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.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement 
farms - 
GCFI 
farms 
Mid-size 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low 
Moderate 
farms - 
sales - GCFI 
sales - GCFI 
GCFI 
Large - 
Very large - 
Off-farm 
less than 
$150,000 
$350,000 
$1,000,000 
$5,000,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
occupation 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
to $999,999 
to $4,999,999 
or more 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
5,968 
3,766 
833 
612 
178 
271 
126 
13 
70 years and over 
10,073 
6,856 
1,085 
1,080 
263 
346 
141 
16 
Average age 
57.6 
68.2 
51.5 
53.6 
54.5 
55.3 
55.3 
54.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
674 
186 
246 
167 
22 
26 
9 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
47 
97 
50 
2 
6 
1 
- 
Asian 
54 
10 
28 
14 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
216 
93 
54 
51 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
White 
51,539 
15,791 
19,128 
8,695 
2,087 
2,726 
1,392 
175 
More than one race reported 
165 
47 
71 
29 
4 
7 
3 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,884 
2,823 
1,977 
1,275 
246 
270 
99 
11 
2 people 
25,338 
10,887 
7,239 
3,550 
945 
1,251 
639 
86 
3 people 
7,398 
1,379 
3,402 
1,414 
318 
421 
196 
20 
4 people 
6,446 
493 
3,554 
1,271 
265 
430 
216 
17 
5 or more people 
6,128 
411 
3,211 
1,334 
321 
367 
248 
42 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
12,947 
16,972 
5,128 
340 
374 
145 
17 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
1,220 
1,323 
964 
153 
220 
76 
8 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
1,250 
841 
1,159 
523 
566 
243 
24 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
424 
157 
705 
530 
745 
396 
41 
1 00 percent 
3,316 
152 
90 
888 
549 
834 
538 
86 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,551 
230 
308 
330 
105 
164 
165 
37 
acres 
685,227 
26,541 
28,313 
38,685 
42,811 
99,751 
239,725 
85,471 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,426 
9,644 
14,445 
6,066 
1,545 
2,184 
1,277 
168 
Dial-up service 
5,184 
1,901 
1,715 
939 
226 
198 
80 
8 
DSL service 
10,092 
2,489 
4,070 
1,576 
452 
686 
407 
60 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
1,916 
2,737 
1,100 
240 
302 
199 
29 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
193 
240 
103 
26 
51 
28 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,692 
1,790 
3,763 
1,557 
397 
551 
365 
46 
Satellite service 
6,947 
1,863 
2,511 
1,149 
324 
508 
342 
49 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
985 
208 
402 
179 
38 
62 
53 
6 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
326 
475 
180 
56 
87 
64 
20 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
43,472 
13,667 
17,252 
7,440 
1,669 
1,838 
659 
85 
2 households 
6,641 
2,003 
1,637 
1,077 
345 
636 
414 
36 
3 households 
1,252 
219 
291 
191 
61 
167 
177 
28 
4 households 
463 
66 
108 
71 
10 
63 
80 
14 
5 or more households 
366 
38 
95 
65 
10 
35 
68 
13 
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 
50,628 
15,993 
19,383 
8,844 
2,095 
2,739 
1,398 
176 
acres 
9,225,892 
1,472,057 
1,435,917 
916,846 
744,126 
1,937,911 
2,164,900 
554,135 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
3,867 
752 
1,019 
842 
201 
415 
302 
67 
acres 
1,384,201 
76,793 
88,136 
60,531 
67,195 
286,124 
461,619 
206,335 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
45,174 
14,772 
17,996 
7,945 
1,764 
1,969 
686 
42 
acres 
6,736,807 
1,312,548 
1,295,042 
823,588 
631,460 
1,411,523 
1,096,271 
166,375 
Partnership 
.farms 
3,470 
545 
603 
462 
153 
409 
357 
71 
acres 
1,848,642 
74,001 
64,912 
50,776 
61,271 
311,951 
619,820 
259,612 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,525 
340 
413 
345 
106 
326 
317 
71 
acres 
1,564,084 
48,078 
47,060 
37,882 
45,065 
244,081 
553,113 
259,612 
Corporation 
.farms 
2,662 
357 
605 
367 
160 
334 
340 
63 
acres 
1,171,108 
44,945 
61,263 
32,697 
44,497 
193,982 
430,924 
128,148 
Family held 
.farms 
2,352 
329 
532 
314 
155 
317 
330 
60 
acres 
1,103,710 
41,397 
56,404 
28,839 
(D) 
185,019 
422,337 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
21 
1 
9 
- 
1 
2 
2 
3 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
2,331 
328 
523 
314 
154 
315 
328 
57 
Other than family held 
.farms 
310 
28 
73 
53 
5 
17 
10 
3 
acres 
67,398 
3,548 
4,859 
3,858 
(D) 
8,963 
8,587 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
20 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
290 
23 
73 
53 
5 
17 
9 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
888 
319 
179 
70 
18 
27 
15 
- 
acres 
192,007 
40,563 
14,700 
9,785 
6,898 
20,455 
17,885 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
169 
286 
57.1 
16 
1 
16 
1,545 
4 
183 
741 
248 
200 
194 
899 
128 
218 
142 
179 
212 
123,930 
1,097 
117 
352 
243 
53 
223 
201 
37 
35 
862 
493 
118 
51 
42 
269 
137,468 
870 
406,299 
607 
329,193 
436 
234,652 
315 
203,294 
3 
312 
121 
31,358 
14 
107 
260 
81,721 
-continued 
316 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
