Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,006 
1,546 
145 
119 
Female 
445 
371 
16 
9 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,565 
1,193 
109 
93 
Other 
886 
724 
52 
35 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,954 
1,570 
114 
87 
Not on farm operated 
497 
347 
47 
41 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,366 
1,050 
101 
84 
Any 
1,085 
867 
60 
44 
1 to 49 days 
143 
103 
9 
7 
50 to 99 days 
50 
39 
5 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
136 
110 
4 
3 
200 days or more 
756 
615 
42 
29 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
40 
3 
3 
3 or 4 years 
88 
67 
2 
2 
5 to 9 years 
302 
258 
13 
10 
1 0 years or more 
2,007 
1,552 
143 
113 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
23.5 
26.0 
27.1 
Years eperating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
25 
3 
3 
3 or 4 years 
66 
50 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
247 
218 
9 
6 
1 0 years or more 
2,101 
1,624 
149 
119 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
25.4 
28.4 
29.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
5 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
105 
89 
4 
4 
35 to 44 years 
233 
182 
15 
13 
45 to 49 years 
214 
175 
15 
14 
50 to 54 years 
361 
287 
22 
17 
55 to 59 years 
338 
238 
29 
21 
60 to 64 years 
375 
269 
30 
21 
65 to 69 years 
335 
285 
17 
14 
70 years and over 
485 
387 
29 
24 
Average age 
58.4 
58.5 
58.5 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
22 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Asian 
30 
23 
4 
3 
Black or African American 
22 
19 
2 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,392 
1,869 
155 
124 
More than one race reported 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
193 
12 
10 
2 people 
1,304 
1,033 
73 
55 
3 people 
361 
265 
27 
22 
4 people 
379 
287 
33 
28 
5 or more people 
174 
139 
16 
13 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
1,044 
73 
56 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
200 
20 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
262 
23 
17 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
253 
19 
14 
1 00 percent 
258 
158 
26 
23 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
125 
61 
9 
8 
acres 
62,076 
8,880 
(D) 
7,720 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
1,266 
115 
103 
Dial-up service 
156 
134 
8 
6 
DSL service 
296 
217 
25 
19 
Cable modem service 
482 
357 
33 
28 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
154 
18 
17 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
287 
31 
29 
Satellite service 
255 
211 
16 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
45 
1 
1 
Other Internet service 
17 
14 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
1,620 
86 
71 
2 households 
365 
239 
46 
32 
3 households 
67 
32 
18 
15 
4 households 
32 
18 
5 
4 
5 or more households 
18 
8 
6 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
