Table 7 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Colorado: 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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems 
Ethanol 
Con. 
farms 
25 
3 
2 
6 
5 
3 
5 
Other 
farms 
36 
5 
20 
4 
5 
" 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
353 
59 
80 
68 
38 
65 
27 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
26,105 
8,459 
10,726 
4,746 
461 
454 
183 
52 
Part owners 
farms 
7,839 
1,343 
2,010 
1,754 
936 
1,002 
431 
44 
Tenants 
farms 
2,236 
254 
685 
662 
201 
194 
82 
10 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
34,056 
9,828 
12,756 
6,526 
1,408 
1,468 
617 
96 
acres 
23,371,885 
3,484,733 
3,492,979 
3,021,263 
2,589,091 
4,515,643 
3,032,952 
363,210 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
33,944 
9,802 
12,736 
6,500 
1,397 
1,456 
614 
96 
acres 
21,150,230 
2,858,162 
3,060,127 
2,709,688 
2,399,619 
4,274,441 
2,981,103 
355,597 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
10,143 
1,621 
2,728 
2,425 
1,137 
1,197 
513 
54 
acres 
10,828,657 
693,187 
1,117,741 
1,545,529 
1,848,932 
2,907,102 
1,607,717 
151,968 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
10,075 
1,597 
2,695 
2,416 
1,137 
1,196 
513 
54 
acres 
10,736,446 
684,035 
1,099,964 
1,533,253 
1,833,604 
2,890,544 
1,606,762 
151,968 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,065 
1,293 
1,300 
693 
195 
249 
80 
15 
acres 
2,313,866 
635,723 
450,629 
323,851 
204,800 
257,760 
52,804 
7,613 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.. number 
59,269 
15,667 
22,197 
11,466 
2,607 
2,937 
1,344 
289 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
17,076 
5,244 
5,741 
3,613 
820 
709 
266 
26 
2 operators 
16,199 
4,177 
6,851 
3,019 
587 
686 
284 
35 
3 operators 
2,259 
533 
641 
427 
162 
196 
95 
25 
4 operators 
468 
75 
150 
68 
23 
42 
38 
10 
5 or more operators 
178 
27 
38 
35 
6 
17 
13 
10 
Total women operators 
.. number 
21,879 
6,082 
9,035 
4,262 
670 
737 
286 
61 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
18,912 
5,226 
7,933 
3,713 
603 
636 
245 
31 
2 operators 
1,252 
373 
466 
216 
32 
43 
17 
10 
3 operators 
122 
27 
46 
32 
1 
5 
1 
1 
4 operators 
14 
6 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
1 
2 
3 
" 
" 
" 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,320 
7,829 
10,863 
5,513 
1,516 
1,565 
675 
100 
Female 
6,860 
2,227 
2,558 
1,649 
82 
85 
21 
6 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,962 
6,158 
- 
7,162 
1,598 
1,466 
648 
99 
Other 
18,218 
3,898 
13,421 
- 
- 
184 
48 
7 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
29,176 
8,168 
10,824 
6,061 
1,326 
1,343 
538 
59 
Not on farm operated 
7,004 
1,888 
2,597 
1,101 
272 
307 
158 
47 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
13,721 
6,529 
560 
3,271 
1,015 
1,102 
525 
81 
Any 
22,459 
3,527 
12,861 
3,891 
583 
548 
171 
25 
1 to 49 days 
3,153 
1,075 
856 
735 
174 
127 
33 
7 
50 to 99 days 
1,765 
532 
511 
530 
64 
51 
14 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,819 
824 
1,745 
886 
124 
71 
22 
2 
200 days or more 
13,722 
1,096 
9,749 
1,740 
221 
299 
102 
16 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
982 
112 
512 
224 
28 
19 
4 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
311 
898 
442 
44 
33 
13 
2 
5 to 9 years 
5,834 
1,209 
2,833 
1,220 
145 
132 
35 
17 
10 years or more 
27,536 
8,424 
9,178 
5,276 
1,381 
1,466 
644 
87 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
24.6 
16.5 
20.4 
27.3 
27.9 
29.8 
26.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
669 
78 
376 
128 
21 
12 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,427 
253 
726 
328 
25 
26 
6 
- 
5 to 9 years 
4,737 
958 
2,375 
970 
108 
105 
22 
7 
10 years or more 
29,347 
8,767 
9,944 
5,736 
1,444 
1,507 
668 
99 
Average years operating any farm ... 
23.6 
27.7 
18.5 
23.4 
30.0 
30.4 
32.6 
30.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
- 
57 
60 
16 
7 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,762 
- 
827 
565 
165 
110 
26 
5 
35 to 44 years 
3,182 
80 
1,733 
779 
141 
216 
71 
18 
45 to 49 years 
2,838 
126 
1,535 
672 
145 
151 
86 
8 
50 to 54 years 
5,052 
428 
2,721 
1,103 
243 
238 
111 
13 
55 to 59 years 
5,640 
776 
2,710 
1,166 
304 
297 
128 
15 
60 to 64 years 
5,233 
1,564 
1,888 
998 
200 
233 
103 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
1 
2 
16 
1,024 
319 
148 
1,357 
2,872,014 
1,343 
2,511,493 
468 
956,481 
467 
936,316 
240 
380,686 
2,762 
657 
560 
180 
62 
32 
746 
95 
9 
1 
1,259 
232 
831 
660 
857 
634 
638 
853 
146 
63 
145 
499 
83 
85 
243 
1,080 
20.7 
54 
63 
192 
1,182 
24.0 
6 
64 
144 
115 
195 
244 
229 
-continued 
92 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
