Table 2. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alabama: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
70 years and over 
Average age 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black or African American 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
White 
More than one race reported 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2 people 
3 people 
4 people 
5 or more people 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
25 to 49 percent 
50 to 74 percent 
75 to 99 percent 
1 00 percent 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
acres 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
Dial-up service 
DSL service 
Cable modem service 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
Satellite service 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
Other Internet service 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2 households 
3 households 
4 households 
5 or more households 
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 
acres 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
acres 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
acres 
Partnership farms 
acres 
Registered under state law farms 
acres 
Corporation farms 
acres 
Family held farms 
acres 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
10 or less stockholders farms 
Other than family held farms 
acres 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
10 or less stockholders farms 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
acres 
Off-farm 
All farms Retirement occupation 
5,764 3,693 1,251 
10,063 7,331 1,396 
59.3 69.0 53.1 
332 125 132 
488 113 280 
67 6 29 
2,779 1,169 983 
2 - 2 
39,586 14,388 16,380 
301 107 116 
6,143 2,875 1,984 
23,475 11,028 7,754 
6,259 1,192 3,508 
5,061 445 3,135 
2,285 243 1,409 
34,353 13,285 16,213 
2,899 1,150 849 
2,791 870 551 
1,657 346 132 
1,523 132 45 
1,030 188 217 
671,273 35,960 33,696 
27,925 8,377 12,854 
2,613 1,017 999 
11,978 3,490 5,457 
5,564 1,868 2,612 
658 180 280 
5,027 1,154 2,570 
4,427 1,394 1,940 
435 151 175 
344 73 1 66 
35,276 12,817 15,171 
6,423 2,622 2,075 
901 237 287 
399 72 189 
224 35 68 
42,203 15,783 17,790 
8,209,594 2,371,335 2,534,341 
1,651 443 537 
920,093 179,455 215,403 
39,417 14,996 16,825 
6,542,453 2,087,461 2,174,721 
2,107 463 481 
1,415,100 200,992 192,530 
1,376 286 295 
1,103,761 132,730 147,064 
1,316 226 374 
742,289 58,794 131,107 
1,177 216 338 
690,184 56,031 128,157 
23 4 3 
1,154 212 335 
139 10 36 
52,105 2,763 2,950 
19 
120 10 36 
383 98 110 
202,812 24,088 35,983 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
467 
82 
811 
118 
54.3 
52.9 
58 
2 
68 
17 
19 
8 
535 
7 
5,509 
1,148 
53 
3 
852 
124 
3,015 
513 
1,022 
198 
868 
252 
427 
96 
3,835 
138 
609 
100 
714 
269 
462 
309 
564 
367 
262 
78 
64,930 
82,307 
4,179 
892 
393 
62 
1,868 
460 
694 
98 
91 
31 
788 
179 
681 
147 
72 
12 
79 
7 
5,041 
907 
894 
195 
134 
45 
69 
14 
46 
22 
6,184 
1,183 
1,075,528 
536,652 
287 
82 
81,254 
(D) 
5,775 
1,018 
925,143 
428,095 
205 
72 
90,391 
52,918 
145 
55 
72,094 
39,084 
174 
93 
(D) 
55,639 
164 
89 
50,666 
53,677 
1 
- 
163 
89 
10 
4 
(D) 
1,962 
10 
4 
30 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
100 
42 
3 
126 
111 
48 
5 
243 
54.6 
57.8 
56.8 
59.8 
8 
1 
- 
6 
3 
1 
6 
3 
- 
- 
2 
3 
2 
1 
79 
882 
323 
35 
921 
7 
3 
' 
12 
105 
21 
7 
175 
406 
191 
13 
555 
147 
48 
8 
136 
184 
53 
6 
118 
56 
16 
2 
36 
140 
43 
6 
693 
71 
30 
5 
85 
206 
64 
6 
111 
213 
108 
11 
76 
268 
84 
8 
55 
83 
55 
21 
126 
104,759 
135,098 
19,703 
194,820 
722 
285 
31 
585 
51 
24 
5 
62 
344 
133 
10 
216 
107 
36 
7 
142 
28 
7 
- 
41 
163 
67 
6 
100 
130 
60 
3 
72 
8 
6 
1 
10 
10 
2 
2 
5 
619 
170 
20 
531 
195 
85 
4 
353 
54 
51 
5 
88 
19 
10 
2 
24 
11 
13 
5 
24 
898 
329 
36 
874,586 
751,572 
65,580 
- 
113 
55 
2 
132 
160,169 
117,545 
(D) 
115,405 
631 
167 
5 
577,976 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
132 
105 
6 
643 
157,370 
295,871 
40,269 
384,759 
113 
90 
5 
387 
131,223 
256,221 
35,269 
290,076 
119 
56 
25 
249 
104,684 
(D) 
(D) 
209,281 
115 
52 
13 
190 
101,142 
100,083 
23,528 
176,900 
- 
- 
3 
12 
115 
52 
10 
178 
4 
4 
12 
59 
3,542 
(D) 
(D) 
32,381 
- 
1 
8 
10 
4 
3 
4 
49 
16 
1 
128 
34,556 
(D) 
- 
99,020 
-continued 
24 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
