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 
35,853 
31,267 
2,174 
1,549 
Female 
6,404 
5,596 
361 
287 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,858 
16,868 
1,384 
1,025 
Other 
22,399 
19,995 
1,151 
811 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
32,751 
29,243 
1,687 
1,177 
Not on farm operated 
9,506 
7,620 
848 
659 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,798 
15,192 
1,249 
892 
Any 
24,459 
21,671 
1,286 
944 
1 to 49 days 
3,017 
2,626 
181 
138 
50 to 99 days 
1,804 
1,569 
107 
86 
100 to 199 days 
3,439 
3,062 
160 
118 
200 days or more 
16,199 
14,414 
838 
602 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,397 
1,213 
78 
58 
3 or 4 years 
2,255 
1,957 
154 
109 
5 to 9 years 
6,331 
5,575 
355 
292 
1 0 years or more 
32,274 
28,118 
1,948 
1,377 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
22.0 
23.2 
22.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,032 
902 
56 
37 
3 or 4 years 
1,836 
1,603 
114 
77 
5 to 9 years 
5,504 
4,876 
280 
226 
10 years or more 
33,885 
29,482 
2,085 
1,496 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
23.7 
25.4 
24.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
153 
134 
5 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,689 
1,511 
95 
74 
35 to 44 years 
3,649 
3,183 
218 
167 
45 to 49 years 
3,535 
3,030 
200 
143 
50 to 54 years 
4,808 
4,148 
286 
213 
55 to 59 years 
6,052 
5,260 
345 
256 
60 to 64 years 
6,212 
5,354 
380 
280 
65 to 69 years 
5,995 
5,283 
313 
201 
70 years and over 
10,164 
8,960 
693 
502 
Average age 
59.9 
59.9 
60.7 
60.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
443 
397 
20 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
127 
116 
5 
3 
Asian 
239 
180 
41 
37 
Black or African American 
1,986 
1,712 
129 
84 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
5 
- 
- 
White 
39,736 
34,723 
2,351 
1,708 
More than one race reported 
157 
127 
9 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,791 
5,152 
302 
218 
2 people 
22,496 
19,641 
1,379 
990 
3 people 
6,184 
5,360 
393 
292 
4 people 
5,137 
4,440 
298 
216 
5 or more people 
2,649 
2,270 
163 
120 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
31,824 
28,477 
1,609 
1,144 
25 to 49 percent 
2,774 
2,355 
205 
145 
50 to 74 percent 
3,129 
2,477 
304 
235 
75 to 99 percent 
2,213 
1,742 
205 
162 
100 percent 
2,317 
1,812 
212 
150 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,164 
673 
163 
121 
acres 
881,169 
331,366 
209,004 
134,226 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,395 
25,331 
1,794 
1,336 
Dial-up service 
1,954 
1,744 
96 
67 
DSL service 
17,631 
15,205 
1,082 
800 
Cable modem service 
3,679 
3,134 
219 
174 
Fiber-optic service 
1,147 
972 
77 
57 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,585 
3,907 
298 
220 
Satellite service 
3,610 
3,086 
269 
197 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
536 
459 
28 
26 
Other Internet service 
228 
194 
17 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
34,620 
31,254 
1,343 
1,022 
2 households 
5,887 
4,489 
862 
567 
3 households 
1,052 
692 
204 
145 
4 households 
397 
253 
70 
53 
5 or more households 
301 
175 
56 
49 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
