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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
4,524 
2,366 
1,005 
612 
135 
164 
63 
11 
70 years and over 
7,802 
4,716 
945 
1,207 
249 
234 
107 
18 
Average age 
58.9 
69.1 
53.7 
56.0 
55.2 
55.6 
56.9 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2,318 
748 
865 
518 
48 
31 
16 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
270 
97 
96 
60 
8 
4 
2 
1 
Asian 
170 
23 
76 
33 
5 
3 
11 
3 
Black or African American 
47 
20 
15 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
32 
3 
15 
12 
- 
1 
- 
- 
White 
35,498 
9,851 
13,173 
7,002 
1,579 
1,641 
683 
102 
More than one race reported 
163 
62 
46 
45 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,813 
2,250 
1,716 
1,185 
165 
166 
69 
11 
2 people 
19,296 
6,677 
6,265 
3,428 
813 
867 
366 
48 
3 people 
4,582 
734 
2,085 
1,044 
241 
236 
73 
11 
4 people 
4,042 
262 
2,054 
945 
247 
233 
117 
19 
5 or more people 
2,447 
133 
1,301 
560 
132 
148 
71 
17 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,203 
8,281 
12,031 
4,304 
255 
271 
85 
23 
25 to 49 percent 
2,742 
769 
784 
700 
158 
127 
43 
13 
50 to 74 percent 
2,953 
662 
426 
973 
340 
271 
118 
19 
75 to 99 percent 
2,446 
281 
127 
644 
484 
544 
225 
24 
1 00 percent 
1,836 
63 
53 
541 
361 
437 
225 
27 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
1,613 
217 
230 
440 
130 
177 
104 
28 
acres 
4,656,982 
146,803 
165,812 
501,160 
401,815 
1,014,189 
1,025,114 
121,152 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,363 
6,942 
1 1 ,238 
5,494 
1,358 
1,461 
642 
106 
Dial-up service 
2,293 
786 
747 
456 
121 
69 
32 
- 
DSL service 
9,631 
2,314 
3,953 
1,737 
419 
541 
247 
40 
Cable modem service 
2,845 
881 
1,168 
424 
98 
67 
52 
5 
Fiber-optic service 
1,032 
203 
305 
219 
86 
102 
45 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,079 
942 
2,090 
1,031 
274 
358 
169 
28 
Satellite service 
8,858 
2,138 
3,266 
1,783 
463 
549 
254 
36 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,026 
278 
373 
230 
27 
36 
31 
6 
Other Internet service 
1,159 
247 
504 
238 
43 
49 
29 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,617 
8,446 
11,726 
5,929 
1,141 
1,059 
388 
28 
2 households 
4,891 
1,350 
1,344 
933 
326 
386 
162 
34 
3 households 
1,021 
175 
198 
187 
91 
136 
85 
19 
4 households 
367 
47 
100 
60 
27 
39 
34 
9 
5 or more households 
284 
38 
53 
53 
13 
30 
27 
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 
34,689 
10,056 
13,421 
7,162 
1,598 
1,650 
696 
106 
acres 
28,438,867 
3,542,197 
4,160,091 
4,242,941 
4,233,223 
7,164,985 
4,587,865 
507,565 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,345 
719 
918 
792 
192 
248 
116 
34 
acres 
5,178,565 
443,221 
519,538 
610,244 
575,108 
1,258,687 
916,483 
114,625 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,367 
8,740 
1 1 ,933 
6,055 
1,225 
1,055 
328 
31 
acres 
17,747,109 
2,599,005 
2,891,628 
3,221,127 
3,037,559 
4,173,066 
1,757,641 
67,083 
Partnership 
farms 
3,228 
624 
683 
517 
191 
270 
191 
37 
acres 
7,594,854 
480,320 
724,644 
465,782 
618,652 
1,667,849 
1,623,234 
299,422 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,604 
461 
539 
440 
167 
237 
171 
36 
acres 
6,628,196 
415,240 
655,010 
363,547 
544,745 
1,421,707 
1,406,883 
290,922 
Corporation 
farms 
2,522 
367 
575 
429 
149 
298 
168 
38 
acres 
4,486,122 
276,301 
372,638 
369,560 
466,260 
1,160,734 
734,664 
141,060 
Family held 
farms 
2,240 
338 
507 
378 
142 
286 
158 
34 
acres 
4,124,539 
262,381 
342,966 
298,002 
459,291 
1,133,265 
731,090 
129,628 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
3 
3 
5 
2 
7 
3 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,194 
335 
504 
373 
140 
279 
155 
34 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
29 
68 
51 
7 
12 
10 
4 
acres 
361,583 
13,920 
29,672 
71,558 
6,969 
27,469 
3,574 
11,432 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
29 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
253 
26 
68 
50 
7 
11 
9 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,063 
325 
230 
161 
33 
27 
9 
- 
acres 
2,058,591 
186,571 
171,181 
186,472 
110,752 
163,336 
472,326 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
168 
326 
58.9 
88 
2 
16 
1 
1 
1,467 
4 
251 
832 
158 
165 
85 
953 
148 
144 
117 
129 
287 
1,280,937 
1,122 
82 
380 
150 
63 
187 
369 
45 
39 
900 
356 
130 
51 
54 
326 
740,659 
715 
1,714,951 
553 
1,530,142 
498 
964,905 
397 
767,916 
23 
374 
101 
196,989 
23 
78 
278 
767,953 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 93 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
