Table 48. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Washington: 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 
5,024 
2,848 
1,006 
520 
137 
179 
85 
26 
70 years and over 
7,365 
5,194 
782 
629 
146 
215 
135 
26 
Average age 
58.8 
69.3 
53.4 
53.7 
55.3 
56.7 
56.5 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,874 
390 
787 
412 
88 
52 
30 
7 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
458 
157 
161 
99 
11 
3 
2 
- 
Asian 
436 
73 
136 
134 
26 
24 
15 
4 
Black or African American 
60 
16 
35 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
49 
7 
13 
26 
- 
2 
- 
- 
White 
35,958 
10,810 
13,739 
5,623 
1,277 
1,673 
1,054 
220 
More than one race reported 
288 
134 
86 
44 
2 
5 
4 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,636 
2,064 
1,242 
733 
138 
166 
65 
12 
2 people 
19,480 
7,475 
6,292 
2,733 
656 
855 
533 
103 
3 people 
5,351 
1,069 
2,649 
847 
177 
244 
135 
22 
4 people 
4,112 
344 
2,216 
784 
165 
203 
162 
41 
5 or more people 
3,670 
245 
1,771 
833 
180 
240 
180 
46 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
9,646 
13,064 
3,923 
254 
328 
178 
42 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
621 
568 
531 
121 
143 
73 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
579 
392 
608 
282 
321 
179 
35 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
240 
95 
352 
300 
462 
267 
60 
1 00 percent 
2,092 
111 
51 
516 
359 
454 
378 
68 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
2,236 
213 
365 
291 
180 
292 
246 
73 
acres 
3,542,277 
60,122 
69,531 
58,183 
156,051 
444,747 
463,844 
337,620 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,827 
7,944 
11,966 
4,741 
1,111 
1,546 
1,027 
222 
Dial-up service 
2,800 
940 
1,029 
466 
92 
118 
51 
12 
DSL service 
10,682 
2,983 
4,509 
1,688 
301 
429 
270 
66 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
1,495 
2,197 
795 
149 
161 
93 
27 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
276 
459 
188 
109 
110 
77 
39 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,785 
966 
1,989 
831 
183 
306 
259 
57 
Satellite service 
6,484 
1,697 
2,242 
1,024 
326 
505 
334 
73 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
913 
256 
368 
153 
42 
23 
28 
8 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
179 
470 
141 
56 
88 
64 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,668 
9,661 
12,367 
4,909 
934 
1,102 
619 
97 
2 households 
4,615 
1,181 
1,350 
732 
277 
408 
261 
44 
3 households 
987 
188 
203 
132 
52 
105 
115 
33 
4 households 
466 
60 
153 
77 
26 
45 
34 
16 
5 or more households 
513 
107 
97 
80 
27 
48 
46 
34 
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 
35,620 
11,197 
14,170 
5,930 
1,316 
1,708 
1,075 
224 
acres 
10,757,375 
1,364,141 
1,195,944 
976,420 
1,240,739 
2,829,736 
2,289,209 
861,186 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,788 
533 
756 
581 
146 
219 
217 
56 
acres 
1,200,467 
119,473 
181,114 
105,450 
120,533 
141,005 
257,830 
98,782 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
30,167 
10,130 
12,823 
5,082 
842 
840 
394 
56 
acres 
5,140,660 
1,035,861 
923,130 
692,029 
663,974 
1,050,554 
538,032 
237,080 
Partnership 
.farms 
2,685 
449 
551 
326 
120 
265 
259 
65 
acres 
2,733,462 
116,985 
100,342 
(D) 
189,571 
505,510 
981,712 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,305 
347 
469 
273 
107 
242 
254 
62 
acres 
2,591,019 
90,866 
92,921 
112,222 
165,196 
478,896 
964,554 
235,364 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,463 
444 
596 
447 
342 
591 
408 
101 
acres 
3,790,562 
180,713 
(D) 
(D) 
364,922 
1,255,125 
724,932 
383,080 
Family held 
.farms 
3,157 
419 
539 
410 
314 
569 
383 
86 
acres 
3,466,028 
173,782 
126,961 
142,263 
352,682 
1,217,614 
698,539 
258,875 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
94 
12 
9 
4 
5 
7 
9 
7 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
3,063 
407 
530 
406 
309 
562 
374 
79 
Other than family held 
.farms 
306 
25 
57 
37 
28 
22 
25 
15 
acres 
324,534 
6,931 
(D) 
(D) 
12,240 
37,511 
26,393 
124,205 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
33 
- 
1 
2 
- 
1 
6 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
273 
25 
56 
35 
28 
21 
19 
14 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
934 
174 
200 
75 
12 
12 
14 
2 
acres 
3,083,423 
30,582 
(D) 
(D) 
22,272 
18,547 
44,533 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
223 
238 
57.6 
108 
25 
24 
4 
1 
1,562 
13 
216 
833 
208 
197 
175 
1,018 
132 
181 
143 
155 
576 
1,952,179 
1,270 
92 
436 
223 
131 
194 
283 
35 
54 
979 
362 
159 
55 
74 
280 
176,280 
650 
472,392 
551 
451,000 
554 
594,026 
437 
495,312 
41 
396 
97 
98,714 
22 
75 
445 
2,924,314 
-continued 
664 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
