Table 4. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arizona: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
2,691 
1,396 
407 
691 
21 
38 
14 
14 
110 
70 years and over 
5,367 
3,047 
551 
1,428 
63 
72 
38 
9 
159 
Average age 
61.1 
69.1 
55.4 
58.3 
57.2 
58.0 
56.7 
54.9 
60.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
716 
201 
244 
130 
15 
43 
26 
7 
50 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11,190 
3,670 
2,107 
5,198 
1 
16 
5 
1 
192 
Asian 
97 
27 
38 
23 
- 
1 
5 
2 
1 
Black or African American 
25 
14 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,621 
2,698 
2,819 
1,660 
259 
354 
206 
108 
517 
More than one race reported 
72 
35 
17 
12 
1 
1 
3 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,671 
1,419 
745 
1,251 
42 
47 
29 
6 
132 
2 people 
8,025 
3,081 
2,034 
2,112 
124 
185 
99 
54 
336 
3 people 
2,933 
806 
732 
1,162 
35 
61 
34 
18 
85 
4 people 
2,375 
468 
668 
1,049 
45 
40 
34 
10 
61 
5 or more people 
3,001 
670 
808 
1,320 
15 
39 
23 
23 
103 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
5,581 
4,590 
5,628 
59 
82 
46 
22 
484 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
334 
197 
434 
12 
40 
27 
14 
49 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
312 
83 
296 
62 
56 
39 
14 
82 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
151 
56 
147 
78 
91 
41 
28 
48 
100 percent 
822 
66 
61 
389 
50 
103 
66 
33 
54 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
958 
253 
195 
195 
27 
58 
34 
26 
170 
acres 
20,437,314 
(D) 
(D) 
666,992 
413,103 
189,260 
640,118 
55,132 
16,855,748 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,936 
2,645 
2,911 
2,080 
208 
315 
206 
107 
464 
Dial-up service 
895 
287 
385 
165 
7 
13 
6 
1 
31 
DSL service 
2,662 
773 
861 
599 
64 
110 
71 
37 
147 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
311 
463 
277 
51 
80 
44 
21 
97 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
55 
78 
23 
7 
12 
2 
1 
24 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,723 
434 
545 
452 
46 
87 
63 
23 
73 
Satellite service 
2,493 
879 
588 
681 
54 
79 
44 
32 
136 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
356 
60 
161 
63 
10 
21 
20 
6 
15 
Other Internet service 
362 
161 
84 
71 
2 
8 
6 
10 
20 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,700 
4,784 
3,824 
5,056 
178 
243 
105 
58 
452 
2 households 
3,397 
1,185 
788 
1,030 
52 
82 
72 
23 
165 
3 households 
951 
258 
165 
407 
16 
25 
22 
11 
47 
4 households 
547 
132 
114 
237 
5 
13 
16 
9 
21 
5 or more households 
410 
85 
96 
164 
10 
9 
4 
10 
32 
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 
19,288 
6,444 
4,987 
6,894 
261 
372 
219 
111 
- 
acres 
8,240,659 
1,314,403 
2,196,436 
1,850,166 
732,085 
852,735 
1,047,339 
247,495 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,364 
376 
316 
329 
70 
104 
52 
16 
101 
acres 
1,928,152 
170,935 
109,658 
517,725 
146,987 
235,959 
59,599 
40,410 
646,879 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
17,247 
5,971 
4,485 
6,367 
141 
180 
69 
34 
- 
acres 
3,060,838 
909,714 
531,004 
993,129 
213,389 
190,346 
174,133 
49,123 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,345 
224 
225 
252 
71 
96 
98 
35 
344 
acres 
1,324,012 
137,964 
76,804 
183,588 
136,217 
210,579 
227,879 
108,486 
242,495 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,032 
159 
160 
188 
66 
89 
85 
34 
251 
acres 
1,212,093 
110,539 
66,751 
178,061 
134,182 
205,198 
186,709 
103,986 
226,667 
Corporation 
farms 
1,045 
161 
215 
237 
36 
86 
48 
40 
222 
acres 
1,671,792 
98,074 
(D) 
66,246 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
402,638 
Family held 
farms 
893 
143 
180 
218 
35 
82 
43 
33 
159 
acres 
1,558,186 
(D) 
(D) 
65,287 
(D) 
(D) 
589,986 
65,103 
357,857 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
41 
4 
8 
5 
2 
7 
4 
1 
10 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
852 
139 
172 
213 
33 
75 
39 
32 
149 
Other than family held 
farms 
152 
18 
35 
19 
1 
4 
5 
7 
63 
acres 
113,606 
(D) 
(D) 
959 
(D) 
223 
(D) 
(D) 
44,781 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
28 
4 
9 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
11 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
124 
14 
26 
19 
- 
4 
4 
5 
52 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
368 
88 
62 
38 
13 
10 
4 
2 
151 
acres 
20,192,553 
168,651 
(D) 
607,203 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
17,363,403 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 51 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
