
166 
285 
392 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,115 
3,735 
10 
248 
291 
660 
1,220 
1,306 
number 
1,307,731 
1,107,367 
(D) 
(D) 
150,207 
190,381 
381,531 
336,800 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,312 
509 
3 
37 
33 
113 
153 
170 
1 0 to 49 
1,734 
821 
- 
43 
76 
117 
263 
322 
50 to 99 
798 
520 
- 
62 
22 
91 
165 
180 
100 to 199 
732 
548 
- 
40 
26 
91 
187 
204 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
200 Wyoming 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
