Table 27. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Montana: 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 
3,354 
1,548 
609 
494 
232 
269 
67 
4 
131 
70 years and over 
5,964 
3,224 
727 
989 
328 
338 
80 
5 
273 
Average age 
58.9 
69,4 
54.0 
56.3 
56.2 
57.0 
56.7 
58.3 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
246 
77 
102 
34 
7 
10 
5 
- 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,318 
324 
570 
256 
63 
41 
12 
1 
51 
Asian 
31 
5 
15 
8 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
10 
5 
2 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
26,494 
6,356 
8,123 
5,349 
2,245 
2,432 
649 
33 
1,307 
More than one race reported 
148 
32 
49 
39 
11 
9 
2 
- 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,773 
1,609 
1,232 
1,011 
332 
305 
72 
1 
211 
2 people 
14,681 
4,389 
3,898 
2,795 
1,218 
1,335 
319 
16 
711 
3 people 
3,310 
481 
1,357 
632 
281 
296 
105 
4 
154 
4 people 
2,925 
141 
1,224 
691 
297 
320 
78 
7 
167 
5 or more people 
2,319 
102 
1,053 
526 
195 
227 
89 
6 
121 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,877 
5,194 
7,554 
2,736 
230 
329 
69 
9 
756 
25 to 49 percent 
2,158 
498 
606 
613 
182 
133 
34 
- 
92 
50 to 74 percent 
3,062 
596 
420 
951 
465 
359 
105 
4 
162 
75 to 99 percent 
3,446 
366 
157 
797 
805 
910 
216 
11 
184 
1 00 percent 
2,465 
68 
27 
558 
641 
752 
239 
10 
170 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,394 
80 
141 
267 
173 
268 
102 
11 
352 
acres 
11,729,886 
157,237 
169,392 
645,549 
704,006 
1,713,845 
2,267,400 
176,754 
5,895,703 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
20,884 
4,392 
6,849 
4,011 
1,874 
2,149 
607 
30 
972 
Dial-up service 
1,854 
492 
498 
411 
159 
177 
48 
- 
69 
DSL service 
9,435 
1,892 
3,224 
1,746 
825 
1,004 
291 
11 
442 
Cable modem service 
1,730 
475 
656 
285 
82 
117 
27 
2 
86 
Fiber-optic service 
2,210 
344 
508 
427 
312 
372 
113 
2 
132 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,896 
577 
1,094 
579 
176 
274 
69 
2 
125 
Satellite service 
4,738 
915 
1,386 
987 
506 
520 
162 
14 
248 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
359 
100 
113 
60 
21 
34 
7 
- 
24 
Other Internet service 
452 
104 
164 
82 
23 
44 
10 
3 
22 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,265 
5,718 
7,529 
4,635 
1,714 
1,497 
349 
24 
799 
2 households 
4,239 
790 
916 
854 
498 
683 
156 
4 
338 
3 households 
928 
117 
208 
92 
81 
212 
105 
3 
110 
4 households 
380 
48 
80 
57 
22 
62 
37 
3 
71 
5 or more households 
196 
49 
31 
17 
8 
29 
16 
- 
46 
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 
26,644 
6,722 
8,764 
5,655 
2,323 
2,483 
663 
34 
- 
acres 
50,227,611 
3,804,635 
4,292,556 
6,540,206 
8,543,453 
16,164,063 
10,015,582 
867,116 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,576 
310 
432 
351 
112 
151 
48 
3 
169 
acres 
4,248,782 
248,165 
301,557 
461,171 
(D) 
1,057,979 
906,964 
(D) 
817,471 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
21,564 
5,888 
7,787 
4,760 
1 ,656 
1,214 
250 
9 
- 
acres 
26,621,716 
2,676,416 
2,962,371 
4,569,388 
5,550,115 
7,125,959 
3,386,629 
350,838 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
2,320 
326 
416 
336 
192 
314 
156 
8 
572 
acres 
9,795,062 
331,194 
451,349 
(D) 
907,677 
2,467,032 
2,821,832 
(D) 
2,055,573 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
1,867 
277 
327 
270 
150 
276 
138 
4 
425 
acres 
8,266,313 
270,029 
402,010 
505,937 
722,529 
2,239,957 
2,445,148 
28,931 
1,651,772 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,509 
357 
454 
492 
451 
947 
251 
16 
541 
acres 
18,563,248 
618,917 
806,278 
1,262,799 
1,971,390 
6,504,113 
3,701,353 
286,361 
3,412,037 
Family held 
.farms 
3,279 
340 
425 
464 
442 
927 
242 
13 
426 
acres 
17,153,871 
(D) 
739,572 
1,172,544 
1,965,015 
6,414,979 
3,599,469 
(D) 
2,387,743 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
102 
6 
2 
4 
4 
21 
25 
4 
36 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
3,177 
334 
423 
460 
438 
906 
217 
9 
390 
Other than family held 
.farms 
230 
17 
29 
28 
9 
20 
9 
3 
115 
acres 
1,409,377 
(D) 
66,706 
90,255 
6,375 
89,134 
101,884 
(D) 
1,024,294 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
37 
4 
2 
2 
2 
- 
3 
1 
23 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
193 
13 
27 
26 
7 
20 
6 
2 
92 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
615 
151 
107 
67 
24 
8 
6 
1 
251 
acres 
4,778,891 
178,108 
72,558 
(D) 
114,271 
66,959 
105,768 
(D) 
4,063,696 
372 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
