Table 9. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Delaware: 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 
335 
117 
61 
83 
15 
32 
17 
1 
9 
70 years and over 
485 
241 
64 
87 
27 
31 
20 
2 
13 
Average age 
58.4 
68.1 
54.1 
56.3 
54.3 
58.6 
58.9 
58.8 
56.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
6 
7 
7 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Asian 
30 
8 
1 
10 
6 
- 
1 
- 
4 
Black or African American 
22 
7 
9 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,392 
522 
703 
605 
185 
171 
107 
9 
90 
More than one race reported 
4 
1 
1 
2 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
47 
71 
60 
17 
23 
6 
1 
8 
2 people 
1,304 
389 
278 
338 
95 
94 
59 
3 
48 
3 people 
361 
55 
119 
97 
30 
17 
28 
2 
13 
4 people 
379 
34 
181 
81 
31 
24 
13 
2 
13 
5 or more people 
174 
13 
65 
46 
19 
14 
3 
1 
13 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
371 
561 
237 
12 
28 
8 
1 
45 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
44 
72 
81 
17 
21 
16 
- 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
70 
55 
98 
37 
44 
21 
2 
14 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
36 
24 
116 
76 
38 
27 
3 
6 
100 percent 
258 
17 
2 
90 
50 
41 
37 
3 
18 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
125 
16 
14 
32 
12 
19 
14 
3 
15 
acres 
62,076 
2,441 
1,063 
1,106 
870 
12,971 
24,299 
9,780 
9,546 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
314 
486 
434 
151 
124 
88 
8 
71 
Dial-up service 
156 
57 
39 
21 
11 
21 
- 
1 
6 
DSL service 
296 
69 
58 
79 
28 
23 
18 
1 
20 
Cable modem service 
482 
76 
121 
138 
55 
35 
30 
2 
25 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
41 
59 
73 
17 
10 
9 
1 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
57 
147 
105 
29 
22 
33 
4 
8 
Satellite service 
255 
55 
88 
51 
16 
24 
9 
1 
11 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
47 
14 
15 
10 
3 
2 
2 
- 
1 
Other Internet service 
17 
2 
7 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
431 
636 
526 
151 
Ill 
52 
6 
56 
2 households 
365 
98 
70 
73 
29 
43 
26 
1 
25 
3 households 
67 
6 
6 
12 
5 
13 
19 
2 
4 
4 households 
32 
3 
- 
9 
3 
5 
9 
- 
3 
5 or more households 
18 
- 
2 
2 
4 
- 
3 
- 
7 
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 
2,356 
538 
714 
622 
192 
172 
109 
9 
- 
acres 
477,123 
32,832 
34,878 
33,599 
41,101 
115,265 
189,061 
30,387 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
190 
16 
58 
56 
9 
16 
18 
3 
14 
acres 
60,378 
860 
2,173 
1,866 
1,261 
11,889 
30,576 
10,034 
1,719 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,917 
474 
605 
533 
148 
113 
41 
3 
- 
acres 
264,023 
28,856 
27,491 
28,771 
32,547 
74,752 
61,572 
10,034 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
161 
16 
40 
20 
9 
18 
21 
- 
37 
acres 
78,919 
(D) 
2,067 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
41,025 
- 
15,574 
Registered under state law 
farms 
128 
11 
25 
19 
7 
17 
18 
- 
31 
acres 
67,520 
(D) 
1,294 
(D) 
1,566 
15,025 
33,475 
- 
14,485 
Corporation 
farms 
317 
42 
51 
60 
34 
39 
47 
6 
38 
acres 
159,443 
2,354 
3,926 
3,241 
5,837 
23,773 
86,464 
20,353 
13,495 
Family held 
farms 
295 
42 
45 
55 
33 
39 
46 
6 
29 
acres 
156,297 
2,354 
(D) 
2,812 
(D) 
23,773 
(D) 
20,353 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
289 
41 
44 
55 
33 
39 
44 
5 
28 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
- 
6 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
9 
acres 
3,146 
- 
(D) 
429 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
6 
5 
1 
- 
1 
" 
7 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
56 
6 
18 
9 
1 
2 
- 
- 
20 
acres 
6,267 
(D) 
1,394 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,460 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 121 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
