Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,254 
2,014 
1,994 
240 
222 
678 
Female 
408 
338 
337 
70 
68 
210 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,677 
1,529 
1,521 
148 
139 
412 
Other 
985 
823 
810 
162 
151 
476 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,777 
1,613 
1,604 
164 
159 
590 
Not on farm operated 
885 
739 
727 
146 
131 
298 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,310 
1,201 
1,192 
109 
96 
461 
Any 
1,352 
1,151 
1,139 
201 
194 
427 
1 to 49 days 
240 
203 
201 
37 
37 
57 
50 to 99 days 
108 
87 
87 
21 
20 
40 
100 to 199 days 
224 
195 
193 
29 
29 
57 
200 days or more 
780 
666 
658 
114 
108 
273 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
70 
56 
56 
14 
12 
43 
3 or 4 years 
123 
83 
81 
40 
36 
67 
5 to 9 years 
340 
279 
279 
61 
58 
123 
10 years or more 
2,129 
1,934 
1,915 
195 
184 
655 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
24.0 
24.0 
18.4 
18.2 
24.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
36 
33 
33 
3 
3 
31 
3 or 4 years 
99 
70 
70 
29 
25 
58 
5 to 9 years 
282 
223 
223 
59 
54 
107 
10 years or more 
2,245 
2,026 
2,005 
219 
208 
692 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
26.4 
26.4 
21.2 
21.1 
26.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
17 
14 
14 
3 
3 
4 
25 to 34 years 
101 
83 
83 
18 
15 
40 
35 to 44 years 
300 
266 
264 
34 
32 
81 
45 to 49 years 
277 
246 
242 
31 
30 
58 
50 to 54 years 
465 
414 
411 
51 
51 
85 
55 to 59 years 
488 
439 
435 
49 
49 
111 
60 to 64 years 
390 
352 
349 
38 
31 
148 
65 to 69 years 
278 
237 
234 
41 
40 
104 
70 years and over 
346 
301 
299 
45 
39 
257 
Average age 
56.2 
56.2 
56.2 
56.2 
56.0 
61.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
26 
23 
23 
3 
3 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 
Asian 
3 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
Black or African American 
16 
16 
16 
- 
- 
8 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,635 
2,329 
2,308 
306 
286 
872 
More than one race reported 
7 
5 
5 
2 
2 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
259 
216 
215 
43 
38 
168 
2 people 
1,297 
1,143 
1,134 
154 
145 
449 
3 people 
425 
380 
377 
45 
45 
116 
4 people 
345 
302 
298 
43 
37 
83 
5 or more people 
336 
311 
307 
25 
25 
72 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,332 
1,130 
1,120 
202 
187 
667 
25 to 49 percent 
236 
207 
207 
29 
29 
64 
50 to 74 percent 
337 
307 
301 
30 
28 
71 
75 to 99 percent 
316 
296 
292 
20 
20 
51 
100 percent 
441 
412 
411 
29 
26 
35 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
383 
340 
337 
43 
34 
144 
acres 
242,555 
219,518 
212,133 
23,037 
17,067 
67,682 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,225 
1,995 
1,979 
230 
217 
580 
Dial-up service 
164 
150 
150 
14 
13 
78 
DSL service 
677 
608 
606 
69 
61 
151 
Cable modem service 
561 
495 
493 
66 
64 
122 
Fiber-optic service 
56 
52 
52 
4 
3 
32 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
569 
514 
506 
55 
54 
103 
Satellite service 
433 
391 
386 
42 
42 
117 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
68 
64 
64 
4 
2 
20 
Other Internet service 
90 
82 
81 
8 
8 
25 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,830 
1,599 
1,584 
231 
213 
724 
2 households 
490 
432 
429 
58 
56 
109 
3 households 
183 
170 
168 
13 
13 
24 
4 households 
82 
76 
76 
6 
6 
18 
5 or more households 
77 
75 
74 
2 
2 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Michigan 151 
