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 
2,432 
70 
208 
122 
46 
148 
- 
55 to 59 years 
3,054 
108 
301 
104 
110 
252 
- 
60 to 64 years 
2,863 
107 
242 
130 
72 
186 
- 
65 to 69 years 
2,691 
65 
179 
128 
49 
215 
- 
70 years and over 
5,367 
237 
411 
302 
67 
402 
- 
Average age 
61.1 
62.2 
60.9 
64.1 
59.2 
60.6 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
716 
10 
28 
90 
28 
126 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11,190 
523 
1,357 
16 
- 
399 
- 
Asian 
97 
- 
31 
20 
1 
15 
- 
Black or African American 
25 
- 
7 
3 
- 
4 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,621 
195 
229 
830 
392 
1,056 
- 
More than one race reported 
72 
- 
1 
8 
7 
15 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,671 
161 
292 
125 
89 
254 
- 
2 people 
8,025 
236 
513 
539 
224 
667 
- 
3 people 
2,933 
113 
263 
112 
47 
225 
- 
4 people 
2,375 
86 
228 
66 
21 
168 
- 
5 or more people 
3,001 
122 
329 
35 
19 
175 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
559 
1,307 
708 
240 
940 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
35 
126 
74 
30 
90 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
42 
88 
51 
36 
158 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
34 
59 
15 
34 
150 
- 
1 00 percent 
822 
48 
45 
29 
60 
151 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
958 
25 
58 
89 
38 
118 
- 
acres 
20,437,314 
16,223 
30,604 
(D) 
3,147 
201,737 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,936 
262 
478 
720 
351 
972 
- 
Dial-up service 
895 
18 
18 
37 
30 
52 
- 
DSL service 
2,662 
80 
145 
183 
133 
328 
- 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
24 
46 
155 
81 
182 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
7 
25 
39 
8 
20 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,723 
66 
90 
101 
40 
234 
- 
Satellite service 
2,493 
68 
173 
185 
97 
214 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
356 
14 
15 
70 
16 
61 
- 
Other Internet service 
362 
5 
16 
30 
12 
39 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,700 
501 
1,151 
706 
313 
1,055 
- 
2 households 
3,397 
142 
263 
131 
53 
298 
- 
3 households 
951 
30 
116 
19 
9 
65 
- 
4 households 
547 
24 
53 
13 
10 
32 
- 
5 or more households 
410 
21 
42 
8 
15 
39 
- 
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 
19,288 
691 
1,580 
840 
352 
1,366 
- 
acres 
8,240,659 
174,481 
154,514 
46,727 
16,732 
742,689 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,364 
46 
84 
122 
79 
190 
- 
acres 
1,928,152 
38,831 
40,922 
14,386 
2,566 
148,820 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
17,247 
610 
1,483 
642 
237 
1,057 
- 
acres 
3,060,838 
90,728 
53,715 
(D) 
5,664 
339,273 
- 
Partnership farms 
1,345 
68 
65 
99 
55 
277 
- 
acres 
1,324,012 
88,388 
55,561 
15,381 
6,478 
435,422 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,032 
56 
42 
79 
44 
235 
- 
acres 
1,212,093 
86,294 
55,157 
14,335 
6,443 
374,217 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,045 
33 
72 
106 
98 
105 
- 
acres 
1,671,792 
14,766 
66,193 
(D) 
12,256 
97,248 
- 
Family held farms 
893 
30 
56 
83 
72 
96 
- 
acres 
1,558,186 
14,325 
50,540 
9,683 
9,377 
73,064 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
41 
- 
5 
10 
1 
4 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
852 
30 
51 
73 
71 
92 
- 
Other than family held farms 
152 
3 
16 
23 
26 
9 
_ 
acres 
113,606 
441 
15,653 
(D) 
2,879 
24,184 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
