Table 1 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - United States: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
Other farms 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
Part owners farms 
Tenants farms 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
acres 
Owned land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
acres 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
acres 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
Total women operators number 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
Female 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
Other 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
Not on farm operated 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
Any 
1 to 49 days 
50 to 99 days 
100 to 199 days 
200 days or more 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years on present farm 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years operating any farm 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
25 to 34 years 
35 to 44 years 
45 to 49 years 
50 to 54 years 
55 to 59 years 
60 to 64 years 
Off-farm 
All farms Retirement occupation 
2,364 
470 
551 
1,243 
330 
425 
10,181 
2,031 
2,371 
1,428,351 
497,754 
605,691 
533,070 
93,640 
153,836 
147,882 
20,467 
52,044 
1,967,866 
593,013 
761,534 
625,476,424 
106,848,063 
107,119,581 
1,973,527 
595,674 
762,326 
563,576,452 
89,964,675 
92,379,688 
670,805 
110,439 
204,114 
354,924,885 
22,679,660 
38,514,712 
666,945 
109,228 
202,755 
350,951,205 
22,035,019 
37,714,223 
294,659 
100,299 
106,668 
70,380,739 
19,353,603 
16,635,253 
3,233,358 
890,518 
1,252,475 
1,181,152 
373,547 
430,929 
785,531 
207,054 
335,578 
111,495 
25,652 
35,155 
21,118 
3,914 
7,159 
10,007 
1,694 
2,750 
990,543 
286,858 
417,110 
874,615 
256,613 
373,389 
46,252 
12,198 
17,915 
5,618 
1,498 
2,016 
856 
179 
297 
526 
118 
111 
1,821,039 
510,847 
704,665 
288,264 
101,014 
106,906 
1,007,904 
369,310 
1,101,399 
242,551 
811,571 
1,621,591 
483,986 
609,976 
487,712 
127,875 
201,595 
823,659 
416,383 
38,763 
1,285,644 
195,478 
772,808 
169,761 
57,966 
46,515 
92,876 
31,059 
27,117 
180,407 
38,620 
87,132 
842,600 
67,833 
612,044 
68,180 
10,443 
35,925 
103,370 
15,973 
55,189 
297,548 
56,204 
155,397 
1,640,205 
529,241 
565,060 
22.8 
28.1 
17.6 
47,782 
7,316 
26,421 
82,324 
12,469 
45,591 
252,290 
46,017 
135,896 
1,726,907 
546,059 
603,663 
25.0 
30.6 
19.4 
10,714 
45 
4,479 
109,119 
537 
57,094 
214,106 
5,522 
123,255 
186,605 
9,370 
106,942 
279,431 
21,423 
151,889 
306,011 
43,408 
149,174 
302,041 
97,342 
109,169 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
338 
264 
443 
305 
61 
47 
1,372 
1,077 
1,893 
216,756 
29,329 
22,298 
89,230 
54,832 
83,239 
36,454 
11,183 
12,803 
307,203 
84,760 
106,101 
74,506,770 
54,323,466 
99,580,768 
310,811 
84,162 
105,549 
67,715,076 
50,385,233 
93,800,540 
120,595 
66,190 
96,199 
37,846,216 
41,537,174 
94,091,634 
119,913 
66,014 
96,030 
37,331,300 
41,254,496 
93,449,612 
43,093 
11,381 
13,675 
8,728,219 
4,221,051 
6,423,216 
517,139 
141,772 
186,510 
196,314 
57,532 
66,563 
124,591 
31,079 
39,245 
17,329 
5,535 
10,048 
2,839 
869 
1,811 
1,367 
329 
673 
166,721 
32,541 
37,267 
145,282 
29,339 
33,009 
8,657 
1,269 
1,704 
966 
153 
198 
165 
33 
27 
98 
11 
21 
279,527 
91,369 
114,915 
62,913 
3,975 
3,425 
342,440 
95,344 
107,079 
- 
11,261 
271,116 
79,266 
96,054 
71,324 
16,078 
22,286 
150,645 
62,297 
79,573 
191,795 
33,047 
38,767 
36,152 
9,502 
9,695 
22,909 
3,953 
3,726 
37,104 
5,729 
5,494 
95,630 
13,863 
19,852 
15,093 
1,743 
1,358 
21,572 
3,133 
2,457 
54,484 
9,354 
8,682 
251,291 
81,114 
105,843 
21.2 
27.3 
29.1 
9,935 
1,071 
746 
16,978 
2,204 
1,569 
45,957 
7,511 
6,541 
269,570 
84,558 
109,484 
23.7 
29.5 
31.0 
4,221 
950 
605 
28,717 
8,857 
7,938 
44,515 
11,868 
14,224 
36,237 
9,206 
12,124 
52,634 
14,110 
19,248 
54,872 
15,381 
21,084 
44,997 
13,770 
17,529 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
209 
2 
87 
8 
1 
66 
888 
51 
498 
9,130 
2,076 
45,317 
38,841 
2,881 
16,571 
5,854 
755 
8,322 
48,141 
4,975 
62,139 
81,356,006 
16,542,369 
85,199,401 
47,974 
4,957 
62,074 
76,147,741 
15,109,104 
78,074,395 
44,758 
3,656 
24,854 
81,778,863 
11,719,413 
26,757,213 
44,692 
3,636 
24,677 
81,361,294 
11,585,653 
26,219,608 
6,224 
940 
12,379 
5,628,324 
1,567,025 
7,824,048 
99,296 
14,333 
131,315 
23,667 
1,979 
30,621 
19,783 
1,584 
26,617 
7,482 
1,155 
9,139 
1,894 
444 
2,188 
999 
550 
1,645 
18,452 
2,269 
29,325 
15,374 
1,408 
20,201 
1,163 
251 
3,095 
150 
52 
585 
40 
16 
99 
20 
19 
128 
52,668 
5,573 
61,475 
1,157 
139 
8,735 
50,950 
5,187 
37,594 
2,875 
525 
32,616 
41,127 
3,067 
36,999 
12,698 
2,645 
33,211 
40,635 
4,180 
31,183 
13,190 
1,532 
39,027 
3,229 
281 
6,421 
1,058 
90 
2,964 
1,314 
134 
4,880 
7,589 
1,027 
24,762 
483 
74 
3,061 
772 
88 
4,186 
2,787 
431 
10,209 
49,783 
5,119 
52,754 
29.7 
27.3 
21.8 
206 
30 
2,057 
437 
49 
3,027 
1,891 
265 
8,212 
51,291 
5,368 
56,914 
31.6 
29.8 
24.8 
82 
10 
322 
2,322 
133 
3,521 
6,813 
703 
7,206 
6,094 
649 
5,983 
9,620 
956 
9,551 
10,205 
997 
10,890 
7,955 
868 
10,411 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
8 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
