Table 17. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Kansas: 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 
6,697 
2,979 
1,485 
823 
469 
508 
215 
13 
205 
70 years and over 
13,800 
7,897 
1,855 
1,854 
744 
746 
251 
13 
440 
Average age 
58.2 
71.2 
52.7 
55.3 
56.2 
56.4 
56.3 
56.5 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
693 
179 
293 
134 
47 
26 
6 
2 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
395 
94 
204 
60 
23 
4 
2 
- 
8 
Asian 
71 
25 
23 
14 
3 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
165 
55 
73 
32 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
17 
1 
7 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
60,853 
13,864 
23,222 
10,064 
4,357 
5,280 
1,979 
129 
1,958 
More than one race reported 
272 
72 
127 
45 
13 
5 
4 
1 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,369 
3,249 
2,680 
1,916 
574 
478 
151 
10 
311 
2 people 
31,981 
9,664 
10,355 
4,801 
2,278 
2,779 
995 
65 
1,044 
3 people 
7,254 
751 
3,457 
1,334 
549 
673 
266 
15 
209 
4 people 
7,210 
259 
4,094 
1,213 
506 
636 
273 
13 
216 
5 or more people 
5,959 
188 
3,070 
954 
496 
727 
300 
27 
197 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
9,918 
19,768 
5,159 
682 
734 
190 
26 
1,258 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
1,721 
2,194 
1,295 
399 
461 
125 
9 
145 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
1,550 
1,256 
1,826 
1,088 
1,047 
348 
23 
250 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
827 
350 
1,212 
1,357 
1,650 
678 
29 
179 
1 00 percent 
4,019 
95 
88 
726 
877 
1,401 
644 
43 
145 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,949 
227 
302 
368 
161 
311 
249 
49 
282 
acres 
4,026,589 
154,811 
112,791 
225,661 
268,590 
934,603 
1,312,201 
250,614 
767,318 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,128 
8,059 
18,205 
6,741 
3,307 
4,535 
1,832 
127 
1,322 
Dial-up service 
3,227 
892 
1,109 
555 
228 
274 
78 
5 
86 
DSL service 
15,279 
2,585 
6,225 
2,318 
1,172 
1,743 
706 
48 
482 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
1,626 
2,856 
844 
361 
459 
198 
17 
237 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
710 
2,007 
931 
591 
789 
269 
19 
172 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,304 
1,213 
3,646 
1,323 
613 
844 
406 
23 
236 
Satellite service 
8,733 
1,655 
3,440 
1,274 
693 
984 
407 
28 
252 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
969 
167 
378 
151 
71 
99 
69 
3 
31 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
253 
676 
210 
78 
106 
73 
11 
27 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
48,353 
11,352 
19,598 
7,908 
3,444 
3,810 
1,173 
64 
1,004 
2 households 
9,611 
2,216 
2,897 
1,678 
722 
1,058 
460 
20 
560 
3 households 
2,316 
332 
696 
398 
119 
283 
223 
22 
243 
4 households 
834 
120 
268 
142 
61 
76 
80 
11 
76 
5 or more households 
659 
91 
197 
92 
57 
66 
49 
13 
94 
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 
59,796 
14,111 
23,656 
10,218 
4,403 
5,293 
1,985 
130 
- 
acres 
43,584,217 
3,918,526 
5,422,500 
4,605,784 
6,262,106 
13,195,535 
9,463,924 
715,842 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,177 
406 
669 
305 
120 
277 
135 
23 
242 
acres 
2,598,879 
168,047 
232,730 
163,527 
205,029 
847,302 
612,147 
64,535 
305,562 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
53,387 
12,746 
21,986 
9,457 
3,916 
4,118 
1,124 
40 
- 
acres 
32,757,894 
3,360,880 
4,783,094 
4,062,263 
5,418,522 
9,928,765 
4,890,618 
313,752 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
3,860 
556 
854 
342 
209 
454 
422 
40 
983 
acres 
6,853,518 
214,264 
350,553 
228,154 
399,656 
1,372,831 
2,572,803 
281,244 
1,434,013 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,677 
360 
598 
224 
152 
348 
328 
35 
632 
acres 
5,399,253 
139,840 
256,714 
162,920 
311,860 
1,093,909 
2,028,869 
223,420 
1,181,721 
Corporation 
.farms 
2,835 
255 
421 
259 
225 
642 
422 
47 
564 
acres 
5,422,059 
170,903 
177,278 
208,588 
341,582 
1,648,649 
1,892,356 
110,227 
872,476 
Family held 
.farms 
2,584 
236 
386 
239 
212 
621 
412 
41 
437 
acres 
5,193,969 
164,257 
167,806 
190,757 
320,239 
1,613,578 
1,851,931 
105,354 
780,047 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
45 
5 
8 
9 
1 
5 
4 
1 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
2,539 
231 
378 
230 
211 
616 
408 
40 
425 
Other than family held 
.farms 
251 
19 
35 
20 
13 
21 
10 
6 
127 
acres 
228,090 
6,646 
9,472 
17,831 
21,343 
35,071 
40,425 
4,873 
92,429 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
34 
3 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
27 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
217 
16 
33 
20 
13 
19 
10 
6 
100 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,691 
554 
395 
160 
53 
79 
17 
3 
430 
acres 
1,103,824 
172,479 
111,575 
106,779 
102,346 
245,290 
108,147 
10,619 
246,589 
232 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
