Table 12. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Hawaii: 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 
982 
565 
219 
127 
14 
10 
7 
2 
38 
70 years and over 
1,416 
1,019 
179 
134 
11 
17 
2 
1 
53 
Average age 
60.4 
69.7 
56.4 
54.9 
56.6 
58.4 
56.8 
61.7 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
383 
135 
144 
78 
5 
2 
- 
- 
19 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
32 
4 
15 
11 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
2,824 
999 
837 
687 
69 
52 
19 
2 
159 
Black or African American 
18 
5 
3 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
689 
241 
249 
170 
5 
3 
3 
- 
18 
White 
2,749 
851 
986 
648 
45 
46 
16 
4 
153 
More than one race reported 
688 
177 
305 
155 
3 
6 
1 
- 
41 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,123 
409 
341 
282 
16 
6 
4 
1 
64 
2 people 
3,328 
1,321 
1,096 
626 
47 
50 
19 
2 
167 
3 people 
1,064 
274 
368 
316 
27 
31 
3 
2 
43 
4 people 
863 
165 
364 
235 
17 
13 
7 
1 
61 
5 or more people 
622 
108 
226 
220 
15 
10 
6 
- 
37 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,191 
1,871 
2,120 
893 
19 
30 
17 
4 
237 
25 to 49 percent 
619 
210 
161 
191 
17 
13 
4 
- 
23 
50 to 74 percent 
572 
126 
80 
274 
27 
19 
1 
1 
44 
75 to 99 percent 
262 
51 
17 
111 
22 
27 
9 
1 
24 
100 percent 
356 
19 
17 
210 
37 
21 
8 
- 
44 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
504 
66 
94 
112 
29 
48 
9 
3 
143 
acres 
496,429 
(D) 
15,167 
27,316 
9,328 
31,740 
(D) 
(D) 
316,713 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
1,352 
1,797 
1,138 
107 
100 
39 
6 
274 
Dial-up service 
252 
93 
76 
49 
7 
1 
1 
1 
24 
DSL service 
1,455 
336 
638 
305 
34 
31 
11 
3 
97 
Cable modem service 
2,263 
691 
780 
537 
43 
59 
23 
3 
127 
Fiber-optic service 
108 
27 
35 
23 
7 
2 
- 
- 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
838 
227 
281 
227 
25 
22 
10 
1 
45 
Satellite service 
289 
88 
103 
72 
4 
5 
3 
- 
14 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
204 
38 
94 
45 
7 
4 
2 
- 
14 
Other Internet service 
112 
32 
47 
26 
3 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,460 
1,749 
1,922 
1,338 
89 
62 
29 
3 
268 
2 households 
1,117 
439 
330 
221 
26 
22 
9 
2 
68 
3 households 
172 
41 
44 
45 
3 
17 
- 
1 
21 
4 households 
169 
35 
75 
41 
4 
6 
- 
- 
8 
5 or more households 
82 
13 
24 
34 
- 
3 
1 
- 
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 
6,628 
2,277 
2,395 
1,679 
122 
110 
39 
6 
- 
acres 
712,740 
132,355 
164,931 
113,011 
27,714 
138,911 
87,497 
48,321 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
724 
185 
238 
214 
19 
20 
9 
1 
38 
acres 
96,021 
35,319 
25,661 
12,386 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7,323 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,685 
2,021 
2,110 
1,429 
70 
43 
11 
1 
- 
acres 
341,686 
76,345 
111,349 
71,726 
(D) 
65,137 
1,465 
(D) 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
446 
121 
111 
98 
9 
6 
4 
1 
96 
acres 
156,276 
24,229 
12,837 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
437 
(D) 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
397 
117 
99 
84 
8 
5 
4 
1 
79 
acres 
153,087 
24,217 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
437 
(D) 
55,068 
Corporation 
farms 
637 
86 
146 
128 
43 
61 
24 
4 
145 
acres 
444,840 
(D) 
40,399 
28,444 
(D) 
(D) 
85,595 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
485 
85 
108 
97 
36 
54 
20 
4 
81 
acres 
336,338 
(D) 
(D) 
27,644 
4,768 
(D) 
85,135 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
19 
2 
2 
- 
- 
3 
3 
1 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
466 
83 
106 
97 
36 
51 
17 
3 
73 
Other than family held 
farms 
152 
1 
38 
31 
7 
7 
4 
_ 
64 
acres 
108,502 
(D) 
(D) 
800 
(D) 
510 
460 
- 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
19 
3 
- 
- 
- 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
133 
1 
38 
28 
7 
7 
4 
- 
48 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
232 
49 
28 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
131 
acres 
186,515 
(D) 
346 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
166,083 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 163 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
