Table 51 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Wyoming: 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 
1,409 
665 
281 
200 
103 
97 
26 
2 
70 years and over 
2,222 
1,211 
277 
329 
130 
144 
30 
1 
Average age 
58.2 
68.9 
53.3 
55.5 
57.1 
58.4 
58.9 
53.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
277 
74 
124 
47 
3 
14 
5 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
162 
20 
80 
37 
13 
1 
1 
- 
Asian 
12 
- 
6 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
White 
1 1 ,492 
2,661 
4,397 
2,145 
820 
775 
170 
24 
More than one race reported 
60 
22 
16 
15 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
549 
519 
318 
124 
71 
12 
3 
2 people 
6,549 
1,925 
2,215 
1,114 
473 
464 
89 
7 
3 people 
1,398 
149 
679 
295 
91 
91 
22 
5 
4 people 
1,215 
58 
629 
271 
83 
86 
24 
2 
5 or more people 
892 
25 
459 
203 
70 
68 
24 
7 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,969 
2,144 
3,991 
1,162 
165 
176 
28 
6 
25 to 49 percent 
914 
207 
300 
244 
81 
42 
5 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
1,030 
206 
150 
299 
162 
133 
26 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
1,108 
123 
40 
297 
252 
248 
61 
11 
1 00 percent 
715 
26 
20 
199 
181 
181 
51 
5 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
659 
55 
95 
131 
82 
108 
41 
10 
acres 
8,287,689 
(D) 
1,169,799 
655,658 
595,324 
1,346,131 
1,202,112 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,968 
1,751 
3,618 
1,632 
686 
702 
161 
24 
Dial-up service 
571 
166 
168 
131 
36 
30 
16 
- 
DSL service 
2,830 
503 
1,194 
467 
228 
207 
65 
20 
Cable modem service 
749 
204 
327 
102 
31 
48 
7 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
448 
87 
153 
92 
38 
48 
12 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,527 
208 
740 
288 
81 
100 
32 
2 
Satellite service 
3,350 
663 
1,193 
635 
306 
328 
64 
3 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
168 
39 
72 
19 
6 
21 
3 
- 
Other Internet service 
340 
67 
142 
91 
15 
14 
2 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,550 
2,286 
3,933 
1,867 
588 
483 
81 
8 
2 households 
1,580 
334 
457 
263 
185 
175 
28 
8 
3 households 
380 
51 
72 
37 
46 
90 
36 
2 
4 households 
128 
20 
24 
23 
13 
18 
13 
1 
5 or more households 
98 
15 
15 
11 
9 
14 
13 
5 
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 
1 1 ,224 
2,706 
4,501 
2,201 
841 
780 
171 
24 
acres 
25,613,370 
2,208,244 
3,640,455 
3,861,159 
4,237,208 
7,400,509 
3,560,745 
705,050 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,138 
184 
344 
199 
121 
150 
22 
9 
acres 
5,883,628 
382,250 
400,932 
496,963 
737,562 
1,675,168 
522,485 
244,697 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
9,154 
2,301 
3,938 
1,858 
592 
394 
63 
8 
acres 
12,544,766 
1,497,344 
1,622,017 
2,621,918 
2,516,763 
2,898,383 
1,284,442 
103,899 
Partnership 
.farms 
1,095 
166 
246 
150 
100 
161 
39 
6 
acres 
5,956,475 
311,914 
301,019 
360,451 
(D) 
1,829,339 
(D) 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
851 
120 
184 
128 
87 
138 
22 
6 
acres 
4,970,369 
246,023 
(D) 
318,657 
495,704 
1,665,222 
316,044 
(D) 
Corporation 
.farms 
1,085 
131 
218 
126 
142 
210 
68 
8 
acres 
8,835,882 
253,889 
590,085 
485,847 
1,034,096 
2,415,493 
1,678,220 
426,016 
Family held 
.farms 
985 
124 
198 
115 
134 
200 
67 
6 
acres 
8,154,173 
(D) 
532,856 
(D) 
947,465 
2,324,215 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
44 
4 
1 
6 
6 
12 
8 
1 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
941 
120 
197 
109 
128 
188 
59 
5 
Other than family held 
.farms 
100 
7 
20 
11 
8 
10 
1 
2 
acres 
681,709 
(D) 
57,229 
(D) 
86,631 
91,278 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
9 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
91 
7 
17 
11 
7 
9 
1 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
402 
108 
99 
67 
7 
15 
1 
2 
acres 
3,026,518 
145,097 
1,127,334 
392,943 
(D) 
257,294 
(D) 
(D) 
Non-family 
farms 
35 
100 
57.0 
9 
10 
1 
500 
1 
86 
262 
66 
62 
36 
297 
34 
53 
76 
52 
137 
2,854,971 
394 
24 
146 
30 
17 
76 
158 
8 
9 
304 
130 
46 
16 
16 
109 
1,423,571 
227 
1,877,544 
166 
1,594,060 
182 
1,952,236 
141 
1,561,101 
6 
135 
41 
391,135 
3 
38 
103 
920,491 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
706 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
