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 
832 
712 
673 
120 
92 
279 
Female 
213 
181 
179 
32 
32 
89 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
672 
589 
561 
83 
72 
205 
Other 
373 
304 
291 
69 
52 
163 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
681 
593 
575 
88 
78 
223 
Not on farm operated 
364 
300 
277 
64 
46 
145 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
479 
417 
398 
62 
57 
136 
Any 
566 
476 
454 
90 
67 
232 
1 to 49 days 
86 
73 
69 
13 
9 
27 
50 to 99 days 
37 
35 
31 
2 
1 
17 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
73 
53 
49 
20 
12 
50 
200 days or more 
370 
315 
305 
55 
45 
138 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
22 
21 
20 
1 
1 
40 
3 or 4 years 
81 
73 
73 
8 
8 
7 
5 to 9 years 
203 
163 
155 
40 
31 
58 
1 0 years or more 
739 
636 
604 
103 
84 
263 
Average years on present farm 
19.2 
19.3 
19.1 
18.4 
18.0 
18.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
14 
13 
12 
1 
1 
35 
3 or 4 years 
63 
57 
57 
6 
6 
7 
5 to 9 years 
156 
118 
111 
38 
29 
52 
1 0 years or more 
812 
705 
672 
107 
88 
274 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
22.2 
22.1 
21.7 
21.6 
20.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
42 
40 
39 
2 
2 
4 
35 to 44 years 
100 
81 
77 
19 
14 
40 
45 to 49 years 
89 
75 
65 
14 
13 
13 
50 to 54 years 
201 
178 
174 
23 
22 
52 
55 to 59 years 
157 
126 
117 
31 
22 
60 
60 to 64 years 
124 
96 
91 
28 
21 
74 
65 to 69 years 
140 
131 
129 
9 
8 
55 
70 years and over 
191 
165 
159 
26 
22 
70 
Average age 
58.0 
58.1 
58.2 
57.5 
57.4 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
73 
71 
67 
2 
2 
22 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
44 
25 
25 
19 
16 
75 
Asian 
7 
6 
6 
1 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
8 
5 
5 
3 
3 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
979 
850 
809 
129 
105 
289 
More than one race reported 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
168 
114 
110 
54 
50 
47 
2 people 
527 
461 
448 
66 
48 
207 
3 people 
163 
140 
128 
23 
19 
48 
4 people 
95 
91 
88 
4 
3 
35 
5 or more people 
92 
87 
78 
5 
4 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
656 
545 
530 
111 
89 
271 
25 to 49 percent 
81 
74 
62 
7 
7 
23 
50 to 74 percent 
73 
69 
59 
4 
2 
36 
75 to 99 percent 
138 
120 
117 
18 
15 
17 
1 00 percent 
97 
85 
84 
12 
11 
21 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
155 
130 
108 
25 
20 
94 
acres 
1,153,816 
1,088,412 
490,783 
65,404 
39,997 
18,880,386 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
888 
774 
735 
114 
92 
273 
Dial-up service 
56 
55 
54 
1 
1 
12 
DSL service 
303 
263 
247 
40 
31 
111 
Cable modem service 
166 
132 
126 
34 
29 
41 
Fiber-optic service 
27 
20 
19 
7 
5 
15 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
191 
163 
157 
28 
27 
38 
Satellite service 
230 
192 
179 
38 
33 
66 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
31 
30 
25 
1 
1 
11 
Other Internet service 
35 
31 
31 
4 
4 
19 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
778 
664 
636 
114 
90 
296 
2 households 
156 
133 
127 
23 
22 
47 
3 households 
53 
46 
40 
7 
7 
9 
4 households 
26 
22 
22 
4 
3 
10 
5 or more households 
32 
28 
27 
4 
2 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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