Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sullivan 
Switzerland 
Tippecanoe 
Tipton 
Union 
Vanderburgh 
Vermillion 
Vigo 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
186 
125 
246 
152 
106 
88 
101 
229 
2007 
178 
117 
189 
172 
103 
110 
126 
167 
Any 
2012 
247 
258 
456 
225 
136 
187 
169 
221 
2007 
269 
257 
568 
286 
130 
225 
167 
351 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
36 
20 
44 
27 
15 
29 
16 
21 
2007 
36 
33 
80 
45 
22 
48 
38 
76 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
24 
19 
23 
10 
4 
7 
5 
11 
2007 
20 
34 
21 
28 
5 
17 
8 
42 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
35 
44 
41 
30 
15 
18 
22 
27 
2007 
48 
42 
58 
47 
14 
17 
30 
41 
200 days or more 
2012 
152 
175 
348 
158 
102 
133 
126 
162 
2007 
165 
148 
409 
166 
89 
143 
91 
192 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
12 
3 
25 
13 
12 
5 
5 
9 
2007 
17 
19 
15 
10 
4 
16 
7 
12 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
19 
34 
14 
5 
7 
9 
28 
2007 
16 
18 
45 
26 
5 
21 
23 
26 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
55 
57 
86 
49 
26 
36 
24 
42 
2007 
65 
58 
120 
73 
45 
54 
39 
70 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
345 
304 
557 
301 
199 
227 
232 
371 
2007 
349 
279 
577 
349 
179 
244 
224 
410 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.3 
22.5 
23.5 
25.4 
24.4 
25.5 
22.9 
25.5 
2007 
25.7 
21.4 
21.1 
25.7 
23.4 
21.8 
22.2 
22.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
9 
3 
25 
8 
9 
5 
3 
6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
16 
12 
34 
11 
5 
5 
10 
24 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
53 
44 
71 
42 
20 
29 
20 
42 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
355 
324 
572 
316 
208 
236 
237 
378 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.9 
25.4 
25.0 
27.6 
27.4 
27.0 
24.5 
26.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
2 
5 
2 
. 
. 
6 
2007 
4 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
8 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
43 
20 
38 
21 
9 
7 
23 
17 
2007 
38 
21 
48 
31 
14 
27 
4 
9 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
56 
47 
78 
56 
42 
32 
30 
35 
2007 
35 
55 
111 
60 
34 
61 
41 
75 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
71 
102 
178 
88 
63 
75 
74 
78 
2007 
129 
109 
220 
119 
66 
82 
96 
127 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
84 
46 
109 
48 
28 
42 
30 
62 
2007 
44 
36 
111 
42 
35 
39 
44 
75 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
52 
46 
106 
44 
32 
40 
50 
69 
2007 
58 
47 
117 
64 
26 
34 
34 
65 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
51 
45 
82 
47 
22 
27 
19 
54 
2007 
59 
50 
57 
67 
30 
36 
32 
68 
70 years and over 
2012 
76 
77 
109 
68 
44 
52 
44 
129 
2007 
80 
53 
93 
73 
28 
56 
34 
98 
Average age 
2012 
56.6 
56.9 
57.0 
56.0 
55.6 
58.0 
55.5 
61.0 
2007 
56.6 
55.1 
54.6 
56.1 
54.7 
55.0 
54.7 
58.0 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
352 
196 
586 
309 
166 
204 
207 
321 
2007 
291 
174 
548 
261 
148 
192 
178 
311 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
40 
38 
52 
25 
20 
9 
10 
30 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
152 
65 
247 
123 
53 
56 
46 
98 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
25 
13 
120 
39 
6 
51 
21 
32 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
8 
18 
2 
2 
- 
3 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
104 
27 
86 
97 
32 
48 
84 
78 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
71 
49 
99 
49 
52 
49 
67 
53 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
3 
20 
13 
2 
10 
2 
43 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
10 
1 
29 
9 
6 
3 
3 
13 
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 
414 
369 
672 
363 
230 
269 
267 
444 
acres, 2012 
165,983 
48,577 
209,854 
139,836 
67,459 
71,965 
113,708 
114,337 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
18 
8 
32 
31 
5 
26 
6 
3 
acres, 2012 
11,433 
792 
7,466 
18,192 
3,393 
13,571 
8,603 
(D) 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
359 
347 
606 
302 
216 
223 
229 
401 
2007 
393 
350 
621 
372 
187 
274 
241 
447 
acres, 2012 
123,425 
42,710 
161,246 
85,222 
(D) 
43,725 
77,301 
80,711 
2007 
135,871 
38,832 
154,423 
107,091 
(D) 
42,144 
(D) 
63,013 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
40 
15 
35 
21 
10 
25 
12 
18 
2007 
26 
13 
71 
33 
29 
31 
23 
40 
acres, 2012 
25,373 
2,439 
28,348 
14,748 
7,313 
10,534 
13,962 
7,392 
2007 
20,897 
3,438 
28,354 
20,876 
20,424 
10,283 
23,363 
26,027 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
21 
14 
44 
44 
15 
20 
21 
26 
2007 
25 
5 
43 
42 
15 
24 
28 
20 
acres, 2012 
16,451 
4,618 
22,509 
41,379 
7,900 
22,149 
26,289 
28,151 
2007 
20,045 
(D) 
28,581 
36,906 
6,298 
18,469 
25,497 
26,502 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
4 
3 
1 
2 
2 
- 
2007 
- 
1 
4 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,552 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
12 
7 
13 
7 
5 
6 
5 
2007 
3 
5 
18 
11 
1 
5 
1 
9 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
752 
(D) 
2,280 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,276 
2007 
555 
(D) 
(D) 
1,002 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
--continued 
608 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
