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 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,576 
4,712 
4,468 
864 
701 
2,163 
Female 
785 
633 
613 
152 
144 
617 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
4,282 
3,690 
3,517 
592 
482 
1,338 
Other 
2,079 
1,655 
1,564 
424 
363 
1,442 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,084 
2,741 
2,643 
343 
294 
1,669 
Not on farm operated 
3,277 
2,604 
2,438 
673 
551 
1,111 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,928 
2,539 
2,394 
389 
297 
1,116 
Any 
3,433 
2,806 
2,687 
627 
548 
1,664 
1 to 49 days 
525 
424 
409 
101 
92 
259 
50 to 99 days 
286 
238 
226 
48 
45 
133 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
430 
350 
331 
80 
77 
235 
200 days or more 
2,192 
1,794 
1,721 
398 
334 
1,037 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
277 
213 
200 
64 
53 
139 
3 or 4 years 
355 
266 
252 
89 
86 
175 
5 to 9 years 
1,017 
826 
789 
191 
153 
464 
1 0 years or more 
4,712 
4,040 
3,840 
672 
553 
2,002 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
21.7 
21.6 
17.1 
16.6 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
196 
152 
143 
44 
35 
104 
3 or 4 years 
251 
188 
176 
63 
63 
118 
5 to 9 years 
784 
632 
608 
152 
120 
385 
1 0 years or more 
5,130 
4,373 
4,154 
757 
627 
2,173 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
24.6 
24.6 
20.1 
19.6 
23.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
5 
3 
4 
4 
9 
25 to 34 years 
273 
207 
205 
66 
61 
101 
35 to 44 years 
607 
493 
467 
114 
96 
198 
45 to 49 years 
566 
457 
422 
109 
81 
175 
50 to 54 years 
950 
798 
764 
152 
131 
313 
55 to 59 years 
1,051 
876 
838 
175 
140 
451 
60 to 64 years 
1,031 
882 
840 
149 
124 
425 
65 to 69 years 
703 
611 
590 
92 
80 
354 
70 years and over 
1,171 
1,016 
952 
155 
128 
754 
Average age 
58.2 
58.6 
58.5 
56.1 
55.9 
61.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
730 
613 
588 
117 
102 
252 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
52 
43 
43 
9 
8 
52 
Asian 
592 
517 
494 
75 
64 
105 
Black or African American 
15 
11 
11 
4 
4 
24 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
31 
26 
26 
5 
5 
8 
White 
5,643 
4,727 
4,487 
916 
758 
2,558 
More than one race reported 
28 
21 
20 
7 
6 
33 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
762 
605 
588 
157 
138 
529 
2 people 
3,116 
2,649 
2,500 
467 
381 
1,422 
3 people 
856 
732 
699 
124 
107 
322 
4 people 
1,014 
856 
822 
158 
126 
287 
5 or more people 
613 
503 
472 
110 
93 
220 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,072 
2,517 
2,381 
555 
462 
1,986 
25 to 49 percent 
611 
534 
512 
77 
67 
221 
50 to 74 percent 
1,030 
879 
846 
151 
122 
265 
75 to 99 percent 
855 
726 
691 
129 
105 
206 
1 00 percent 
793 
689 
651 
104 
89 
102 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,886 
1,507 
1,387 
379 
267 
596 
acres 
2,336,922 
1,629,194 
1,333,763 
707,728 
342,406 
429,029 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,342 
4,498 
4,275 
844 
687 
2,200 
Dial-up service 
266 
235 
216 
31 
17 
163 
DSL service 
1,929 
1,613 
1,531 
316 
258 
780 
Cable modem service 
926 
770 
730 
156 
128 
382 
Fiber-optic service 
226 
183 
174 
43 
34 
121 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,300 
1,124 
1,079 
176 
132 
420 
Satellite service 
1,412 
1,204 
1,148 
208 
176 
529 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
274 
211 
202 
63 
39 
105 
Other Internet service 
276 
227 
216 
49 
36 
96 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,087 
3,419 
3,269 
668 
559 
2,204 
2 households 
1,248 
1,071 
1,026 
177 
153 
331 
3 households 
540 
465 
433 
75 
59 
131 
4 households 
230 
183 
166 
47 
38 
55 
5 or more households 
256 
207 
187 
49 
36 
59 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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