Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
15 
607 
2,197 
- 
25 
133 
174 
286 
1,173 
55 to 59 years 
21 
606 
2,193 
- 
28 
79 
162 
254 
1,215 
60 to 64 years 
14 
714 
2,419 
- 
40 
58 
158 
276 
1,211 
65 to 69 years 
21 
688 
2,329 
- 
15 
29 
154 
244 
1,014 
70 years and over 
15 
1,305 
4,681 
- 
28 
64 
176 
323 
1,293 
Average age 
54.3 
61.1 
60.5 
- 
56.9 
53.2 
57.5 
58.1 
57.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2 
170 
1,108 
- 
8 
49 
150 
250 
710 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
45 
109 
- 
- 
20 
21 
20 
85 
Asian 
- 
38 
139 
- 
1 
- 
11 
38 
39 
Black or African American 
1 
231 
672 
- 
1 
21 
26 
95 
89 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
12 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
3 
White 
122 
4,471 
16,342 
- 
184 
540 
1,031 
1,632 
7,654 
More than one race reported 
1 
16 
77 
- 
1 
- 
13 
6 
34 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9 
780 
2,650 
- 
14 
63 
141 
255 
1,324 
2 people 
75 
2,591 
9,200 
- 
94 
243 
511 
867 
3,977 
3 people 
15 
680 
2,409 
- 
31 
73 
186 
302 
1,191 
4 people 
18 
487 
1,923 
- 
26 
132 
149 
217 
894 
5 or more people 
7 
263 
1,169 
22 
70 
119 
155 
518 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
58 
3,960 
15,508 
- 
85 
536 
885 
1,714 
6,428 
25 to 49 percent 
14 
209 
736 
- 
13 
22 
33 
32 
425 
50 to 74 percent 
11 
294 
647 
- 
26 
15 
83 
30 
415 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
164 
261 
- 
28 
5 
44 
10 
220 
1 00 percent 
33 
174 
199 
35 
3 
61 
10 
416 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
8 
152 
393 
- 
28 
3 
37 
27 
294 
acres 
12,974 
548,838 
1,323,109 
" 
50,748 
75 
8,906 
884 
30,923 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
90 
3,221 
11,566 
- 
148 
465 
905 
1,380 
6,535 
Dial-up service 
22 
235 
1,055 
- 
5 
18 
67 
125 
448 
DSL service 
39 
1,683 
5,345 
- 
91 
280 
465 
715 
3,515 
Cable modem service 
8 
515 
1,723 
- 
29 
46 
134 
234 
1,103 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
107 
496 
- 
6 
12 
40 
54 
286 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
23 
532 
2,182 
- 
16 
73 
152 
213 
1,083 
Satellite service 
14 
440 
1,686 
- 
14 
47 
106 
144 
775 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
93 
326 
- 
5 
17 
25 
30 
243 
Other Internet service 
- 
33 
191 
- 
4 
7 
12 
15 
96 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
100 
3,866 
14,523 
- 
114 
504 
907 
1,561 
6,921 
2 households 
18 
704 
2,292 
- 
44 
69 
155 
181 
781 
3 households 
3 
147 
295 
- 
18 
6 
28 
23 
124 
4 households 
3 
49 
166 
- 
5 
2 
13 
24 
65 
5 or more households 
- 
35 
75 
- 
6 
- 
3 
7 
13 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
124 
4,591 
16,830 
- 
162 
573 
1,087 
1,776 
7,551 
acres 
72,240 
1,207,755 
3,823,627 
- 
88,294 
19,307 
70,380 
40,820 
360,125 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
7 
243 
840 
- 
16 
12 
43 
49 
649 
acres 
1,653 
105,804 
633,237 
- 
10,472 
97 
1,365 
1,685 
52,064 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
103 
4,077 
15,413 
- 
105 
536 
938 
1,670 
5,901 
acres 
(D) 
793,695 
2,254,970 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
52,311 
35,572 
238,177 
Partnership farms 
10 
264 
768 
- 
18 
27 
40 
45 
416 
acres 
10,144 
207,329 
676,953 
- 
24,255 
(D) 
(D) 
2,203 
36,968 
Registered under state law farms 
4 
189 
524 
- 
15 
20 
22 
23 
310 
acres 
6,370 
148,249 
601,259 
21,789 
257 
2,546 
1,177 
32,564 
Corporation farms 
11 
369 
895 
- 
57 
16 
112 
62 
1,435 
acres 
(D) 
745,842 
1,276,746 
- 
72,972 
683 
17,150 
2,025 
99,122 
Family held farms 
11 
314 
779 
- 
52 
16 
80 
52 
1,215 
acres 
(D) 
518,235 
1,112,957 
- 
69,292 
683 
13,820 
1,749 
80,898 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
11 
40 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
11 
303 
739 
- 
50 
16 
78 
52 
1,210 
Other than family held farms 
- 
55 
116 
- 
5 
- 
32 
10 
220 
acres 
- 
227,607 
163,789 
- 
3,680 
- 
3,330 
276 
18,224 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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