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 
1,627 
1,461 
1,430 
166 
146 
446 
Female 
215 
182 
181 
33 
31 
88 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,124 
1,010 
987 
114 
95 
209 
Other 
718 
633 
624 
85 
82 
325 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,172 
1,073 
1,054 
99 
94 
352 
Not on farm operated 
670 
570 
557 
100 
83 
182 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
937 
849 
832 
88 
69 
251 
Any 
905 
794 
779 
111 
108 
283 
1 to 49 days 
118 
106 
104 
12 
12 
28 
50 to 99 days 
75 
64 
62 
11 
11 
23 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
124 
103 
100 
21 
21 
34 
200 days or more 
588 
521 
513 
67 
64 
198 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68 
61 
61 
7 
7 
31 
3 or 4 years 
84 
70 
70 
14 
13 
27 
5 to 9 years 
256 
213 
207 
43 
43 
66 
1 0 years or more 
1,434 
1,299 
1,273 
135 
114 
410 
Average years on present farm 
22.2 
22.7 
22.7 
18.3 
18.6 
21.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47 
46 
46 
1 
1 
28 
3 or 4 years 
66 
54 
54 
12 
12 
22 
5 to 9 years 
205 
164 
158 
41 
41 
57 
1 0 years or more 
1,524 
1,379 
1,353 
145 
123 
427 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
25.5 
25.5 
20.4 
20.8 
24.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
3 
3 
4 
4 
- 
25 to 34 years 
73 
60 
59 
13 
13 
6 
35 to 44 years 
212 
187 
186 
25 
20 
38 
45 to 49 years 
164 
147 
143 
17 
16 
33 
50 to 54 years 
258 
230 
225 
28 
23 
68 
55 to 59 years 
273 
237 
233 
36 
31 
88 
60 to 64 years 
317 
290 
281 
27 
24 
75 
65 to 69 years 
227 
210 
208 
17 
16 
89 
70 years and over 
311 
279 
273 
32 
30 
137 
Average age 
57.7 
58.0 
58.0 
55.6 
55.7 
61.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
22 
22 
1 
1 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
3 
Asian 
18 
16 
15 
2 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
28 
25 
22 
3 
3 
20 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,774 
1,580 
1,552 
194 
173 
508 
More than one race reported 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
218 
188 
185 
30 
29 
94 
2 people 
1,019 
913 
895 
106 
96 
298 
3 people 
255 
226 
221 
29 
25 
65 
4 people 
240 
218 
213 
22 
15 
51 
5 or more people 
110 
98 
97 
12 
12 
26 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
949 
825 
810 
124 
114 
418 
25 to 49 percent 
195 
172 
169 
23 
19 
40 
50 to 74 percent 
227 
203 
200 
24 
20 
47 
75 to 99 percent 
255 
244 
241 
11 
9 
16 
1 00 percent 
216 
199 
191 
17 
15 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
225 
189 
180 
36 
18 
42 
acres 
230,239 
207,690 
200,576 
22,549 
20,697 
57,241 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,426 
1,271 
1,247 
155 
136 
363 
Dial-up service 
113 
99 
90 
14 
12 
36 
DSL service 
664 
609 
602 
55 
48 
171 
Cable modem service 
220 
186 
185 
34 
31 
62 
Fiber-optic service 
38 
34 
34 
4 
2 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
285 
244 
242 
41 
35 
65 
Satellite service 
295 
264 
260 
31 
28 
60 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
22 
19 
17 
3 
1 
9 
Other Internet service 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,287 
1,149 
1,121 
138 
125 
426 
2 households 
399 
359 
356 
40 
33 
74 
3 households 
89 
75 
75 
14 
12 
22 
4 households 
38 
35 
34 
3 
3 
8 
5 or more households 
29 
25 
25 
4 
4 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 147 
