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 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
251,976 
140,042 
51,883 
70 years and over 
449,300 
294,172 
57,686 
Average age 
58.3 
69.3 
52.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
67,000 
20,230 
26,871 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
37,851 
11,447 
13,584 
Asian 
13,669 
2,924 
4,077 
Black or African American 
33,371 
14,931 
11,257 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1,468 
431 
540 
White 
2,012,652 
578,855 
777,877 
More than one race reported 
10,292 
3,273 
4,236 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
300,435 
121,699 
89,577 
2 people 
1,070,365 
410,791 
342,360 
3 people 
294,277 
49,731 
142,279 
4 people 
250,753 
17,569 
139,286 
5 or more people 
193,473 
12,071 
98,069 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,483,837 
490,233 
712,533 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
51,790 
53,740 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
45,580 
33,172 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
19,082 
8,955 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
5,176 
3,171 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
67,939 
8,349 
12,401 
acres 
132,807,072 
3,030,510 
7,179,329 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
359,282 
612,367 
Dial-up service 
139,677 
47,223 
48,997 
DSL service 
584,384 
138,087 
246,914 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
60,678 
97,775 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
15,464 
27,432 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267,804 
52,113 
118,916 
Satellite service 
282,776 
72,005 
108,302 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
37,580 
9,565 
14,716 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
8,458 
16,569 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,700,363 
500,661 
693,449 
2 households 
308,216 
93,317 
89,829 
3 households 
59,080 
11,583 
15,703 
4 households 
24,207 
3,728 
7,729 
5 or more households 
17,437 
2,572 
4,861 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
2,039,093 
611,861 
811,571 
acres 
810,233,654 
111,999,694 
130,093,911 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
101,372 
21,596 
31,607 
acres 
85,976,552 
7,406,968 
9,405,152 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,828,946 
565,130 
752,591 
acres 
562,433,686 
92,610,502 
104,307,699 
Partnership 
farms 
137,987 
23,292 
28,791 
acres 
156,076,785 
9,575,196 
11,366,193 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98,911 
15,675 
20,388 
acres 
128,378,262 
7,209,812 
9,193,365 
Corporation 
farms 
106,716 
13,765 
21,542 
acres 
131,272,892 
5,916,432 
8,064,478 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
12,732 
19,088 
acres 
118,795,904 
5,487,813 
7,205,131 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2,308 
275 
363 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
92,834 
12,457 
18,725 
Other than family held 
farms 
11,574 
1,033 
2,454 
acres 
12,476,988 
428,619 
859,347 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1,136 
65 
83 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10,438 
968 
2,371 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35,654 
9,674 
8,647 
acres 
64,744,294 
3,897,564 
6,355,541 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
27,393 
8,550 
10,948 
4,785 
570 
7,805 
48,854 
12,652 
14,640 
5,949 
826 
14,521 
54.6 
54.5 
55.2 
55.4 
57.0 
58.3 
13,242 
1,547 
1,592 
791 
166 
2,561 
10,803 
491 
422 
120 
16 
968 
3,508 
997 
795 
394 
92 
882 
5,453 
242 
201 
79 
5 
1,203 
349 
36 
34 
21 
2 
55 
320,396 
93,352 
116,656 
53,132 
5,586 
66,798 
1,931 
226 
232 
79 
11 
304 
51,538 
11,173 
11,618 
4,032 
382 
10,416 
153,030 
43,905 
56,705 
25,452 
2,714 
35,408 
53,138 
13,703 
17,266 
7,826 
792 
9,542 
45,587 
13,005 
17,357 
8,533 
852 
8,564 
39,147 
13,558 
15,394 
7,982 
972 
6,280 
200,138 
14,451 
15,368 
5,541 
985 
44,588 
36,134 
8,378 
8,804 
3,315 
507 
5,838 
46,089 
21,015 
24,027 
9,518 
1,004 
8,325 
30,987 
26,441 
36,547 
16,923 
1,503 
5,811 
29,092 
25,059 
33,594 
18,528 
1,713 
5,648 
14,223 
5,063 
8,278 
6,378 
1,551 
1 1 ,696 
10,713,941 
8,067,060 
18,994,012 
23,364,596 
7,593,893 
53,863,731 
228,337 
68,942 
97,714 
48,740 
5,409 
47,315 
22,612 
6,545 
7,395 
3,003 
241 
3,661 
89,626 
27,914 
40,672 
20,348 
2,201 
18,622 
33,515 
7,800 
10,944 
5,502 
764 
8,939 
11,121 
5,271 
8,318 
4,389 
534 
3,453 
44,121 
12,799 
19,258 
10,765 
1,291 
8,541 
43,676 
14,806 
21,765 
11,671 
1,355 
9,196 
6,048 
1,573 
2,385 
1,507 
272 
1,514 
5,589 
1,569 
2,432 
1,483 
294 
1,233 
277,559 
73,400 
83,403 
31,260 
2,475 
38,156 
49,033 
16,381 
24,360 
13,443 
1,377 
20,476 
8,910 
3,270 
6,517 
5,596 
962 
6,539 
4,050 
1,291 
2,332 
1,964 
443 
2,670 
2,888 
1,002 
1,728 
1,562 
455 
2,369 
342,440 
95,344 
118,340 
53,825 
5,712 
105,046,376 
91,639,729 
187,250,152 
157,509,035 
26,694,757 
- 
18,975 
5,350 
8,414 
5,247 
934 
9,249 
7,729,791 
7,242,313 
17,001,362 
15,806,127 
3,774,453 
17,610,386 
308,952 
80,751 
89,456 
30,280 
1,786 
82,883,272 
69,950,209 
124,286,246 
80,548,796 
7,846,962 
- 
16,028 
6,347 
12,070 
11,387 
1,827 
38,245 
8,712,053 
9,928,139 
28,460,469 
41,502,153 
9,168,986 
37,363,596 
1 1 ,776 
4,877 
9,703 
9,494 
1,655 
25,343 
7,019,414 
8,234,540 
23,659,898 
34,576,919 
8,193,246 
30,291,068 
14,202 
7,513 
15,854 
11,707 
2,003 
20,130 
7,134,491 
9,916,429 
31,628,813 
32,576,856 
8,313,370 
27,722,023 
12,839 
7,038 
15,092 
1 1 ,093 
1,719 
15,541 
6,606,493 
9,498,114 
30,635,350 
31,236,228 
7,478,032 
20,648,743 
203 
85 
233 
243 
153 
753 
12,636 
6,953 
14,859 
10,850 
1,566 
14,788 
1,363 
475 
762 
614 
284 
4,589 
527,998 
418,315 
993,463 
1,340,628 
835,338 
7,073,280 
28 
15 
50 
60 
97 
738 
1,335 
460 
712 
554 
187 
3,851 
3,258 
733 
960 
451 
96 
11,835 
6,316,560 
1,844,952 
2,874,624 
2,881,230 
1,365,439 
39,208,384 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 9 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
