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 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,080 
1,857 
1,807 
223 
204 
332 
Female 
330 
295 
291 
35 
33 
117 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,443 
1,310 
1,277 
133 
119 
163 
Other 
967 
842 
821 
125 
118 
286 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,611 
1,457 
1,432 
154 
149 
210 
Not on farm operated 
799 
695 
666 
104 
88 
239 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,167 
1,054 
1,028 
113 
97 
190 
Any 
1,243 
1,098 
1,070 
145 
140 
259 
1 to 49 days 
173 
155 
148 
18 
18 
37 
50 to 99 days 
108 
100 
99 
8 
8 
20 
100 to 199 days 
186 
169 
164 
17 
16 
31 
200 days or more 
776 
674 
659 
102 
98 
171 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
81 
59 
56 
22 
22 
25 
3 or 4 years 
107 
96 
95 
11 
9 
37 
5 to 9 years 
331 
283 
270 
48 
43 
70 
10 years or more 
1,891 
1,714 
1,677 
177 
163 
317 
Average years on present farm 
21.2 
21.6 
21.6 
17.3 
17.2 
18.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
59 
45 
45 
14 
14 
15 
3 or 4 years 
90 
80 
79 
10 
9 
29 
5 to 9 years 
280 
240 
227 
40 
37 
68 
10 years or more 
1,981 
1,787 
1,747 
194 
177 
337 
Average years operating any farm 
23.4 
23.8 
23.8 
19.9 
19.7 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
65 
54 
49 
11 
7 
18 
35 to 44 years 
210 
178 
175 
32 
30 
38 
45 to 49 years 
269 
245 
244 
24 
23 
36 
50 to 54 years 
330 
298 
294 
32 
29 
44 
55 to 59 years 
390 
349 
335 
41 
39 
57 
60 to 64 years 
404 
352 
348 
52 
48 
74 
65 to 69 years 
336 
308 
305 
28 
27 
63 
70 years and over 
393 
355 
335 
38 
34 
118 
Average age 
58.3 
58.4 
58.3 
57.2 
57.4 
60.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
20 
20 
3 
1 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
18 
15 
15 
3 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
112 
107 
105 
5 
5 
33 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
3 
- 
4 
4 
- 
White 
2,250 
2,004 
1,955 
246 
225 
412 
More than one race reported 
18 
18 
18 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
255 
205 
200 
50 
48 
82 
2 people 
1,250 
1,129 
1,095 
121 
111 
226 
3 people 
375 
339 
335 
36 
34 
56 
4 people 
332 
300 
298 
32 
29 
67 
5 or more people 
198 
179 
170 
19 
15 
18 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,372 
1,191 
1,158 
181 
175 
366 
25 to 49 percent 
195 
187 
184 
8 
6 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
311 
286 
281 
25 
19 
37 
75 to 99 percent 
256 
241 
230 
15 
11 
10 
100 percent 
276 
247 
245 
29 
26 
17 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
243 
199 
186 
44 
29 
85 
acres 
281,950 
236,216 
225,926 
45,734 
42,715 
58,849 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,938 
1,717 
1,677 
221 
200 
332 
Dial-up service 
93 
86 
86 
7 
7 
21 
DSL service 
1,150 
1,040 
1,013 
110 
97 
194 
Cable modem service 
264 
229 
227 
35 
35 
62 
Fiber-optic service 
68 
55 
54 
13 
10 
30 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
344 
297 
285 
47 
41 
36 
Satellite service 
226 
197 
193 
29 
29 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
42 
37 
34 
5 
5 
7 
Other Internet service 
17 
11 
11 
6 
6 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,683 
1,500 
1,463 
183 
168 
340 
2 households 
468 
418 
409 
50 
47 
68 
3 households 
139 
122 
119 
17 
16 
17 
4 households 
65 
61 
59 
4 
4 
9 
5 or more households 
55 
51 
48 
4 
2 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 149 
