Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Stewart 
Sumter 
Talbot 
Taliaferro 
Tattnall 
Taylor 
Telfair 
Terrell 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
29 
168 
41 
23 
250 
76 
94 
127 
2007 
27 
147 
50 
21 
206 
83 
94 
100 
Any 
2012 
79 
201 
49 
32 
315 
148 
206 
121 
2007 
67 
282 
99 
50 
383 
179 
207 
174 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
18 
41 
6 
5 
37 
18 
27 
15 
2007 
7 
46 
18 
15 
51 
32 
40 
61 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
5 
12 
3 
1 
19 
21 
11 
7 
2007 
10 
24 
13 
- 
27 
16 
14 
11 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
6 
30 
7 
11 
42 
20 
21 
17 
2007 
23 
29 
8 
13 
44 
15 
17 
17 
200 days or more 
2012 
50 
118 
33 
15 
217 
89 
147 
82 
2007 
27 
183 
60 
22 
261 
116 
136 
85 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
11 
6 
2 
13 
8 
10 
11 
2007 
1 
11 
6 
6 
20 
12 
21 
19 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2 
22 
- 
1 
36 
18 
32 
16 
2007 
8 
37 
15 
8 
58 
17 
25 
21 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
20 
61 
13 
9 
71 
26 
45 
49 
2007 
15 
81 
21 
12 
86 
34 
55 
40 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
75 
280 
75 
45 
445 
172 
213 
172 
2007 
70 
300 
107 
45 
425 
199 
200 
194 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.4 
22.5 
27.0 
21.7 
22.4 
22.3 
19.5 
18.7 
2007 
22.5 
19.6 
22.2 
22.5 
20.9 
20.6 
21.6 
21.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
11 
4 
7 
5 
10 
8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2 
16 
- 
1 
26 
16 
25 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
20 
48 
9 
5 
73 
23 
40 
43 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
75 
301 
81 
49 
459 
180 
225 
187 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
19.4 
24.8 
28.8 
22.5 
23.7 
23.8 
21.3 
20.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
_ 
_ 
. 
. 
2 
3 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
4 
13 
1 
1 
19 
9 
12 
4 
2007 
- 
24 
4 
6 
50 
15 
36 
17 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
3 
29 
3 
2 
58 
14 
17 
29 
2007 
7 
34 
10 
4 
65 
10 
18 
36 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
33 
60 
15 
16 
108 
51 
64 
46 
2007 
36 
113 
40 
19 
150 
82 
63 
54 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
24 
36 
7 
10 
114 
25 
48 
27 
2007 
7 
76 
17 
15 
83 
26 
54 
38 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
13 
64 
14 
10 
67 
34 
84 
44 
2007 
7 
70 
19 
9 
59 
42 
47 
44 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
6 
72 
14 
7 
68 
35 
28 
40 
2007 
12 
45 
25 
4 
72 
27 
31 
18 
70 years and over 
2012 
25 
95 
36 
9 
131 
56 
45 
55 
2007 
25 
67 
34 
14 
110 
60 
52 
67 
Average age 
2012 
59.0 
61.8 
65.7 
58.9 
59.1 
61.4 
58.4 
60.0 
2007 
60.6 
57.3 
60.0 
56.2 
56.5 
60.2 
56.6 
58.0 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
69 
239 
62 
31 
404 
132 
213 
181 
2007 
44 
221 
73 
22 
324 
118 
106 
164 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
4 
28 
12 
2 
20 
13 
15 
12 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
28 
124 
37 
8 
297 
66 
107 
117 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
5 
20 
5 
2 
57 
28 
24 
15 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
1 
5 
1 
2 
35 
- 
7 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
27 
59 
6 
9 
43 
36 
28 
29 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
8 
18 
8 
12 
26 
10 
51 
31 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
1 
2 
2 
- 
8 
- 
1 
5 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
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 
108 
354 
89 
47 
544 
213 
293 
240 
acres, 2012 
59,254 
147,764 
33,870 
13,269 
93,772 
58,680 
59,586 
115,182 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
5 
21 
5 
1 
32 
15 
12 
12 
acres, 2012 
4,433 
21,187 
3,391 
(D) 
7,303 
5,533 
4,525 
10,208 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
89 
313 
82 
39 
480 
191 
285 
209 
2007 
77 
369 
131 
56 
518 
217 
268 
229 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
100,472 
27,381 
10,570 
(D) 
41,403 
54,066 
76,737 
2007 
(D) 
110,744 
31,487 
11,298 
(D) 
(D) 
51,025 
86,660 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
1 
18 
2 
8 
40 
19 
13 
11 
2007 
9 
16 
10 
11 
49 
40 
28 
20 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
30,167 
(D) 
1,853 
9,535 
13,070 
(D) 
16,633 
2007 
5,121 
11,257 
2,654 
1,262 
17,540 
26,143 
10,400 
17,400 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
16 
25 
4 
5 
39 
8 
2 
19 
2007 
7 
25 
8 
4 
18 
4 
5 
13 
acres, 2012 
25,497 
22,822 
3,852 
1,258 
10,705 
2,796 
(D) 
25,463 
2007 
11,963 
24,055 
7,518 
1,536 
5,869 
2,649 
305 
20,711 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
4 
acres, 2012 
- 
3,700 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
3,934 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
6,784 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
10 
1 
3 
5 
6 
9 
2007 
1 
13 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
8 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
3,192 
(D) 
117 
(D) 
4,232 
- 
1,844 
2007 
(D) 
2,980 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
4,945 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 829 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
