Table 26. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Missouri: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
1 1 ,433 
6,884 
2,268 
70 years and over 
22,221 
15,066 
2,937 
Average age 
58.3 
69.3 
52.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
548 
177 
215 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
442 
117 
201 
Asian 
235 
50 
62 
Black or African American 
176 
67 
66 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
14 
12 
White 
97,826 
30,522 
40,903 
More than one race reported 
465 
171 
185 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
13,838 
5,950 
4,304 
2 people 
51,524 
21,579 
17,379 
3 people 
13,562 
2,248 
7,372 
4 people 
11,629 
693 
7,430 
5 or more people 
8,618 
471 
4,944 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
69,189 
22,445 
35,507 
25 to 49 percent 
10,490 
3,804 
3,593 
50 to 74 percent 
9,833 
3,351 
1,805 
75 to 99 percent 
5,470 
1,058 
382 
1 00 percent 
4,189 
283 
142 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,886 
307 
412 
acres 
1,328,941 
90,489 
102,456 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,407 
17,308 
29,961 
Dial-up service 
8,266 
2,911 
3,218 
DSL service 
27,941 
7,145 
13,215 
Cable modem service 
5,285 
1,588 
2,332 
Fiber-optic service 
2,824 
827 
1,183 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,012 
2,356 
6,100 
Satellite service 
12,959 
3,645 
5,383 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,542 
400 
676 
Other Internet service 
1,896 
506 
926 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
78,814 
24,540 
34,816 
2 households 
15,822 
5,435 
5,143 
3 households 
2,808 
663 
882 
4 households 
1,048 
190 
414 
5 or more households 
679 
113 
174 
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 
96,351 
30,941 
41,429 
acres 
26,899,934 
5,729,596 
6,116,306 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
4,149 
944 
1,411 
acres 
2,058,719 
242,527 
328,382 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
88,713 
28,670 
39,029 
acres 
22,127,188 
5,108,512 
5,529,413 
Partnership 
.farms 
5,421 
1,045 
1,219 
acres 
3,169,685 
300,016 
285,860 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
3,367 
610 
771 
acres 
2,383,286 
182,681 
183,911 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,099 
531 
685 
acres 
2,410,376 
180,080 
197,805 
Family held 
.farms 
2,810 
503 
621 
acres 
2,271,927 
174,333 
184,293 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
80 
14 
17 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
2,730 
489 
604 
Other than family held 
.farms 
289 
28 
64 
acres 
138,449 
5,747 
13,512 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
39 
3 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
250 
25 
56 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,938 
695 
496 
acres 
558,888 
140,988 
103,228 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
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 
1,188 
317 
376 
104 
4 
292 
2,351 
487 
551 
172 
9 
648 
54.4 
55.1 
56.0 
56.5 
54.7 
59.0 
116 
12 
9 
7 
- 
12 
100 
12 
2 
1 
9 
57 
55 
9 
- 
- 
2 
32 
1 
2 
- 
" 
8 
15,516 
3,293 
3,602 
1,134 
66 
2,790 
75 
10 
12 
1 
11 
2,359 
371 
328 
76 
2 
448 
7,049 
1,605 
1,864 
563 
25 
1,460 
2,412 
458 
551 
154 
12 
355 
1,979 
464 
515 
194 
9 
345 
1,982 
473 
369 
149 
18 
212 
8,134 
503 
467 
135 
15 
1,983 
2,086 
315 
357 
75 
6 
254 
2,595 
773 
774 
219 
17 
299 
1,591 
903 
1,035 
340 
9 
152 
1,375 
877 
994 
367 
19 
132 
475 
129 
222 
108 
19 
214 
158,442 
88,891 
326,387 
296,483 
79,705 
186,088 
9,994 
2,389 
2,976 
1,022 
62 
1,695 
1,255 
346 
290 
72 
2 
172 
4,228 
985 
1,264 
360 
32 
712 
724 
130 
204 
72 
4 
231 
390 
135 
138 
47 
5 
99 
2,046 
396 
548 
217 
14 
335 
2,018 
546 
707 
314 
13 
333 
247 
58 
80 
43 
5 
33 
218 
66 
99 
43 
2 
36 
12,514 
2,479 
2,405 
628 
22 
1,410 
2,585 
648 
813 
278 
17 
903 
396 
146 
269 
137 
13 
302 
158 
56 
78 
42 
6 
104 
128 
42 
62 
51 
8 
101 
15,781 
3,371 
3,627 
1,136 
66 
3,825,789 
2,536,149 
5,076,315 
3,256,536 
359,243 
- 
672 
187 
333 
135 
7 
460 
177,829 
142,910 
496,782 
386,014 
42,802 
241,473 
14,591 
2,961 
2,778 
669 
15 
3,458,328 
2,218,120 
3,801,783 
1,893,648 
117,384 
- 
613 
189 
369 
227 
25 
1,734 
184,823 
159,226 
576,803 
682,553 
159,506 
820,898 
371 
122 
277 
203 
23 
990 
110,626 
105,375 
446,478 
613,566 
151,183 
589,466 
389 
193 
450 
230 
26 
595 
127,224 
137,109 
649,068 
647,216 
82,353 
389,521 
372 
187 
426 
223 
19 
459 
121,573 
132,925 
619,217 
634,094 
75,513 
329,979 
3 
2 
10 
8 
6 
20 
369 
185 
416 
215 
13 
439 
17 
6 
24 
7 
7 
136 
5,651 
4,184 
29,851 
13,122 
6,840 
59,542 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
20 
17 
6 
22 
7 
1 
116 
188 
28 
30 
10 
491 
55,414 
21,694 
48,661 
33,119 
- 
155,784 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
358 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
