Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
45 
909 
2,073 
- 
10 
20 
668 
226 
583 
55 to 59 years 
78 
1,284 
2,299 
- 
26 
29 
577 
336 
701 
60 to 64 years 
64 
1,512 
2,514 
- 
10 
18 
535 
255 
736 
65 to 69 years 
44 
1,500 
2,455 
- 
5 
17 
385 
183 
518 
70 years and over 
50 
3,115 
4,304 
- 
16 
15 
416 
286 
663 
Average age 
57.3 
62.5 
59.4 
- 
58.4 
52.1 
54.6 
55.6 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
65 
116 
- 
- 
6 
25 
11 
56 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
99 
179 
- 
- 
- 
43 
38 
60 
Asian 
- 
10 
4 
- 
- 
- 
35 
4 
8 
Black or African American 
9 
414 
1,562 
- 
4 
32 
104 
108 
143 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
349 
9,419 
15,831 
- 
82 
145 
3,608 
1,740 
4,068 
More than one race reported 
7 
65 
121 
- 
1 
- 
25 
14 
34 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
70 
1,945 
2,357 
- 
5 
17 
342 
196 
594 
2 people 
197 
5,624 
9,820 
- 
41 
75 
1,855 
965 
2,293 
3 people 
61 
1,128 
2,577 
- 
26 
30 
671 
284 
679 
4 people 
31 
962 
2,053 
- 
7 
36 
639 
303 
466 
5 or more people 
9 
348 
891 
- 
8 
19 
308 
156 
281 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
122 
8,657 
14,783 
- 
39 
146 
1,299 
1,825 
3,952 
25 to 49 percent 
34 
510 
1,404 
- 
3 
8 
389 
24 
151 
50 to 74 percent 
72 
444 
970 
- 
15 
4 
698 
32 
102 
75 to 99 percent 
64 
222 
306 
- 
14 
8 
725 
7 
58 
1 00 percent 
76 
174 
235 
- 
16 
11 
704 
16 
50 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
33 
209 
301 
- 
2 
2 
150 
18 
111 
acres 
48,801 
176,394 
210,905 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
24,388 
(D) 
42,644 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
256 
6,107 
10,791 
- 
50 
81 
2,796 
1,369 
3,151 
Dial-up service 
19 
538 
1,147 
- 
4 
8 
209 
106 
224 
DSL service 
122 
2,568 
4,553 
- 
18 
29 
1,386 
532 
1,316 
Cable modem service 
40 
1,522 
2,047 
- 
5 
5 
390 
259 
652 
Fiber-optic service 
8 
117 
260 
- 
1 
2 
89 
34 
64 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
55 
1,009 
1,899 
- 
10 
19 
496 
291 
661 
Satellite service 
48 
901 
1,748 
- 
15 
39 
453 
249 
492 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
101 
156 
- 
- 
- 
34 
28 
50 
Other Internet service 
2 
46 
120 
- 
- 
4 
59 
23 
39 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
266 
8,184 
14,319 
- 
68 
148 
2,977 
1,702 
3,732 
2 households 
79 
1,392 
2,840 
- 
14 
23 
641 
174 
503 
3 households 
17 
265 
332 
- 
4 
2 
108 
10 
36 
4 households 
4 
110 
124 
- 
- 
- 
50 
14 
37 
5 or more households 
2 
56 
83 
- 
1 
4 
39 
4 
5 
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 
337 
9,673 
17,361 
- 
85 
173 
3,730 
1,891 
4,252 
acres 
238,156 
2,583,567 
3,106,823 
- 
28,790 
1 1 ,363 
499,894 
79,931 
493,569 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
21 
444 
487 
- 
2 
8 
181 
28 
207 
acres 
26,260 
327,218 
250,402 
- 
(D) 
3,041 
41,705 
(D) 
115,218 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
276 
8,909 
16,583 
- 
78 
155 
3,428 
1,842 
3,978 
acres 
144,477 
2,010,947 
2,746,131 
- 
17,551 
10,544 
434,416 
76,864 
331,150 
Partnership farms 
71 
623 
736 
- 
6 
6 
151 
38 
132 
acres 
119,138 
526,552 
280,517 
- 
4,307 
897 
43,082 
1,881 
78,069 
Registered under state law farms 
54 
447 
397 
- 
6 
2 
114 
25 
98 
acres 
100,463 
416,530 
182,925 
- 
4,307 
(D) 
35,248 
(D) 
76,282 
Corporation farms 
20 
287 
310 
- 
2 
1 
229 
16 
157 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
211,411 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,746 
69,801 
Family held farms 
17 
252 
284 
- 
2 
207 
13 
138 
acres 
19,177 
218,081 
203,325 
- 
(D) 
- 
32,790 
1,635 
65,119 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
- 
9 
2 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
17 
243 
282 
- 
2 
- 
203 
13 
138 
Other than family held farms 
3 
35 
26 
_ 
_ 
1 
22 
3 
19 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
8,086 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
111 
4,682 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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