Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Webster 
Wheeler 
White 
Whitfield 
Wilcox 
Wilkes 
Wilkinson 
Worth 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
56 
51 
121 
155 
172 
128 
44 
208 
2007 
40 
63 
124 
134 
140 
122 
68 
185 
Any 
2012 
46 
85 
178 
223 
193 
189 
70 
279 
2007 
74 
80 
167 
346 
209 
234 
90 
311 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
10 
10 
24 
30 
17 
24 
11 
25 
2007 
6 
7 
17 
47 
35 
31 
22 
46 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
2 
13 
14 
13 
17 
7 
2 
18 
2007 
7 
13 
13 
33 
12 
30 
13 
18 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
1 
18 
28 
42 
23 
22 
6 
39 
2007 
7 
16 
22 
25 
42 
27 
4 
43 
200 days or more 
2012 
33 
44 
112 
138 
136 
136 
51 
197 
2007 
54 
44 
115 
241 
120 
146 
51 
204 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
15 
6 
9 
9 
8 
6 
5 
2007 
3 
13 
13 
26 
9 
8 
5 
23 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2 
9 
7 
15 
29 
17 
15 
28 
2007 
5 
2 
9 
49 
25 
32 
12 
26 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
14 
15 
37 
59 
29 
38 
19 
76 
2007 
24 
12 
55 
90 
65 
77 
23 
110 
10 years or more 
2012 
82 
97 
249 
295 
298 
254 
74 
378 
2007 
82 
116 
214 
315 
250 
239 
118 
337 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.9 
22.9 
24.0 
24.2 
23.0 
24.7 
18.4 
22.4 
2007 
23.5 
21.9 
21.0 
20.8 
21.1 
20.3 
19.2 
20.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
12 
6 
9 
7 
7 
4 
5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2 
9 
6 
15 
25 
12 
10 
24 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
16 
12 
24 
54 
25 
34 
24 
74 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
83 
103 
263 
300 
308 
264 
76 
384 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.7 
24.0 
26.1 
25.1 
24.3 
26.6 
19.4 
24.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
7 
3 
4 
1 
. 
2 
2007 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
1 
4 
11 
22 
30 
1 
11 
9 
2007 
4 
1 
17 
16 
24 
6 
5 
7 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
5 
10 
27 
26 
24 
24 
8 
30 
2007 
12 
4 
28 
73 
30 
33 
9 
55 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
19 
11 
65 
61 
45 
69 
11 
123 
2007 
22 
46 
75 
103 
60 
95 
35 
126 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
13 
46 
39 
31 
37 
36 
16 
80 
2007 
4 
19 
43 
61 
57 
39 
26 
82 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
3 
18 
34 
61 
54 
47 
22 
85 
2007 
24 
19 
27 
66 
40 
53 
17 
80 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
31 
13 
22 
70 
78 
46 
19 
60 
2007 
15 
15 
48 
50 
60 
55 
22 
56 
70 years and over 
2012 
30 
34 
94 
104 
93 
93 
27 
98 
2007 
33 
39 
51 
111 
74 
75 
44 
89 
Average age 
2012 
63.9 
61.4 
59.3 
61.0 
60.1 
62.0 
59.0 
59.6 
2007 
61.3 
61.2 
56.7 
58.5 
58.3 
59.1 
61.2 
57.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
64 
92 
230 
280 
253 
224 
67 
319 
2007 
48 
56 
163 
241 
161 
179 
72 
251 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
6 
3 
5 
45 
12 
29 
7 
23 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
33 
49 
171 
153 
140 
120 
46 
156 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
3 
12 
9 
70 
21 
15 
2 
35 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
8 
1 
18 
16 
3 
23 
- 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
13 
28 
37 
21 
32 
61 
14 
38 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
11 
14 
34 
40 
47 
18 
10 
65 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
- 
1 
8 
9 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
" 
14 
- 
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 
101 
128 
287 
367 
354 
314 
109 
470 
acres, 2012 
45,881 
48,454 
22,619 
38,368 
110,560 
93,232 
14,917 
214,986 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
3 
7 
20 
17 
13 
6 
10 
27 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
6,634 
926 
3,811 
5,887 
3,445 
1,543 
20,858 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
94 
112 
252 
328 
305 
279 
105 
424 
2007 
98 
120 
249 
426 
306 
310 
133 
409 
acres, 2012 
39,321 
40,132 
(D) 
32,010 
81,773 
77,269 
14,643 
160,130 
2007 
(D) 
46,610 
(D) 
36,760 
85,809 
61,872 
(D) 
110,029 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
1 
5 
21 
24 
44 
20 
7 
44 
2007 
7 
12 
29 
30 
22 
29 
18 
58 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
5,363 
2,041 
4,879 
27,287 
9,266 
(D) 
56,860 
2007 
4,453 
(D) 
4,062 
4,360 
9,811 
21,281 
6,908 
65,247 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
5 
15 
25 
19 
8 
16 
1 
11 
2007 
7 
10 
12 
14 
15 
17 
5 
23 
acres, 2012 
7,717 
4,353 
3,001 
1,690 
4,444 
(D) 
(D) 
7,582 
2007 
11,399 
5,441 
1,660 
1,189 
3,678 
6,632 
1,338 
15,759 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
- 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres, 2012 
- 
805 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
2 
5 
7 
1 
1 
8 
2007 
2 
1 
- 
7 
5 
- 
2 
5 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,812 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
832 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
