Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
279,431 
51,466 
5,848 
11,656 
7,622 
58,413 
750 
55 to 59 years 
306,011 
56,172 
6,794 
13,969 
9,122 
68,969 
781 
60 to 64 years 
302,041 
51,763 
6,167 
14,829 
8,603 
73,066 
664 
65 to 69 years 
251,976 
38,299 
4,751 
12,781 
6,441 
65,934 
501 
70 years and over 
449,300 
67,861 
6,709 
23,094 
9,470 
137,013 
752 
Average age 
58.3 
56.6 
55.9 
60.8 
58.3 
61.1 
54.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) . 
67,000 
2,605 
2,149 
9,477 
2,471 
1 1 ,680 
66 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
37,851 
1,718 
2,087 
920 
253 
5,752 
2 
Asian 
13,669 
295 
2,109 
4,924 
1,656 
1,266 
1 
Black or African American 
33,371 
2,588 
1,819 
855 
311 
7,036 
126 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
1,468 
51 
103 
358 
133 
203 
- 
White 
2,012,652 
364,067 
36,602 
85,102 
50,099 
480,449 
4,994 
More than one race reported 
10,292 
613 
301 
861 
325 
2,131 
9 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
300,435 
50,306 
5,223 
12,514 
6,846 
88,615 
596 
2 people 
1 ,070,365 
184,038 
19,664 
49,096 
27,117 
264,273 
2,269 
3 people 
294,277 
50,486 
6,753 
12,399 
7,593 
61,295 
947 
4 people 
250,753 
47,818 
5,691 
11,004 
6,297 
50,126 
831 
5 or more people 
193,473 
36,684 
5,690 
8,007 
4,924 
32,528 
489 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 ,483,837 
137,193 
29,285 
67,362 
35,330 
406,092 
1,603 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
47,704 
3,426 
7,727 
4,458 
31,172 
747 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
69,535 
3,957 
8,581 
5,030 
29,822 
1,015 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
67,067 
2,868 
5,349 
3,468 
17,358 
892 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
47,833 
3,485 
4,001 
4,491 
12,393 
875 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
67,939 
14,614 
2,277 
7,510 
4,036 
12,262 
143 
acres 
132,807,072 
21,227,014 
1,971,021 
3,391,680 
1,417,160 
14,943,120 
79,932 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
270,847 
31,441 
71,190 
41,897 
323,355 
3,093 
Dial-up service 
139,677 
24,354 
2,524 
5,580 
3,388 
31,613 
340 
DSL service 
584,384 
106,146 
12,362 
26,503 
17,171 
129,565 
1,401 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
35,920 
7,338 
15,101 
11,110 
55,074 
537 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
21,229 
1,400 
2,795 
2,284 
16,369 
147 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267,804 
54,312 
5,663 
13,312 
6,530 
55,591 
564 
Satellite service 
282,776 
53,544 
4,703 
13,023 
4,980 
57,526 
482 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37,580 
6,458 
971 
2,454 
1,330 
8,090 
100 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
7,048 
796 
2,522 
788 
8,308 
46 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,700,363 
273,347 
34,289 
73,990 
42,900 
406,844 
3,540 
2 households 
308,216 
70,530 
6,083 
13,360 
6,954 
66,440 
1,215 
3 households 
59,080 
15,615 
1,407 
3,080 
1,628 
13,551 
246 
4 households 
24,207 
5,838 
602 
1,497 
686 
5,809 
92 
5 or more households 
17,437 
4,002 
640 
1,093 
609 
4,193 
39 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption 
.. farms 
2,039,093 
355,051 
40,997 
87,892 
49,490 
478,355 
4,941 
acres 
810,233,654 
271,487,214 
6,677,205 
9,494,257 
3,334,275 
124,173,700 
1 ,494,798 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
101,372 
14,636 
3,426 
8,265 
5,097 
21,521 
237 
acres 
85,976,552 
15,585,991 
1,140,555 
1,613,595 
527,377 
11,703,771 
141,918 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
1,828,946 
309,380 
35,821 
72,716 
37,278 
433,189 
4,482 
acres 
562,433,686 
195,514,091 
3,233,888 
5,116,730 
1,962,355 
93,296,496 
1,154,982 
Partnership 
.. farms 
137,987 
30,577 
3,190 
8,981 
4,252 
31,605 
435 
acres 
156,076,785 
52,694,033 
1,987,509 
2,595,117 
(D) 
20,836,450 
265,756 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
98,911 
22,045 
2,499 
7,565 
3,592 
21,924 
236 
acres 
128,378,262 
41,925,889 
1,798,689 
2,356,250 
410,295 
16,744,556 
161,896 
Corporation 
.. farms 
106,716 
24,549 
3,276 
8,975 
10,110 
18,333 
197 
acres 
131,272,892 
38,229,963 
2,853,137 
3,580,936 
1,319,876 
15,796,907 
147,801 
Family held 
.. farms 
95,142 
23,216 
2,805 
7,857 
8,543 
15,953 
177 
acres 
118,795,904 
36,622,415 
2,376,313 
2,970,967 
1,069,696 
13,797,281 
131,363 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
2,308 
377 
85 
329 
109 
570 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
92,834 
22,839 
2,720 
7,528 
8,434 
15,383 
177 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
11,574 
1,333 
471 
1,118 
1,567 
2,380 
20 
acres 
12,476,988 
1 ,607,548 
476,824 
609,969 
250,180 
1 ,999,626 
16,438 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
190 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
