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 
5,052 
535 
60 
75 
86 
1,312 
- 
55 to 59 years 
5,640 
642 
87 
103 
120 
1,449 
- 
60 to 64 years 
5,233 
545 
76 
103 
110 
1,545 
- 
65 to 69 years 
4,524 
378 
46 
105 
70 
1,416 
- 
70 years and over 
7,802 
746 
57 
106 
86 
2,962 
- 
Average age 
58.9 
56.6 
55.8 
60.4 
58.5 
61.8 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2,318 
70 
28 
13 
12 
824 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
270 
19 
3 
3 
- 
62 
- 
Asian 
170 
27 
13 
2 
10 
60 
- 
Black or African American 
47 
1 
1 
1 
- 
14 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
32 
1 
3 
- 
2 
8 
- 
White 
35,498 
3,895 
429 
567 
557 
10,139 
- 
More than one race reported 
163 
8 
6 
4 
7 
40 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,813 
563 
49 
69 
72 
1,987 
- 
2 people 
19,296 
2,077 
232 
334 
315 
5,718 
- 
3 people 
4,582 
513 
71 
72 
86 
1,173 
- 
4 people 
4,042 
478 
54 
73 
81 
919 
- 
5 or more people 
2,447 
320 
49 
29 
22 
526 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,203 
1,127 
249 
452 
345 
8,216 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
2,742 
494 
32 
49 
49 
762 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
2,953 
691 
46 
36 
64 
668 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
2,446 
971 
44 
24 
47 
383 
- 
100 percent 
1,836 
668 
84 
16 
71 
294 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,613 
300 
45 
26 
73 
368 
- 
acres 
4,656,982 
670,820 
58,558 
902 
9,733 
1,357,323 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,363 
3,193 
410 
498 
524 
7,516 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,293 
207 
20 
38 
57 
605 
- 
DSL service 
9,631 
1,179 
155 
197 
188 
2,578 
- 
Cable modem service 
2,845 
244 
52 
104 
79 
958 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
1,032 
266 
9 
7 
14 
262 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,079 
791 
83 
68 
74 
1,210 
- 
Satellite service 
8,858 
980 
117 
93 
137 
2,077 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,026 
93 
20 
35 
26 
313 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,159 
103 
23 
25 
30 
328 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,617 
2,784 
345 
493 
450 
8,440 
- 
2 households 
4,891 
780 
75 
65 
79 
1,410 
- 
3 households 
1,021 
258 
23 
10 
19 
297 
- 
4 households 
367 
75 
5 
9 
12 
99 
- 
5 or more households 
284 
54 
7 
- 
16 
77 
- 
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 
34,689 
3,719 
427 
561 
536 
9,877 
- 
acres 
28,438,867 
7,384,212 
154,292 
20,728 
51,467 
4,468,495 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
3,345 
314 
113 
65 
76 
751 
- 
acres 
5,178,565 
748,863 
66,948 
2,661 
8,232 
725,348 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
29,367 
2,972 
314 
453 
330 
8,541 
- 
acres 
17,747,109 
4,848,555 
60,148 
13,134 
22,892 
2,892,126 
- 
Partnership farms 
3,228 
545 
73 
51 
63 
844 
- 
acres 
7,594,854 
2,083,719 
68,596 
3,147 
8,449 
822,639 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,604 
443 
70 
44 
49 
659 
- 
acres 
6,628,196 
1,765,738 
67,056 
2,687 
7,614 
699,580 
- 
Corporation farms 
2,522 
334 
53 
58 
173 
534 
- 
acres 
4,486,122 
879,032 
71,261 
4,700 
23,482 
533,753 
- 
Family held farms 
2,240 
320 
49 
50 
145 
469 
- 
acres 
4,124,539 
839,899 
62,076 
(D) 
21,146 
489,530 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
46 
7 
3 
3 
12 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
2,194 
313 
46 
50 
142 
457 
- 
Other than family held farms 
282 
14 
4 
8 
28 
65 
- 
acres 
361,583 
39,133 
9,185 
(D) 
2,336 
44,223 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
