Table 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - California: 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 
10,683 
5,103 
2,331 
1,272 
330 
567 
401 
132 
547 
70 years and over 
18,370 
10,660 
2,215 
1,996 
588 
976 
739 
261 
935 
Average age 
60.1 
69.5 
55.2 
55.6 
57.8 
59.0 
58.6 
58.4 
57.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,815 
2,132 
2,962 
2,547 
468 
581 
352 
101 
672 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,192 
385 
381 
248 
43 
52 
19 
3 
61 
Asian 
4,802 
782 
1,185 
1,251 
401 
469 
258 
76 
380 
Black or African American 
345 
117 
120 
68 
4 
5 
3 
2 
26 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
321 
91 
96 
75 
7 
13 
14 
2 
23 
White 
70,537 
20,607 
21,430 
12,262 
2,835 
4,058 
3,382 
1,269 
4,694 
More than one race reported 
660 
223 
227 
118 
17 
26 
12 
5 
32 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,856 
3,966 
2,595 
2,169 
414 
564 
354 
109 
685 
2 people 
39,377 
14,756 
10,030 
5,760 
1,558 
2,319 
1,826 
637 
2,491 
3 people 
10,481 
2,068 
3,829 
2,196 
449 
564 
487 
205 
683 
4 people 
9,895 
799 
4,159 
2,257 
489 
664 
545 
182 
800 
5 or more people 
7,248 
616 
2,826 
1,640 
397 
512 
476 
224 
557 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53,231 
18,047 
20,321 
8,709 
933 
1,199 
769 
265 
2,988 
25 to 49 percent 
6,732 
1,620 
1,547 
1,442 
450 
637 
396 
130 
510 
50 to 74 percent 
8,038 
1,618 
1,157 
1,663 
735 
1,079 
745 
309 
732 
75 to 99 percent 
5,290 
699 
299 
1,045 
612 
939 
886 
305 
505 
100 percent 
4,566 
221 
115 
1,163 
577 
769 
892 
348 
481 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
7,130 
542 
740 
1,681 
460 
715 
828 
402 
1,762 
acres 
5,266,987 
49,255 
174,663 
171,261 
433,162 
389,962 
1,038,543 
883,525 
2,126,616 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
59,543 
15,652 
19,085 
9,994 
2,536 
3,754 
3,238 
1,254 
4,030 
Dial-up service 
4,703 
1,817 
1,235 
798 
174 
217 
189 
53 
220 
DSL service 
20,030 
5,182 
6,322 
3,229 
888 
1,370 
1,124 
419 
1,496 
Cable modem service 
9,578 
2,501 
3,115 
1,532 
366 
668 
497 
201 
698 
Fiber-optic service 
1,719 
363 
548 
212 
91 
130 
102 
61 
212 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,454 
2,462 
4,001 
2,250 
679 
957 
842 
370 
893 
Satellite service 
15,193 
4,313 
4,532 
2,407 
700 
1,038 
928 
337 
938 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
2,135 
388 
548 
393 
145 
191 
150 
105 
215 
Other Internet service 
2,805 
597 
1,049 
452 
86 
108 
204 
108 
201 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
61,016 
18,914 
20,054 
11,217 
2,310 
2,945 
2,068 
681 
2,827 
2 households 
11,316 
2,706 
2,443 
1,933 
695 
982 
904 
326 
1,327 
3 households 
3,013 
389 
515 
429 
170 
391 
393 
183 
543 
4 households 
1,351 
120 
243 
215 
79 
161 
169 
93 
271 
5 or more households 
1,161 
76 
184 
228 
53 
144 
154 
74 
248 
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 
72,641 
22,205 
23,439 
14,022 
3,307 
4,623 
3,688 
1,357 
- 
acres 
20,951,605 
2,687,681 
2,628,563 
2,483,198 
2,163,381 
3,032,883 
4,533,703 
3,422,196 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,453 
759 
984 
727 
267 
492 
374 
127 
723 
acres 
2,772,951 
148,052 
198,068 
169,047 
411,936 
385,465 
495,756 
376,398 
588,229 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
59,732 
19,894 
20,587 
12,027 
2,362 
2,743 
1,661 
458 
- 
acres 
12,000,544 
1,974,456 
1,923,896 
1,966,640 
1,364,524 
1,840,481 
1,825,336 
1,105,211 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
1,064 
1,355 
977 
476 
944 
1,005 
426 
2,737 
acres 
6,934,159 
396,187 
306,939 
245,610 
458,775 
713,000 
1,606,688 
959,463 
2,247,497 
Registered under state law 
farms 
7,283 
782 
1,010 
769 
396 
850 
885 
391 
2,200 
acres 
5,929,592 
332,066 
260,378 
200,146 
440,372 
643,106 
1,421,243 
884,626 
1,747,655 
Corporation 
farms 
6,361 
592 
861 
697 
395 
788 
934 
446 
1,648 
acres 
5,359,671 
212,094 
277,200 
202,869 
269,953 
412,757 
880,359 
1,266,111 
1,838,328 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
542 
758 
614 
354 
703 
835 
395 
1,144 
acres 
4,209,678 
210,349 
185,280 
193,686 
262,033 
339,009 
683,951 
1,142,196 
1,193,174 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
264 
17 
28 
17 
7 
18 
38 
44 
95 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,081 
525 
730 
597 
347 
685 
797 
351 
1,049 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
50 
103 
83 
41 
85 
99 
51 
504 
acres 
1,149,993 
1,745 
91,920 
9,183 
7,920 
73,748 
196,408 
123,915 
645,154 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
171 
5 
3 
3 
1 
9 
16 
16 
118 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
845 
45 
100 
80 
40 
76 
83 
35 
386 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
655 
636 
321 
74 
148 
88 
27 
831 
acres 
1,274,627 
104,944 
120,528 
68,079 
70,129 
66,645 
221,320 
91,411 
531,571 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 79 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
