Table 36. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Ohio: 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 
7,634 
4,389 
1,455 
724 
292 
389 
135 
14 
236 
70 years and over 
14,003 
9,468 
1,745 
1,248 
440 
493 
176 
16 
417 
Average age 
56.8 
68.9 
51.2 
52.4 
54.0 
55.6 
56.4 
58.1 
57.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
427 
120 
166 
104 
8 
7 
3 
- 
19 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
113 
18 
57 
32 
1 
3 
1 
- 
1 
Asian 
87 
31 
38 
13 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
Black or African American 
146 
61 
59 
22 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
74,934 
20,000 
32,054 
11,406 
3,526 
4,160 
1,458 
96 
2,234 
More than one race reported 
182 
50 
87 
37 
3 
3 
" 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,460 
3,890 
2,996 
1,459 
370 
333 
104 
5 
303 
2 people 
35,606 
13,357 
12,195 
4,729 
1,535 
1,959 
684 
47 
1,100 
3 people 
10,632 
1,800 
5,515 
1,652 
512 
655 
188 
14 
296 
4 people 
9,476 
670 
5,749 
1,443 
431 
623 
265 
16 
279 
5 or more people 
10,288 
443 
5,840 
2,227 
685 
596 
219 
14 
264 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
51,369 
15,353 
27,330 
6,177 
484 
484 
123 
10 
1,408 
25 to 49 percent 
7,247 
2,052 
2,754 
1,364 
357 
367 
114 
20 
219 
50 to 74 percent 
7,682 
1,841 
1,748 
1,636 
900 
982 
292 
14 
269 
75 to 99 percent 
5,143 
746 
328 
1,248 
947 
1,229 
450 
25 
170 
100 percent 
4,021 
168 
135 
1,085 
845 
1,104 
481 
27 
176 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
1,386 
190 
290 
291 
108 
137 
118 
12 
240 
acres 
562,889 
22,036 
29,814 
29,870 
32,188 
97,423 
197,589 
16,906 
137,063 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
51,238 
11,659 
24,112 
6,984 
2,350 
3,362 
1,295 
94 
1,382 
Dial-up service 
5,544 
1,754 
2,307 
774 
213 
268 
103 
2 
123 
DSL service 
18,607 
4,029 
8,718 
2,564 
892 
1,318 
516 
42 
528 
Cable modem service 
11,051 
2,723 
5,377 
1,465 
417 
528 
196 
13 
332 
Fiber-optic service 
1,314 
281 
617 
137 
71 
90 
49 
7 
62 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,390 
1,704 
4,541 
1,364 
521 
725 
289 
18 
228 
Satellite service 
8,078 
1,791 
3,697 
984 
417 
650 
295 
31 
213 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
1,597 
361 
689 
271 
50 
130 
37 
3 
56 
Other Internet service 
1,174 
223 
568 
169 
45 
86 
43 
8 
32 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,197 
16,205 
27,475 
9,135 
2,683 
2,805 
739 
32 
1,123 
2 households 
11,465 
3,326 
3,642 
1,739 
626 
972 
412 
25 
723 
3 households 
2,271 
436 
673 
366 
119 
233 
180 
21 
243 
4 households 
852 
123 
280 
135 
57 
97 
74 
8 
78 
5 or more households 
677 
70 
225 
135 
48 
59 
55 
10 
75 
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 
73,220 
20,160 
32,295 
11,510 
3,533 
4,166 
1,460 
96 
- 
acres 
13,179,482 
1,973,034 
2,518,566 
1,247,706 
1,218,868 
3,203,247 
2,653,491 
364,570 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,163 
793 
1,363 
741 
219 
419 
259 
20 
349 
acres 
1,277,168 
99,793 
133,099 
73,741 
67,418 
312,314 
424,995 
27,263 
138,545 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
66,942 
18,655 
30,355 
10,558 
3,154 
3,357 
837 
26 
- 
acres 
10,481,463 
1,765,748 
2,302,575 
1,134,909 
1,102,443 
2,554,375 
1,509,759 
111,654 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,626 
742 
1,044 
497 
203 
420 
365 
35 
1,320 
acres 
2,130,857 
115,304 
119,182 
(D) 
72,684 
341,710 
744,647 
(D) 
496,323 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,150 
455 
692 
345 
139 
326 
311 
34 
848 
acres 
1,640,631 
66,695 
80,418 
45,114 
49,393 
251,292 
627,356 
159,163 
361,200 
Corporation 
farms 
2,753 
392 
635 
385 
151 
359 
251 
34 
546 
acres 
1,148,041 
51,453 
70,956 
(D) 
(D) 
283,445 
385,636 
(D) 
206,243 
Family held 
farms 
2,494 
369 
568 
338 
146 
351 
246 
31 
445 
acres 
1,097,395 
48,012 
66,895 
35,051 
(D) 
278,380 
380,528 
(D) 
182,350 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
85 
11 
17 
8 
2 
1 
10 
4 
32 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,409 
358 
551 
330 
144 
350 
236 
27 
413 
Other than family held 
farms 
259 
23 
67 
47 
5 
8 
5 
3 
101 
acres 
50,646 
3,441 
4,061 
(D) 
(D) 
5,065 
5,108 
(D) 
23,893 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
18 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
241 
22 
64 
47 
3 
8 
5 
2 
90 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,141 
371 
261 
70 
25 
30 
7 
1 
376 
acres 
200,243 
40,529 
25,853 
(D) 
(D) 
23,717 
13,449 
(D) 
78,556 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 497 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
