Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37 
29 
29 
8 
5 
37 
Female 
19 
16 
16 
3 
2 
9 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
33 
26 
26 
7 
5 
25 
Other 
23 
19 
19 
4 
2 
21 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
39 
32 
32 
7 
6 
22 
Not on farm operated 
17 
13 
13 
4 
1 
24 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27 
20 
20 
7 
6 
27 
Any 
29 
25 
25 
4 
1 
19 
1 to 49 days 
5 
4 
4 
1 
- 
2 
50 to 99 days 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
200 days or more 
15 
12 
12 
3 
1 
15 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 or 4 years 
4 
2 
2 
2 
1 
3 
5 to 9 years 
16 
13 
13 
3 
2 
8 
1 0 years or more 
36 
30 
30 
6 
4 
33 
Average years on present farm 
18.3 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
18.0 
17.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 or 4 years 
4 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
5 to 9 years 
14 
11 
11 
3 
2 
6 
1 0 years or more 
38 
32 
32 
6 
4 
36 
Average years operating any farm 
20.4 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
18.4 
19.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
35 to 44 years 
9 
8 
8 
1 
1 
9 
45 to 49 years 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
4 
50 to 54 years 
3 
2 
2 
1 
- 
10 
55 to 59 years 
12 
6 
6 
6 
3 
9 
60 to 64 years 
14 
13 
13 
1 
1 
5 
65 to 69 years 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
70 years and over 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
5 
Average age 
55.9 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
55.6 
53.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
7 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
52 
44 
44 
8 
7 
39 
More than one race reported 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
16 
2 people 
25 
22 
22 
3 
- 
13 
3 people 
11 
7 
7 
4 
4 
5 
4 people 
9 
7 
7 
2 
1 
8 
5 or more people 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30 
24 
24 
6 
4 
27 
25 to 49 percent 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
6 
5 
5 
1 
- 
6 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
6 
6 
2 
1 
6 
1 00 percent 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
4 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
13 
9 
9 
4 
2 
32 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
53 
44 
44 
9 
6 
41 
Dial-up service 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
6 
DSL service 
30 
26 
26 
4 
4 
19 
Cable modem service 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Satellite service 
16 
11 
11 
5 
2 
9 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
45 
37 
37 
8 
5 
41 
2 households 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
2 
3 households 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
2 
4 households 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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