Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pickens 
Pierce 
Pike 
Polk 
Pulaski 
Putnam 
Quitman 
Rabun 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
124 
190 
112 
140 
78 
70 
11 
50 
2007 
109 
174 
121 
104 
81 
74 
7 
46 
Any 
2012 
138 
166 
184 
213 
98 
95 
10 
64 
2007 
224 
257 
271 
259 
109 
141 
18 
75 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
11 
22 
25 
31 
22 
2 
- 
9 
2007 
25 
23 
55 
40 
34 
25 
- 
10 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
4 
18 
8 
12 
- 
2 
- 
2 
2007 
28 
31 
8 
22 
8 
10 
- 
8 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
17 
18 
70 
19 
19 
5 
- 
11 
2007 
30 
43 
34 
38 
17 
22 
- 
18 
200 days or more 
2012 
106 
108 
81 
151 
57 
86 
10 
42 
2007 
141 
160 
174 
159 
50 
84 
18 
39 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
21 
4 
10 
18 
6 
7 
2 
2007 
20 
11 
11 
24 
10 
10 
1 
8 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
9 
18 
10 
19 
6 
5 
- 
10 
2007 
28 
20 
47 
18 
14 
14 
4 
7 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
34 
50 
51 
51 
32 
25 
2 
8 
2007 
65 
69 
106 
58 
39 
32 
- 
23 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
198 
284 
225 
265 
132 
128 
19 
94 
2007 
220 
331 
228 
263 
127 
159 
20 
83 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.8 
22.3 
18.8 
20.2 
20.1 
21.3 
20.1 
26.3 
2007 
17.0 
22.4 
17.0 
18.0 
17.3 
19.1 
24.4 
22.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
17 
9 
15 
1 
7 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
9 
16 
10 
14 
6 
5 
- 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
26 
34 
43 
38 
26 
12 
2 
6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
210 
306 
234 
286 
143 
141 
19 
96 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
21.3 
24.7 
20.1 
23.1 
22.5 
24.2 
22.3 
27.1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
4 
1 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
- 
5 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
6 
13 
10 
8 
13 
1 
- 
8 
2007 
13 
30 
25 
19 
16 
6 
- 
4 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
21 
39 
27 
26 
10 
6 
- 
3 
2007 
50 
35 
60 
54 
22 
16 
" 
10 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
52 
74 
61 
65 
38 
43 
6 
14 
2007 
74 
74 
115 
77 
42 
43 
5 
17 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
29 
29 
40 
65 
20 
17 
5 
24 
2007 
57 
55 
31 
53 
31 
42 
2 
20 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
34 
59 
29 
50 
38 
32 
3 
28 
2007 
55 
72 
52 
50 
20 
38 
9 
27 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
57 
65 
48 
61 
23 
22 
4 
18 
2007 
38 
69 
42 
42 
17 
30 
7 
9 
70 years and over 
2012 
61 
73 
80 
78 
34 
44 
3 
19 
2007 
46 
96 
67 
68 
36 
38 
2 
29 
Average age 
2012 
60.3 
58.7 
60.3 
60.6 
59.1 
60.7 
59.3 
59.8 
2007 
56.3 
59.3 
55.5 
56.7 
55.3 
58.3 
63.0 
58.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
196 
229 
238 
219 
129 
104 
10 
78 
2007 
199 
191 
219 
194 
106 
112 
15 
64 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
28 
29 
26 
14 
7 
4 
2 
- 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
150 
97 
161 
104 
74 
36 
4 
71 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
16 
45 
13 
40 
9 
10 
- 
7 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
- 
3 
2 
2 
19 
- 
- 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
21 
44 
28 
47 
23 
37 
4 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
7 
34 
29 
37 
14 
28 
4 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
1 
- 
- 
7 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
2 
" 
- 
1 
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 
253 
343 
286 
344 
169 
160 
19 
107 
acres, 2012 
16,420 
76,783 
35,453 
39,854 
56,790 
26,429 
8,713 
7,841 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
3 
28 
21 
12 
9 
9 
- 
11 
acres, 2012 
180 
16,178 
1,968 
2,610 
5,314 
5,118 
- 
734 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
243 
328 
259 
323 
148 
145 
18 
85 
2007 
308 
371 
342 
326 
168 
179 
24 
102 
acres, 2012 
14,927 
69,159 
(D) 
(D) 
36,660 
(D) 
7,763 
5,537 
2007 
21,002 
61,387 
(D) 
34,217 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
6 
14 
25 
19 
10 
8 
1 
5 
2007 
16 
34 
35 
27 
14 
23 
1 
12 
acres, 2012 
357 
7,014 
3,735 
7,208 
16,893 
3,278 
(D) 
641 
2007 
1,362 
6,146 
9,651 
3,884 
15,727 
4,735 
(D) 
865 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
10 
10 
6 
6 
18 
11 
9 
2007 
6 
19 
13 
5 
6 
12 
- 
4 
acres, 2012 
1,482 
1,196 
1,879 
(D) 
8,967 
1,218 
- 
1,319 
2007 
(D) 
3,015 
4,183 
5,353 
3,164 
4,464 
- 
628 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
4 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2007 
3 
3 
- 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
72 
861 
623 
450 
- 
- 
- 
47 
2007 
(D) 
602 
- 
415 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
1 
2 
12 
2007 
- 
4 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
520 
2007 
- 
600 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 827 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
