Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
184 
1,049 
1,247 
- 
43 
32 
529 
223 
588 
55 to 59 years 
183 
1,455 
1,651 
- 
55 
48 
636 
304 
682 
60 to 64 years 
155 
1,637 
1,850 
- 
27 
22 
559 
197 
674 
65 to 69 years 
126 
1,617 
1,933 
- 
23 
32 
517 
276 
547 
70 years and over 
158 
3,077 
3,748 
- 
24 
28 
672 
275 
640 
Average age 
55.0 
62.0 
61.4 
- 
55.0 
54.9 
56.5 
55.5 
58.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
80 
140 
- 
11 
1 
43 
49 
60 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
39 
27 
- 
1 
5 
14 
7 
11 
Asian 
- 
24 
4 
- 
- 
- 
149 
9 
10 
Black or African American 
36 
537 
626 
- 
5 
47 
79 
81 
61 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
White 
1,130 
10,006 
12,163 
- 
226 
190 
3,895 
1,808 
3,926 
More than one race reported 
2 
47 
38 
- 
- 
5 
20 
3 
19 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
149 
1,795 
1,820 
- 
23 
30 
354 
226 
533 
2 people 
542 
5,860 
7,117 
- 
95 
109 
1,985 
862 
2,179 
3 people 
209 
1,374 
1,768 
- 
35 
44 
763 
323 
604 
4 people 
203 
1,120 
1,392 
- 
38 
37 
685 
315 
483 
5 or more people 
72 
504 
761 
41 
27 
371 
186 
228 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
255 
8,534 
10,785 
- 
52 
200 
1,410 
1,818 
3,591 
25 to 49 percent 
89 
550 
978 
- 
15 
10 
449 
34 
137 
50 to 74 percent 
230 
625 
673 
- 
43 
13 
790 
24 
120 
75 to 99 percent 
261 
475 
254 
- 
35 
12 
788 
25 
65 
1 00 percent 
340 
469 
168 
87 
12 
721 
11 
114 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
68 
248 
190 
- 
22 
17 
231 
20 
108 
acres 
(D) 
351,762 
98,961 
" 
31,939 
7,976 
52,959 
998 
36,278 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
874 
6,925 
8,283 
- 
162 
175 
3,287 
1,425 
3,234 
Dial-up service 
98 
456 
579 
- 
9 
11 
219 
87 
178 
DSL service 
470 
3,959 
5,025 
- 
78 
92 
2,257 
875 
1,934 
Cable modem service 
69 
967 
1,021 
- 
13 
22 
258 
164 
472 
Fiber-optic service 
37 
314 
326 
- 
4 
3 
66 
43 
106 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
137 
1,146 
1,271 
- 
49 
27 
419 
223 
484 
Satellite service 
138 
873 
953 
- 
30 
31 
396 
165 
406 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
157 
125 
- 
3 
- 
55 
30 
69 
Other Internet service 
3 
58 
44 
- 
" 
4 
40 
14 
24 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
849 
8,811 
10,520 
- 
135 
207 
3,158 
1,683 
3,591 
2 households 
244 
1,300 
1,967 
- 
56 
31 
743 
188 
361 
3 households 
56 
321 
248 
- 
18 
5 
142 
18 
46 
4 households 
15 
124 
75 
- 
11 
- 
58 
15 
10 
5 or more households 
11 
97 
48 
- 
12 
4 
57 
8 
19 
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 
1,104 
10,231 
12,571 
- 
219 
237 
4,037 
1,886 
3,917 
acres 
1,113,783 
3,492,272 
1,777,844 
- 
126,693 
25,285 
523,082 
96,288 
385,329 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
75 
646 
500 
- 
23 
24 
284 
71 
293 
acres 
(D) 
391,333 
133,339 
- 
11,275 
2,752 
46,539 
10,538 
70,445 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
937 
9,119 
11,861 
- 
131 
214 
3,424 
1,805 
3,505 
acres 
(D) 
2,414,020 
1,541,811 
- 
53,198 
12,493 
392,384 
85,055 
286,392 
Partnership farms 
155 
839 
582 
- 
51 
8 
256 
63 
181 
acres 
208,843 
824,062 
176,034 
- 
34,445 
(D) 
67,527 
7,554 
62,103 
Registered under state law farms 
108 
627 
348 
- 
30 
7 
209 
41 
141 
acres 
158,699 
(D) 
123,447 
- 
16,846 
1,523 
59,707 
6,203 
57,541 
Corporation farms 
78 
529 
328 
- 
47 
23 
457 
29 
297 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
129,803 
- 
42,986 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
37,799 
Family held farms 
75 
492 
296 
- 
46 
23 
422 
23 
252 
acres 
106,652 
(D) 
117,870 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
61,508 
(D) 
34,524 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
- 
18 
4 
- 
7 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
75 
474 
292 
- 
46 
23 
415 
23 
244 
Other than family held farms 
3 
37 
32 
- 
1 
- 
35 
6 
45 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
11,933 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
204 
3,275 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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