Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cass 
Charlevoix 
Cheboygan 
Chippewa 
Clare 
Clinton 
Crawford 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
(, 
2012 
301 
85 
102 
130 
189 
453 
25 
2007 
285 
101 
113 
124 
155 
446 
12 
Any 
2012 
497 
212 
211 
279 
271 
675 
24 
2007 
526 
235 
234 
277 
295 
785 
27 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
75 
24 
28 
35 
30 
73 
3 
2007 
83 
35 
56 
42 
30 
136 
6 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
23 
52 
14 
24 
22 
31 
3 
2007 
39 
16 
27 
24 
25 
44 
2 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
100 
25 
61 
67 
34 
76 
5 
2007 
54 
46 
34 
35 
46 
94 
- 
200 days or more 
2012 
299 
111 
108 
153 
185 
495 
13 
2007 
350 
138 
117 
176 
194 
511 
19 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
29 
4 
10 
2 
15 
35 
3 
2007 
29 
14 
13 
16 
8 
21 
4 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
15 
17 
18 
27 
36 
3 
2007 
29 
6 
28 
23 
34 
50 
1 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
101 
35 
45 
58 
64 
68 
15 
2007 
121 
48 
55 
56 
111 
137 
6 
10 years or more 
2012 
647 
243 
241 
331 
354 
989 
28 
2007 
632 
268 
251 
306 
297 
1,023 
28 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24,2 
24,5 
23.9 
25.2 
21.1 
26.2 
15.8 
2007 
23.8 
23.0 
21.4 
22.9 
19.9 
24.9 
16.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
19 
4 
4 
2 
10 
26 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
23 
12 
12 
15 
20 
36 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
85 
23 
41 
55 
47 
56 
12 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
671 
258 
256 
337 
383 
1,010 
31 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.3 
25.9 
26.2 
27.0 
23.2 
27.8 
19.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
1 
. 
. 
. 
2 
. 
. 
2007 
1 
4 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
41 
15 
8 
31 
43 
56 
2 
2007 
47 
11 
12 
25 
14 
63 
2 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
95 
25 
27 
43 
63 
94 
8 
2007 
110 
35 
55 
63 
59 
155 
7 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
195 
67 
88 
93 
99 
308 
14 
2007 
226 
113 
83 
106 
143 
376 
6 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
124 
48 
45 
49 
54 
181 
1 
2007 
123 
45 
36 
54 
53 
175 
9 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
109 
43 
35 
65 
45 
151 
6 
2007 
81 
30 
37 
59 
52 
156 
1 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
80 
30 
47 
52 
53 
119 
5 
2007 
73 
48 
54 
35 
65 
127 
10 
70 years and over 
2012 
153 
69 
63 
76 
101 
219 
13 
2007 
150 
50 
70 
59 
62 
179 
4 
Average age 
2012 
57.5 
58.8 
58.7 
57.6 
56.4 
57.9 
57.0 
2007 
56.3 
56.2 
57.4 
54.7 
56.1 
55.9 
56.0 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
548 
212 
209 
297 
249 
845 
35 
2007 
477 
185 
188 
242 
223 
803 
26 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
134 
43 
53 
44 
24 
100 
8 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
109 
54 
40 
78 
45 
265 
2 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
80 
33 
30 
82 
24 
119 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
6 
3 
1 
7 
1 
23 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
117 
42 
52 
36 
95 
179 
12 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
127 
49 
42 
60 
58 
189 
11 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
24 
5 
2 
40 
4 
44 
- 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
21 
13 
4 
7 
12 
32 
- 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
784 
292 
308 
398 
451 
1,103 
49 
acres, 2012 
182,047 
36,415 
44,781 
88,188 
57,385 
233,119 
2,755 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
29 
29 
14 
19 
14 
78 
5 
acres, 2012 
36,727 
3,692 
1,612 
4,098 
6,691 
41,988 
34 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
705 
266 
278 
375 
416 
996 
40 
2007 
732 
309 
298 
357 
412 
1,072 
27 
acres, 2012 
118,070 
31,372 
(D) 
74,349 
43,945 
164,325 
(D) 
2007 
136,647 
33,372 
38,332 
82,738 
(D) 
187,322 
1,125 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
42 
15 
15 
19 
21 
82 
4 
2007 
46 
14 
29 
31 
24 
106 
7 
acres, 2012 
42,875 
3,088 
1,747 
9,863 
9,787 
65,148 
(D) 
2007 
33,553 
4,374 
3,784 
10,202 
8,903 
52,091 
965 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
27 
7 
14 
6 
17 
25 
5 
2007 
22 
8 
15 
7 
10 
42 
5 
acres, 2012 
19,586 
2,019 
10,128 
4,222 
7,073 
11,185 
366 
2007 
18,964 
3,118 
5,020 
3,808 
8,877 
31,329 
434 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
6 
- 
4 
2 
- 
4 
- 
2007 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
acres, 2012 
2,991 
- 
232 
(D) 
- 
156 
- 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
204 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
18 
9 
2 
7 
6 
21 
2007 
9 
4 
5 
5 
4 
5 
- 
acres, 2012 
5,168 
1,061 
(D) 
(D) 
1,701 
3,001 
- 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
426 
(D) 
(D) 
612 
- 
-continued 
596 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
