Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Georgia 
Appling 
Atkinson 
Bacon 
Baker 
Baldwin 
Banks 
Barrow 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
17,798 
165 
107 
90 
86 
51 
252 
117 
2007 
17,549 
194 
76 
122 
77 
68 
224 
180 
Any 
2012 
24,459 
310 
87 
178 
64 
73 
267 
187 
2007 
30,297 
300 
119 
204 
79 
102 
306 
286 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
3,017 
44 
3 
26 
5 
20 
26 
28 
2007 
4,585 
32 
3 
33 
19 
13 
27 
26 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
1,804 
24 
2 
11 
10 
8 
15 
11 
2007 
2,522 
27 
5 
11 
10 
12 
12 
24 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
3,439 
45 
15 
27 
4 
16 
75 
44 
2007 
4,103 
39 
30 
41 
6 
13 
46 
32 
200 days or more 
2012 
16,199 
197 
67 
114 
45 
29 
151 
104 
2007 
19,087 
202 
81 
119 
44 
64 
221 
204 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
1,397 
8 
12 
5 
2 
8 
10 
5 
2007 
1,998 
12 
10 
14 
7 
1 
15 
18 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2,255 
34 
9 
20 
13 
5 
34 
7 
2007 
3,686 
27 
13 
18 
7 
11 
49 
46 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
6,331 
68 
29 
38 
37 
19 
75 
34 
2007 
8,551 
90 
20 
41 
21 
45 
73 
85 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
32,274 
365 
144 
205 
98 
92 
400 
258 
2007 
33,611 
365 
152 
253 
121 
113 
393 
317 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.0 
23.5 
21.8 
22.5 
20.7 
22.3 
21.4 
26.2 
2007 
20.1 
22.2 
22.3 
22.5 
21.5 
18.7 
20.1 
21.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1,032 
7 
10 
4 
1 
6 
7 
5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1,836 
34 
6 
12 
9 
4 
24 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
5,504 
55 
26 
29 
23 
17 
69 
30 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
33,885 
379 
152 
223 
117 
97 
419 
262 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.7 
24.8 
24.1 
25.1 
25.7 
24.3 
23.0 
27.1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
153 
6 
4 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2 
2007 
176 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
1,689 
17 
7 
20 
17 
- 
40 
11 
2007 
2,062 
28 
8 
22 
14 
3 
19 
17 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
3,649 
49 
33 
24 
7 
15 
44 
21 
2007 
5,510 
67 
35 
34 
15 
13 
69 
43 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
8,343 
124 
37 
57 
19 
16 
121 
52 
2007 
1 1 ,304 
157 
51 
69 
34 
38 
148 
106 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
6,052 
57 
35 
33 
25 
12 
83 
29 
2007 
6,914 
61 
19 
50 
37 
28 
91 
51 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
6,212 
88 
23 
46 
22 
22 
86 
46 
2007 
6,906 
48 
30 
62 
14 
28 
65 
93 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
5,995 
41 
24 
43 
15 
19 
58 
48 
2007 
5,693 
47 
19 
37 
19 
28 
61 
53 
70 years and over 
2012 
10,164 
93 
31 
45 
45 
40 
87 
95 
2007 
9,281 
83 
33 
50 
23 
32 
76 
101 
Average age 
2012 
59.9 
57.7 
55.5 
57.6 
60.5 
62.6 
57.0 
61.5 
2007 
57.8 
55.1 
56.4 
56.8 
56.4 
60.2 
56.2 
58.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
29,395 
331 
140 
168 
78 
85 
411 
220 
2007 
25,290 
283 
80 
179 
71 
96 
285 
236 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
1,954 
26 
22 
12 
2 
2 
18 
4 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
17,631 
169 
94 
134 
25 
62 
324 
174 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
3,679 
27 
5 
22 
9 
8 
13 
22 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
1,147 
4 
- 
- 
1 
3 
8 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
4,585 
55 
30 
21 
42 
6 
50 
17 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
3,610 
77 
8 
11 
12 
7 
19 
10 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
536 
4 
2 
3 
- 
2 
3 
5 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
228 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
40,891 
468 
186 
264 
137 
122 
514 
298 
acres, 2012 
8,906,536 
120,723 
84,088 
56,219 
95,380 
17,664 
59,010 
28,720 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
2,380 
18 
2 
12 
5 
2 
23 
12 
acres, 2012 
968,604 
3,640 
(D) 
10,584 
(D) 
(D) 
4,744 
803 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
36,863 
439 
165 
231 
108 
116 
465 
274 
2007 
41,703 
436 
173 
268 
125 
147 
493 
417 
acres, 2012 
6,610,516 
98,808 
(D) 
44,341 
(D) 
16,903 
51,356 
24,074 
2007 
7,161,244 
74,316 
(D) 
49,090 
(D) 
(D) 
41,417 
26,114 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
2,535 
22 
7 
18 
14 
4 
15 
14 
2007 
3,850 
39 
9 
25 
14 
22 
22 
33 
acres, 2012 
1,654,763 
18,645 
20,234 
3,984 
32,822 
538 
4,574 
1,358 
2007 
1,750,488 
24,877 
5,436 
4,628 
18,416 
5,664 
3,674 
4,514 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
2,152 
12 
19 
16 
22 
1 
31 
13 
2007 
1,691 
15 
12 
21 
13 
- 
12 
10 
acres, 2012 
1,079,965 
(D) 
12,278 
8,125 
13,478 
(D) 
2,889 
4,363 
2007 
967,468 
2,303 
11,147 
7,270 
1 1 ,425 
1,221 
3,108 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
258 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
- 
2007 
218 
- 
1 
3 
3 
- 
3 
3 
acres, 2012 
112,112 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
357 
- 
2007 
120,189 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
373 
75 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
449 
1 
1 
1 
4 
1 
5 
3 
2007 
384 
4 
- 
9 
1 
1 
- 
3 
acres, 2012 
163,480 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
504 
11 
2007 
151,150 
70 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
51 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 813 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
