Table 28. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Nebraska: 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 
4,589 
1,472 
865 
631 
473 
667 
292 
35 
154 
70 years and over 
8,588 
3,799 
1,058 
1,478 
732 
832 
352 
60 
277 
Average age 
55.7 
70.9 
51.5 
53.7 
54.2 
54.0 
54.8 
58.8 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
316 
57 
139 
56 
27 
20 
17 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
66 
3 
23 
27 
10 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Asian 
16 
2 
12 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
25 
7 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
49,807 
6,820 
15,765 
8,746 
5,258 
7,638 
3,651 
339 
1,590 
More than one race reported 
55 
6 
32 
9 
2 
3 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,260 
1,467 
1,934 
1,726 
788 
822 
264 
15 
244 
2 people 
24,473 
4,924 
6,584 
3,975 
2,603 
3,698 
1,729 
185 
775 
3 people 
6,107 
295 
2,439 
964 
655 
1,022 
511 
42 
179 
4 people 
6,578 
93 
2,608 
1,251 
681 
1,126 
581 
44 
194 
5 or more people 
5,551 
59 
2,276 
877 
543 
974 
567 
53 
202 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,809 
4,123 
12,193 
3,830 
698 
774 
301 
57 
833 
25 to 49 percent 
5,282 
996 
1,851 
1,141 
460 
500 
172 
27 
135 
50 to 74 percent 
7,545 
1,016 
1,338 
1,661 
1,230 
1,473 
579 
55 
193 
75 to 99 percent 
8,289 
620 
366 
1,324 
1,677 
2,660 
1,310 
98 
234 
1 00 percent 
6,044 
83 
93 
837 
1,205 
2,235 
1,290 
102 
199 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
2,187 
123 
376 
296 
176 
470 
378 
94 
274 
acres 
5,168,571 
63,980 
124,595 
158,874 
243,448 
1,157,082 
1,615,229 
545,080 
1,260,283 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
37,260 
3,976 
12,523 
5,736 
3,900 
6,331 
3,333 
322 
1,139 
Dial-up service 
2,853 
487 
824 
538 
340 
392 
191 
12 
69 
DSL service 
16,072 
1,647 
5,544 
2,302 
1,621 
2,775 
1,528 
146 
509 
Cable modem service 
4,137 
566 
1,738 
557 
302 
509 
243 
28 
194 
Fiber-optic service 
2,199 
191 
630 
356 
272 
388 
263 
26 
73 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6,430 
479 
2,116 
1,006 
677 
1,200 
706 
67 
179 
Satellite service 
8,546 
860 
2,515 
1,342 
1,012 
1,581 
860 
121 
255 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
777 
93 
230 
98 
76 
143 
101 
6 
30 
Other Internet service 
947 
98 
298 
127 
95 
196 
91 
7 
35 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
38,775 
5,444 
13,312 
7,020 
4,186 
5,721 
2,261 
143 
688 
2 households 
7,965 
1,113 
1,885 
1,322 
862 
1,335 
820 
76 
552 
3 households 
1,958 
203 
346 
254 
148 
372 
380 
65 
190 
4 households 
735 
48 
173 
130 
39 
116 
103 
28 
98 
5 or more households 
536 
30 
125 
67 
35 
98 
88 
27 
66 
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 
48,375 
6,838 
15,841 
8,793 
5,270 
7,642 
3,652 
339 
- 
acres 
42,380,081 
2,085,632 
3,298,652 
4,092,234 
5,577,227 
13,410,667 
12,185,329 
1,730,340 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,915 
258 
465 
299 
154 
291 
206 
43 
199 
acres 
2,741,120 
122,333 
150,898 
152,595 
192,895 
681,728 
949,341 
225,393 
265,937 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
42,543 
6,169 
14,747 
8,211 
4,757 
6,262 
2,275 
122 
- 
acres 
30,652,748 
1,764,563 
2,869,034 
3,671,905 
4,874,322 
10,129,489 
6,781,478 
561,957 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
2,974 
278 
501 
272 
169 
405 
463 
101 
785 
acres 
5,541,870 
131,283 
165,348 
(D) 
268,460 
1,153,489 
2,144,616 
(D) 
1,031,233 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,045 
184 
308 
176 
122 
315 
361 
89 
490 
acres 
4,272,584 
93,860 
102,518 
133,001 
218,464 
879,128 
1,779,447 
398,472 
667,694 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,784 
247 
447 
241 
320 
942 
891 
115 
581 
acres 
8,502,052 
149,881 
212,357 
212,372 
414,347 
2,019,061 
3,177,549 
701,871 
1,614,614 
Family held 
.farms 
3,580 
238 
410 
229 
313 
920 
871 
104 
495 
acres 
7,458,653 
144,024 
204,124 
209,171 
397,719 
1,996,587 
3,142,154 
474,914 
889,960 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
64 
2 
5 
5 
8 
9 
5 
8 
22 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
3,516 
236 
405 
224 
305 
911 
866 
96 
473 
Other than family held 
.farms 
204 
9 
37 
12 
7 
22 
20 
11 
86 
acres 
1,043,399 
5,857 
8,233 
3,201 
16,628 
22,474 
35,395 
226,957 
724,654 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
13 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
191 
9 
36 
12 
7 
22 
17 
9 
79 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
668 
144 
146 
69 
24 
33 
23 
1 
228 
acres 
635,113 
39,905 
51,913 
(D) 
20,098 
108,628 
81,686 
(D) 
305,855 
386 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
