Table 29. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Nevada: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
620 
307 
168 
56 
13 
49 
11 
1 
15 
70 years and over 
887 
465 
129 
113 
37 
68 
15 
1 
59 
Average age 
59.8 
67.6 
55.8 
56.1 
60.1 
59.4 
55.6 
56.2 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
192 
77 
52 
22 
4 
16 
- 
- 
21 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
344 
116 
100 
76 
1 
14 
- 
- 
37 
Asian 
13 
7 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
9 
- 
7 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,749 
1,056 
1,310 
620 
145 
312 
94 
5 
207 
More than one race reported 
21 
5 
11 
5 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
581 
167 
219 
106 
15 
39 
5 
- 
30 
2 people 
2,278 
820 
697 
335 
88 
179 
39 
2 
118 
3 people 
482 
89 
161 
114 
24 
31 
12 
- 
51 
4 people 
418 
82 
179 
86 
8 
31 
16 
2 
14 
5 or more people 
378 
26 
174 
65 
13 
46 
22 
1 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,043 
1,029 
1,327 
464 
12 
45 
13 
2 
151 
25 to 49 percent 
249 
47 
56 
58 
18 
41 
14 
- 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
318 
61 
39 
82 
44 
61 
8 
- 
23 
75 to 99 percent 
308 
34 
7 
54 
35 
112 
32 
3 
31 
1 00 percent 
219 
13 
1 
48 
39 
67 
27 
- 
24 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
211 
10 
16 
49 
10 
27 
19 
2 
78 
acres 
1,846,251 
(D) 
(D) 
212,259 
37,392 
91,935 
401,987 
(D) 
1,012,553 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,216 
826 
1,201 
533 
120 
266 
85 
4 
181 
Dial-up service 
229 
74 
99 
42 
2 
5 
5 
- 
2 
DSL service 
1,146 
258 
475 
183 
42 
94 
32 
1 
61 
Cable modem service 
376 
114 
149 
58 
5 
24 
2 
1 
23 
Fiber-optic service 
181 
50 
89 
23 
7 
5 
4 
- 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
563 
165 
164 
98 
8 
69 
18 
1 
40 
Satellite service 
948 
213 
324 
145 
53 
111 
35 
1 
66 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
7 
31 
6 
1 
7 
3 
- 
2 
Other Internet service 
93 
20 
28 
27 
6 
1 
5 
" 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,460 
1,075 
1,308 
607 
90 
183 
39 
3 
155 
2 households 
528 
95 
103 
79 
43 
113 
31 
1 
63 
3 households 
96 
5 
8 
16 
13 
19 
16 
1 
18 
4 households 
41 
7 
10 
2 
1 
9 
5 
- 
7 
5 or more households 
12 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
3 
- 
1 
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 
3,893 
1,184 
1,430 
706 
148 
326 
94 
5 
- 
acres 
4,045,739 
470,201 
234,231 
708,094 
257,699 
788,694 
1,557,526 
29,294 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
371 
67 
98 
80 
14 
57 
24 
1 
30 
acres 
1,035,232 
69,735 
32,122 
41,015 
(D) 
158,977 
191,001 
(D) 
495,163 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,217 
1,015 
1,297 
560 
109 
196 
39 
1 
- 
acres 
1,420,644 
174,779 
126,192 
(D) 
176,444 
414,847 
365,905 
(D) 
- 
Partnership farms 
330 
66 
52 
67 
16 
33 
16 
1 
79 
acres 
658,429 
79,960 
14,280 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
347,194 
Registered under state law farms 
269 
46 
45 
60 
15 
32 
14 
1 
56 
acres 
623,543 
56,907 
14,170 
9,704 
(D) 
107,080 
58,460 
(D) 
342,694 
Corporation farms 
343 
48 
39 
38 
20 
84 
38 
3 
73 
acres 
2,286,790 
43,722 
8,333 
(D) 
41,768 
251,767 
1,130,759 
(D) 
762,182 
Family held farms 
315 
40 
38 
37 
20 
81 
35 
2 
62 
acres 
1,888,918 
42,917 
(D) 
(D) 
41,768 
(D) 
1,129,964 
(D) 
378,344 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
24 
- 
1 
5 
- 
6 
5 
1 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
291 
40 
37 
32 
20 
75 
30 
1 
56 
Other than family held farms 
28 
8 
1 
1 
_ 
3 
3 
1 
11 
acres 
397,872 
805 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
795 
(D) 
383,838 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
10 or less stockholders farms 
21 
8 
1 
1 
- 
2 
3 
1 
5 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
247 
55 
42 
41 
3 
13 
1 
- 
92 
acres 
1,547,898 
171,740 
85,426 
512,381 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
758,646 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
400 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
