Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Greene 
Hempstead 
Hot Spring 
Howard 
Independence 
Izard 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
278 
367 
198 
190 
364 
243 
250 
180 
2007 
296 
334 
208 
220 
380 
207 
207 
205 
Any 
2012 
433 
381 
338 
362 
639 
390 
187 
264 
2007 
474 
560 
436 
372 
741 
432 
238 
284 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
24 
28 
24 
28 
40 
27 
19 
30 
2007 
70 
48 
63 
41 
76 
52 
35 
54 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
32 
39 
17 
19 
23 
33 
9 
9 
2007 
18 
41 
25 
22 
63 
39 
11 
18 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
66 
41 
33 
40 
108 
54 
37 
33 
2007 
73 
57 
45 
47 
110 
57 
42 
49 
200 days or more 
2012 
311 
273 
264 
275 
468 
276 
122 
192 
2007 
313 
414 
303 
262 
492 
284 
150 
163 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
34 
42 
16 
16 
15 
41 
14 
43 
2007 
52 
50 
46 
30 
65 
35 
18 
40 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
40 
38 
48 
38 
45 
28 
29 
22 
2007 
60 
60 
72 
26 
95 
34 
32 
55 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
103 
101 
96 
70 
148 
96 
101 
70 
2007 
128 
167 
155 
83 
214 
90 
97 
95 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
534 
567 
376 
428 
795 
468 
293 
309 
2007 
530 
617 
371 
453 
747 
480 
298 
299 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.0 
21.5 
19.6 
23.2 
20.9 
22.0 
19.8 
21.9 
2007 
19.5 
19.0 
18.0 
21.9 
18.7 
20.7 
18.2 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
27 
23 
12 
14 
14 
35 
9 
23 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
37 
42 
38 
23 
43 
26 
22 
26 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
86 
84 
90 
65 
134 
86 
100 
58 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
561 
599 
396 
450 
812 
486 
306 
337 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.8 
24.0 
21.7 
25.2 
22.4 
24.1 
21.6 
24.6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
4 
5 
4 
1 
. 
. 
1 
. 
2007 
7 
- 
- 
4 
9 
- 
3 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
43 
44 
18 
51 
96 
32 
28 
44 
2007 
58 
50 
39 
39 
67 
35 
36 
19 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
73 
71 
54 
61 
91 
72 
41 
34 
2007 
114 
134 
79 
89 
148 
81 
80 
53 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
175 
170 
126 
110 
220 
120 
122 
60 
2007 
179 
204 
139 
147 
284 
127 
84 
122 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
105 
83 
61 
85 
176 
73 
58 
60 
2007 
108 
122 
98 
60 
163 
85 
64 
64 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
81 
90 
102 
76 
123 
89 
51 
39 
2007 
85 
130 
92 
75 
160 
84 
73 
65 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
78 
117 
74 
59 
139 
81 
59 
121 
2007 
103 
94 
83 
73 
118 
91 
50 
53 
70 years and over 
2012 
152 
168 
97 
109 
158 
166 
77 
86 
2007 
116 
160 
114 
105 
172 
136 
55 
112 
Average age 
2012 
57.7 
58.6 
58.4 
56.8 
56.4 
59.3 
56.6 
59.0 
2007 
55.2 
56.5 
57.3 
55.7 
55.6 
58.0 
54.3 
58.3 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
452 
471 
349 
351 
617 
397 
296 
285 
2007 
393 
438 
315 
327 
505 
339 
211 
248 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
62 
52 
67 
56 
61 
23 
10 
19 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
53 
161 
120 
80 
143 
238 
124 
97 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
177 
37 
20 
9 
106 
21 
67 
69 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
4 
34 
3 
- 
5 
9 
1 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
105 
139 
89 
140 
222 
108 
54 
74 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
79 
89 
80 
91 
109 
46 
54 
60 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
9 
- 
6 
6 
3 
5 
7 
- 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
3 
1 
3 
11 
4 
4 
1 
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 
690 
735 
527 
544 
977 
624 
409 
377 
acres, 2012 
235,489 
185,769 
66,996 
123,727 
225,513 
169,741 
239,672 
222,846 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
23 
10 
10 
16 
12 
18 
30 
acres, 2012 
13,047 
1 1 ,525 
5,167 
8,364 
3,710 
3,454 
14,536 
25,965 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
613 
677 
503 
503 
914 
587 
329 
269 
2007 
650 
807 
592 
524 
991 
585 
301 
299 
acres, 2012 
161,864 
147,481 
60,942 
114,355 
191,488 
146,949 
126,280 
91,096 
2007 
150,795 
160,721 
63,771 
99,763 
194,056 
145,717 
107,166 
64,591 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
63 
36 
16 
20 
43 
29 
71 
116 
2007 
94 
62 
37 
47 
91 
41 
77 
142 
acres, 2012 
82,015 
21,317 
3,359 
4,854 
33,866 
1 1 ,453 
145,787 
169,898 
2007 
101,607 
32,269 
6,272 
6,383 
38,486 
16,951 
136,580 
187,427 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
25 
30 
14 
23 
31 
16 
37 
33 
2007 
18 
14 
14 
17 
23 
11 
59 
31 
acres, 2012 
13,104 
25,666 
1,990 
26,385 
1 1 ,404 
(D) 
35,031 
21,290 
2007 
13,869 
15,658 
(D) 
(D) 
8,753 
(D) 
57,259 
36,967 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
- 
7 
2007 
- 
2 
- 
2 
3 
- 
8 
8 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,979 
2007 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3,463 
- 
1,120 
9,122 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
9 
3 
2 
4 
13 
1 
. 
19 
2007 
8 
9 
1 
2 
13 
2 
- 
9 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
6,440 
2007 
992 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,895 
(D) 
- 
4,973 
--continued 
528 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
