Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Ripley 
Rush 
St. Joseph 
Scott 
Shelby 
Spencer 
Starke 
Steuben 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
355 
215 
320 
129 
245 
179 
201 
243 
2007 
253 
243 
233 
142 
230 
184 
236 
227 
Any 
2012 
521 
386 
371 
192 
324 
418 
310 
319 
2007 
620 
364 
479 
252 
406 
448 
404 
492 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
33 
47 
43 
34 
39 
23 
87 
33 
2007 
89 
76 
81 
33 
64 
70 
106 
103 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
36 
36 
17 
9 
16 
19 
11 
23 
2007 
23 
14 
16 
11 
28 
18 
21 
25 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
79 
36 
55 
17 
38 
40 
25 
35 
2007 
74 
55 
65 
23 
59 
56 
47 
41 
200 days or more 
2012 
373 
267 
256 
132 
231 
336 
187 
228 
2007 
434 
219 
317 
185 
255 
304 
230 
323 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
28 
16 
25 
9 
9 
26 
12 
11 
2007 
36 
20 
24 
9 
13 
18 
39 
9 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
22 
20 
33 
11 
15 
14 
22 
10 
2007 
51 
20 
23 
16 
20 
36 
27 
54 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
93 
80 
56 
58 
67 
89 
57 
70 
2007 
120 
73 
122 
81 
72 
90 
113 
118 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
733 
485 
577 
243 
478 
468 
420 
471 
2007 
666 
494 
543 
288 
531 
488 
461 
538 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.2 
24.9 
24.8 
22.3 
25.1 
23.5 
24.2 
24.1 
2007 
23.3 
25.1 
23.4 
20.9 
24.7 
22.5 
21.5 
22.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
18 
13 
23 
8 
2 
12 
10 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
11 
20 
29 
9 
12 
10 
16 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
84 
66 
44 
41 
57 
80 
51 
55 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
763 
502 
595 
263 
498 
495 
434 
486 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.3 
27.4 
26.7 
24.9 
27.5 
25.9 
25.6 
26.1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
15 
. 
. 
3 
3 
. 
2 
2007 
19 
13 
5 
- 
4 
9 
- 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
72 
46 
45 
11 
42 
50 
22 
39 
2007 
68 
56 
38 
15 
53 
30 
24 
47 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
114 
94 
77 
30 
72 
66 
65 
71 
2007 
138 
110 
85 
54 
77 
105 
101 
97 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
191 
158 
169 
84 
107 
160 
95 
125 
2007 
197 
178 
228 
117 
151 
203 
158 
204 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
113 
65 
102 
46 
105 
95 
83 
84 
2007 
122 
57 
110 
41 
107 
74 
71 
77 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
113 
72 
108 
42 
92 
77 
54 
54 
2007 
138 
61 
71 
64 
92 
62 
59 
88 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
131 
50 
67 
32 
46 
41 
78 
54 
2007 
66 
63 
70 
47 
55 
59 
84 
82 
70 years and over 
2012 
142 
101 
123 
76 
102 
105 
114 
133 
2007 
125 
69 
105 
56 
97 
90 
143 
121 
Average age 
2012 
56.2 
53.9 
56.7 
58.8 
56.2 
55.8 
58.7 
57.4 
2007 
54.2 
52.6 
55.1 
56.4 
55.7 
54.1 
57.9 
55.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
556 
460 
464 
209 
441 
403 
341 
379 
2007 
506 
371 
435 
231 
414 
366 
309 
375 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
95 
34 
45 
17 
38 
53 
42 
67 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
190 
94 
203 
60 
184 
161 
126 
172 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
66 
10 
63 
20 
35 
28 
110 
21 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
28 
6 
- 
3 
5 
7 
7 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
89 
178 
67 
44 
142 
88 
34 
87 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
127 
108 
96 
36 
61 
87 
43 
59 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
9 
17 
19 
35 
8 
4 
4 
9 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
4 
62 
10 
11 
12 
18 
8 
2 
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 
864 
582 
675 
315 
560 
576 
492 
545 
acres, 2012 
162,389 
197,403 
143,622 
48,575 
231,397 
162,704 
126,127 
93,906 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
30 
26 
14 
10 
52 
28 
17 
23 
acres, 2012 
14,986 
9,233 
1,981 
3,475 
23,776 
12,294 
9,017 
9,057 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
779 
522 
608 
289 
472 
526 
456 
474 
2007 
796 
517 
632 
343 
542 
545 
557 
636 
acres, 2012 
115,681 
161,038 
99,631 
(D) 
160,140 
123,441 
93,132 
62,153 
2007 
115,429 
161,813 
130,996 
37,851 
154,491 
102,910 
118,011 
71,339 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
42 
35 
35 
12 
48 
39 
20 
33 
2007 
49 
47 
50 
23 
59 
57 
48 
55 
acres, 2012 
30,157 
28,313 
29,532 
7,623 
43,628 
21,758 
26,283 
20,288 
2007 
27,707 
32,994 
29,448 
9,564 
26,635 
23,018 
21,833 
21,643 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
35 
35 
34 
11 
31 
26 
16 
32 
2007 
21 
37 
20 
19 
32 
20 
18 
19 
acres, 2012 
18,464 
16,667 
19,275 
9,545 
27,429 
20,901 
12,186 
16,990 
2007 
14,243 
21,140 
13,743 
14,028 
24,129 
16,945 
10,491 
12,178 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
3 
7 
- 
2007 
1 
- 
3 
3 
1 
4 
3 
1 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,305 
- 
2007 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
114 
(D) 
(D) 
2,590 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
20 
9 
12 
9 
17 
3 
12 
23 
2007 
6 
6 
7 
6 
2 
6 
14 
8 
acres, 2012 
2,409 
1,554 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
553 
5,139 
2007 
(D) 
943 
(D) 
484 
(D) 
(D) 
726 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Indiana 607 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
