Table 45. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Utah: 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 
2,009 
1,193 
470 
154 
39 
49 
19 
5 
80 
70 years and over 
4,149 
2,917 
505 
379 
80 
71 
20 
5 
172 
Average age 
58.3 
70.2 
51.9 
53,9 
55.8 
56.3 
56.4 
55.4 
58.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
345 
111 
123 
84 
6 
5 
2 
1 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
548 
190 
115 
217 
2 
- 
- 
- 
24 
Asian 
52 
11 
25 
13 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
6 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
17,387 
5,201 
8,123 
2,137 
500 
507 
160 
36 
723 
More than one race reported 
26 
6 
16 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
807 
509 
222 
19 
30 
8 
- 
87 
2 people 
8,518 
3,708 
2,907 
1,005 
235 
244 
60 
20 
339 
3 people 
2,650 
518 
1,413 
409 
90 
78 
22 
- 
120 
4 people 
1,946 
182 
1,263 
288 
60 
46 
27 
3 
77 
5 or more people 
3,231 
200 
2,194 
445 
99 
111 
43 
13 
126 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,725 
4,624 
7,769 
1,617 
102 
89 
21 
3 
500 
25 to 49 percent 
938 
364 
238 
202 
43 
41 
13 
3 
34 
50 to 74 percent 
1,092 
300 
201 
232 
123 
105 
27 
4 
100 
75 to 99 percent 
668 
93 
40 
156 
128 
140 
43 
16 
52 
1 00 percent 
604 
34 
38 
162 
107 
134 
56 
10 
63 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
566 
82 
112 
93 
52 
59 
30 
12 
126 
acres 
5,120,615 
19,701 
59,749 
39,000 
179,884 
140,025 
98,472 
40,005 
4,543,779 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,458 
3,481 
6,659 
1,734 
421 
443 
155 
36 
529 
Dial-up service 
858 
268 
367 
115 
37 
26 
9 
1 
35 
DSL service 
6,120 
1,433 
3,097 
836 
189 
242 
63 
17 
243 
Cable modem service 
2,338 
731 
1,113 
234 
75 
61 
21 
4 
99 
Fiber-optic service 
634 
125 
303 
92 
26 
25 
11 
8 
44 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,970 
495 
947 
274 
49 
93 
40 
4 
68 
Satellite service 
2,619 
672 
1,293 
368 
77 
79 
37 
9 
84 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
411 
121 
198 
46 
14 
6 
7 
3 
16 
Other Internet service 
242 
65 
107 
40 
4 
7 
5 
1 
13 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,146 
4,209 
6,977 
1,847 
334 
264 
73 
16 
426 
2 households 
2,810 
962 
998 
360 
105 
161 
33 
6 
185 
3 households 
550 
127 
156 
74 
35 
51 
29 
8 
70 
4 households 
287 
61 
84 
51 
21 
19 
15 
1 
35 
5 or more households 
234 
56 
71 
37 
8 
14 
10 
5 
33 
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 
17,278 
5,415 
8,286 
2,369 
503 
509 
160 
36 
- 
acres 
5,986,407 
1,024,814 
1,227,624 
777,480 
844,672 
1,465,176 
546,017 
100,624 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,078 
532 
775 
262 
124 
140 
51 
14 
180 
acres 
5,632,488 
181,777 
287,115 
163,292 
240,374 
463,262 
273,857 
78,585 
3,944,226 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
14,575 
4,641 
7,357 
1,981 
317 
216 
50 
13 
- 
acres 
3,291,934 
752,874 
791,610 
547,345 
482,845 
547,056 
98,653 
71,551 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
1,588 
368 
443 
167 
82 
138 
44 
8 
338 
acres 
1,604,907 
100,075 
268,422 
(D) 
132,003 
449,848 
(D) 
11,766 
281,917 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
1,345 
309 
367 
142 
70 
123 
42 
7 
285 
acres 
1,450,320 
84,385 
242,600 
75,267 
101,109 
402,567 
268,370 
9,366 
266,656 
Corporation 
.farms 
1,147 
205 
273 
173 
86 
137 
65 
15 
193 
acres 
1,415,962 
97,600 
75,416 
118,064 
164,712 
384,871 
176,168 
17,307 
381,824 
Family held 
.farms 
1,003 
184 
247 
151 
70 
132 
62 
10 
147 
acres 
1,328,222 
91,291 
69,641 
111,697 
152,575 
376,052 
172,381 
6,161 
348,424 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
34 
8 
9 
5 
- 
2 
2 
2 
6 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
969 
176 
238 
146 
70 
130 
60 
8 
141 
Other than family held 
.farms 
144 
21 
26 
22 
16 
5 
3 
5 
46 
acres 
87,740 
6,309 
5,775 
6,367 
12,137 
8,819 
3,787 
11,146 
33,400 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
11 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
133 
18 
25 
22 
16 
5 
3 
3 
41 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
717 
201 
213 
48 
18 
18 
1 
- 
218 
acres 
4,661,593 
74,265 
92,176 
(D) 
65,112 
83,401 
(D) 
- 
4,324,248 
622 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
