Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
5,671 
557 
58 
48 
43 
978 
- 
55 to 59 years 
6,053 
605 
49 
70 
37 
1,133 
- 
60 to 64 years 
6,381 
595 
76 
58 
46 
1,265 
- 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
442 
63 
39 
29 
1,426 
- 
70 years and over 
9,512 
566 
84 
91 
41 
2,335 
- 
Average age 
58.1 
54.5 
57.9 
58.4 
57.9 
60.9 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
17 
4 
7 
2 
77 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
8 
1 
9 
1 
107 
- 
Asian 
354 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
Black or African American 
1,064 
297 
34 
10 
1 
284 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
3,915 
405 
380 
249 
8,368 
- 
More than one race reported 
280 
14 
1 
4 
1 
54 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
500 
50 
49 
25 
1,432 
- 
2 people 
24,321 
2,000 
239 
204 
138 
4,934 
- 
3 people 
6,674 
689 
67 
76 
43 
1,178 
- 
4 people 
5,402 
771 
51 
44 
30 
850 
- 
5 or more people 
2,917 
274 
34 
30 
16 
444 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
1,172 
330 
334 
148 
7,635 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
480 
35 
27 
27 
465 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
785 
41 
26 
16 
382 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
831 
16 
8 
28 
185 
- 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
966 
19 
8 
33 
171 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
321 
9 
12 
17 
214 
- 
acres 
1,116,296 
691,617 
612 
3,500 
1,735 
131,028 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
3,271 
305 
305 
203 
5,540 
- 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
195 
31 
23 
22 
543 
- 
DSL service 
14,300 
1,170 
119 
142 
88 
2,526 
- 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
725 
59 
46 
47 
891 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
49 
1 
10 
3 
90 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
882 
76 
60 
38 
978 
- 
Satellite service 
5,305 
759 
54 
42 
26 
947 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
24 
2 
10 
2 
105 
- 
Other Internet service 
384 
42 
1 
5 
2 
76 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
2,877 
381 
351 
199 
7,324 
- 
2 households 
6,619 
927 
40 
44 
38 
1,165 
- 
3 households 
970 
235 
13 
6 
8 
207 
- 
4 households 
446 
128 
5 
- 
1 
86 
- 
5 or more households 
243 
67 
2 
2 
6 
56 
- 
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 
43,698 
3,784 
431 
393 
230 
8,493 
- 
acres 
12,182,635 
4,785,252 
32,478 
49,735 
15,618 
1,743,311 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,485 
296 
14 
18 
12 
391 
- 
acres 
989,018 
535,721 
2,704 
4,170 
1,019 
179,454 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
39,351 
2,378 
394 
350 
173 
7,665 
- 
acres 
8,154,759 
2,020,509 
23,666 
26,041 
9,798 
1,262,297 
- 
Partnership farms 
3,344 
1,427 
23 
18 
21 
635 
- 
acres 
4,299,853 
3,354,035 
6,764 
16,788 
1,996 
485,595 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,469 
1,283 
11 
13 
20 
453 
- 
acres 
3,803,864 
3,064,808 
4,930 
16,384 
1,995 
413,978 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,842 
390 
15 
26 
54 
353 
- 
acres 
1,164,901 
525,720 
732 
7,852 
8,067 
151,412 
- 
Family held farms 
1,643 
355 
12 
25 
46 
290 
- 
acres 
1,047,260 
479,309 
602 
(D) 
7,490 
118,106 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
32 
11 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,611 
344 
12 
24 
46 
287 
- 
Other than family held farms 
199 
35 
3 
1 
8 
63 
_ 
acres 
117,641 
46,411 
130 
(D) 
577 
33,306 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
