Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Ouachita 
Perry 
Phillips 
Pike 
Poinsett 
Polk 
Pope 
Prairie 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
53 
158 
128 
147 
255 
330 
397 
255 
2007 
65 
163 
166 
178 
192 
348 
380 
258 
Any 
2012 
129 
261 
154 
199 
142 
563 
580 
190 
2007 
157 
290 
141 
247 
226 
659 
700 
281 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
9 
19 
16 
16 
14 
51 
59 
26 
2007 
17 
32 
24 
33 
44 
75 
106 
44 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
12 
22 
16 
20 
5 
23 
37 
12 
2007 
6 
16 
9 
20 
21 
28 
65 
31 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
15 
34 
9 
29 
29 
93 
68 
14 
2007 
15 
35 
15 
30 
32 
77 
81 
21 
200 days or more 
2012 
93 
186 
113 
134 
94 
396 
416 
138 
2007 
119 
207 
93 
164 
129 
479 
448 
185 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
13 
14 
3 
18 
27 
30 
17 
2007 
8 
13 
8 
19 
17 
49 
38 
23 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
18 
17 
20 
17 
24 
34 
48 
29 
2007 
13 
32 
34 
27 
26 
91 
72 
36 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
34 
67 
45 
34 
68 
139 
125 
46 
2007 
34 
66 
59 
63 
61 
197 
169 
69 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
130 
322 
203 
292 
287 
693 
774 
353 
2007 
167 
342 
206 
316 
314 
670 
801 
411 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.1 
21.8 
21.9 
24.3 
21.2 
21.3 
22.5 
23.9 
2007 
21.2 
22.3 
21.4 
21.6 
20.9 
17.9 
20.1 
22.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
11 
5 
2 
10 
17 
18 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
17 
16 
13 
17 
15 
29 
43 
22 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
32 
59 
36 
25 
53 
120 
120 
47 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
133 
333 
228 
302 
319 
727 
796 
369 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
20.5 
23.5 
25.6 
26.5 
24.2 
23.9 
24.2 
25.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
2 
1 
. 
5 
5 
. 
3 
2007 
1 
- 
- 
2 
3 
9 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
3 
36 
24 
19 
28 
53 
55 
18 
2007 
2 
23 
13 
28 
32 
74 
36 
31 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
25 
53 
29 
35 
61 
117 
88 
42 
2007 
30 
59 
28 
59 
63 
148 
153 
82 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
32 
103 
64 
67 
74 
143 
227 
85 
2007 
55 
114 
108 
94 
98 
236 
271 
105 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
43 
39 
49 
50 
46 
115 
142 
63 
2007 
33 
68 
60 
49 
75 
132 
151 
76 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
22 
57 
55 
41 
48 
120 
117 
54 
2007 
21 
41 
33 
66 
66 
128 
149 
87 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
18 
37 
25 
49 
52 
115 
128 
67 
2007 
42 
57 
29 
60 
34 
121 
122 
61 
70 years and over 
2012 
39 
92 
35 
85 
83 
225 
220 
113 
2007 
38 
91 
36 
67 
47 
159 
198 
97 
Average age 
2012 
58.3 
56.6 
55.6 
58.8 
56.3 
58.6 
58.6 
59.3 
2007 
58.2 
57.4 
55.2 
56.6 
53.7 
55.5 
57.1 
57.1 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
123 
270 
190 
237 
285 
517 
619 
303 
2007 
106 
199 
170 
214 
234 
532 
602 
275 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
15 
34 
6 
11 
23 
85 
58 
24 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
68 
98 
35 
161 
81 
173 
392 
163 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
9 
23 
62 
7 
88 
27 
85 
34 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
3 
4 
4 
- 
7 
5 
8 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
12 
47 
36 
56 
63 
87 
83 
42 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
31 
78 
76 
27 
49 
172 
84 
37 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
- 
3 
- 
4 
2 
5 
10 
7 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
2 
5 
4 
1 
19 
2 
4 
15 
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 
175 
410 
257 
337 
361 
876 
960 
410 
acres, 2012 
25,186 
67,938 
260,124 
67,487 
310,648 
117,383 
148,555 
216,074 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
4 
17 
11 
6 
31 
10 
18 
25 
acres, 2012 
1,893 
8,348 
21,184 
1,460 
58,573 
919 
7,021 
28,156 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
164 
382 
183 
314 
236 
835 
881 
324 
2007 
183 
412 
197 
391 
255 
931 
969 
380 
acres, 2012 
22,228 
56,953 
(D) 
64,356 
124,400 
107,929 
124,046 
128,880 
2007 
26,677 
59,849 
144,595 
73,374 
(D) 
121,653 
128,334 
180,055 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
8 
22 
86 
10 
130 
30 
51 
74 
2007 
20 
33 
92 
20 
116 
51 
80 
92 
acres, 2012 
758 
9,952 
232,358 
2,704 
234,904 
5,472 
19,368 
108,030 
2007 
2,171 
10,954 
266,119 
5,173 
179,881 
6,690 
14,204 
87,971 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
6 
7 
12 
21 
28 
17 
27 
23 
2007 
13 
4 
14 
10 
42 
11 
20 
41 
acres, 2012 
1,788 
2,066 
12,210 
(D) 
21,516 
(D) 
6,657 
30,279 
2007 
3,135 
1,052 
14,824 
3,862 
33,290 
2,876 
9,195 
35,339 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
2 
- 
1 
3 
1 
6 
3 
2007 
4 
1 
2 
1 
3 
3 
6 
3 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
4,416 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,261 
(D) 
505 
1,940 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
6 
1 
10 
12 
21 
2007 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
11 
5 
23 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,868 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,455 
26,520 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Arkansas 531 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
