Table 38. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Oregon: 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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
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 
4,902 
2,911 
984 
539 
103 
118 
82 
16 
70 years and over 
7,675 
5,742 
632 
673 
139 
191 
88 
17 
Average age 
59.6 
69.1 
53.7 
55.1 
55.6 
56.5 
57.2 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
882 
221 
374 
191 
33 
19 
11 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
403 
175 
145 
71 
3 
2 
2 
- 
Asian 
286 
62 
65 
80 
20 
19 
14 
1 
Black or African American 
31 
16 
11 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
29 
7 
12 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
White 
34,449 
11,996 
12,467 
5,711 
1,027 
1,299 
710 
91 
More than one race reported 
241 
87 
110 
34 
2 
3 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,534 
1,983 
1,348 
760 
117 
108 
50 
4 
2 people 
19,153 
8,437 
5,628 
2,865 
529 
672 
388 
43 
3 people 
4,967 
1,206 
2,258 
923 
129 
174 
100 
11 
4 people 
3,898 
442 
2,086 
784 
138 
197 
94 
16 
5 or more people 
2,887 
275 
1,490 
568 
144 
173 
95 
18 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
27,307 
10,664 
11,774 
3,712 
185 
196 
80 
14 
25 to 49 percent 
2,167 
763 
508 
584 
84 
100 
34 
10 
50 to 74 percent 
2,410 
603 
368 
752 
192 
209 
115 
13 
75 to 99 percent 
1,819 
226 
104 
410 
290 
401 
226 
33 
100 percent 
1,736 
87 
56 
442 
306 
418 
272 
22 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
1,386 
168 
143 
254 
113 
179 
170 
36 
acres 
3,184,003 
44,769 
50,874 
324,118 
474,900 
360,964 
678,576 
180,196 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,977 
9,243 
1 1 ,033 
4,906 
896 
1,183 
678 
91 
Dial-up service 
2,634 
1,084 
814 
452 
88 
75 
49 
4 
DSL service 
12,258 
3,848 
4,729 
2,035 
375 
515 
307 
46 
Cable modem service 
4,037 
1,330 
1,687 
598 
82 
94 
69 
21 
Fiber-optic service 
1,154 
370 
408 
182 
43 
40 
29 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,517 
1,174 
1,870 
838 
164 
198 
133 
16 
Satellite service 
5,821 
1,938 
1,928 
1,042 
214 
341 
166 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,018 
386 
327 
150 
33 
39 
28 
6 
Other Internet service 
1,245 
362 
499 
196 
29 
57 
48 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,921 
10,632 
11,409 
5,078 
781 
881 
375 
50 
2 households 
4,188 
1,434 
1,119 
642 
196 
277 
207 
22 
3 households 
738 
166 
139 
111 
44 
102 
71 
8 
4 households 
302 
57 
82 
42 
14 
34 
32 
2 
5 or more households 
290 
54 
61 
27 
22 
30 
42 
10 
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 
34,253 
12,343 
12,810 
5,900 
1,057 
1,324 
727 
92 
acres 
14,269,239 
1,999,454 
1,294,859 
2,141,724 
2,084,602 
3,340,893 
2,975,880 
431,827 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,754 
660 
782 
579 
142 
192 
114 
24 
acres 
2,417,354 
217,810 
144,809 
199,790 
294,362 
654,305 
510,933 
61,463 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,858 
11,289 
11,775 
5,106 
695 
696 
279 
18 
acres 
8,011,020 
1,362,400 
1,054,754 
1,274,505 
1,210,567 
1,626,979 
1,399,038 
82,777 
Partnership 
farms 
2,330 
468 
486 
350 
132 
210 
141 
22 
acres 
3,052,982 
190,189 
121,280 
208,112 
(D) 
762,403 
810,494 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,924 
354 
381 
307 
117 
191 
133 
21 
acres 
2,769,954 
171,261 
94,837 
196,289 
252,872 
670,523 
775,387 
61,513 
Corporation 
farms 
2,540 
338 
426 
371 
212 
404 
293 
48 
acres 
3,769,752 
155,414 
95,886 
143,513 
266,942 
922,489 
738,479 
199,270 
Family held 
farms 
2,276 
316 
376 
346 
195 
384 
279 
42 
acres 
3,401,865 
127,734 
(D) 
142,349 
263,638 
912,890 
722,579 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
54 
5 
5 
12 
3 
1 
5 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,222 
311 
371 
334 
192 
383 
274 
36 
Other than family held 
farms 
264 
22 
50 
25 
17 
20 
14 
6 
acres 
367,887 
27,680 
(D) 
1,164 
3,304 
9,599 
15,900 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
42 
1 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
222 
21 
49 
23 
17 
19 
13 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
711 
248 
123 
73 
18 
14 
14 
4 
acres 
1,467,824 
291,451 
22,939 
515,594 
(D) 
29,022 
27,869 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
149 
193 
56.5 
32 
5 
25 
3 
1 
1,148 
4 
164 
591 
166 
141 
124 
682 
84 
158 
129 
133 
323 
1,069,606 
947 
68 
403 
156 
75 
124 
177 
49 
44 
291 
97 
39 
44 
217 
173,056 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 525 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
