Table 43. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Tennessee: 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 
9,268 
6,118 
1,912 
720 
83 
156 
55 
2 
222 
70 years and over 
15,293 
11,192 
2,062 
1,274 
92 
160 
68 
5 
440 
Average age 
59.2 
68.9 
53.2 
54.1 
54.4 
55.6 
55.9 
58.7 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
467 
147 
236 
71 
3 
4 
1 
- 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
281 
85 
140 
45 
- 
1 
- 
- 
10 
Asian 
87 
15 
47 
17 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
992 
431 
393 
127 
4 
8 
1 
1 
27 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
66,460 
23,830 
29,085 
9,472 
824 
1,177 
543 
26 
1,503 
More than one race reported 
226 
69 
95 
41 
4 
1 
3 
- 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,341 
4,478 
3,263 
1,119 
80 
118 
52 
3 
228 
2 people 
36,351 
16,831 
12,936 
4,492 
379 
545 
274 
16 
878 
3 people 
10,289 
2,118 
5,780 
1,747 
131 
216 
72 
4 
221 
4 people 
8,020 
642 
5,242 
1,526 
146 
214 
94 
2 
154 
5 or more people 
4,049 
361 
2,540 
821 
103 
95 
55 
2 
72 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
55,478 
20,204 
27,163 
6,485 
167 
211 
68 
6 
1,174 
25 to 49 percent 
5,109 
2,153 
1,596 
1,027 
90 
121 
20 
2 
100 
50 to 74 percent 
3,984 
1,539 
758 
1,061 
181 
220 
79 
4 
142 
75 to 99 percent 
1,911 
395 
189 
551 
182 
328 
177 
11 
78 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
139 
55 
581 
219 
308 
203 
4 
59 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,107 
218 
347 
273 
39 
59 
31 
9 
131 
acres 
378,193 
31,314 
41,680 
47,745 
31,647 
65,467 
58,322 
30,837 
71,181 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,001 
13,124 
21,707 
6,191 
633 
950 
481 
26 
889 
Dial-up service 
4,836 
1,858 
2,028 
633 
79 
96 
27 
2 
113 
DSL service 
17,579 
5,018 
8,798 
2,463 
287 
449 
217 
9 
338 
Cable modem service 
8,811 
2,805 
4,407 
1,123 
89 
121 
57 
3 
206 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
1,322 
422 
638 
162 
17 
24 
24 
2 
33 
or cell phone 
9,093 
2,078 
4,883 
1,477 
137 
198 
124 
8 
188 
Satellite service 
6,226 
2,034 
2,876 
823 
87 
162 
100 
7 
137 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
988 
321 
451 
133 
11 
21 
15 
2 
34 
Other Internet service 
494 
144 
236 
77 
9 
4 
5 
1 
18 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
54,168 
19,095 
24,874 
7,654 
591 
793 
288 
13 
860 
2 households 
1 1 ,363 
4,698 
3,920 
1,574 
173 
276 
168 
4 
550 
3 households 
1,575 
470 
578 
251 
51 
77 
63 
5 
80 
4 households 
657 
118 
269 
161 
14 
26 
23 
4 
42 
5 or more households 
287 
49 
120 
65 
10 
16 
5 
1 
21 
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 
66,497 
24,430 
29,761 
9,705 
839 
1,188 
547 
27 
- 
acres 
10,373,562 
2,813,743 
2,984,697 
1,412,197 
444,350 
1,171,126 
1,373,051 
174,398 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,198 
402 
422 
204 
32 
53 
31 
2 
52 
acres 
356,390 
68,491 
73,942 
32,611 
(D) 
57,914 
67,217 
(D) 
23,425 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
63,175 
23,338 
28,611 
9,136 
755 
997 
329 
9 
- 
acres 
8,863,469 
2,621,696 
2,772,506 
1,290,897 
388,850 
957,034 
755,550 
76,936 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
3,419 
759 
759 
432 
55 
136 
181 
9 
1,088 
acres 
1,596,851 
140,740 
148,609 
94,685 
32,005 
164,062 
556,825 
93,324 
366,601 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
1,828 
409 
420 
229 
39 
92 
127 
9 
503 
acres 
1,073,532 
74,453 
84,805 
45,322 
23,564 
114,754 
405,237 
93,324 
232,073 
Corporation 
.farms 
963 
218 
263 
98 
24 
53 
35 
9 
263 
acres 
300,357 
34,283 
50,641 
19,434 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,138 
69,667 
Family held 
.farms 
841 
209 
242 
85 
22 
44 
31 
6 
202 
acres 
252,227 
33,096 
45,533 
17,598 
(D) 
43,847 
43,699 
(D) 
43,284 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
17 
2 
7 
2 
- 
1 
1 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
824 
207 
235 
83 
22 
44 
30 
5 
198 
Other than family held 
.farms 
122 
9 
21 
13 
2 
9 
4 
3 
61 
acres 
48,130 
1,187 
5,108 
1,836 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
26,383 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
6 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
112 
9 
21 
13 
2 
7 
4 
1 
55 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
493 
115 
128 
39 
5 
2 
2 
- 
202 
acres 
107,135 
17,024 
12,941 
7,181 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
57,982 
594 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
