Table 23. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Michigan: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
Other farms 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
Part owners farms 
Tenants farms 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
acres 
Owned land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
acres 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
acres 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
Total women operators number 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
Female 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
Other 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
Not on farm operated 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
Any 
1 to 49 days 
50 to 99 days 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
200 days or more 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years on present farm 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years operating any farm 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 to 34 years 
35 to 44 years 
45 to 49 years 
50 to 54 years 
55 to 59 years 
60 to 64 years 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
34 
6 
7 
7 
9 
3 
2 
24 
- 
16 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
5 
824 
163 
192 
94 
91 
137 
85 
11 
51 
35,234 
13,100 
14,339 
5,674 
545 
435 
181 
46 
914 
14,861 
2,664 
4,187 
2,658 
1,448 
2,158 
1,121 
115 
510 
2,099 
229 
857 
512 
102 
146 
96 
15 
142 
50,195 
15,793 
18,555 
8,359 
1,999 
2,595 
1,304 
162 
1,428 
6,591,630 
1,512,442 
1,253,261 
744,195 
442,288 
984,384 
963,695 
271,431 
419,934 
50,095 
15,764 
18,526 
8,332 
1,993 
2,593 
1,302 
161 
1,424 
5,953,033 
1,260,982 
1,080,783 
661,319 
418,425 
939,097 
941,550 
260,656 
390,221 
17,058 
2,925 
5,071 
3,195 
1,555 
2,309 
1,218 
132 
653 
4,028,753 
213,933 
358,390 
258,083 
326,641 
1,003,403 
1,230,703 
295,956 
341,644 
16,960 
2,893 
5,044 
3,170 
1,550 
2,304 
1,217 
130 
652 
3,995,531 
211,075 
355,134 
255,527 
325,701 
998,814 
1,223,350 
293,479 
332,451 
9,371 
3,590 
3,512 
1,373 
183 
271 
143 
29 
270 
671,819 
254,318 
175,734 
85,432 
24,803 
49,876 
29,498 
13,252 
38,906 
80,304 
23,070 
29,676 
13,458 
3,158 
4,474 
2,905 
467 
3,096 
28,911 
9,832 
10,259 
4,934 
1,259 
1,474 
514 
49 
590 
19,812 
5,421 
8,238 
3,377 
661 
916 
495 
52 
652 
2,689 
626 
697 
415 
143 
273 
257 
45 
233 
515 
75 
142 
78 
21 
53 
83 
15 
48 
267 
39 
47 
40 
11 
23 
49 
15 
43 
24,605 
7,245 
10,059 
4,535 
727 
816 
465 
87 
671 
21,665 
6,443 
9,151 
3,853 
633 
722 
348 
52 
463 
1,222 
353 
405 
279 
34 
38 
41 
5 
67 
109 
19 
30 
32 
4 
6 
7 
1 
10 
21 
6 
2 
7 
2 
- 
1 
- 
3 
13 
3 
1 
2 
2 
5 
44,785 
13,665 
16,633 
6,928 
2,001 
2,659 
1,377 
171 
1,351 
7,409 
2,328 
2,750 
1,916 
94 
80 
21 
5 
215 
25,285 
9,408 
8,844 
2,095 
2,506 
1,343 
163 
926 
26,909 
6,585 
19,383 
233 
55 
13 
640 
43,740 
13,723 
16,138 
7,489 
1,833 
2,376 
1,117 
99 
965 
8,454 
2,270 
3,245 
1,355 
262 
363 
281 
77 
601 
21,550 
11,336 
924 
3,946 
1,358 
1,967 
1,111 
139 
769 
30,644 
4,657 
18,459 
4,898 
737 
772 
287 
37 
797 
4,147 
1,478 
1,103 
979 
200 
181 
74 
5 
127 
2,069 
719 
486 
636 
73 
69 
16 
6 
64 
4,223 
918 
1,991 
920 
135 
117 
26 
4 
112 
20,205 
1,542 
14,879 
2,363 
329 
405 
171 
22 
494 
1,512 
199 
804 
377 
32 
28 
3 
3 
66 
2,350 
319 
1,267 
539 
78 
45 
23 
4 
75 
6,318 
1,110 
3,266 
1,323 
183 
169 
59 
11 
197 
42,014 
14,365 
14,046 
6,605 
1,802 
2,497 
1,313 
158 
1,228 
24.1 
30.3 
18.2 
21.8 
28.2 
30.6 
31.0 
27.3 
23.8 
1,047 
133 
590 
254 
13 
14 
1 
2 
40 
1,948 
270 
1,061 
457 
50 
30 
12 
3 
65 
5,456 
956 
2,908 
1,121 
153 
123 
34 
8 
153 
43,743 
14,634 
14,824 
7,012 
1,879 
2,572 
1,351 
163 
1,308 
26.0 
32.4 
19.7 
24.0 
30.7 
32.5 
33.1 
29.7 
26.3 
244 
84 
102 
25 
19 
7 
1 
6 
2,736 
- 
1,480 
755 
168 
170 
55 
8 
100 
5,761 
187 
3,366 
1,278 
255 
312 
152 
27 
184 
4,997 
276 
2,825 
1,081 
215 
295 
167 
20 
118 
7,262 
633 
3,823 
1,436 
349 
486 
270 
31 
234 
7,945 
1,460 
3,692 
1,426 
346 
455 
286 
32 
248 
7,208 
2,815 
2,195 
1,074 
296 
385 
194 
28 
221 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 315 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
