Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iron 
Isabella 
Jackson 
Kalamazoo 
Kalkaska 
Kent 
Keweenaw 
Lake 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
47 
429 
437 
317 
87 
449 
- 
85 
2007 
27 
383 
429 
321 
68 
379 
- 
66 
Any 
2012 
70 
499 
636 
417 
137 
710 
6 
115 
2007 
84 
635 
755 
533 
153 
814 
8 
120 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
10 
59 
58 
39 
8 
123 
- 
9 
2007 
12 
92 
128 
78 
25 
152 
- 
24 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
9 
30 
30 
24 
6 
48 
2 
5 
2007 
7 
51 
44 
30 
27 
44 
2 
12 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
4 
52 
111 
57 
25 
68 
2 
14 
2007 
12 
79 
85 
64 
13 
100 
4 
10 
200 days or more 
2012 
47 
358 
437 
297 
98 
471 
2 
87 
2007 
53 
413 
498 
361 
88 
518 
2 
74 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
3 
40 
42 
24 
16 
19 
- 
4 
2007 
3 
21 
37 
21 
12 
39 
- 
4 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
7 
33 
44 
22 
14 
44 
- 
10 
2007 
10 
67 
105 
39 
27 
69 
- 
8 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
20 
118 
122 
115 
36 
155 
- 
22 
2007 
13 
166 
182 
151 
38 
160 
- 
33 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
87 
737 
865 
573 
158 
941 
6 
164 
2007 
85 
764 
860 
643 
144 
925 
8 
141 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.5 
23.3 
23.5 
23.6 
19.7 
24.1 
34.0 
22.8 
2007 
23.1 
22.9 
21.3 
22.3 
18.8 
22.8 
23.6 
23.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
32 
29 
18 
4 
14 
- 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
6 
27 
39 
15 
7 
40 
- 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
18 
111 
92 
95 
38 
129 
- 
22 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
92 
758 
913 
606 
175 
976 
6 
166 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.2 
25.5 
25.6 
25.4 
22.8 
25.6 
34.0 
24.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
- 
2 
17 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
2 
11 
4 
4 
10 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
4 
47 
44 
34 
13 
46 
- 
13 
2007 
4 
67 
36 
42 
10 
54 
- 
6 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
7 
90 
105 
88 
38 
116 
- 
21 
2007 
7 
134 
162 
121 
48 
159 
- 
21 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
27 
229 
246 
157 
53 
303 
_ 
41 
2007 
46 
280 
329 
241 
38 
384 
5 
47 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
32 
141 
156 
137 
30 
181 
4 
25 
2007 
10 
141 
189 
105 
25 
167 
1 
35 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
15 
120 
178 
101 
20 
169 
- 
33 
2007 
16 
100 
155 
121 
28 
159 
2 
35 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
13 
96 
108 
93 
29 
162 
2 
23 
2007 
9 
118 
113 
84 
26 
111 
- 
14 
70 years and over 
2012 
19 
203 
219 
124 
41 
175 
- 
44 
2007 
19 
176 
189 
136 
42 
149 
- 
28 
Average age 
2012 
58.6 
58.1 
58.0 
57.5 
56.1 
57.1 
60.0 
58.6 
2007 
56.5 
56.1 
56.0 
55.9 
55.3 
55.1 
54.5 
56.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
80 
632 
756 
548 
155 
900 
4 
137 
2007 
65 
564 
687 
597 
144 
780 
6 
96 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
11 
81 
94 
97 
38 
76 
2 
31 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
21 
182 
241 
189 
28 
222 
- 
16 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
10 
76 
168 
118 
19 
297 
- 
9 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
7 
11 
37 
2 
21 
- 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
20 
192 
193 
94 
41 
188 
- 
51 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
20 
128 
80 
49 
33 
138 
2 
31 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
2 
9 
14 
20 
3 
20 
- 
5 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
6 
12 
8 
9 
3 
14 
" 
4 
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 
112 
911 
1,047 
710 
224 
1,130 
6 
195 
acres, 2012 
22,747 
177,951 
176,397 
126,241 
25,819 
146,693 
318 
25,733 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
7 
39 
84 
83 
16 
142 
- 
6 
acres, 2012 
1,207 
30,117 
30,536 
25,236 
3,042 
31,024 
- 
2,048 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
100 
832 
934 
595 
202 
965 
6 
174 
2007 
97 
900 
1,023 
700 
203 
992 
8 
168 
acres, 2012 
15,741 
119,165 
131,115 
83,963 
19,532 
101,215 
318 
18,172 
2007 
20,506 
134,361 
120,906 
93,744 
17,158 
106,305 
1,602 
18,050 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
7 
54 
88 
55 
7 
86 
- 
13 
2007 
8 
73 
118 
68 
10 
110 
- 
9 
acres, 2012 
2,053 
39,706 
37,402 
25,879 
1,988 
38,307 
- 
4,952 
2007 
3,370 
28,808 
46,687 
28,331 
2,504 
41,004 
- 
2,434 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
10 
30 
39 
61 
10 
73 
- 
5 
2007 
3 
34 
31 
62 
8 
64 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
5,145 
26,802 
10,078 
27,280 
4,091 
14,863 
- 
1,884 
2007 
(D) 
30,266 
12,953 
18,010 
3,802 
17,827 
- 
(D) 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
1 
2 
7 
5 
9 
- 
2 
2007 
- 
1 
2 
12 
- 
15 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
344 
208 
583 
- 
(D) 
2007 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,286 
- 
3,802 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
- 
11 
10 
16 
- 
26 
- 
6 
2007 
3 
10 
10 
12 
- 
12 
- 
5 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,074 
- 
2,525 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,502 
- 
1,179 
- 
780 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Michigan 599 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
