Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
31 
947 
2,660 
- 
14 
38 
514 
156 
605 
55 to 59 years 
49 
1,084 
2,809 
1 
17 
28 
568 
150 
586 
60 to 64 years 
29 
1,236 
3,081 
1 
16 
29 
457 
131 
626 
65 to 69 years 
32 
1,394 
2,822 
- 
11 
19 
329 
86 
522 
70 years and over 
34 
2,301 
5,199 
- 
19 
11 
361 
132 
673 
Average age 
53.0 
61.2 
58.8 
55.0 
57.7 
50.7 
54.9 
52.8 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
77 
250 
- 
- 
3 
39 
23 
87 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
107 
259 
- 
- 
5 
27 
29 
61 
Asian 
- 
25 
74 
- 
- 
- 
247 
- 
8 
Black or African American 
2 
282 
300 
- 
- 
7 
12 
32 
87 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
284 
8,084 
21,238 
3 
106 
215 
2,987 
1,042 
3,958 
More than one race reported 
- 
54 
138 
- 
- 
1 
25 
8 
34 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
27 
1,405 
2,758 
1 
13 
19 
244 
114 
552 
2 people 
135 
4,799 
12,291 
- 
49 
94 
1,657 
483 
2,232 
3 people 
48 
1,130 
3,208 
- 
23 
46 
515 
209 
620 
4 people 
63 
787 
2,480 
2 
12 
43 
476 
167 
476 
5 or more people 
13 
431 
1,272 
- 
9 
26 
406 
138 
268 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
44 
7,591 
16,707 
1 
21 
173 
897 
1,060 
3,839 
25 to 49 percent 
39 
426 
2,366 
1 
11 
11 
301 
18 
118 
50 to 74 percent 
48 
334 
1,718 
- 
21 
11 
607 
23 
79 
75 to 99 percent 
67 
118 
820 
- 
23 
9 
762 
5 
57 
1 00 percent 
88 
83 
398 
1 
30 
24 
731 
5 
55 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
24 
190 
318 
- 
2 
12 
190 
12 
82 
acres 
64,044 
66,984 
215,359 
- 
(D) 
2,922 
46,027 
(D) 
21,683 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
232 
5,308 
14,046 
3 
81 
172 
2,509 
842 
2,924 
Dial-up service 
11 
532 
1,512 
1 
5 
20 
249 
77 
324 
DSL service 
97 
2,429 
7,142 
1 
52 
67 
1,250 
427 
1,316 
Cable modem service 
40 
851 
1,566 
- 
4 
10 
190 
91 
428 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
88 
285 
- 
- 
2 
46 
16 
42 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
54 
924 
2,495 
- 
10 
44 
429 
149 
528 
Satellite service 
54 
893 
2,172 
1 
14 
41 
581 
136 
532 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
104 
198 
- 
- 
1 
31 
6 
45 
Other Internet service 
3 
73 
182 
- 
2 
4 
29 
10 
31 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
200 
7,124 
18,194 
2 
73 
190 
2,558 
1,013 
3,631 
2 households 
53 
1,112 
3,262 
1 
26 
27 
566 
81 
442 
3 households 
24 
183 
364 
- 
3 
4 
84 
10 
36 
4 households 
8 
78 
140 
- 
2 
3 
50 
4 
27 
5 or more households 
1 
55 
49 
- 
2 
4 
40 
3 
12 
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 
254 
8,239 
21,625 
3 
105 
222 
3,231 
1,097 
4,084 
acres 
391,182 
1,352,129 
4,436,767 
(D) 
(D) 
24,466 
675,520 
47,394 
334,118 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
34 
357 
480 
5 
8 
124 
6 
131 
acres 
62,419 
117,035 
190,345 
- 
5,310 
(D) 
35,764 
(D) 
32,901 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
136 
7,529 
20,496 
2 
92 
196 
2,751 
1,060 
3,794 
acres 
150,313 
1,111,984 
3,928,808 
(D) 
26,824 
(D) 
523,066 
44,744 
270,068 
Partnership 
.. farms 
121 
514 
862 
7 
13 
173 
28 
137 
acres 
311,900 
173,695 
328,258 
- 
6,378 
(D) 
67,088 
(D) 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
115 
338 
470 
- 
3 
5 
114 
11 
86 
acres 
294,865 
119,113 
224,714 
- 
2,880 
3,080 
49,757 
856 
20,482 
Corporation 
.. farms 
23 
330 
463 
1 
6 
17 
361 
11 
145 
acres 
40,315 
111,097 
324,072 
(D) 
(D) 
3,553 
97,197 
(D) 
41,421 
Family held 
.. farms 
15 
275 
424 
1 
6 
14 
326 
10 
134 
acres 
31,076 
87,030 
297,466 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
93,047 
(D) 
36,351 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
1 
2 
10 
2 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
14 
273 
414 
1 
6 
12 
322 
10 
133 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
8 
55 
39 
_ 
_ 
3 
35 
1 
11 
acres 
9,239 
24,067 
26,606 
- 
- 
(D) 
4,150 
(D) 
5,070 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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