Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
52,950 
46,044 
3,071 
2,040 
Female 
5,745 
4,953 
305 
217 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
25,630 
21,187 
1,884 
1,295 
Other 
33,065 
29,810 
1,492 
962 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
47,869 
42,631 
2,360 
1,537 
Not on farm operated 
10,826 
8,366 
1,016 
720 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,864 
17,133 
1,511 
1,030 
Any 
37,831 
33,864 
1,865 
1,227 
1 to 49 days 
4,451 
3,846 
255 
178 
50 to 99 days 
1,992 
1,735 
118 
77 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,657 
4,084 
257 
163 
200 days or more 
26,731 
24,199 
1,235 
809 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,739 
1,537 
89 
59 
3 or 4 years 
2,457 
2,178 
125 
93 
5 to 9 years 
7,100 
6,308 
313 
238 
1 0 years or more 
47,399 
40,974 
2,849 
1,867 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
23.7 
26.1 
25.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,265 
1,148 
52 
33 
3 or 4 years 
1,977 
1,768 
88 
64 
5 to 9 years 
6,099 
5,456 
265 
207 
1 0 years or more 
49,354 
42,625 
2,971 
1,953 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
25.6 
28.2 
27.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
315 
297 
8 
8 
25 to 34 years 
4,449 
4,041 
205 
129 
35 to 44 years 
7,818 
6,977 
394 
291 
45 to 49 years 
6,075 
5,393 
318 
218 
50 to 54 years 
7,686 
6,655 
405 
292 
55 to 59 years 
8,897 
7,609 
537 
382 
60 to 64 years 
7,536 
6,492 
468 
295 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
4,999 
351 
231 
70 years and over 
10,131 
8,534 
690 
411 
Average age 
55.8 
55.5 
57.5 
56.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
276 
250 
17 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
91 
83 
6 
4 
Asian 
30 
27 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
53 
45 
5 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
3 
- 
- 
White 
58,408 
50,734 
3,363 
2,249 
More than one race reported 
110 
105 
2 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,263 
6,357 
356 
218 
2 people 
26,875 
23,051 
1,652 
1,071 
3 people 
8,102 
7,067 
482 
330 
4 people 
7,321 
6,416 
372 
295 
5 or more people 
9,134 
8,106 
514 
343 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
38,302 
34,393 
1,766 
1,155 
25 to 49 percent 
5,561 
4,757 
365 
248 
50 to 74 percent 
6,248 
5,048 
580 
377 
75 to 99 percent 
4,786 
3,815 
372 
255 
1 00 percent 
3,798 
2,984 
293 
222 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,509 
730 
162 
127 
acres 
903,025 
214,149 
149,006 
1 1 7,778 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
38,403 
32,854 
2,241 
1,560 
Dial-up service 
4,132 
3,679 
212 
144 
DSL service 
14,389 
12,260 
844 
592 
Cable modem service 
4,265 
3,517 
281 
197 
Fiber-optic service 
1,566 
1,286 
123 
75 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,640 
7,321 
533 
355 
Satellite service 
7,633 
6,468 
482 
303 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,161 
968 
86 
67 
Other Internet service 
1,282 
1,043 
92 
71 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
46,007 
41,742 
1,519 
1,041 
2 households 
9,273 
7,144 
1,197 
754 
3 households 
1,949 
1,192 
401 
260 
4 households 
740 
436 
145 
114 
5 or more households 
726 
483 
114 
88 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
