Table 18. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Kentucky: 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 
9,184 
5,838 
1,816 
887 
152 
167 
52 
4 
268 
70 years and over 
15,295 
10,745 
2,075 
1,529 
191 
217 
74 
2 
462 
Average age 
57.6 
68.1 
51.6 
53.6 
53.3 
55.2 
55.5 
55.6 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
482 
143 
213 
91 
7 
7 
2 
- 
19 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
178 
68 
85 
17 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Asian 
71 
19 
37 
5 
6 
1 
1 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
437 
206 
131 
79 
4 
- 
- 
- 
17 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
76,116 
24,835 
33,004 
12,092 
1,807 
1,644 
605 
36 
2,093 
More than one race reported 
253 
96 
105 
37 
6 
4 
- 
- 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,536 
4,451 
3,507 
1,920 
147 
162 
35 
3 
311 
2 people 
38,806 
17,197 
13,458 
5,288 
759 
729 
305 
18 
1,052 
3 people 
12,014 
2,260 
6,615 
2,061 
336 
328 
84 
4 
326 
4 people 
9,675 
820 
6,310 
1,619 
277 
264 
109 
6 
270 
5 or more people 
6,033 
499 
3,478 
1,342 
306 
168 
73 
5 
162 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
57,321 
19,511 
29,144 
6,645 
245 
214 
40 
6 
1,516 
25 to 49 percent 
7,245 
2,700 
2,586 
1,499 
136 
115 
28 
2 
179 
50 to 74 percent 
6,459 
2,163 
1,271 
1,875 
415 
382 
120 
12 
221 
75 to 99 percent 
3,465 
652 
291 
1,136 
548 
523 
209 
8 
98 
1 00 percent 
2,574 
201 
76 
1,075 
481 
417 
209 
8 
107 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,214 
218 
282 
311 
85 
106 
46 
6 
160 
acres 
505,564 
39,904 
40,626 
53,355 
31,719 
106,757 
105,740 
43,585 
83,878 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
49,889 
13,800 
24,216 
7,571 
1,230 
1,322 
538 
32 
1,180 
Dial-up service 
4,712 
1,686 
1,868 
783 
118 
106 
51 
3 
97 
DSL service 
25,093 
6,686 
12,508 
3,755 
628 
681 
272 
20 
543 
Cable modem service 
7,055 
2,189 
3,393 
951 
140 
142 
51 
2 
187 
Fiber-optic service 
1,991 
631 
860 
302 
60 
61 
22 
1 
54 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,313 
1,571 
3,605 
1,284 
225 
317 
118 
5 
188 
Satellite service 
7,782 
2,176 
3,636 
1,166 
222 
278 
114 
2 
188 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,991 
572 
909 
312 
48 
48 
26 
2 
74 
Other Internet service 
865 
174 
455 
150 
20 
23 
9 
2 
32 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,000 
19,454 
27,356 
9,422 
1,341 
1,030 
309 
12 
1,076 
2 households 
13,748 
4,989 
4,763 
2,254 
335 
442 
176 
11 
778 
3 households 
2,057 
537 
723 
333 
105 
113 
75 
4 
167 
4 households 
781 
142 
343 
144 
26 
34 
26 
7 
59 
5 or more households 
478 
105 
183 
77 
18 
32 
20 
2 
41 
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 
74,943 
25,227 
33,368 
12,230 
1,825 
1,651 
606 
36 
- 
acres 
12,431,340 
3,096,903 
3,381,157 
1,910,875 
782,646 
1,569,584 
1,467,218 
222,957 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,700 
695 
914 
504 
115 
174 
66 
7 
225 
acres 
829,152 
115,989 
140,450 
90,924 
49,700 
184,441 
158,293 
7,517 
81,838 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
70,093 
23,917 
31,645 
11,289 
1,578 
1,271 
382 
11 
- 
acres 
10,397,336 
2,843,759 
3,084,219 
1,718,291 
669,691 
1,186,810 
859,321 
35,245 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
4,666 
921 
1,061 
588 
139 
252 
155 
18 
1,532 
acres 
1,904,448 
167,947 
182,780 
132,136 
73,030 
282,040 
479,085 
142,549 
444,881 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,702 
534 
627 
360 
89 
166 
112 
16 
798 
acres 
1,243,658 
95,831 
112,851 
81,619 
44,479 
168,896 
355,133 
130,449 
254,400 
Corporation 
.farms 
1,853 
294 
538 
312 
105 
116 
66 
7 
415 
acres 
650,044 
63,177 
96,143 
53,743 
37,609 
94,317 
124,151 
45,163 
135,741 
Family held 
.farms 
1,639 
283 
473 
266 
99 
107 
58 
6 
347 
acres 
582,658 
61,095 
86,109 
46,070 
(D) 
90,007 
117,366 
(D) 
104,802 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
46 
7 
14 
4 
4 
3 
1 
13 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
1,593 
276 
459 
262 
95 
104 
57 
6 
334 
Other than family held 
.farms 
214 
11 
65 
46 
6 
9 
8 
1 
68 
acres 
67,386 
2,082 
10,034 
7,673 
(D) 
4,310 
6,785 
(D) 
30,939 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
208 
11 
65 
46 
6 
9 
8 
1 
62 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
452 
95 
124 
41 
3 
12 
3 
- 
174 
acres 
97,519 
22,020 
18,015 
6,705 
2,316 
6,417 
4,661 
- 
37,385 
246 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
