Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
12,170 
10,036 
1,023 
806 
Female 
7,835 
7,211 
322 
226 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
13,219 
1 1 ,423 
919 
731 
Other 
6,786 
5,824 
426 
301 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
16,512 
14,716 
892 
629 
Not on farm operated 
3,493 
2,531 
453 
403 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,186 
7,862 
709 
549 
Any 
10,819 
9,385 
636 
483 
1 to 49 days 
1,435 
1,228 
94 
78 
50 to 99 days 
1,191 
1,070 
67 
43 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,894 
1,681 
90 
72 
200 days or more 
6,299 
5,406 
385 
290 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
612 
500 
50 
35 
3 or 4 years 
882 
735 
59 
55 
5 to 9 years 
2,350 
1,884 
205 
161 
1 0 years or more 
16,161 
14,128 
1,031 
781 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
25.3 
22.6 
22.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
460 
371 
40 
26 
3 or 4 years 
775 
648 
57 
53 
5 to 9 years 
1,958 
1,582 
168 
130 
1 0 years or more 
16,812 
14,646 
1,080 
823 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
27.0 
25.6 
25.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
136 
129 
6 
- 
25 to 34 years 
425 
336 
43 
42 
35 to 44 years 
1,472 
1,226 
106 
86 
45 to 49 years 
1,565 
1,396 
67 
47 
50 to 54 years 
2,432 
1,997 
182 
142 
55 to 59 years 
3,054 
2,609 
228 
187 
60 to 64 years 
2,863 
2,471 
194 
140 
65 to 69 years 
2,691 
2,321 
175 
153 
70 years and over 
5,367 
4,762 
344 
235 
Average age 
61.1 
61.3 
60.8 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
716 
523 
98 
80 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11,190 
10,864 
207 
101 
Asian 
97 
81 
8 
7 
Black or African American 
25 
17 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,621 
6,233 
1,120 
914 
More than one race reported 
72 
52 
10 
10 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,671 
3,273 
183 
137 
2 people 
8,025 
6,580 
711 
541 
3 people 
2,933 
2,548 
174 
144 
4 people 
2,375 
2,131 
114 
92 
5 or more people 
3,001 
2,715 
163 
118 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
14,728 
837 
592 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
904 
99 
84 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
661 
174 
145 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
367 
118 
102 
1 00 percent 
822 
587 
117 
109 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
958 
562 
147 
129 
acres 
20,437,314 
161,000 
242,112 
225,161 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,936 
6,796 
979 
817 
Dial-up service 
895 
740 
87 
48 
DSL service 
2,662 
1,944 
304 
257 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
925 
212 
191 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
142 
18 
18 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,723 
1,298 
196 
173 
Satellite service 
2,493 
1,939 
258 
216 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
356 
266 
48 
42 
Other Internet service 
362 
273 
35 
27 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,700 
12,773 
853 
642 
2 households 
3,397 
2,874 
320 
251 
3 households 
951 
792 
97 
76 
4 households 
547 
472 
39 
30 
5 or more households 
410 
336 
36 
33 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Arizona 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
