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 
9,839 
313 
606 
4,355 
485 
715 
- 
55 to 59 years 
11,513 
320 
670 
5,264 
609 
831 
- 
60 to 64 years 
11,869 
344 
566 
5,498 
512 
882 
- 
65 to 69 years 
10,683 
234 
488 
4,993 
468 
754 
- 
70 years and over 
18,370 
420 
544 
9,387 
627 
1,426 
- 
Average age 
60.1 
56.5 
54.7 
61.1 
58.9 
60.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,815 
275 
725 
5,158 
688 
776 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,192 
46 
74 
452 
18 
124 
- 
Asian 
4,802 
91 
701 
2,967 
466 
254 
- 
Black or African American 
345 
7 
50 
106 
8 
38 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
321 
2 
44 
125 
25 
32 
- 
White 
70,537 
2,134 
3,284 
32,055 
2,846 
5,300 
- 
More than one race reported 
660 
16 
38 
240 
27 
67 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,856 
296 
487 
4,957 
514 
870 
- 
2 people 
39,377 
1,121 
1,782 
18,249 
1,490 
3,016 
- 
3 people 
10,481 
287 
680 
4,570 
531 
780 
- 
4 people 
9,895 
369 
639 
4,803 
459 
646 
- 
5 or more people 
7,248 
223 
603 
3,366 
396 
503 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53,231 
890 
2,467 
23,178 
2,025 
4,025 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
6,732 
314 
368 
3,764 
317 
422 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
8,038 
477 
518 
4,459 
386 
542 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
5,290 
353 
358 
2,778 
289 
436 
- 
100 percent 
4,566 
262 
480 
1,766 
373 
390 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
7,130 
197 
534 
4,362 
497 
393 
- 
acres 
5,266,987 
257,443 
578,361 
1,719,313 
(D) 
720,931 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
59,543 
1,803 
3,305 
27,199 
2,605 
4,176 
- 
Dial-up service 
4,703 
131 
184 
2,005 
169 
332 
- 
DSL service 
20,030 
636 
1,196 
9,132 
987 
1,457 
- 
Cable modem service 
9,578 
222 
654 
5,023 
616 
594 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
1,719 
53 
96 
854 
112 
117 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,454 
502 
783 
5,635 
455 
947 
- 
Satellite service 
15,193 
521 
661 
6,359 
473 
1,108 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,135 
77 
123 
1,110 
93 
105 
- 
Other Internet service 
2,805 
65 
158 
1,436 
97 
187 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
61,016 
1,510 
3,113 
27,326 
2,630 
4,491 
- 
2 households 
11,316 
470 
652 
5,735 
481 
849 
- 
3 households 
3,013 
151 
200 
1,539 
157 
247 
- 
4 households 
1,351 
81 
95 
777 
57 
126 
- 
5 or more households 
1,161 
84 
131 
568 
65 
102 
- 
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 
72,641 
2,045 
3,770 
33,266 
3,079 
5,305 
- 
acres 
20,951,605 
1,092,761 
1,064,313 
4,161,350 
275,798 
2,584,305 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
4,453 
88 
207 
2,741 
143 
269 
- 
acres 
2,772,951 
66,943 
207,847 
712,377 
55,591 
330,521 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
59,732 
1,473 
3,068 
26,785 
2,288 
4,224 
- 
acres 
12,000,544 
550,690 
353,367 
1,877,028 
186,845 
1,299,132 
- 
Partnership farms 
8,984 
546 
492 
4,592 
302 
826 
- 
acres 
6,934,159 
505,626 
425,148 
1,532,481 
15,659 
1,092,171 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
7,283 
447 
417 
3,809 
249 
684 
- 
acres 
5,929,592 
463,428 
387,704 
1,412,374 
12,090 
978,862 
- 
Corporation farms 
6,361 
201 
530 
3,187 
708 
467 
_ 
acres 
5,359,671 
203,263 
732,789 
1,675,815 
100,559 
873,120 
- 
Family held farms 
5,345 
171 
441 
2,749 
572 
368 
- 
acres 
4,209,678 
179,054 
594,716 
1,356,182 
75,340 
571,172 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
264 
6 
14 
158 
24 
17 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
5,081 
165 
427 
2,591 
548 
351 
- 
Other than family held farms 
1,016 
30 
89 
438 
136 
99 
_ 
acres 
1,149,993 
24,209 
138,073 
319,633 
25,219 
301,948 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
186 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
