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 
1 1 ,224 
7,525 
3,027 
672 
5,059 
6,165 
acres 
25,613,370 
7,649,866 
15,695,081 
2,268,423 
9,724,698 
15,888,672 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,138 
684 
373 
81 
483 
655 
acres 
5,883,628 
1,761,723 
3,738,862 
383,043 
2,639,073 
3,244,555 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
9,154 
6,406 
2,198 
550 
4,265 
4,889 
acres 
12,544,766 
4,396,228 
6,704,769 
1,443,769 
5,445,625 
7,099,141 
Partnership 
farms 
1,095 
586 
419 
90 
363 
732 
acres 
5,956,475 
1,655,613 
3,908,374 
392,488 
2,206,531 
3,749,944 
Registered under state law 
farms 
851 
461 
327 
63 
294 
557 
acres 
4,970,369 
1,482,501 
3,132,453 
355,415 
1,846,865 
3,123,504 
Corporation 
farms 
1,085 
539 
474 
72 
429 
656 
acres 
8,835,882 
2,128,261 
6,103,545 
604,076 
3,269,115 
5,566,767 
Family held 
farms 
985 
482 
445 
58 
368 
617 
acres 
8,154,173 
1,930,767 
5,700,235 
523,171 
2,824,295 
5,329,878 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
44 
18 
24 
2 
21 
23 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
941 
464 
421 
56 
347 
594 
Other than family held 
farms 
100 
57 
29 
14 
61 
39 
acres 
681,709 
197,494 
403,310 
80,905 
444,820 
236,889 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
9 
5 
4 
- 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
91 
52 
25 
14 
58 
33 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
402 
261 
116 
25 
244 
158 
acres 
3,026,518 
579,784 
2,300,929 
145,805 
1,214,178 
1,812,340 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,133 
1,499 
1,416 
218 
1,383 
1,750 
workers 
10,472 
4,748 
5,019 
705 
4,030 
6,442 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,889 
820 
946 
123 
821 
1,068 
workers 
4,785 
2,005 
2,480 
300 
1,781 
3,004 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,039 
1,021 
874 
144 
878 
1,161 
workers 
5,687 
2,743 
2,539 
405 
2,249 
3,438 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
86 
31 
51 
4 
31 
55 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
3 
8 
5 
4 
12 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,461 
3,592 
1,543 
326 
2,060 
3,401 
workers 
13,168 
8,449 
3,868 
851 
4,217 
8,951 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,086 
1,040 
15 
31 
478 
608 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,291 
2,038 
180 
73 
1,029 
1,262 
50 to 69 acres 
449 
360 
67 
22 
179 
270 
70 to 99 acres 
634 
534 
60 
40 
277 
357 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
612 
469 
116 
27 
278 
334 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
658 
503 
107 
48 
295 
363 
180 to 219 acres 
355 
249 
72 
34 
179 
176 
220 to 259 acres 
290 
195 
77 
18 
117 
173 
260 to 499 acres 
1,098 
686 
336 
76 
521 
577 
500 to 999 acres 
1,109 
585 
429 
95 
556 
553 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
813 
388 
352 
73 
370 
443 
2,000 acres or more 
2,341 
745 
1,396 
200 
1,022 
1,319 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
408 
141 
207 
60 
215 
193 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
26 
21 
1 
4 
11 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
25 
24 
1 
- 
8 
17 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
68 
59 
4 
5 
27 
41 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3,098 
2,255 
709 
134 
1,555 
1,543 
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 
2,255 
709 
134 
1,555 
1,543 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,365 
2,371 
1,648 
346 
1,916 
2,449 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
69 
33 
28 
8 
29 
40 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
36 
14 
22 
- 
20 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
96 
90 
6 
- 
34 
62 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
112 
106 
5 
1 
40 
72 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
293 
199 
74 
20 
114 
179 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,140 
2,479 
502 
159 
1,332 
1,808 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,115 
3,335 
2,333 
447 
2,591 
3,524 
number 
1,307,731 
480,277 
744,039 
83,415 
485,340 
822,391 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,312 
1,028 
225 
59 
519 
793 
10 to 49 
1,734 
1,108 
479 
147 
771 
963 
50 to 99 
798 
418 
304 
76 
371 
427 
100 to 199 
732 
271 
412 
49 
331 
401 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Wyoming 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
