Table 5. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arkansas: 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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
3,570 
1,156 
446 
137 
128 
70 years and over 
9,512 
6,590 
1,255 
895 
150 
188 
Average age 
58.1 
69.0 
52.4 
54.0 
52.8 
54.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
130 
233 
98 
18 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
99 
267 
120 
4 
7 
Asian 
354 
33 
58 
117 
108 
28 
Black or African American 
1,064 
420 
378 
180 
19 
17 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
13,496 
17,490 
6,126 
1,472 
1,405 
More than one race reported 
280 
91 
123 
48 
8 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
2,506 
1,861 
793 
151 
167 
2 people 
24,321 
10,003 
8,149 
3,257 
745 
671 
3 people 
6,674 
1,147 
3,396 
1,165 
270 
268 
4 people 
5,402 
317 
3,173 
876 
269 
243 
5 or more people 
2,917 
166 
1,737 
500 
176 
110 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
10,988 
16,266 
3,750 
230 
216 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
1,423 
1,221 
726 
122 
138 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
1,103 
579 
943 
289 
255 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
478 
184 
624 
433 
404 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
147 
66 
548 
537 
446 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
acres 
1,189 
1,116,296 
199 
39,497 
238 
45,649 
196 
64,252 
118 
53,316 
115 
126,090 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
7,576 
13,447 
4,371 
1,268 
1,162 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
1,145 
1,095 
431 
107 
74 
DSL service 
14,300 
3,561 
6,600 
2,123 
555 
504 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
1,044 
1,815 
437 
132 
185 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
166 
250 
48 
19 
24 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
985 
2,673 
919 
285 
249 
Satellite service 
5,305 
1,364 
1,994 
805 
293 
275 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
424 
148 
177 
52 
13 
13 
Other Internet service 
384 
98 
158 
67 
13 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
11,615 
15,810 
5,350 
1,259 
1,059 
2 households 
6,619 
2,211 
2,000 
1,011 
258 
297 
3 households 
970 
215 
281 
128 
49 
62 
4 households 
446 
65 
151 
74 
26 
25 
5 or more households 
243 
33 
74 
28 
19 
16 
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 
43,698 
12,182,635 
14,139 
2,241,490 
18,316 
2,455,347 
6,591 
1,366,038 
1,611 
668,386 
1,459 
1,465,620 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
acres 
1,485 
989,018 
303 
87,921 
498 
120,527 
212 
61,472 
86 
50,998 
105 
123,515 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
acres 
39,351 
8,154,759 
13,221 
1,997,741 
17,238 
2,175,516 
6,087 
1,223,688 
1,319 
527,006 
926 
869,493 
Partnership 
farms 
acres 
3,344 
4,299,853 
427 
130,044 
548 
148,989 
240 
71,785 
93 
58,333 
282 
361,868 
Registered under state law 
farms 
acres 
2,469 
3,803,864 
245 
80,430 
362 
110,284 
143 
46,357 
78 
49,030 
234 
316,256 
Corporation 
farms 
acres 
1,842 
1,164,901 
305 
73,188 
394 
101,619 
228 
62,368 
194 
78,998 
238 
221,993 
Family held 
farms 
acres 
1,643 
1,047,260 
281 
66,391 
357 
89,497 
213 
56,007 
185 
73,319 
220 
197,918 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
32 
1 
7 
5 
1 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,611 
280 
350 
208 
184 
211 
Other than family held 
farms 
acres 
199 
117,641 
24 
6,797 
37 
12,122 
15 
6,361 
9 
5,679 
18 
24,075 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
22 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
177 
22 
37 
15 
9 
18 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
acres 
534 
191,273 
186 
40,517 
136 
29,223 
36 
8,197 
5 
4,049 
13 
12,266 
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 
146 
5 
200 
144 
6 
284 
53.4 
53.9 
59.1 
4 
- 
14 
2 
8 
1 
1 
8 
7 
- 
43 
1,493 
75 
1,309 
3 
' 
5 
92 
6 
181 
712 
31 
753 
217 
10 
201 
340 
25 
159 
145 
4 
79 
115 
12 
740 
100 
16 
114 
320 
9 
211 
444 
16 
161 
527 
23 
147 
155 
24 
144 
405,682 
58,608 
323,202 
1,352 
71 
954 
71 
3 
76 
537 
32 
388 
242 
12 
190 
14 
2 
21 
360 
23 
195 
347 
13 
214 
9 
3 
9 
20 
' 
11 
935 
28 
737 
377 
24 
441 
94 
14 
127 
59 
7 
39 
41 
3 
29 
1,506 
76 
3,587,205 
398,549 
- 
139 
4 
138 
342,643 
17,000 
184,942 
536 
24 
1,217,947 
143,368 
- 
829 
31 
894 
2,067,708 
237,818 
1,223,308 
764 
25 
618 
1,916,142 
192,180 
1,093,185 
131 
21 
331 
279,772 
17,363 
329,600 
115 
7 
265 
250,022 
16,356 
297,750 
4 
1 
4 
111 
6 
261 
16 
14 
66 
29,750 
1,007 
31,850 
1 
14 
5 
15 
" 
61 
10 
148 
21,778 
- 
75,243 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 65 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
