Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
39,586 
34,407 
3,106 
2,319 
Female 
5,485 
4,944 
238 
150 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
21,315 
17,715 
2,267 
1,783 
Other 
23,756 
21,636 
1,077 
686 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,537 
32,002 
2,011 
1,401 
Not on farm operated 
9,534 
7,349 
1,333 
1,068 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
18,308 
15,206 
1,914 
1,496 
Any 
26,763 
24,145 
1,430 
973 
1 to 49 days 
2,492 
2,172 
174 
128 
50 to 99 days 
1,766 
1,558 
110 
72 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,648 
3,320 
170 
106 
200 days or more 
18,857 
17,095 
976 
667 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,550 
1,362 
89 
76 
3 or 4 years 
2,394 
2,111 
172 
146 
5 to 9 years 
6,724 
5,951 
451 
333 
1 0 years or more 
34,403 
29,927 
2,632 
1,914 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
21.8 
23.6 
22.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,068 
951 
42 
30 
3 or 4 years 
1,905 
1,715 
102 
87 
5 to 9 years 
5,763 
5,155 
346 
241 
1 0 years or more 
36,335 
31,530 
2,854 
2,111 
Average years operating any farm 
24.2 
23.9 
26.8 
26.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
192 
179 
6 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2,401 
2,139 
183 
143 
35 to 44 years 
4,958 
4,317 
391 
324 
45 to 49 years 
4,115 
3,606 
312 
244 
50 to 54 years 
5,671 
4,902 
443 
343 
55 to 59 years 
6,053 
5,182 
510 
392 
60 to 64 years 
6,381 
5,556 
433 
329 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
5,045 
427 
291 
70 years and over 
9,512 
8,425 
639 
400 
Average age 
58.1 
58.2 
57.5 
56.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
455 
20 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
478 
13 
- 
Asian 
354 
308 
27 
19 
Black or African American 
1,064 
965 
51 
37 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
37,340 
3,244 
2,409 
More than one race reported 
280 
260 
9 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
5,118 
327 
221 
2 people 
24,321 
21,244 
1,760 
1,274 
3 people 
6,674 
5,835 
519 
389 
4 people 
5,402 
4,606 
505 
400 
5 or more people 
2,917 
2,548 
233 
185 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
29,479 
1,471 
935 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
3,354 
271 
179 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
2,902 
533 
414 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
1,949 
524 
455 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
1,667 
545 
486 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
669 
253 
210 
acres 
1,116,296 
294,999 
533,817 
487,198 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
25,887 
2,525 
1,930 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
2,677 
176 
119 
DSL service 
14,300 
12,403 
1,062 
774 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
3,320 
455 
375 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
457 
33 
27 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
4,785 
554 
445 
Satellite service 
5,305 
4,364 
586 
476 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
363 
30 
26 
Other Internet service 
384 
326 
38 
27 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
33,221 
1,859 
1,352 
2 households 
6,619 
5,068 
1,078 
781 
3 households 
970 
605 
254 
202 
4 households 
446 
306 
94 
79 
5 or more households 
243 
151 
59 
55 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
