Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
5,111 
207 
152 
137 
81 
954 
- 
55 to 59 years 
5,991 
244 
175 
146 
96 
1,362 
- 
60 to 64 years 
6,388 
231 
173 
220 
120 
1,576 
- 
65 to 69 years 
5,764 
220 
150 
200 
87 
1,544 
- 
70 years and over 
10,063 
455 
223 
407 
113 
3,165 
- 
Average age 
59.3 
58.6 
58.9 
63.0 
58.1 
62.3 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
332 
11 
15 
18 
9 
65 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
488 
36 
13 
10 
7 
102 
- 
Asian 
67 
- 
1 
2 
3 
10 
- 
Black or African American 
2,779 
127 
224 
36 
16 
423 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
39,586 
1,663 
834 
1,222 
625 
9,768 
- 
More than one race reported 
301 
10 
10 
12 
2 
72 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,143 
233 
124 
177 
83 
2,015 
- 
2 people 
23,475 
944 
564 
745 
352 
5,821 
- 
3 people 
6,259 
307 
203 
200 
93 
1,189 
- 
4 people 
5,061 
250 
127 
98 
89 
993 
- 
5 or more people 
2,285 
102 
65 
62 
36 
357 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
34,353 
1,113 
878 
1,129 
410 
8,779 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
2,899 
186 
76 
53 
61 
544 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
2,791 
268 
69 
56 
61 
516 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,657 
139 
28 
26 
60 
286 
- 
1 00 percent 
1,523 
130 
32 
18 
61 
250 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
71 
35 
23 
75 
242 
- 
acres 
671,273 
124,438 
1,745 
15,952 
19,942 
225,195 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
27,925 
1,215 
675 
904 
530 
6,363 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,613 
150 
70 
83 
55 
557 
- 
DSL service 
11,978 
486 
263 
437 
268 
2,690 
- 
Cable modem service 
5,564 
221 
125 
205 
93 
1,562 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
658 
33 
10 
18 
22 
125 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,027 
266 
136 
121 
64 
1,064 
- 
Satellite service 
4,427 
188 
130 
98 
66 
949 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
435 
17 
17 
17 
14 
102 
- 
Other Internet service 
344 
23 
19 
9 
- 
48 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
35,276 
1,438 
881 
1,082 
479 
8,450 
- 
2 households 
6,423 
286 
162 
177 
132 
1,471 
- 
3 households 
901 
51 
31 
17 
28 
282 
- 
4 households 
399 
40 
6 
4 
10 
114 
- 
5 or more households 
224 
21 
3 
2 
4 
58 
- 
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 
42,203 
1,781 
1,067 
1,245 
608 
10,010 
- 
acres 
8,209,594 
855,832 
83,288 
153,055 
75,326 
2,821,723 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,651 
107 
51 
51 
64 
465 
- 
acres 
920,093 
121,708 
8,981 
7,184 
14,818 
353,478 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
39,417 
1,571 
1,011 
1,166 
420 
9,185 
- 
acres 
6,542,453 
525,340 
69,549 
139,482 
36,002 
2,155,424 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,107 
173 
52 
54 
65 
694 
- 
acres 
1,415,100 
326,201 
10,307 
10,360 
13,789 
645,690 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,376 
129 
22 
31 
51 
501 
- 
acres 
1,103,761 
262,681 
6,583 
6,412 
10,830 
516,993 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,316 
78 
15 
44 
157 
307 
- 
acres 
742,289 
97,693 
(D) 
(D) 
30,978 
266,458 
- 
Family held farms 
1,177 
71 
11 
42 
140 
269 
- 
acres 
690,184 
93,121 
(D) 
(D) 
27,637 
237,258 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
23 
2 
1 
5 
9 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,154 
69 
10 
42 
135 
260 
- 
Other than family held farms 
139 
7 
4 
2 
17 
38 
_ 
acres 
52,105 
4,572 
16 
(D) 
3,341 
29,200 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
