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 
2,045 
1,833 
1,787 
212 
186 
795 
Female 
477 
407 
407 
70 
67 
268 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,555 
1,415 
1,384 
140 
130 
542 
Other 
967 
825 
810 
142 
123 
521 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,837 
1,661 
1,637 
176 
163 
677 
Not on farm operated 
685 
579 
557 
106 
90 
386 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,152 
1,046 
1,026 
106 
92 
464 
Any 
1,370 
1,194 
1,168 
176 
161 
599 
1 to 49 days 
225 
203 
201 
22 
22 
100 
50 to 99 days 
116 
106 
105 
10 
10 
59 
100 to 199 days 
270 
223 
220 
47 
41 
105 
200 days or more 
759 
662 
642 
97 
88 
335 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
77 
57 
54 
20 
14 
20 
3 or 4 years 
101 
80 
79 
21 
21 
76 
5 to 9 years 
421 
355 
347 
66 
58 
137 
10 years or more 
1,923 
1,748 
1,714 
175 
160 
830 
Average years on present farm 
21.2 
22.0 
21.9 
15.5 
15.7 
22.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
50 
36 
33 
14 
9 
16 
3 or 4 years 
73 
55 
54 
18 
18 
57 
5 to 9 years 
316 
267 
264 
49 
44 
114 
10 years or more 
2,083 
1,882 
1,843 
201 
182 
876 
Average years operating any farm 
24.5 
25.3 
25.3 
17.8 
17.9 
25.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
4 
4 
3 
3 
4 
25 to 34 years 
127 
112 
110 
15 
14 
41 
35 to 44 years 
252 
210 
205 
42 
36 
64 
45 to 49 years 
210 
189 
185 
21 
20 
77 
50 to 54 years 
341 
303 
301 
38 
30 
124 
55 to 59 years 
440 
393 
385 
47 
43 
119 
60 to 64 years 
412 
359 
350 
53 
52 
130 
65 to 69 years 
283 
257 
254 
26 
25 
150 
70 years and over 
450 
413 
400 
37 
30 
354 
Average age 
57.7 
58.1 
58.0 
55.2 
55.3 
62.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
113 
89 
89 
24 
22 
51 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
12 
12 
- 
- 
4 
Asian 
19 
19 
15 
- 
- 
10 
Black or African American 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,485 
2,203 
2,161 
282 
253 
1,043 
More than one race reported 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
317 
271 
265 
46 
39 
256 
2 people 
1,423 
1,284 
1,263 
139 
126 
584 
3 people 
303 
272 
263 
31 
28 
104 
4 people 
307 
262 
258 
45 
40 
73 
5 or more people 
172 
151 
145 
21 
20 
46 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,435 
1,250 
1,230 
185 
166 
769 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
230 
229 
33 
28 
88 
50 to 74 percent 
276 
255 
243 
21 
20 
89 
75 to 99 percent 
257 
239 
233 
18 
17 
81 
100 percent 
291 
266 
259 
25 
22 
36 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
441 
378 
357 
63 
50 
145 
acres 
1,438,086 
1,274,678 
1,187,116 
163,408 
135,781 
1,143,606 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,227 
1,987 
1,944 
240 
218 
746 
Dial-up service 
152 
140 
139 
12 
11 
66 
DSL service 
742 
670 
652 
72 
69 
243 
Cable modem service 
223 
192 
187 
31 
28 
113 
Fiber-optic service 
95 
76 
74 
19 
15 
50 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
408 
365 
361 
43 
40 
107 
Satellite service 
779 
702 
686 
77 
68 
229 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
89 
83 
81 
6 
6 
26 
Other Internet service 
88 
79 
79 
9 
8 
30 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,767 
1,549 
1,522 
218 
193 
826 
2 households 
475 
442 
425 
33 
30 
141 
3 households 
161 
145 
145 
16 
15 
50 
4 households 
58 
54 
52 
4 
4 
14 
5 or more households 
61 
50 
50 
11 
11 
32 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Colorado 149 
