Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Bulloch 
Burke 
Butts 
Calhoun 
Camden 
Candler 
Carroll 
Catoosa 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
227 
162 
58 
74 
19 
98 
428 
123 
2007 
263 
153 
50 
67 
26 
92 
390 
102 
Any 
2012 
317 
231 
82 
77 
50 
140 
481 
146 
2007 
406 
315 
96 
74 
31 
191 
664 
159 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
47 
34 
5 
10 
15 
32 
38 
8 
2007 
58 
51 
19 
6 
10 
38 
122 
28 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
22 
18 
1 
8 
1 
10 
34 
14 
2007 
53 
39 
9 
14 
3 
15 
54 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
29 
26 
13 
7 
7 
11 
89 
20 
2007 
55 
58 
10 
14 
5 
23 
87 
10 
200 days or more 
2012 
219 
153 
63 
52 
27 
87 
320 
104 
2007 
240 
167 
58 
40 
13 
115 
401 
113 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
22 
7 
2 
2 
9 
30 
3 
2007 
47 
31 
7 
7 
5 
14 
59 
7 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
31 
22 
6 
8 
3 
17 
46 
9 
2007 
46 
33 
11 
10 
7 
11 
77 
25 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
81 
79 
27 
22 
33 
26 
127 
52 
2007 
150 
74 
24 
27 
10 
55 
178 
55 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
424 
270 
100 
119 
31 
186 
706 
205 
2007 
426 
330 
104 
97 
35 
203 
740 
174 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.7 
19.4 
21.5 
20.8 
17.7 
20.3 
22.7 
22.1 
2007 
19.7 
18.4 
21.6 
18.9 
18.3 
21.9 
20.2 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
17 
7 
2 
4 
17 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
19 
4 
7 
2 
16 
45 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
77 
59 
25 
22 
35 
21 
110 
50 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
439 
298 
104 
120 
32 
197 
737 
209 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.2 
21.7 
22.9 
22.9 
18.3 
22.2 
24.7 
22.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
3 
. 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
17 
25 
6 
9 
2 
14 
33 
14 
2007 
37 
29 
1 
2 
- 
12 
46 
7 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
45 
48 
9 
12 
4 
19 
58 
19 
2007 
88 
58 
14 
22 
4 
33 
108 
26 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
113 
50 
27 
44 
13 
38 
185 
54 
2007 
160 
70 
42 
34 
15 
76 
237 
63 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
69 
58 
30 
20 
7 
54 
115 
49 
2007 
85 
97 
18 
29 
6 
36 
121 
30 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
52 
66 
14 
14 
20 
43 
138 
42 
2007 
78 
71 
26 
16 
18 
40 
148 
59 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
73 
54 
20 
22 
18 
35 
130 
41 
2007 
77 
74 
17 
15 
8 
20 
170 
32 
70 years and over 
2012 
175 
92 
34 
30 
5 
35 
247 
50 
2007 
144 
69 
28 
23 
6 
66 
224 
43 
Average age 
2012 
61.5 
59.0 
60.0 
57.4 
58.9 
58.5 
60.9 
58.5 
2007 
57.7 
57.3 
58.7 
56.8 
59.6 
58.4 
58.9 
58.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
372 
281 
104 
114 
54 
160 
565 
168 
2007 
357 
253 
78 
65 
35 
143 
577 
124 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
21 
39 
7 
5 
6 
6 
27 
3 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
223 
85 
60 
52 
42 
95 
385 
102 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
42 
55 
14 
15 
3 
24 
53 
30 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
104 
8 
2 
- 
3 
31 
11 
12 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
43 
69 
14 
40 
3 
9 
84 
20 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
28 
50 
4 
14 
4 
4 
49 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
3 
6 
4 
1 
- 
- 
20 
2 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
3 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
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 
515 
384 
139 
146 
68 
226 
892 
265 
acres, 2012 
153,878 
153,165 
20,948 
104,751 
11,757 
51,815 
84,838 
19,186 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
27 
24 
5 
7 
9 
10 
31 
19 
acres, 2012 
16,473 
4,224 
148 
3,932 
4,261 
9,268 
4,703 
1,589 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
460 
348 
127 
130 
62 
205 
817 
251 
2007 
585 
397 
128 
105 
47 
249 
954 
248 
acres, 2012 
103,786 
114,480 
19,937 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
71,651 
17,441 
2007 
129,091 
133,290 
20,879 
(D) 
7,881 
59,538 
79,560 
19,505 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
48 
27 
4 
9 
5 
22 
37 
14 
2007 
55 
54 
11 
16 
5 
26 
84 
9 
acres, 2012 
58,121 
27,406 
468 
5,713 
7,827 
9,606 
6,524 
(D) 
2007 
52,907 
31,266 
(D) 
10,286 
4,056 
12,808 
14,701 
794 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
22 
10 
5 
11 
2 
6 
50 
3 
2007 
17 
10 
7 
18 
2 
7 
16 
4 
acres, 2012 
16,691 
12,521 
437 
24,547 
(D) 
1,204 
7,146 
(D) 
2007 
8,871 
16,900 
(D) 
35,945 
(D) 
(D) 
1,936 
280 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
1 
2 
- 
4 
3 
1 
2007 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
774 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
9,438 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
12 
7 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2007 
9 
3 
- 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(D) 
896 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 815 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
