Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Daviess 
Dearborn 
Decatur 
DeKalb 
Delaware 
Dubois 
Elkhart 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1. 
2012 
255 
194 
255 
295 
244 
210 
468 
2007 
257 
202 
243 
357 
217 
279 
400 
Any 
2012 
1,070 
367 
355 
629 
366 
510 
1,256 
2007 
712 
362 
396 
787 
442 
482 
1,217 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
174 
51 
36 
67 
42 
47 
172 
2007 
87 
41 
63 
104 
100 
67 
157 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
55 
23 
16 
14 
25 
20 
39 
2007 
35 
27 
31 
75 
33 
31 
38 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
105 
76 
22 
53 
37 
46 
154 
2007 
118 
58 
33 
78 
49 
35 
104 
200 days or more 
2012 
736 
217 
281 
495 
262 
397 
891 
2007 
472 
236 
269 
530 
260 
349 
918 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
20 
8 
8 
29 
22 
17 
87 
2007 
41 
17 
47 
65 
20 
20 
56 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
69 
14 
19 
36 
26 
32 
97 
2007 
43 
23 
18 
74 
49 
30 
102 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
145 
70 
60 
116 
39 
79 
246 
2007 
103 
58 
50 
133 
61 
92 
311 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,091 
469 
523 
743 
523 
592 
1,294 
2007 
782 
466 
524 
872 
529 
619 
1,148 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.1 
24.7 
27.0 
23.7 
28.0 
25.3 
20.4 
2007 
22.7 
24.3 
25.4 
22.4 
22.6 
24.9 
19.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
13 
5 
5 
21 
19 
13 
54 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
65 
16 
15 
29 
22 
27 
71 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
123 
58 
51 
94 
35 
64 
232 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,124 
482 
539 
780 
534 
616 
1,367 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.4 
26.4 
29.4 
25.6 
29.5 
26.7 
22.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
15 
. 
. 
3 
2 
6 
9 
2007 
6 
2 
- 
7 
2 
- 
35 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
182 
16 
38 
52 
31 
37 
267 
2007 
119 
9 
52 
82 
31 
33 
178 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
265 
51 
87 
88 
41 
71 
330 
2007 
184 
61 
85 
125 
85 
126 
377 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
289 
125 
129 
210 
106 
209 
417 
2007 
273 
137 
178 
280 
187 
222 
464 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
237 
117 
88 
135 
84 
146 
265 
2007 
122 
72 
73 
165 
115 
105 
183 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
142 
58 
77 
126 
100 
81 
190 
2007 
84 
100 
77 
144 
49 
91 
151 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
75 
78 
70 
113 
71 
57 
113 
2007 
74 
66 
63 
115 
63 
70 
118 
70 years and over 
2012 
120 
116 
121 
197 
175 
113 
133 
2007 
107 
117 
111 
226 
127 
114 
111 
Average age 
2012 
50.9 
59.3 
56.8 
58.2 
60.3 
56.3 
50.2 
2007 
51.5 
58.9 
55.5 
56.6 
56.5 
55.3 
49.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
379 
365 
387 
640 
464 
440 
677 
2007 
392 
305 
390 
605 
400 
343 
618 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
40 
39 
43 
50 
47 
62 
72 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
170 
216 
95 
258 
114 
142 
260 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
75 
60 
30 
47 
73 
51 
69 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
14 
15 
16 
24 
6 
11 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
64 
66 
120 
141 
138 
80 
186 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
41 
24 
116 
132 
97 
109 
111 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
22 
9 
4 
15 
23 
7 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
1 
3 
67 
12 
13 
19 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
1,270 
546 
586 
886 
602 
675 
1,660 
acres, 2012 
197,854 
54,332 
165,618 
147,532 
170,518 
145,084 
164,451 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
37 
22 
28 
34 
30 
58 
38 
acres, 2012 
12,117 
1,853 
12,626 
11,930 
9,247 
13,300 
12,420 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
1,141 
498 
498 
796 
548 
568 
1,532 
2007 
838 
503 
504 
1,015 
603 
580 
1,450 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
46,327 
109,512 
105,884 
127,889 
98,195 
130,818 
2007 
118,080 
56,070 
120,093 
110,887 
(D) 
94,838 
113,947 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
111 
39 
36 
56 
30 
74 
94 
2007 
84 
43 
59 
64 
37 
113 
103 
acres, 2012 
73,251 
6,297 
18,648 
19,858 
21,945 
44,321 
24,648 
2007 
45,624 
6,331 
31,183 
20,459 
21,196 
47,294 
33,459 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
70 
16 
66 
41 
23 
54 
54 
2007 
43 
15 
60 
40 
16 
55 
50 
acres, 2012 
30,929 
2,753 
56,177 
30,917 
(D) 
25,847 
16,127 
2007 
35,494 
3,234 
45,709 
27,526 
16,266 
37,651 
14,757 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
5 
5 
2007 
2 
1 
7 
1 
1 
6 
5 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
197 
156 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
6,703 
(D) 
(D) 
434 
82 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
3 
6 
10 
31 
8 
19 
39 
2007 
2 
2 
9 
24 
2 
7 
9 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
2,191 
4,235 
(D) 
6,317 
1,098 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
1,014 
(D) 
(D) 
1,958 
1,050 
--continued 
600 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
