Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Gordon 
Grady 
Greene 
Gwinnett 
Habersham 
Hall 
Hancock 
Haralson 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
325 
188 
87 
83 
205 
274 
46 
104 
2007 
300 
197 
102 
77 
127 
302 
56 
133 
Any 
2012 
346 
283 
106 
96 
217 
348 
87 
195 
2007 
539 
248 
145 
104 
245 
497 
116 
234 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
31 
42 
21 
18 
15 
40 
3 
25 
2007 
65 
43 
21 
19 
32 
93 
10 
42 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
23 
24 
13 
7 
15 
28 
14 
13 
2007 
52 
28 
4 
10 
25 
48 
7 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
28 
36 
21 
22 
37 
42 
24 
25 
2007 
75 
38 
16 
13 
34 
57 
26 
20 
200 days or more 
2012 
264 
181 
51 
49 
150 
238 
46 
132 
2007 
347 
139 
104 
62 
154 
299 
73 
162 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
12 
8 
2 
7 
12 
18 
7 
6 
2007 
41 
10 
15 
10 
8 
28 
10 
23 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
32 
15 
9 
10 
14 
12 
8 
11 
2007 
78 
52 
11 
16 
16 
55 
9 
16 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
109 
88 
30 
26 
44 
55 
18 
57 
2007 
143 
62 
39 
26 
49 
71 
51 
56 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
518 
360 
152 
136 
352 
537 
100 
225 
2007 
577 
321 
182 
129 
299 
645 
102 
272 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.7 
22.6 
25.4 
24.5 
25.2 
25.3 
21.7 
21.9 
2007 
19.3 
22.0 
22.6 
22.2 
22.3 
22.1 
18.3 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
10 
7 
- 
3 
6 
9 
5 
6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
24 
15 
9 
10 
15 
14 
7 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
85 
80 
16 
19 
44 
47 
17 
47 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
552 
369 
168 
147 
357 
552 
104 
236 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.3 
23.7 
29.3 
25.9 
26.4 
27.1 
24.3 
23.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
2007 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
28 
17 
- 
2 
7 
17 
8 
17 
2007 
27 
8 
- 
4 
9 
42 
5 
21 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
57 
33 
7 
5 
32 
43 
3 
26 
2007 
104 
38 
33 
27 
36 
69 
7 
32 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
144 
112 
36 
31 
90 
118 
17 
73 
2007 
220 
103 
50 
41 
109 
164 
30 
105 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
86 
61 
29 
33 
63 
64 
28 
26 
2007 
129 
65 
51 
18 
49 
122 
53 
42 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
105 
72 
42 
27 
67 
85 
27 
30 
2007 
111 
70 
41 
25 
44 
142 
24 
61 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
96 
62 
30 
22 
45 
114 
15 
54 
2007 
86 
39 
30 
25 
36 
118 
13 
47 
70 years and over 
2012 
153 
110 
49 
59 
118 
179 
35 
72 
2007 
152 
122 
42 
41 
89 
137 
40 
59 
Average age 
2012 
59.6 
60.2 
62.6 
63.6 
61.3 
61.5 
61.8 
59.1 
2007 
56.9 
60.9 
58.7 
59.1 
59.3 
57.9 
60.5 
57.1 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
450 
339 
129 
140 
306 
419 
84 
201 
2007 
447 
216 
134 
106 
213 
406 
57 
163 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
29 
26 
11 
5 
45 
15 
5 
18 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
212 
214 
57 
90 
208 
344 
30 
110 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
59 
36 
8 
33 
13 
38 
8 
12 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
18 
11 
1 
9 
24 
11 
" 
5 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
80 
35 
43 
8 
24 
44 
18 
58 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
95 
45 
25 
4 
18 
13 
32 
37 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
5 
6 
6 
7 
5 
7 
- 
2 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
11 
4 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
8 
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 
650 
452 
185 
172 
401 
610 
127 
294 
acres, 2012 
81,987 
119,397 
46,029 
10,218 
35,173 
49,340 
30,567 
26,499 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
41 
35 
13 
21 
30 
40 
16 
2 
acres, 2012 
4,440 
20,668 
2,800 
1,337 
5,322 
12,974 
3,833 
(D) 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
603 
408 
168 
147 
342 
536 
117 
275 
2007 
779 
391 
210 
140 
317 
696 
141 
334 
acres, 2012 
69,045 
89,801 
(D) 
8,272 
22,335 
32,972 
28,993 
24,668 
2007 
64,438 
91,127 
38,739 
(D) 
21,867 
41,262 
31,198 
31,000 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
33 
26 
12 
10 
34 
52 
8 
14 
2007 
43 
27 
21 
22 
26 
63 
26 
23 
acres, 2012 
4,677 
22,693 
15,782 
1,471 
5,740 
14,936 
1,940 
1,121 
2007 
3,927 
14,012 
10,398 
1,965 
3,043 
10,626 
6,537 
1,891 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
26 
21 
12 
16 
32 
22 
5 
10 
2007 
11 
18 
9 
16 
24 
24 
2 
5 
acres, 2012 
10,756 
9,292 
2,003 
420 
7,118 
3,575 
524 
1,026 
2007 
8,685 
8,572 
5,594 
343 
2,797 
4,907 
(D) 
(D) 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
6 
6 
1 
3 
1 
4 
1 
2007 
3 
4 
1 
1 
- 
6 
3 
3 
acres, 2012 
184 
1,237 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(D) 
2,139 
(D) 
(D) 
113 
(D) 
90 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
3 
10 
- 
3 
13 
8 
2 
- 
2007 
3 
5 
6 
2 
5 
10 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
274 
7,235 
- 
261 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(D) 
3,139 
(D) 
(D) 
1,586 
384 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 821 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
