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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,968 
2,761 
2,711 
207 
191 
867 
Female 
298 
269 
263 
29 
29 
189 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,177 
2,047 
2,007 
130 
120 
382 
Other 
1,089 
983 
967 
106 
100 
674 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,246 
2,139 
2,110 
107 
102 
632 
Not on farm operated 
1,020 
891 
864 
129 
118 
424 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,714 
1,619 
1,589 
95 
87 
506 
Any 
1,552 
1,411 
1,385 
141 
133 
550 
1 to 49 days 
272 
249 
246 
23 
19 
78 
50 to 99 days 
112 
104 
101 
8 
8 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
234 
213 
208 
21 
19 
82 
200 days or more 
934 
845 
830 
89 
87 
363 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
73 
60 
56 
13 
13 
40 
3 or 4 years 
116 
104 
102 
12 
12 
38 
5 to 9 years 
350 
295 
290 
55 
48 
129 
1 0 years or more 
2,727 
2,571 
2,526 
156 
147 
849 
Average years on present farm 
26.5 
27.2 
27.2 
17.6 
17.9 
26.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
41 
34 
32 
7 
7 
24 
3 or 4 years 
93 
83 
80 
10 
10 
28 
5 to 9 years 
288 
241 
237 
47 
42 
90 
1 0 years or more 
2,844 
2,672 
2,625 
172 
161 
914 
Average years operating any farm 
28.9 
29.6 
29.6 
20.3 
20.6 
29.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
5 
25 to 34 years 
164 
147 
143 
17 
17 
39 
35 to 44 years 
368 
340 
335 
28 
27 
79 
45 to 49 years 
316 
281 
276 
35 
33 
48 
50 to 54 years 
517 
479 
466 
38 
34 
109 
55 to 59 years 
586 
543 
535 
43 
38 
165 
60 to 64 years 
453 
427 
417 
26 
25 
123 
65 to 69 years 
313 
297 
291 
16 
15 
125 
70 years and over 
544 
511 
506 
33 
31 
363 
Average age 
56.8 
57.0 
57.0 
54.5 
54.4 
63.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
3 
3 
2 
2 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,257 
3,021 
2,965 
236 
220 
1,054 
More than one race reported 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
345 
304 
300 
41 
41 
205 
2 people 
1,612 
1,518 
1,492 
94 
83 
560 
3 people 
441 
408 
396 
33 
33 
112 
4 people 
444 
406 
397 
38 
34 
89 
5 or more people 
424 
394 
389 
30 
29 
90 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,383 
1,230 
1,210 
153 
144 
760 
25 to 49 percent 
332 
318 
314 
14 
12 
107 
50 to 74 percent 
528 
503 
490 
25 
24 
92 
75 to 99 percent 
534 
512 
501 
22 
21 
65 
1 00 percent 
489 
467 
459 
22 
19 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
503 
469 
443 
34 
28 
114 
acres 
506,331 
481 ,402 
454,511 
24,929 
(D) 
33,539 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,650 
2,466 
2,417 
184 
170 
658 
Dial-up service 
171 
163 
163 
8 
7 
70 
DSL service 
1,039 
961 
934 
78 
70 
246 
Cable modem service 
356 
321 
314 
35 
32 
111 
Fiber-optic service 
114 
102 
100 
12 
12 
43 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
654 
618 
602 
36 
35 
132 
Satellite service 
571 
543 
533 
28 
26 
112 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
83 
78 
77 
5 
4 
24 
Other Internet service 
126 
114 
114 
12 
11 
21 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,953 
1,790 
1,759 
163 
151 
793 
2 households 
746 
707 
696 
39 
35 
186 
3 households 
305 
290 
284 
15 
15 
51 
4 households 
144 
131 
129 
13 
13 
15 
5 or more households 
118 
112 
106 
6 
6 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Indiana 149 
