Table 44. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Texas: 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 
32,716 
19,067 
8,320 
3,341 
465 
455 
171 
29 
868 
70 years and over 
63,127 
44,651 
8,486 
5,978 
836 
874 
334 
35 
1,933 
Average age 
60.1 
69.7 
53.9 
56.3 
56.2 
56.2 
56.4 
55.7 
60.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23,689 
7,259 
11,034 
4,186 
220 
215 
81 
10 
684 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2,693 
868 
1,271 
409 
37 
26 
6 
- 
76 
Asian 
718 
158 
319 
140 
49 
16 
12 
1 
23 
Black or African American 
8,551 
4,117 
2,806 
1,316 
16 
13 
14 
- 
269 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
5 
20 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
White 
235,449 
82,244 
102,246 
32,744 
4,414 
4,910 
1,982 
279 
6,630 
More than one race reported 
1,371 
513 
570 
226 
14 
19 
3 
1 
25 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
39,787 
18,760 
12,650 
5,764 
618 
608 
179 
16 
1,192 
2 people 
132,811 
58,377 
48,044 
16,652 
2,316 
2,553 
1,028 
134 
3,707 
3 people 
33,927 
7,017 
19,139 
5,273 
612 
685 
245 
37 
919 
4 people 
26,342 
2,246 
17,147 
4,506 
641 
707 
301 
37 
757 
5 or more people 
15,942 
1,505 
10,252 
2,640 
343 
431 
265 
57 
449 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
209,217 
75,943 
100,501 
24,893 
1,092 
1,015 
342 
63 
5,368 
25 to 49 percent 
13,999 
5,710 
3,702 
2,974 
491 
457 
187 
26 
452 
50 to 74 percent 
12,588 
4,259 
2,203 
3,328 
933 
932 
329 
45 
559 
75 to 99 percent 
7,529 
1,432 
576 
2,001 
1,104 
1,399 
581 
81 
355 
1 00 percent 
5,476 
561 
250 
1,639 
910 
1,181 
579 
66 
290 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
6,612 
1,187 
1,850 
1,612 
330 
453 
223 
77 
880 
acres 
17,575,493 
624,776 
1,375,266 
2,054,658 
1,525,090 
3,761,210 
2,836,698 
996,618 
4,401,177 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
169,720 
52,345 
79,463 
23,722 
3,558 
4,209 
1,791 
262 
4,370 
Dial-up service 
16,767 
7,230 
6,115 
2,330 
299 
294 
108 
14 
377 
DSL service 
57,358 
17,452 
26,571 
8,080 
1,352 
1,635 
675 
116 
1,477 
Cable modem service 
20,469 
6,549 
9,887 
2,329 
357 
463 
202 
29 
653 
Fiber-optic service 
6,007 
1,734 
2,727 
704 
166 
225 
129 
34 
288 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
34,633 
8,967 
17,607 
5,183 
729 
851 
357 
49 
890 
Satellite service 
44,390 
14,070 
19,800 
6,521 
1,045 
1,125 
570 
81 
1,178 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
5,016 
1,444 
2,298 
755 
127 
153 
91 
16 
132 
Other Internet service 
6,375 
1,815 
3,349 
824 
77 
107 
45 
8 
150 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
206,593 
72,702 
92,844 
28,527 
3,436 
3,693 
1,264 
147 
3,980 
2 households 
32,700 
12,883 
10,879 
4,749 
796 
903 
461 
71 
1,958 
3 households 
5,602 
1,538 
1,923 
897 
163 
220 
171 
28 
662 
4 households 
2,321 
474 
975 
359 
70 
94 
72 
23 
254 
5 or more households 
1,593 
308 
611 
303 
65 
74 
50 
12 
170 
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 
241,785 
87,905 
107,232 
34,835 
4,530 
4,984 
2,018 
281 
- 
acres 
118,358,872 
23,093,745 
26,885,590 
20,016,364 
12,408,778 
20,833,685 
13,158,871 
1,961,839 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
8,664 
2,473 
3,053 
1,555 
263 
321 
157 
47 
795 
acres 
14,066,216 
1,675,395 
2,302,895 
1,660,496 
1,408,097 
2,701,814 
1,412,823 
204,996 
2,699,700 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
222,580 
82,220 
100,216 
31,811 
3,589 
3,572 
1,076 
96 
- 
acres 
82,792,493 
18,983,188 
20,993,990 
15,784,497 
8,748,139 
11,866,151 
5,936,378 
480,150 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
16,660 
3,718 
4,377 
1,843 
514 
825 
647 
103 
4,633 
acres 
31,724,136 
2,970,285 
3,957,061 
2,761,415 
2,461,520 
6,026,949 
4,897,816 
638,609 
8,010,481 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
11,736 
2,562 
3,122 
1,399 
396 
661 
512 
95 
2,989 
acres 
26,716,533 
2,301,453 
3,383,277 
2,473,043 
2,131,434 
5,289,622 
3,993,106 
581,992 
6,562,606 
Corporation 
.farms 
6,859 
1,201 
1,900 
989 
385 
556 
276 
79 
1,473 
acres 
12,909,765 
(D) 
1,582,028 
1,281,183 
1,029,032 
2,657,066 
2,069,390 
(D) 
2,647,166 
Family held 
.farms 
5,997 
1,111 
1,670 
893 
358 
523 
237 
56 
1,149 
acres 
11,017,774 
778,829 
1,410,420 
1,157,733 
973,854 
2,568,169 
1,763,567 
774,422 
1,590,780 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
122 
28 
37 
12 
2 
7 
7 
1 
28 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
5,875 
1,083 
1,633 
881 
356 
516 
230 
55 
1,121 
Other than family held 
.farms 
862 
90 
230 
96 
27 
33 
39 
23 
324 
acres 
1,891,991 
(D) 
171,608 
123,450 
55,178 
88,897 
305,823 
(D) 
1,056,386 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
71 
6 
10 
- 
2 
- 
3 
8 
42 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
791 
84 
220 
96 
25 
33 
36 
15 
282 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
2,710 
766 
739 
192 
42 
31 
19 
3 
918 
acres 
2,727,044 
(D) 
352,511 
189,269 
170,087 
283,519 
255,287 
(D) 
1,136,919 
608 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
