Table 15. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Indiana: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
3,023 
1,205 
70 years and over 
10,131 
6,278 
1,374 
Average age 
55.8 
69.1 
50.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
276 
66 
134 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
91 
22 
47 
Asian 
30 
7 
10 
Black or African American 
53 
20 
19 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
- 
2 
White 
58,408 
13,056 
25,335 
More than one race reported 
110 
31 
46 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,263 
2,489 
2,433 
2 people 
26,875 
9,117 
8,931 
3 people 
8,102 
1,039 
4,333 
4 people 
7,321 
278 
4,349 
5 or more people 
9,134 
213 
5,413 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
38,302 
9,681 
21,542 
25 to 49 percent 
5,561 
1,462 
2,041 
50 to 74 percent 
6,248 
1,343 
1,392 
75 to 99 percent 
4,786 
521 
374 
1 00 percent 
3,798 
129 
110 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,509 
145 
307 
acres 
903,025 
18,629 
28,237 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
38,403 
7,570 
17,227 
Dial-up service 
4,132 
1,194 
1,694 
DSL service 
14,389 
2,721 
6,691 
Cable modem service 
4,265 
1,029 
1,832 
Fiber-optic service 
1,566 
373 
644 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,640 
1,241 
3,962 
Satellite service 
7,633 
1,509 
3,068 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,161 
243 
474 
Other Internet service 
1,282 
213 
573 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
46,007 
10,400 
21,421 
2 households 
9,273 
2,228 
3,114 
3 households 
1,949 
358 
458 
4 households 
740 
87 
200 
5 or more households 
726 
63 
266 
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 
56,778 
13,136 
25,459 
acres 
13,765,625 
1,182,089 
1,748,666 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,124 
411 
673 
acres 
877,479 
45,294 
78,852 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
50,997 
11,976 
23,940 
acres 
10,006,936 
1,028,885 
1,583,863 
Partnership 
.farms 
3,376 
477 
700 
acres 
2,191,875 
65,387 
76,816 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,257 
275 
486 
acres 
1,705,060 
40,320 
56,392 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,266 
358 
561 
acres 
2,312,284 
55,315 
63,896 
Family held 
.farms 
3,030 
337 
522 
acres 
2,215,043 
53,865 
58,793 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
56 
3 
4 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
2,974 
334 
518 
Other than family held 
.farms 
236 
21 
39 
acres 
97,241 
1,450 
5,103 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
16 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
220 
20 
39 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,056 
325 
258 
acres 
209,301 
32,502 
24,091 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
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 
519 
279 
390 
193 
15 
164 
1,058 
414 
466 
202 
13 
326 
51.9 
53.8 
55.1 
55.3 
56.0 
56.4 
32 
14 
11 
5 
1 
13 
13 
5 
4 
12 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
9 
2 
3 
- 
- 
8,649 
3,103 
4,179 
2,054 
119 
1,913 
25 
5 
2 
1 
' 
' 
1,207 
377 
384 
128 
9 
236 
3,456 
1,410 
2,003 
1,020 
53 
885 
1,152 
393 
613 
293 
13 
266 
1,085 
400 
617 
326 
25 
241 
1,809 
530 
572 
289 
19 
289 
4,816 
498 
485 
153 
16 
1,111 
1,012 
343 
343 
139 
13 
208 
1,232 
654 
904 
424 
26 
273 
907 
876 
1,310 
592 
32 
174 
742 
739 
1,147 
748 
32 
151 
289 
114 
219 
184 
25 
226 
30,436 
46,603 
205,838 
358,371 
71,472 
143,439 
4,938 
2,123 
3,350 
1,851 
111 
1,233 
566 
224 
252 
102 
3 
97 
1,750 
737 
1,302 
735 
44 
409 
633 
165 
243 
158 
12 
193 
157 
96 
134 
69 
8 
85 
1,318 
518 
795 
504 
37 
265 
921 
533 
829 
479 
25 
269 
126 
56 
120 
88 
3 
51 
136 
63 
125 
107 
12 
53 
6,887 
2,393 
2,846 
1,042 
39 
979 
1,337 
520 
931 
565 
28 
550 
233 
97 
263 
295 
28 
217 
113 
41 
97 
95 
11 
96 
139 
59 
52 
59 
13 
75 
8,709 
3,110 
4,189 
2,056 
119 
871,754 
1 ,234,224 
3,793,165 
4,496,221 
439,506 
- 
311 
150 
235 
128 
29 
187 
34,346 
56,61 6 
221,018 
278,697 
76,600 
86,056 
7,919 
2,712 
3,223 
1,184 
43 
785,585 
1,084,558 
2,843,501 
2,542,102 
138,442 
- 
367 
150 
341 
335 
30 
976 
39,055 
55,652 
358,815 
897,114 
193,004 
506,032 
250 
106 
241 
261 
27 
611 
26,087 
39,844 
238,811 
727,310 
178,232 
398,064 
336 
223 
587 
521 
40 
640 
36,976 
84,538 
558,060 
1,023,877 
95,964 
393,658 
306 
212 
567 
502 
37 
547 
34,736 
80,942 
544,880 
1,000,745 
80,764 
360,318 
2 
2 
8 
10 
11 
16 
304 
210 
559 
492 
26 
531 
30 
11 
20 
19 
3 
93 
2,240 
3,596 
13,180 
23,132 
15,200 
33,340 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
14 
30 
10 
20 
19 
3 
79 
87 
25 
38 
16 
6 
301 
10,138 
9,476 
32,789 
33,128 
12,096 
55,081 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
204 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
