Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fayette 
Floyd 
Fountain 
Franklin 
Fulton 
Gibson 
Grant 
Greene 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
119 
120 
184 
263 
212 
241 
241 
272 
2007 
116 
101 
196 
238 
182 
221 
197 
277 
Any 
2012 
228 
157 
276 
464 
441 
348 
259 
538 
2007 
275 
178 
307 
485 
457 
369 
327 
522 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
41 
20 
32 
86 
69 
22 
36 
70 
2007 
38 
36 
51 
62 
98 
77 
38 
74 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
25 
14 
18 
22 
20 
20 
9 
41 
2007 
7 
5 
13 
34 
21 
23 
19 
30 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
28 
25 
39 
60 
47 
46 
34 
52 
2007 
37 
18 
36 
56 
51 
42 
33 
69 
200 days or more 
2012 
134 
98 
187 
296 
305 
260 
180 
375 
2007 
193 
119 
207 
333 
287 
227 
237 
349 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
8 
16 
12 
20 
19 
10 
22 
2007 
8 
9 
25 
8 
20 
11 
12 
29 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
9 
5 
18 
14 
22 
20 
16 
22 
2007 
8 
22 
18 
24 
33 
13 
35 
43 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
47 
22 
54 
79 
92 
72 
42 
109 
2007 
70 
47 
73 
108 
73 
81 
62 
108 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
284 
242 
372 
622 
519 
478 
432 
657 
2007 
305 
201 
387 
583 
513 
485 
415 
619 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.0 
28.5 
22.8 
26.6 
24.1 
26.0 
27.8 
24.7 
2007 
23.5 
23.8 
22.4 
23.7 
23.3 
25.4 
25.5 
23.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
8 
13 
9 
6 
15 
10 
16 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
9 
4 
14 
13 
14 
17 
13 
13 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
38 
21 
37 
60 
81 
56 
41 
82 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
293 
244 
396 
645 
552 
501 
436 
699 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.9 
30.4 
25.2 
28.2 
26.7 
27.8 
29.2 
26.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
- 
2 
- 
9 
9 
- 
6 
2007 
- 
2 
7 
1 
1 
- 
3 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
28 
5 
29 
44 
72 
31 
31 
36 
2007 
27 
19 
31 
31 
49 
17 
23 
25 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
34 
18 
71 
76 
84 
61 
72 
115 
2007 
34 
20 
68 
122 
82 
94 
79 
92 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
68 
48 
124 
178 
153 
172 
76 
190 
2007 
121 
67 
140 
184 
173 
178 
127 
224 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
52 
38 
52 
107 
95 
103 
87 
104 
2007 
66 
47 
48 
86 
110 
84 
81 
119 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
51 
43 
51 
95 
65 
75 
69 
114 
2007 
37 
36 
64 
84 
62 
85 
83 
106 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
40 
40 
55 
70 
61 
51 
64 
93 
2007 
48 
23 
48 
78 
62 
49 
58 
71 
70 years and over 
2012 
72 
85 
76 
157 
114 
87 
101 
152 
2007 
58 
65 
97 
137 
100 
83 
70 
159 
Average age 
2012 
57.1 
63.2 
55.9 
57.3 
54.3 
55.5 
57.8 
57.2 
2007 
55.8 
58.5 
55.8 
56.3 
54.8 
55.7 
55.9 
57.6 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
237 
183 
321 
416 
443 
446 
382 
547 
2007 
217 
141 
301 
390 
396 
339 
374 
456 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
16 
36 
23 
66 
26 
33 
25 
53 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
55 
31 
128 
98 
62 
110 
144 
283 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
16 
47 
22 
14 
32 
29 
34 
49 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
3 
- 
11 
9 
131 
14 
5 
14 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
96 
52 
58 
131 
66 
141 
117 
72 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
64 
27 
100 
107 
127 
155 
57 
94 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
7 
14 
8 
10 
10 
13 
8 
11 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
8 
1 
9 
13 
17 
10 
27 
22 
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 
333 
271 
430 
703 
644 
575 
478 
791 
acres, 2012 
76,432 
20,899 
193,910 
117,413 
186,056 
252,668 
168,701 
175,420 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
13 
11 
14 
26 
13 
19 
28 
14 
acres, 2012 
3,020 
515 
11,671 
6,311 
838 
19,396 
12,188 
3,992 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
304 
256 
390 
643 
592 
509 
408 
738 
2007 
329 
234 
428 
647 
528 
475 
432 
724 
acres, 2012 
54,443 
18,547 
162,471 
99,858 
143,566 
176,943 
119,976 
131,979 
2007 
67,945 
19,026 
136,539 
95,624 
126,749 
152,327 
118,187 
114,896 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
13 
9 
25 
46 
33 
33 
44 
43 
2007 
27 
25 
37 
55 
84 
67 
42 
37 
acres, 2012 
5,932 
495 
30,488 
16,154 
33,402 
49,549 
31,177 
35,497 
2007 
11,547 
1,897 
30,439 
24,344 
40,547 
40,271 
26,206 
30,455 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
24 
8 
26 
26 
20 
32 
34 
11 
2007 
27 
14 
14 
17 
20 
29 
35 
25 
acres, 2012 
14,910 
2,040 
18,161 
7,882 
10,532 
39,429 
28,801 
10,318 
2007 
12,495 
2,150 
15,971 
5,674 
16,414 
36,119 
54,767 
23,198 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
3 
6 
2007 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
2 
4 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,406 
2007 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
428 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
6 
4 
17 
10 
8 
15 
11 
12 
2007 
8 
6 
22 
4 
7 
16 
13 
9 
acres, 2012 
2,957 
381 
(D) 
(D) 
911 
2,225 
(D) 
886 
2007 
518 
924 
(D) 
680 
1,137 
(D) 
(D) 
773 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Indiana 601 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
