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 
4,892 
4,186 
4,058 
706 
664 
640 
Female 
1,263 
1,053 
1,046 
210 
203 
229 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,638 
3,116 
3,013 
522 
488 
400 
Other 
2,517 
2,123 
2,091 
394 
379 
469 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,270 
2,851 
2,809 
419 
408 
441 
Not on farm operated 
2,885 
2,388 
2,295 
497 
459 
428 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,638 
2,313 
2,239 
325 
302 
364 
Any 
3,517 
2,926 
2,865 
591 
565 
505 
1 to 49 days 
677 
550 
542 
127 
120 
88 
50 to 99 days 
359 
304 
301 
55 
53 
52 
100 to 199 days 
463 
416 
407 
47 
47 
78 
200 days or more 
2,018 
1,656 
1,615 
362 
345 
287 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
171 
143 
141 
28 
25 
58 
3 or 4 years 
342 
265 
262 
77 
74 
56 
5 to 9 years 
1,121 
962 
945 
159 
142 
142 
1 0 years or more 
4,521 
3,869 
3,756 
652 
626 
613 
Average years on present farm 
18.8 
19.1 
19.0 
17.1 
17.2 
18.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
112 
98 
96 
14 
11 
51 
3 or 4 years 
251 
203 
201 
48 
47 
50 
5 to 9 years 
943 
806 
791 
137 
118 
127 
1 0 years or more 
4,849 
4,132 
4,016 
717 
691 
641 
Average years operating any farm 
21.4 
21.7 
21.5 
20.0 
20.2 
21.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
11 
25 to 34 years 
229 
190 
180 
39 
35 
20 
35 to 44 years 
664 
561 
557 
103 
99 
58 
45 to 49 years 
711 
591 
584 
120 
116 
80 
50 to 54 years 
975 
816 
797 
159 
153 
120 
55 to 59 years 
1,002 
858 
832 
144 
133 
114 
60 to 64 years 
900 
775 
754 
125 
119 
145 
65 to 69 years 
633 
549 
523 
84 
75 
108 
70 years and over 
1,031 
889 
867 
142 
137 
213 
Average age 
57.3 
57.4 
57.4 
56.3 
56.3 
60.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
843 
720 
710 
123 
117 
69 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
10 
9 
5 
5 
11 
Asian 
167 
141 
135 
26 
26 
17 
Black or African American 
76 
64 
61 
12 
12 
31 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
1 
White 
5,866 
4,997 
4,872 
869 
820 
804 
More than one race reported 
23 
19 
19 
4 
4 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
820 
661 
640 
159 
149 
149 
2 people 
3,037 
2,611 
2,534 
426 
408 
439 
3 people 
909 
760 
751 
149 
141 
114 
4 people 
849 
729 
713 
120 
109 
103 
5 or more people 
540 
478 
466 
62 
60 
64 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,933 
3,364 
3,295 
569 
536 
702 
25 to 49 percent 
506 
428 
418 
78 
74 
44 
50 to 74 percent 
659 
562 
548 
97 
96 
68 
75 to 99 percent 
464 
379 
349 
85 
82 
32 
1 00 percent 
593 
506 
494 
87 
79 
23 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
991 
812 
757 
179 
144 
150 
acres 
1,724,982 
1,367,835 
1,003,179 
357,147 
53,022 
463,838 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,097 
4,340 
4,221 
757 
717 
625 
Dial-up service 
297 
256 
247 
41 
41 
31 
DSL service 
2,584 
2,158 
2,110 
426 
415 
315 
Cable modem service 
1,092 
943 
900 
149 
141 
139 
Fiber-optic service 
367 
311 
301 
56 
49 
47 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
902 
768 
736 
134 
122 
91 
Satellite service 
573 
496 
478 
77 
69 
58 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
165 
135 
132 
30 
29 
30 
Other Internet service 
61 
56 
54 
5 
4 
9 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,475 
3,805 
3,716 
670 
636 
679 
2 households 
1,045 
902 
879 
143 
133 
102 
3 households 
324 
269 
257 
55 
50 
49 
4 households 
164 
142 
135 
22 
22 
23 
5 or more households 
147 
121 
117 
26 
26 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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