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 
361 
79 
11 
2 
9 
36 
- 
55 to 59 years 
338 
73 
9 
4 
14 
47 
- 
60 to 64 years 
375 
89 
9 
3 
9 
70 
- 
65 to 69 years 
335 
82 
8 
3 
9 
48 
- 
70 years and over 
485 
158 
11 
4 
15 
70 
- 
Average age 
58.4 
60.2 
57.5 
59.9 
56.8 
61.8 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
30 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
22 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,392 
599 
59 
19 
73 
308 
- 
More than one race reported 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
67 
7 
2 
5 
44 
- 
2 people 
1,304 
364 
30 
9 
44 
159 
- 
3 people 
361 
67 
11 
1 
8 
44 
- 
4 people 
379 
74 
12 
6 
12 
49 
- 
5 or more people 
174 
34 
1 
1 
4 
13 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
219 
26 
14 
52 
250 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
101 
5 
2 
7 
24 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
110 
13 
1 
5 
13 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
106 
5 
2 
6 
5 
- 
1 00 percent 
258 
70 
12 
- 
3 
17 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
125 
37 
4 
- 
5 
15 
- 
acres 
62,076 
43,074 
6,328 
- 
(D) 
3,463 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
397 
48 
13 
45 
185 
- 
Dial-up service 
156 
47 
1 
2 
2 
14 
- 
DSL service 
296 
83 
15 
5 
9 
28 
- 
Cable modem service 
482 
115 
11 
2 
20 
53 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
46 
6 
2 
9 
29 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
92 
15 
2 
5 
49 
- 
Satellite service 
255 
48 
4 
1 
2 
24 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
14 
- 
- 
1 
9 
- 
Other Internet service 
17 
4 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
447 
44 
13 
56 
276 
- 
2 households 
365 
114 
11 
5 
13 
29 
- 
3 households 
67 
25 
2 
1 
2 
1 
- 
4 households 
32 
17 
1 
- 
1 
3 
- 
5 or more households 
18 
3 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
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 
2,356 
587 
56 
19 
63 
299 
- 
acres 
477,123 
317,148 
25,964 
1,492 
2,092 
29,818 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
190 
42 
17 
4 
6 
12 
- 
acres 
60,378 
43,575 
6,921 
442 
324 
1,389 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
1,917 
475 
40 
12 
44 
251 
- 
acres 
264,023 
169,588 
9,491 
(D) 
1,015 
20,662 
- 
Partnership farms 
161 
43 
4 
5 
9 
16 
- 
acres 
78,919 
57,483 
(D) 
(D) 
705 
3,150 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
128 
37 
4 
2 
8 
12 
- 
acres 
67,520 
48,546 
(D) 
(D) 
684 
3,093 
- 
Corporation farms 
317 
81 
13 
1 
19 
22 
- 
acres 
159,443 
106,625 
17,355 
(D) 
(D) 
5,206 
- 
Family held farms 
295 
77 
12 
1 
17 
14 
- 
acres 
156,297 
104,558 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,808 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
6 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
289 
76 
11 
1 
17 
14 
- 
Other than family held farms 
22 
4 
1 
_ 
2 
8 
_ 
acres 
3,146 
2,067 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
398 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
