Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Madison 
Marion 
Miller 
Mississippi 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Nevada 
Newton 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
518 
187 
196 
177 
138 
174 
113 
192 
2007 
426 
171 
222 
191 
128 
179 
115 
181 
Any 
2012 
732 
298 
329 
170 
92 
275 
238 
456 
2007 
913 
292 
379 
178 
101 
277 
280 
455 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
75 
12 
25 
14 
14 
27 
12 
51 
2007 
103 
25 
48 
20 
13 
44 
42 
66 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
56 
13 
23 
8 
2 
28 
20 
26 
2007 
69 
20 
27 
11 
8 
26 
11 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
96 
25 
59 
20 
11 
44 
26 
92 
2007 
120 
54 
51 
20 
30 
29 
45 
69 
200 days or more 
2012 
505 
248 
222 
128 
65 
176 
180 
287 
2007 
621 
193 
253 
127 
50 
178 
182 
293 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
46 
13 
17 
19 
10 
7 
3 
25 
2007 
62 
29 
18 
11 
5 
25 
21 
35 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
44 
23 
24 
34 
20 
12 
13 
27 
2007 
137 
44 
46 
28 
21 
42 
30 
55 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
198 
73 
59 
41 
37 
70 
57 
92 
2007 
207 
66 
125 
67 
29 
74 
73 
107 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
962 
376 
425 
253 
163 
360 
278 
504 
2007 
933 
324 
412 
263 
174 
315 
271 
439 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.5 
23.0 
23.1 
21.3 
19.6 
21.9 
24.2 
22.2 
2007 
19.9 
20.7 
19.8 
21.0 
23.3 
18.6 
19.7 
20.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
29 
8 
10 
9 
8 
5 
2 
19 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
36 
15 
21 
31 
14 
7 
13 
20 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
183 
63 
59 
29 
26 
61 
46 
76 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,002 
399 
435 
278 
182 
376 
290 
533 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.6 
25.6 
25.3 
23.8 
24.1 
23.8 
26.4 
24.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
3 
. 
. 
11 
. 
. 
. 
14 
2007 
5 
5 
4 
4 
1 
1 
2 
4 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
69 
27 
18 
23 
10 
6 
8 
59 
2007 
98 
31 
34 
41 
11 
16 
29 
58 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
120 
51 
37 
54 
38 
56 
53 
68 
2007 
186 
51 
46 
43 
18 
88 
54 
91 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
256 
88 
133 
91 
45 
84 
60 
130 
2007 
336 
115 
164 
99 
65 
99 
78 
145 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
183 
76 
68 
45 
44 
83 
41 
86 
2007 
186 
80 
81 
56 
46 
52 
67 
113 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
179 
85 
68 
39 
44 
71 
51 
101 
2007 
168 
53 
74 
42 
27 
56 
60 
75 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
164 
59 
64 
28 
18 
62 
44 
74 
2007 
162 
48 
81 
36 
20 
53 
42 
54 
70 years and over 
2012 
276 
99 
137 
56 
31 
87 
94 
116 
2007 
198 
80 
117 
48 
41 
91 
63 
96 
Average age 
2012 
58.7 
58.3 
60.0 
54.2 
55.8 
59.2 
60.1 
56.0 
2007 
55.6 
56.1 
57.8 
54.0 
56.9 
56.7 
55.7 
54.6 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
817 
327 
359 
270 
166 
301 
222 
412 
2007 
619 
244 
309 
253 
103 
229 
200 
300 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
130 
19 
28 
6 
14 
50 
13 
29 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
473 
234 
224 
110 
55 
133 
145 
320 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
63 
22 
57 
38 
6 
15 
14 
18 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
12 
4 
23 
6 
3 
4 
- 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
117 
34 
35 
80 
61 
65 
30 
36 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
172 
26 
39 
56 
39 
70 
33 
26 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
4 
6 
- 
- 
7 
4 
2 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
12 
9 
- 
6 
- 
8 
3 
- 
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 
1,222 
479 
508 
324 
206 
447 
344 
644 
acres, 2012 
257,858 
131,157 
135,339 
382,036 
209,486 
73,909 
64,425 
113,289 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
25 
11 
12 
39 
27 
5 
8 
6 
acres, 2012 
13,439 
6,095 
8,825 
68,563 
28,326 
482 
1,760 
2,788 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
1,146 
446 
474 
200 
131 
423 
333 
598 
2007 
1,200 
428 
528 
228 
142 
408 
361 
588 
acres, 2012 
231,257 
106,268 
92,427 
(D) 
88,228 
69,739 
57,330 
102,383 
2007 
215,966 
110,962 
118,685 
151,924 
(D) 
64,516 
53,768 
101,455 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
58 
19 
23 
95 
80 
10 
6 
33 
2007 
99 
20 
56 
97 
69 
26 
22 
36 
acres, 2012 
19,890 
10,247 
38,392 
275,294 
161,149 
2,012 
5,069 
6,918 
2007 
30,169 
12,762 
39,998 
250,204 
146,865 
5,259 
9,039 
8,470 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
32 
15 
20 
42 
13 
10 
9 
13 
2007 
30 
14 
8 
40 
14 
17 
11 
5 
acres, 2012 
13,262 
18,286 
28,221 
48,356 
16,641 
1,169 
3,244 
(D) 
2007 
10,543 
(D) 
13,108 
57,223 
23,224 
3,556 
(D) 
2,284 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
3 
5 
8 
1 
1 
2 
2007 
2 
- 
7 
1 
3 
2 
1 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
4,303 
13,636 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
11 
5 
3 
2 
5 
5 
3 
2 
2007 
8 
1 
2 
3 
1 
3 
- 
5 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,939 
574 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,016 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
--continued 
530 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
