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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,155 
1,037 
1,015 
118 
101 
285 
Female 
161 
140 
139 
21 
19 
98 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
686 
629 
618 
57 
47 
121 
Other 
630 
548 
536 
82 
73 
262 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
850 
776 
767 
74 
65 
211 
Not on farm operated 
466 
401 
387 
65 
55 
172 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
528 
477 
463 
51 
41 
161 
Any 
788 
700 
691 
88 
79 
222 
1 to 49 days 
122 
105 
100 
17 
13 
31 
50 to 99 days 
40 
34 
33 
6 
6 
7 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
104 
99 
99 
5 
5 
38 
200 days or more 
522 
462 
459 
60 
55 
146 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
42 
42 
42 
- 
- 
19 
3 or 4 years 
61 
46 
46 
15 
11 
19 
5 to 9 years 
188 
166 
164 
22 
20 
56 
1 0 years or more 
1,025 
923 
902 
102 
89 
289 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
22.1 
22.1 
19.0 
18.8 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
18 
18 
18 
- 
- 
17 
3 or 4 years 
53 
41 
41 
12 
8 
16 
5 to 9 years 
160 
140 
138 
20 
18 
54 
1 0 years or more 
1,085 
978 
957 
107 
94 
296 
Average years operating any farm 
24.0 
24.4 
24.3 
21.0 
21.1 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
1 
1 
3 
3 
4 
25 to 34 years 
52 
47 
46 
5 
1 
16 
35 to 44 years 
128 
102 
101 
26 
23 
40 
45 to 49 years 
116 
101 
99 
15 
14 
44 
50 to 54 years 
216 
191 
187 
25 
22 
41 
55 to 59 years 
202 
177 
176 
25 
24 
42 
60 to 64 years 
201 
195 
191 
6 
5 
53 
65 to 69 years 
178 
163 
159 
15 
11 
39 
70 years and over 
219 
200 
194 
19 
17 
104 
Average age 
58.0 
58.4 
58.4 
54.5 
54.9 
59.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
5 
5 
1 
1 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
57 
49 
49 
8 
8 
34 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,233 
1,103 
1,080 
130 
Ill 
343 
More than one race reported 
6 
5 
5 
1 
1 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
179 
151 
146 
28 
28 
71 
2 people 
666 
613 
602 
53 
47 
194 
3 people 
201 
179 
173 
22 
14 
53 
4 people 
186 
161 
161 
25 
21 
42 
5 or more people 
84 
73 
72 
11 
10 
23 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
783 
694 
679 
89 
80 
325 
25 to 49 percent 
98 
92 
90 
6 
4 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
164 
151 
148 
13 
11 
25 
75 to 99 percent 
150 
133 
130 
17 
14 
5 
1 00 percent 
121 
107 
107 
14 
11 
16 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
184 
151 
144 
33 
27 
58 
acres 
168,263 
156,567 
136,566 
11,696 
1 1 ,595 
65,018 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,002 
898 
881 
104 
89 
234 
Dial-up service 
64 
57 
56 
7 
3 
21 
DSL service 
464 
419 
411 
45 
44 
88 
Cable modem service 
191 
169 
168 
22 
15 
58 
Fiber-optic service 
40 
36 
34 
4 
4 
13 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
192 
174 
170 
18 
15 
41 
Satellite service 
162 
152 
150 
10 
10 
33 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
15 
12 
12 
3 
3 
10 
Other Internet service 
11 
9 
9 
2 
2 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
944 
840 
829 
104 
91 
309 
2 households 
241 
217 
213 
24 
22 
59 
3 households 
69 
65 
65 
4 
4 
8 
4 households 
35 
33 
28 
2 
2 
4 
5 or more households 
27 
22 
19 
5 
1 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Alabama 147 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
