Table 41 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South Carolina: 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 
3,409 
2,153 
731 
259 
51 
64 
49 
5 
97 
70 years and over 
5,685 
4,051 
861 
433 
42 
65 
39 
4 
190 
Average age 
59.5 
68.7 
54.0 
54.0 
53.4 
54.7 
57.3 
58.0 
58.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
270 
78 
123 
57 
1 
4 
1 
- 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
128 
42 
41 
42 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Asian 
67 
17 
29 
6 
10 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
2,025 
877 
692 
340 
14 
5 
4 
- 
93 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
22,954 
8,086 
9,902 
2,882 
461 
566 
317 
33 
707 
More than one race reported 
92 
34 
35 
17 
2 
" 
- 
- 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,834 
1,818 
1,229 
538 
51 
52 
22 
1 
123 
2 people 
13,243 
6,073 
4,566 
1,542 
203 
297 
154 
16 
392 
3 people 
3,723 
748 
2,034 
567 
113 
109 
43 
6 
103 
4 people 
2,902 
215 
1,919 
419 
89 
76 
62 
8 
114 
5 or more people 
1,564 
202 
951 
221 
31 
43 
40 
2 
74 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
21,482 
8,082 
10,119 
2,394 
87 
123 
40 
8 
629 
25 to 49 percent 
1,121 
446 
329 
242 
38 
25 
8 
1 
32 
50 to 74 percent 
1,206 
345 
177 
288 
108 
137 
80 
4 
67 
75 to 99 percent 
731 
137 
40 
153 
110 
137 
102 
15 
37 
1 00 percent 
726 
46 
34 
210 
144 
155 
91 
5 
41 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
651 
100 
182 
178 
29 
38 
23 
12 
89 
acres 
470,710 
42,381 
40,212 
72,830 
15,696 
52,107 
37,166 
20,671 
189,647 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
16,870 
5,050 
7,827 
2,301 
374 
479 
271 
33 
535 
Dial-up service 
1,555 
618 
573 
213 
30 
46 
25 
4 
46 
DSL service 
7,921 
2,187 
3,793 
1,066 
191 
260 
141 
18 
265 
Cable modem service 
2,997 
1,064 
1,311 
406 
37 
57 
38 
3 
81 
Fiber-optic service 
757 
185 
408 
101 
16 
16 
7 
2 
22 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,633 
840 
1,800 
594 
98 
122 
59 
4 
116 
Satellite service 
1,973 
657 
829 
243 
47 
65 
52 
9 
71 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
232 
89 
72 
39 
2 
4 
6 
3 
17 
Other Internet service 
187 
60 
102 
17 
2 
2 
3 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
21,216 
7,606 
9,359 
2,758 
385 
402 
180 
18 
508 
2 households 
3,095 
1,187 
995 
409 
82 
125 
92 
7 
198 
3 households 
606 
167 
217 
73 
11 
28 
39 
1 
70 
4 households 
227 
57 
89 
36 
6 
7 
5 
5 
22 
5 or more households 
122 
39 
39 
11 
3 
15 
5 
2 
8 
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 
24,460 
9,056 
10,699 
3,287 
487 
577 
321 
33 
- 
acres 
4,460,442 
1,209,088 
1,242,605 
510,980 
193,794 
522,232 
668,838 
112,905 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,604 
400 
575 
281 
87 
98 
52 
7 
104 
acres 
675,723 
105,831 
130,296 
44,242 
26,890 
81,379 
125,160 
48,374 
113,551 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
22,393 
8,468 
9,954 
2,998 
384 
407 
177 
5 
- 
acres 
3,409,872 
1,046,539 
1,040,644 
423,148 
148,974 
344,299 
389,317 
16,951 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
1,482 
342 
360 
134 
49 
73 
92 
12 
420 
acres 
849,702 
98,695 
104,450 
(D) 
(D) 
81,056 
207,102 
67,771 
244,103 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
1,022 
237 
267 
100 
35 
54 
74 
10 
245 
acres 
625,241 
71,078 
78,413 
18,638 
16,436 
50,953 
166,618 
60,431 
162,674 
Corporation 
.farms 
1,108 
191 
317 
138 
53 
93 
52 
16 
248 
acres 
572,105 
52,038 
83,143 
59,235 
18,774 
90,944 
72,419 
28,183 
167,369 
Family held 
.farms 
968 
180 
279 
120 
48 
89 
45 
13 
194 
acres 
488,941 
47,426 
77,185 
53,787 
(D) 
88,509 
65,781 
(D) 
117,418 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
25 
4 
4 
- 
4 
1 
1 
11 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
943 
176 
275 
120 
48 
85 
44 
12 
183 
Other than family held 
.farms 
140 
11 
38 
18 
5 
4 
7 
3 
54 
acres 
83,164 
4,612 
5,958 
5,448 
(D) 
2,435 
6,638 
(D) 
49,951 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
10 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
130 
11 
37 
18 
3 
4 
7 
2 
48 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
283 
55 
68 
17 
1 
4 
- 
- 
138 
acres 
139,565 
11,816 
14,368 
(D) 
(D) 
5,933 
- 
- 
99,330 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
566 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
