Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,382 
1,216 
1,160 
166 
151 
174 
Female 
170 
143 
140 
27 
27 
54 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
758 
689 
664 
69 
60 
86 
Other 
794 
670 
636 
124 
118 
142 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
854 
767 
753 
87 
80 
119 
Not on farm operated 
698 
592 
547 
106 
98 
109 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
628 
558 
535 
70 
57 
109 
Any 
924 
801 
765 
123 
121 
119 
1 to 49 days 
109 
100 
95 
9 
9 
19 
50 to 99 days 
59 
53 
50 
6 
6 
2 
100 to 199 days 
145 
128 
127 
17 
17 
15 
200 days or more 
611 
520 
493 
91 
89 
83 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
42 
32 
32 
10 
10 
13 
3 or 4 years 
98 
89 
81 
9 
9 
18 
5 to 9 years 
279 
252 
241 
27 
27 
26 
10 years or more 
1,133 
986 
946 
147 
132 
171 
Average years on present farm 
20.0 
20.1 
20.2 
19.4 
18.8 
17.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
24 
20 
20 
4 
4 
10 
3 or 4 years 
75 
70 
67 
5 
5 
15 
5 to 9 years 
244 
219 
207 
25 
25 
25 
10 years or more 
1,209 
1,050 
1,006 
159 
144 
178 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
22.3 
22.5 
21.1 
20.5 
20.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
33 
33 
32 
- 
- 
7 
35 to 44 years 
173 
130 
118 
43 
37 
25 
45 to 49 years 
161 
144 
136 
17 
17 
5 
50 to 54 years 
248 
220 
212 
28 
26 
27 
55 to 59 years 
264 
237 
227 
27 
24 
46 
60 to 64 years 
243 
215 
210 
28 
27 
48 
65 to 69 years 
187 
167 
163 
20 
20 
20 
70 years and over 
235 
205 
194 
30 
27 
50 
Average age 
57.5 
57.6 
57.7 
56.6 
56.8 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
21 
19 
11 
11 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
8 
Asian 
7 
5 
5 
2 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
77 
60 
60 
17 
17 
21 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,449 
1,276 
1,217 
173 
158 
197 
More than one race reported 
12 
11 
11 
1 
1 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
194 
160 
156 
34 
34 
57 
2 people 
801 
723 
696 
78 
71 
103 
3 people 
223 
197 
188 
26 
24 
30 
4 people 
212 
176 
164 
36 
34 
19 
5 or more people 
122 
103 
96 
19 
15 
19 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,026 
887 
849 
139 
139 
186 
25 to 49 percent 
108 
99 
93 
9 
9 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
145 
128 
126 
17 
9 
13 
75 to 99 percent 
121 
110 
105 
11 
9 
6 
100 percent 
152 
135 
127 
17 
12 
8 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
188 
160 
143 
28 
20 
46 
acres 
387,759 
270,787 
236,770 
116,972 
35,050 
60,446 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,194 
1,054 
1,006 
140 
125 
153 
Dial-up service 
75 
70 
65 
5 
5 
12 
DSL service 
445 
389 
374 
56 
49 
54 
Cable modem service 
292 
261 
247 
31 
31 
31 
Fiber-optic service 
46 
41 
40 
5 
5 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
234 
202 
195 
32 
29 
33 
Satellite service 
266 
226 
213 
40 
33 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
26 
22 
22 
4 
4 
8 
Other Internet service 
13 
10 
10 
3 
3 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,123 
979 
941 
144 
134 
191 
2 households 
259 
226 
218 
33 
31 
22 
3 households 
81 
78 
75 
3 
2 
8 
4 households 
52 
44 
42 
8 
8 
4 
5 or more households 
37 
32 
24 
5 
3 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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