Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
27 
688 
1,389 
18 
262 
71 
160 
417 
1,048 
55 to 59 years 
40 
791 
1,607 
32 
244 
65 
184 
473 
1,214 
60 to 64 years 
26 
856 
1,859 
26 
208 
41 
194 
447 
1,292 
65 to 69 years 
24 
730 
1,693 
22 
139 
52 
186 
408 
1,246 
70 years and over 
37 
1,389 
3,085 
42 
265 
46 
218 
684 
1,626 
Average age 
58.4 
60.0 
61.0 
61.8 
56.5 
53.3 
59.0 
58.1 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
27 
749 
844 
8 
107 
56 
113 
368 
697 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
121 
213 
- 
5 
19 
23 
53 
165 
Asian 
6 
248 
102 
1 
21 
6 
46 
54 
93 
Black or African American 
1 
37 
69 
1 
- 
9 
7 
15 
35 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
32 
51 
- 
4 
- 
21 
4 
13 
White 
183 
5,117 
11,211 
154 
1,562 
405 
1,089 
3,076 
7,421 
More than one race reported 
1 
66 
121 
" 
2 
7 
16 
44 
82 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
15 
855 
1,745 
25 
162 
31 
116 
420 
1,233 
2 people 
110 
2,906 
6,373 
88 
664 
172 
601 
1,560 
4,261 
3 people 
19 
761 
1,510 
23 
229 
82 
203 
484 
1,102 
4 people 
29 
617 
1,335 
16 
255 
90 
164 
449 
670 
5 or more people 
21 
482 
804 
4 
284 
71 
118 
333 
543 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
62 
3,963 
9,461 
108 
379 
396 
922 
2,861 
6,519 
25 to 49 percent 
33 
389 
824 
17 
120 
11 
77 
150 
348 
50 to 74 percent 
35 
507 
753 
16 
261 
20 
68 
133 
405 
75 to 99 percent 
32 
404 
389 
9 
310 
9 
55 
55 
249 
1 00 percent 
32 
358 
340 
6 
524 
10 
80 
47 
288 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
35 
358 
381 
17 
257 
14 
86 
95 
297 
acres 
201,459 
519,472 
1,452,949 
(D) 
270,673 
(D) 
20,475 
85,884 
83,274 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
160 
4,016 
8,635 
110 
1,352 
364 
995 
2,631 
6,368 
Dial-up service 
10 
322 
942 
2 
80 
38 
88 
256 
476 
DSL service 
51 
1,406 
2,710 
42 
352 
147 
346 
841 
2,184 
Cable modem service 
20 
574 
941 
12 
140 
62 
113 
318 
883 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
110 
139 
5 
35 
15 
22 
40 
231 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
50 
897 
1,735 
22 
310 
58 
180 
552 
1,275 
Satellite service 
46 
1,062 
2,645 
27 
481 
72 
267 
757 
1,822 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
95 
247 
3 
80 
8 
39 
79 
171 
Other Internet service 
2 
185 
327 
6 
111 
8 
58 
119 
233 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
109 
4,382 
9,758 
132 
950 
400 
976 
2,808 
6,922 
2 households 
56 
793 
1,549 
13 
357 
35 
165 
368 
642 
3 households 
16 
231 
308 
7 
161 
5 
36 
60 
142 
4 households 
8 
118 
73 
2 
64 
6 
10 
8 
52 
5 or more households 
5 
97 
79 
2 
62 
- 
15 
2 
51 
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 
173 
5,132 
11,303 
147 
1,443 
429 
1,146 
3,197 
7,511 
acres 
209,328 
2,374,977 
8,974,911 
194,032 
850,191 
11,251 
48,160 
519,361 
1,175,172 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
4 
265 
408 
23 
80 
8 
41 
80 
365 
acres 
2,976 
327,545 
1,259,897 
21,003 
33,360 
(D) 
13,539 
(D) 
64,614 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
99 
4,125 
10,145 
111 
878 
398 
995 
2,954 
6,413 
acres 
53,829 
1,245,303 
6,045,787 
158,972 
440,073 
10,025 
31,772 
300,191 
746,662 
Partnership 
.. farms 
67 
759 
851 
20 
528 
18 
106 
186 
517 
acres 
118,680 
973,491 
2,636,835 
16,301 
379,261 
1,346 
25,470 
103,477 
200,384 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
67 
617 
640 
15 
463 
7 
70 
111 
371 
acres 
118,680 
860,182 
2,015,246 
14,895 
342,466 
1,262 
23,939 
86,965 
190,361 
Corporation 
.. farms 
23 
444 
391 
20 
143 
13 
88 
45 
568 
acres 
190,620 
682,500 
1,292,871 
29,662 
105,038 
(D) 
(D) 
48,507 
284,984 
Family held 
.. farms 
19 
349 
336 
12 
136 
10 
80 
36 
434 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
981,265 
27,818 
101,127 
1,000 
11,064 
45,178 
265,762 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
17 
24 
1 
3 
- 
6 
3 
8 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
19 
332 
312 
11 
133 
10 
74 
33 
426 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
4 
95 
55 
8 
7 
3 
8 
9 
134 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
311,606 
1,844 
3,911 
(D) 
(D) 
3,329 
19,222 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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