Table 25. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Mississippi: 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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
5,179 
3,209 
1,141 
387 
92 
90 
56 
11 
70 years and over 
9,892 
7,151 
1,481 
555 
96 
157 
95 
17 
Average age 
60.4 
70.3 
54.4 
53.8 
53.2 
54.8 
55.5 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
397 
176 
143 
45 
12 
10 
4 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
133 
34 
50 
42 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Asian 
66 
10 
10 
16 
19 
7 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
5,029 
2,288 
1,673 
831 
39 
16 
7 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
1 
5 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
32,756 
11,639 
12,997 
3,927 
1,055 
1,155 
710 
94 
More than one race reported 
83 
38 
21 
14 
3 
2 
2 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,851 
3,081 
1,702 
612 
97 
103 
34 
5 
2 people 
20,043 
9,056 
6,530 
2,238 
491 
577 
359 
55 
3 people 
5,498 
1,157 
2,755 
913 
227 
148 
118 
12 
4 people 
4,195 
454 
2,355 
656 
206 
235 
125 
15 
5 or more people 
2,489 
262 
1,414 
411 
95 
120 
86 
7 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
11,875 
13,469 
3,367 
161 
182 
113 
23 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
1,015 
730 
405 
80 
102 
67 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
759 
415 
478 
238 
245 
153 
11 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
254 
103 
244 
252 
296 
168 
21 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
107 
39 
336 
385 
358 
221 
27 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
acres 
1,051 
968,857 
215 
62,544 
223 
80,321 
190 
43,909 
74 
31,040 
95 
110,836 
101 
329,160 
21 
101,681 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,113 
6,737 
10,061 
3,070 
786 
946 
644 
88 
Dial-up service 
2,713 
1,069 
940 
417 
107 
84 
38 
1 
DSL service 
9,980 
2,864 
4,387 
1,401 
333 
372 
269 
43 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
1,001 
1,511 
284 
55 
146 
84 
10 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
635 
173 
278 
47 
21 
33 
33 
10 
or cell phone 
4,042 
937 
1,903 
600 
141 
197 
122 
14 
Satellite service 
4,708 
1,432 
1,861 
669 
186 
192 
167 
24 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
279 
72 
134 
25 
10 
10 
10 
6 
Other Internet service 
285 
55 
128 
43 
16 
16 
17 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,414 
1 1 ,322 
12,312 
3,832 
865 
894 
413 
27 
2 households 
5,805 
2,272 
1,763 
762 
194 
199 
195 
21 
3 households 
1,080 
250 
389 
158 
29 
41 
70 
20 
4 households 
425 
69 
180 
44 
19 
28 
26 
9 
5 or more households 
352 
97 
112 
34 
9 
21 
18 
17 
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 
acres 
36,711 
9,843,046 
14,010 
2,504,291 
14,756 
2,451,724 
4,830 
849,907 
1,116 
393,922 
1,183 
1,181,320 
722 
1,904,820 
94 
557,062 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
acres 
1,952 
1,012,729 
524 
164,654 
7QQ 
241,080 
214 
54,407 
79 
38,888 
113 
123,912 
81 
220,351 
3 
16,005 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
acres 
33,316 
6,674,195 
13,122 
2,195,134 
13,705 
2,005,440 
4,453 
747,757 
938 
305,380 
831 
758,107 
246 
526,295 
21 
136,082 
Partnership 
.farms 
acres 
2,871 
3,104,467 
536 
191,098 
583 
234,023 
170 
50,903 
72 
46,512 
193 
242,650 
402 
1,215,190 
54 
378,356 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
acres 
2,092 
2,684,937 
375 
142,614 
409 
183,724 
120 
34,959 
58 
37,504 
167 
207,847 
375 
1,145,830 
45 
311,329 
Corporation 
.farms 
acres 
1,463 
942,226 
251 
93,441 
361 
(D) 
174 
44,482 
99 
(D) 
151 
158,202 
68 
148,790 
18 
(D) 
Family held 
.farms 
acres 
1,223 
778,467 
234 
89,586 
306 
166,909 
148 
39,406 
90 
36,970 
134 
141,312 
58 
129,022 
10 
26,710 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
28 
1 
7 
7 
- 
3 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
1,195 
233 
299 
141 
90 
131 
56 
10 
Other than family held 
.farms 
acres 
240 
163,759 
17 
3,855 
55 
(D) 
26 
5,076 
9 
(D) 
17 
16,890 
10 
19,768 
8 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
29 
- 
3 
1 
1 
7 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
211 
17 
55 
23 
9 
16 
9 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
acres 
426 
210,192 
101 
24,618 
107 
(D) 
33 
6,765 
7 
(D) 
8 
22,361 
6 
14,545 
1 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
193 
340 
61.2 
7 
5 
3 
175 
1,179 
3 
217 
737 
168 
149 
94 
1,003 
87 
113 
67 
95 
132 
209,366 
781 
57 
311 
135 
40 
128 
177 
12 
8 
749 
399 
123 
50 
44 
199 
153,432 
861 
745,735 
543 
621,130 
341 
238,835 
243 
148,552 
8 
235 
98 
90,283 
17 
81 
163 
103,464 
-continued 
344 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
