Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Arkansas 
Arkansas 
Ashley 
Baxter 
Benton 
Boone 
Bradley 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
18,308 
276 
130 
215 
839 
579 
62 
2007 
18,241 
263 
161 
251 
760 
434 
89 
Any 
2012 
26,763 
216 
246 
346 
1,318 
703 
123 
2007 
31,105 
276 
275 
417 
1,391 
832 
130 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
2,492 
31 
15 
32 
92 
63 
13 
2007 
3,995 
76 
26 
73 
195 
92 
6 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
1,766 
17 
6 
17 
69 
49 
11 
2007 
2,256 
24 
13 
43 
70 
59 
18 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
3,648 
17 
69 
44 
175 
71 
12 
2007 
4,099 
20 
41 
50 
166 
126 
6 
200 days or more 
2012 
18,857 
151 
156 
253 
982 
520 
87 
2007 
20,755 
156 
195 
251 
960 
555 
100 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
1,550 
13 
22 
23 
82 
34 
6 
2007 
2,452 
39 
20 
53 
81 
71 
14 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2,394 
40 
35 
29 
135 
66 
5 
2007 
4,066 
33 
20 
50 
199 
103 
11 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
6,724 
67 
50 
86 
315 
189 
25 
2007 
8,686 
85 
74 
134 
381 
238 
34 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
34,403 
372 
269 
423 
1,625 
993 
149 
2007 
34,142 
382 
322 
431 
1,490 
854 
160 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.0 
24.1 
20.1 
21.0 
21.9 
23.2 
22.8 
2007 
19.8 
22.2 
19.7 
17.7 
19.9 
20.4 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1,068 
10 
17 
12 
53 
27 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1,905 
26 
23 
19 
107 
49 
6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
5,763 
52 
40 
65 
264 
169 
23 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
36,335 
404 
296 
465 
1,733 
1,037 
152 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.2 
26.4 
22.9 
23.0 
24.8 
26.0 
24.7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
192 
. 
. 
2 
7 
7 
. 
2007 
222 
3 
1 
2 
5 
3 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
2,401 
27 
18 
14 
112 
72 
11 
2007 
2,736 
49 
16 
30 
107 
66 
18 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
4,958 
73 
32 
74 
218 
117 
14 
2007 
6,695 
65 
66 
81 
274 
191 
30 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
9,786 
84 
89 
87 
494 
275 
43 
2007 
11,960 
115 
104 
153 
571 
290 
52 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
6,053 
46 
67 
72 
261 
158 
26 
2007 
7,051 
84 
69 
114 
317 
163 
28 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
6,381 
75 
51 
104 
321 
200 
22 
2007 
6,455 
83 
60 
99 
254 
152 
32 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
5,788 
101 
43 
75 
267 
169 
34 
2007 
5,571 
44 
42 
83 
214 
116 
15 
70 years and over 
2012 
9,512 
86 
76 
133 
477 
284 
35 
2007 
8,656 
96 
78 
106 
409 
285 
44 
Average age 
2012 
58.1 
58.1 
58.3 
59.7 
58.7 
58.8 
59.3 
2007 
56.5 
56.0 
56.5 
56.9 
56.7 
57.3 
56.3 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
30,201 
350 
198 
386 
1,548 
875 
130 
2007 
25,667 
250 
196 
400 
1,236 
698 
105 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
3,002 
27 
17 
31 
177 
144 
15 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
14,300 
177 
69 
275 
665 
539 
71 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
4,057 
39 
28 
45 
248 
75 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
544 
2 
1 
5 
20 
18 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
5,689 
68 
41 
32 
335 
90 
13 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
5,305 
78 
52 
39 
216 
53 
38 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
424 
- 
4 
6 
30 
15 
- 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
384 
4 
2 
- 
12 
2 
- 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
43,698 
443 
356 
559 
2,106 
1,258 
180 
acres, 2012 
12,182,635 
304,421 
98,609 
91,849 
297,719 
253,530 
19,604 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
1,485 
29 
13 
15 
52 
28 
7 
acres, 2012 
989,018 
20,170 
1,889 
3,341 
13,735 
7,343 
1,617 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
39,351 
279 
316 
501 
1,902 
1,190 
172 
2007 
42,470 
317 
342 
590 
1,927 
1,151 
194 
acres, 2012 
8,154,759 
117,126 
37,302 
82,110 
234,012 
224,413 
18,135 
2007 
8,338,563 
137,204 
(D) 
82,653 
203,779 
207,011 
(D) 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
3,344 
134 
45 
20 
95 
50 
8 
2007 
4,667 
165 
76 
52 
110 
69 
13 
acres, 2012 
4,299,853 
237,587 
56,239 
3,691 
18,457 
16,894 
623 
2007 
4,141,737 
212,415 
77,364 
8,771 
19,717 
20,144 
2,131 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
1,643 
66 
9 
18 
115 
30 
5 
2007 
1,622 
36 
17 
19 
90 
40 
11 
acres, 2012 
1,047,260 
41,603 
12,054 
(D) 
44,721 
13,501 
999 
2007 
1,105,151 
45,500 
14,877 
5,039 
27,616 
14,267 
3,165 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
199 
2 
2 
2 
10 
1 
- 
2007 
232 
9 
1 
- 
7 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
117,641 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,582 
(D) 
- 
2007 
117,599 
4,419 
(D) 
626 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
534 
11 
4 
20 
35 
11 
2007 
355 
12 
- 
7 
17 
6 
1 
acres, 2012 
191,273 
(D) 
(D) 
1,818 
6,073 
(D) 
- 
2007 
169,812 
5,565 
687 
2,870 
620 
(D) 
--continued 
524 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
