Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
399 
328 
323 
71 
66 
125 
Female 
124 
111 
110 
13 
13 
54 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
319 
282 
279 
37 
35 
67 
Other 
204 
157 
154 
47 
44 
112 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
348 
298 
295 
50 
49 
87 
Not on farm operated 
175 
141 
138 
34 
30 
92 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
241 
213 
211 
28 
26 
61 
Any 
282 
226 
222 
56 
53 
118 
1 to 49 days 
38 
30 
29 
8 
8 
20 
50 to 99 days 
24 
20 
20 
4 
3 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
38 
33 
32 
5 
5 
7 
200 days or more 
182 
143 
141 
39 
37 
85 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
12 
11 
10 
1 
1 
30 
3 or 4 years 
27 
22 
19 
5 
5 
12 
5 to 9 years 
76 
56 
56 
20 
19 
43 
10 years or more 
408 
350 
348 
58 
54 
94 
Average years on present farm 
22.7 
23.9 
(D) 
16.8 
16.2 
14.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
26 
3 or 4 years 
14 
9 
9 
5 
5 
10 
5 to 9 years 
65 
50 
46 
15 
14 
24 
10 years or more 
437 
373 
371 
64 
60 
119 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
26.3 
(D) 
18.4 
17.9 
17.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
6 
3 
2 
3 
3 
18 
35 to 44 years 
47 
45 
45 
2 
1 
27 
45 to 49 years 
34 
31 
31 
3 
2 
21 
50 to 54 years 
110 
88 
87 
22 
22 
35 
55 to 59 years 
107 
82 
81 
25 
23 
32 
60 to 64 years 
73 
63 
62 
10 
10 
20 
65 to 69 years 
61 
52 
52 
9 
9 
8 
70 years and over 
85 
75 
73 
10 
9 
16 
Average age 
58.5 
58.7 
(D) 
57.5 
57.6 
51.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
523 
439 
433 
84 
79 
177 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
44 
33 
32 
11 
11 
26 
2 people 
240 
209 
208 
31 
29 
81 
3 people 
101 
88 
85 
13 
11 
33 
4 people 
98 
81 
81 
17 
17 
21 
5 or more people 
40 
28 
27 
12 
11 
18 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
306 
244 
242 
62 
57 
156 
25 to 49 percent 
39 
32 
32 
7 
7 
9 
50 to 74 percent 
53 
48 
48 
5 
5 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
41 
36 
35 
5 
5 
6 
100 percent 
84 
79 
76 
5 
5 
5 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
80 
72 
68 
8 
6 
64 
acres 
(D) 
11,687 
11,451 
(D) 
(D) 
10,540 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
473 
399 
394 
74 
71 
146 
Dial-up service 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
7 
DSL service 
176 
151 
150 
25 
24 
59 
Cable modem service 
271 
227 
224 
44 
41 
67 
Fiber-optic service 
5 
4 
4 
1 
1 
11 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
47 
41 
39 
6 
5 
17 
Satellite service 
28 
21 
21 
7 
7 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
12 
11 
10 
1 
1 
2 
Other Internet service 
1 
1 
1 
" 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
410 
337 
333 
73 
69 
160 
2 households 
59 
56 
56 
3 
3 
12 
3 households 
31 
23 
23 
8 
7 
3 
4 households 
10 
10 
9 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more households 
13 
13 
12 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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