Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Phillips 
Pitkin 
Prowers 
Pueblo 
Rio Blanco 
Rio Grande 
Routt 
Saguache 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
152 
33 
249 
309 
106 
187 
210 
117 
2007 
138 
24 
260 
316 
70 
158 
120 
101 
Any 
2012 
167 
49 
304 
585 
207 
190 
589 
160 
2007 
196 
58 
376 
565 
215 
232 
490 
141 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
45 
5 
22 
168 
36 
15 
82 
32 
2007 
47 
22 
65 
86 
41 
46 
138 
40 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
8 
11 
25 
28 
25 
15 
46 
19 
2007 
9 
3 
34 
38 
20 
15 
35 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
25 
13 
49 
101 
36 
22 
87 
16 
2007 
33 
12 
36 
77 
47 
37 
77 
32 
200 days or more 
2012 
89 
20 
208 
288 
110 
138 
374 
93 
2007 
107 
21 
241 
364 
107 
134 
240 
55 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
9 
2 
25 
35 
8 
16 
19 
13 
2007 
14 
3 
9 
38 
12 
19 
18 
11 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
17 
1 
36 
44 
19 
14 
33 
13 
2007 
15 
10 
31 
65 
22 
29 
49 
11 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
30 
8 
51 
127 
60 
77 
172 
28 
2007 
41 
6 
83 
131 
44 
66 
91 
32 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
263 
71 
441 
688 
226 
270 
575 
223 
2007 
264 
63 
513 
647 
207 
276 
452 
188 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.8 
26.2 
24.7 
20.4 
19.3 
20.1 
18.5 
20.5 
2007 
24.1 
19.5 
24.3 
20.4 
19.4 
19.1 
18.7 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
21 
21 
4 
8 
16 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
11 
- 
23 
37 
16 
13 
29 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
25 
8 
40 
121 
59 
48 
123 
26 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
276 
74 
469 
715 
234 
308 
631 
232 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
29.6 
28.2 
27.7 
23.0 
22.1 
24.2 
20.9 
23.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
4 
. 
_ 
3 
3 
3 
. 
. 
2007 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
15 
- 
45 
31 
24 
16 
30 
8 
2007 
29 
2 
31 
24 
17 
24 
22 
11 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
30 
3 
52 
82 
23 
57 
87 
27 
2007 
55 
3 
58 
99 
36 
44 
62 
25 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
66 
5 
117 
168 
85 
60 
180 
58 
2007 
92 
20 
181 
243 
76 
99 
184 
61 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
43 
13 
75 
105 
40 
77 
124 
43 
2007 
37 
19 
77 
122 
36 
59 
97 
55 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
43 
18 
76 
131 
28 
56 
136 
61 
2007 
35 
17 
76 
121 
39 
48 
86 
35 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
42 
25 
70 
102 
38 
36 
130 
37 
2007 
20 
6 
60 
82 
33 
38 
51 
14 
70 years and over 
2012 
76 
18 
118 
272 
72 
72 
112 
43 
2007 
66 
15 
149 
189 
48 
76 
108 
41 
Average age 
2012 
59.1 
64.5 
58.3 
60.6 
57.4 
57.5 
57.7 
58.6 
2007 
54.6 
58.4 
58.3 
57.8 
56.2 
56.6 
56.9 
56.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
256 
61 
389 
638 
252 
324 
676 
217 
2007 
242 
69 
397 
605 
203 
285 
454 
167 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
12 
5 
57 
54 
16 
7 
42 
17 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
106 
10 
182 
186 
49 
84 
125 
60 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
26 
7 
41 
155 
7 
6 
82 
8 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
77 
2 
6 
68 
7 
- 
12 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
58 
11 
105 
98 
14 
132 
104 
45 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
37 
35 
76 
101 
178 
101 
328 
74 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
2 
2 
10 
10 
1 
8 
8 
10 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
5 
2 
5 
13 
3 
10 
44 
8 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
298 
73 
526 
854 
294 
361 
745 
262 
acres, 2012 
400,698 
27,034 
965,359 
749,393 
474,373 
161,040 
515,372 
288,753 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
26 
27 
26 
76 
37 
37 
104 
41 
acres, 2012 
46,483 
9,039 
54,244 
198,674 
132,793 
38,619 
256,127 
71,125 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
231 
42 
451 
739 
229 
298 
624 
202 
2007 
261 
52 
503 
738 
231 
301 
473 
178 
acres, 2012 
258,542 
(D) 
564,266 
532,369 
183,349 
95,149 
235,639 
192,386 
2007 
279,994 
10,635 
627,172 
561,445 
170,996 
88,461 
237,474 
160,885 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
40 
22 
49 
71 
52 
34 
89 
42 
2007 
34 
15 
75 
87 
29 
44 
80 
28 
acres, 2012 
86,865 
9,197 
246,140 
187,031 
210,941 
35,342 
205,277 
48,411 
2007 
84,947 
9,492 
169,868 
164,729 
107,930 
40,838 
146,895 
63,731 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
37 
9 
24 
54 
18 
30 
47 
27 
2007 
31 
8 
34 
41 
17 
36 
37 
28 
acres, 2012 
84,448 
1,830 
164,848 
162,523 
73,479 
36,093 
127,914 
66,848 
2007 
54,288 
2,643 
213,290 
77,704 
71,557 
42,644 
127,935 
53,781 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
1 
2 
- 
3 
7 
6 
10 
2 
2007 
2 
1 
5 
2 
3 
5 
3 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,660 
33,160 
7,083 
15,950 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
4,646 
(D) 
(D) 
2,350 
520 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
10 
7 
29 
27 
7 
9 
29 
4 
2007 
6 
6 
19 
13 
5 
4 
17 
7 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
12,942 
46,661 
11,686 
6,414 
11,822 
27,752 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
22,360 
(D) 
(D) 
4,615 
20,190 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Colorado 505 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
