Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
7,262 
1,934 
267 
347 
410 
1,534 
- 
55 to 59 years 
7,945 
2,142 
283 
381 
479 
1,998 
- 
60 to 64 years 
7,208 
1,853 
245 
359 
388 
1,903 
- 
65 to 69 years 
5,968 
1,580 
186 
280 
277 
1,886 
- 
70 years and over 
10,073 
2,791 
235 
470 
468 
3,793 
- 
Average age 
57.6 
57.2 
55.2 
59.1 
57.8 
61.2 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
674 
106 
36 
83 
59 
134 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
17 
16 
6 
13 
65 
- 
Asian 
54 
5 
9 
5 
8 
14 
- 
Black or African American 
216 
29 
26 
35 
9 
28 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
2 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
White 
51,539 
14,086 
1,682 
2,248 
2,591 
13,532 
- 
More than one race reported 
165 
32 
4 
11 
9 
48 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,884 
1,831 
209 
306 
352 
2,380 
- 
2 people 
25,338 
6,885 
811 
1,204 
1,331 
7,079 
- 
3 people 
7,398 
2,095 
277 
322 
385 
1,636 
- 
4 people 
6,446 
1,802 
225 
251 
312 
1,468 
- 
5 or more people 
6,128 
1,558 
215 
228 
252 
1,124 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
6,569 
1,080 
1,531 
1,750 
12,012 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
1,939 
163 
192 
187 
703 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
2,573 
163 
225 
267 
601 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
1,684 
155 
201 
157 
209 
- 
100 percent 
3,316 
1,406 
176 
162 
271 
162 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,551 
461 
53 
127 
203 
263 
- 
acres 
685,227 
378,728 
30,892 
32,681 
22,519 
67,978 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,426 
9,814 
1,344 
1,819 
2,066 
8,705 
- 
Dial-up service 
5,184 
1,335 
203 
224 
245 
1,381 
- 
DSL service 
10,092 
2,748 
350 
516 
617 
2,325 
- 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
1,573 
344 
489 
627 
1,579 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
161 
25 
60 
46 
190 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,692 
2,553 
282 
406 
429 
1,908 
- 
Satellite service 
6,947 
1,979 
220 
279 
295 
1,652 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
985 
271 
32 
42 
58 
219 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
333 
45 
65 
45 
301 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
43,472 
11,113 
1,415 
1,829 
2,127 
11,867 
- 
2 households 
6,641 
2,388 
238 
364 
347 
1,425 
- 
3 households 
1,252 
434 
53 
72 
83 
229 
- 
4 households 
463 
147 
16 
22 
41 
102 
- 
5 or more households 
366 
89 
15 
24 
34 
64 
- 
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 
50,628 
13,756 
1,661 
2,204 
2,486 
13,310 
- 
acres 
9,225,892 
5,219,838 
259,911 
212,299 
149,904 
1,378,159 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
3,867 
885 
252 
340 
384 
557 
- 
acres 
1,384,201 
769,499 
49,486 
45,394 
30,659 
102,713 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
45,174 
12,304 
1,396 
1,807 
1,822 
12,367 
- 
acres 
6,736,807 
3,796,264 
121,465 
136,700 
94,908 
1,170,290 
- 
Partnership farms 
3,470 
1,100 
191 
219 
243 
581 
- 
acres 
1,848,642 
1,113,791 
85,288 
36,512 
23,772 
128,166 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,525 
806 
157 
195 
201 
357 
- 
acres 
1,564,084 
945,864 
79,945 
34,349 
19,396 
90,454 
- 
Corporation farms 
2,662 
593 
125 
247 
515 
368 
_ 
acres 
1,171,108 
621,315 
81,808 
57,682 
54,023 
114,878 
- 
Family held farms 
2,352 
565 
114 
223 
455 
300 
- 
acres 
1,103,710 
601,167 
79,632 
51,057 
42,848 
104,263 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
21 
8 
1 
1 
2 
6 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
2,331 
557 
113 
222 
453 
294 
- 
Other than family held farms 
310 
28 
11 
24 
60 
68 
_ 
acres 
67,398 
20,148 
2,176 
6,625 
11,175 
10,615 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
