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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
280 
264 
258 
16 
14 
35 
Female 
37 
31 
31 
6 
6 
21 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
238 
228 
224 
10 
9 
25 
Other 
79 
67 
65 
12 
11 
31 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
238 
223 
218 
15 
15 
32 
Not on farm operated 
79 
72 
71 
7 
5 
24 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
192 
183 
179 
9 
8 
23 
Any 
125 
112 
110 
13 
12 
33 
1 to 49 days 
28 
28 
27 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 days 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
20 
18 
17 
2 
2 
2 
200 days or more 
71 
60 
60 
11 
10 
28 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
4 
3 
3 
1 
1 
7 
3 or 4 years 
18 
12 
12 
6 
6 
1 
5 to 9 years 
19 
17 
16 
2 
2 
12 
1 0 years or more 
276 
263 
258 
13 
11 
36 
Average years on present farm 
25.8 
26.4 
26.4 
17.6 
(D) 
15.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
6 
3 or 4 years 
15 
9 
9 
6 
6 
1 
5 to 9 years 
13 
11 
10 
2 
2 
7 
1 0 years or more 
286 
273 
268 
13 
11 
42 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
28.2 
28.2 
18.9 
(D) 
19.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
10 
9 
9 
1 
1 
2 
35 to 44 years 
31 
29 
29 
2 
2 
5 
45 to 49 years 
22 
16 
16 
6 
6 
2 
50 to 54 years 
44 
42 
42 
2 
1 
8 
55 to 59 years 
57 
54 
51 
3 
3 
14 
60 to 64 years 
67 
61 
61 
6 
5 
9 
65 to 69 years 
30 
28 
25 
2 
2 
3 
70 years and over 
56 
56 
56 
- 
- 
13 
Average age 
57.8 
58.1 
58.1 
52.9 
(D) 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
312 
292 
286 
20 
18 
56 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
17 
15 
15 
2 
2 
11 
2 people 
169 
158 
153 
11 
9 
29 
3 people 
61 
58 
57 
3 
3 
8 
4 people 
54 
48 
48 
6 
6 
5 
5 or more people 
16 
16 
16 
- 
- 
3 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
108 
96 
94 
12 
10 
38 
25 to 49 percent 
39 
37 
37 
2 
2 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
51 
51 
49 
- 
- 
5 
75 to 99 percent 
53 
50 
50 
3 
3 
1 
1 00 percent 
66 
61 
59 
5 
5 
8 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
44 
42 
41 
2 
1 
11 
acres 
(D) 
43,158 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
266 
248 
243 
18 
17 
29 
Dial-up service 
13 
9 
9 
4 
4 
1 
DSL service 
50 
48 
46 
2 
1 
4 
Cable modem service 
85 
82 
80 
3 
3 
7 
Fiber-optic service 
34 
33 
33 
1 
1 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
81 
74 
74 
7 
7 
6 
Satellite service 
24 
23 
22 
1 
1 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other Internet service 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
220 
200 
196 
20 
18 
43 
2 households 
67 
65 
63 
2 
2 
13 
3 households 
17 
17 
17 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 145 
