Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jasper 
Jay 
Jefferson 
Jennings 
Johnson 
Knox 
Kosciusko 
LaGrange 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
242 
256 
168 
252 
174 
253 
394 
486 
2007 
250 
238 
222 
193 
195 
266 
386 
334 
Any 
2012 
373 
580 
447 
276 
388 
243 
853 
1,933 
2007 
484 
643 
472 
420 
390 
302 
849 
1,173 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
46 
57 
40 
33 
64 
31 
92 
173 
2007 
88 
67 
60 
71 
77 
53 
110 
176 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
23 
28 
24 
16 
32 
8 
34 
78 
2007 
32 
30 
36 
27 
20 
23 
49 
75 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
39 
52 
68 
22 
52 
33 
124 
185 
2007 
49 
71 
56 
46 
58 
48 
79 
160 
200 days or more 
2012 
265 
443 
315 
205 
240 
171 
603 
1,497 
2007 
315 
475 
320 
276 
235 
178 
611 
762 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
16 
15 
19 
24 
10 
15 
41 
104 
2007 
46 
21 
37 
19 
31 
27 
25 
47 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
28 
45 
47 
12 
22 
24 
47 
155 
2007 
39 
58 
41 
27 
23 
15 
70 
174 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
120 
85 
78 
39 
90 
60 
164 
510 
2007 
89 
150 
98 
94 
86 
74 
209 
323 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
451 
691 
471 
453 
440 
397 
995 
1,650 
2007 
560 
652 
518 
473 
445 
452 
931 
963 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.3 
23.0 
22.2 
25.2 
22.8 
25.2 
22.9 
16.4 
2007 
23.2 
21.0 
21.2 
23.3 
21.5 
25.3 
22.3 
16.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
7 
19 
23 
8 
8 
35 
75 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
31 
25 
10 
20 
12 
40 
126 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
119 
76 
54 
39 
69 
53 
147 
454 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
467 
722 
517 
456 
465 
423 
1,025 
1,764 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.2 
24.9 
24.8 
26.4 
24.8 
27.7 
24.4 
18.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
12 
9 
2 
2 
2 
6 
3 
17 
2007 
- 
7 
5 
5 
2 
1 
7 
15 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
34 
85 
69 
34 
29 
52 
120 
484 
2007 
75 
80 
35 
57 
25 
44 
115 
264 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
80 
168 
64 
49 
74 
61 
208 
734 
2007 
136 
228 
96 
92 
77 
85 
207 
446 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
129 
179 
146 
140 
133 
129 
279 
731 
2007 
168 
217 
180 
135 
158 
161 
324 
415 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
126 
150 
102 
60 
99 
78 
197 
173 
2007 
99 
99 
110 
66 
88 
62 
164 
137 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
78 
67 
87 
61 
79 
56 
157 
114 
2007 
89 
94 
75 
80 
97 
77 
139 
84 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
58 
76 
42 
61 
62 
45 
98 
64 
2007 
52 
64 
64 
63 
55 
62 
118 
76 
70 years and over 
2012 
98 
102 
103 
121 
84 
69 
185 
102 
2007 
115 
92 
129 
115 
83 
76 
161 
70 
Average age 
2012 
55.6 
52.7 
55.2 
57.6 
56.5 
54.1 
54.3 
45.1 
2007 
53.6 
51.6 
56.3 
55.4 
55.8 
54.9 
53.6 
46.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
428 
608 
436 
335 
406 
391 
744 
390 
2007 
466 
485 
379 
331 
399 
323 
655 
290 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
25 
89 
52 
44 
40 
34 
173 
48 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
215 
299 
167 
134 
222 
112 
254 
223 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
45 
43 
30 
40 
39 
46 
62 
40 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
6 
7 
10 
5 
6 
16 
46 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
122 
152 
114 
56 
70 
108 
137 
51 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
87 
72 
107 
48 
54 
94 
95 
31 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
17 
15 
3 
13 
14 
10 
21 
2 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
14 
16 
12 
28 
12 
23 
19 
9 
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 
594 
810 
597 
517 
549 
469 
1,200 
2,351 
acres, 2012 
268,691 
166,095 
89,715 
118,518 
134,909 
276,629 
239,902 
187,583 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
35 
26 
16 
19 
26 
31 
51 
50 
acres, 2012 
14,607 
8,859 
941 
3,685 
10,887 
34,144 
25,064 
10,209 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
502 
729 
563 
472 
510 
385 
1,073 
2,201 
2007 
581 
768 
644 
544 
498 
434 
1,072 
1,345 
acres, 2012 
173,491 
119,013 
81,510 
84,363 
105,939 
147,323 
154,943 
142,070 
2007 
199,271 
143,687 
92,276 
88,294 
85,588 
140,482 
149,561 
102,321 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
41 
66 
25 
33 
33 
54 
84 
114 
2007 
66 
73 
37 
40 
52 
78 
78 
84 
acres, 2012 
39,875 
32,804 
5,917 
27,027 
23,081 
93,464 
46,865 
31,928 
2007 
69,060 
31,812 
5,432 
27,346 
40,311 
101,017 
56,336 
22,386 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
58 
31 
20 
12 
9 
48 
55 
66 
2007 
72 
22 
11 
21 
28 
49 
53 
67 
acres, 2012 
68,192 
21,962 
6,336 
7,986 
14,395 
77,059 
47,093 
23,826 
2007 
67,362 
19,780 
(D) 
13,208 
14,167 
85,165 
38,202 
33,669 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
5 
- 
- 
5 
4 
3 
2007 
5 
5 
- 
6 
2 
2 
7 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,421 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,275 
1,589 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,946 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
12 
5 
7 
11 
10 
4 
31 
35 
2007 
10 
13 
2 
2 
5 
5 
25 
11 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
570 
1,648 
4,015 
1,231 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
3,371 
357 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,295 
3,333 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Indiana 603 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
