Table 1 1 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Georgia: 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 
5,995 
3,654 
1,216 
522 
134 
203 
86 
12 
70 years and over 
10,164 
7,334 
1,290 
751 
129 
228 
102 
19 
Average age 
59.9 
69.3 
54.1 
54.5 
52.6 
54.6 
55.9 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
443 
106 
226 
72 
15 
8 
2 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
127 
38 
52 
20 
- 
13 
- 
1 
Asian 
239 
39 
35 
64 
56 
25 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
1,986 
892 
632 
267 
41 
50 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
3 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
39,736 
14,410 
14,528 
5,416 
1,295 
1,920 
828 
106 
More than one race reported 
157 
50 
51 
22 
6 
17 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,791 
2,991 
1,505 
744 
106 
232 
45 
1 
2 people 
22,496 
10,420 
6,717 
2,641 
599 
937 
390 
54 
3 people 
6,184 
1,329 
2,856 
1,069 
222 
345 
159 
14 
4 people 
5,137 
460 
2,744 
904 
333 
322 
177 
15 
5 or more people 
2,649 
232 
1,483 
433 
138 
189 
62 
23 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
31,824 
12,977 
13,882 
3,459 
204 
269 
115 
25 
25 to 49 percent 
2,774 
1,131 
766 
513 
108 
123 
28 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
3,129 
803 
446 
771 
310 
453 
155 
14 
75 to 99 percent 
2,213 
378 
157 
502 
306 
508 
255 
27 
100 percent 
2,317 
143 
54 
546 
470 
672 
280 
34 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
acres 
1,164 
881,169 
195 
46,086 
194 
37,652 
212 
62,696 
116 
63,874 
138 
121,607 
97 
195,301 
172, SI 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,395 
9,062 
11,700 
4,215 
1,103 
1,606 
705 
99 
Dial-up service 
1,954 
773 
643 
237 
61 
115 
54 
8 
DSL service 
17,631 
5,391 
7,124 
2,548 
715 
935 
372 
56 
Cable modem service 
3,679 
1,349 
1,414 
488 
93 
111 
66 
11 
Fiber-optic service 
1,147 
390 
410 
167 
32 
62 
27 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,585 
1,133 
1,955 
689 
169 
312 
162 
16 
Satellite service 
3,610 
1,153 
1,260 
548 
146 
238 
139 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
536 
199 
197 
77 
13 
16 
15 
3 
Other Internet service 
228 
70 
103 
28 
4 
2 
4 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
34,620 
12,822 
13,200 
4,738 
1,043 
1,469 
548 
43 
2 households 
5,887 
2,226 
1,600 
803 
255 
362 
175 
35 
3 households 
1,052 
270 
290 
149 
50 
116 
73 
16 
4 households 
397 
63 
125 
64 
29 
38 
24 
10 
5 or more households 
301 
51 
90 
37 
21 
40 
13 
3 
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 
40,891 
8,906,536 
15,432 
2,118,992 
15,305 
1,860,542 
5,791 
845,302 
1,398 
478,913 
2,025 
1,622,311 
833 
1,560,148 
107 
420,328 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
acres 
2,380 
968,604 
715 
187,077 
665 
182,766 
426 
76,918 
121 
62,014 
157 
103,995 
84 
165,009 
17 
61,324 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
acres 
36,863 
6,610,516 
14,308 
1,760,116 
14,129 
1,476,392 
5,184 
708,953 
1,148 
371,542 
1,537 
1,227,986 
520 
934,188 
37 
131,339 
Partnership 
farms 
acres 
2,535 
1,654,763 
571 
203,480 
519 
205,843 
230 
81,203 
84 
45,330 
208 
199,396 
158 
348,479 
37 
186,661 
Registered under state law 
farms 
acres 
1,836 
1,250,430 
421 
171,733 
382 
180,137 
189 
56,206 
67 
30,239 
164 
157,402 
120 
253,510 
23 
124,344 
Corporation 
farms 
acres 
2,410 
1,192,077 
4 Qc: 
129,324 
542 
135,917 
344 
48,052 
161 
59,824 
276 
188,803 
151 
253,110 
33 
102,328 
Family held 
farms 
acres 
2,152 
1,079,965 
401 
125,715 
484 
128,221 
322 
44,784 
144 
54,818 
269 
187,217 
1 3Q 
239,078 
26 
96,561 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
54 
17 
4 
9 
1 
2 
4 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,098 
384 
480 
313 
143 
267 
135 
23 
Other than family held 
farms 
acres 
258 
112,112 
34 
3,609 
58 
7,696 
22 
3,268 
17 
5,006 
7 
1,586 
12 
14,032 
7 
5,767 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
237 
33 
58 
22 
17 
7 
11 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
acres 
449 
163,480 
118 
26,072 
115 
42,390 
33 
7,094 
5 
2,217 
4 
6,126 
4 
24,371 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
168 
311 
59.1 
13 
3 
18 
102 
1,233 
10 
167 
738 
190 
182 
89 
893 
98 
177 
80 
118 
179 
181,277 
905 
63 
490 
147 
54 
149 
108 
16 
11 
757 
431 
88 
44 
46 
195 
129,501 
728 
384,371 
470 
276,859 
468 
274,719 
367 
203,571 
14 
353 
101 
71,148 
15 
86 
170 
55,210 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
