Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Marquette 
Mason 
Mecosta 
Menominee 
Midland 
Missaukee 
Monroe 
Montcalm 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
63 
172 
294 
178 
253 
136 
442 
523 
2007 
69 
155 
306 
143 
197 
119 
352 
507 
Any 
2012 
105 
268 
485 
220 
302 
297 
702 
604 
2007 
75 
295 
539 
276 
374 
272 
767 
720 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
12 
35 
93 
17 
56 
49 
82 
81 
2007 
8 
47 
115 
38 
49 
42 
134 
134 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
4 
13 
30 
30 
14 
42 
38 
50 
2007 
7 
17 
42 
11 
30 
17 
51 
47 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
10 
27 
53 
31 
49 
28 
169 
66 
2007 
25 
23 
69 
40 
52 
27 
80 
86 
200 days or more 
2012 
79 
193 
309 
142 
183 
178 
413 
407 
2007 
35 
208 
313 
187 
243 
186 
502 
453 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
17 
44 
21 
17 
10 
27 
39 
2007 
3 
14 
32 
8 
25 
20 
49 
41 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
8 
28 
33 
15 
34 
27 
49 
50 
2007 
13 
15 
31 
38 
33 
20 
56 
61 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
29 
47 
105 
49 
69 
53 
127 
210 
2007 
28 
80 
154 
61 
80 
75 
132 
196 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
127 
348 
597 
313 
435 
343 
941 
828 
2007 
100 
341 
628 
312 
433 
276 
882 
929 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
21.0 
24.4 
22.6 
23.8 
24.0 
22.1 
25.8 
22.3 
2007 
20.5 
22.7 
22.0 
22.1 
22.3 
20.6 
24.1 
22.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
2 
10 
23 
19 
14 
8 
17 
33 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
8 
21 
28 
15 
33 
18 
45 
45 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
24 
40 
87 
42 
54 
46 
114 
174 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
134 
369 
641 
322 
454 
361 
968 
875 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.2 
26.5 
24.6 
25.0 
25.3 
23.6 
27.4 
24.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
2 
4 
9 
. 
7 
10 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
7 
11 
68 
19 
18 
22 
56 
44 
2007 
5 
16 
88 
17 
21 
31 
38 
55 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
24 
36 
119 
56 
55 
95 
172 
149 
2007 
17 
55 
102 
59 
83 
68 
161 
182 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
50 
112 
144 
86 
131 
119 
250 
259 
2007 
42 
134 
175 
134 
164 
111 
338 
286 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
26 
58 
103 
64 
91 
60 
174 
146 
2007 
23 
64 
132 
64 
65 
45 
169 
176 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
23 
93 
113 
56 
68 
50 
155 
117 
2007 
29 
63 
99 
45 
76 
56 
124 
179 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
24 
44 
71 
43 
71 
34 
120 
182 
2007 
14 
51 
90 
43 
65 
39 
111 
146 
70 years and over 
2012 
14 
86 
159 
70 
112 
53 
210 
220 
2007 
14 
67 
159 
57 
95 
41 
178 
201 
Average age 
2012 
55.1 
59.2 
56.3 
56.5 
58.0 
53.6 
56.5 
57.9 
2007 
55.9 
56.7 
56.2 
55.3 
56.4 
53.7 
56.0 
56.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
134 
325 
475 
288 
439 
309 
857 
620 
2007 
89 
291 
390 
249 
351 
223 
720 
673 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
17 
56 
86 
59 
40 
44 
69 
80 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
44 
56 
112 
87 
92 
145 
168 
176 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
23 
32 
61 
26 
115 
19 
384 
79 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
- 
4 
5 
3 
2 
6 
29 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
26 
87 
106 
73 
96 
88 
160 
166 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
28 
93 
133 
80 
85 
48 
78 
130 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
- 
2 
9 
2 
25 
5 
45 
21 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
4 
18 
10 
3 
17 
3 
13 
31 
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 
165 
427 
745 
376 
543 
419 
1,110 
1,098 
acres, 2012 
25,827 
73,597 
116,078 
81,372 
85,149 
81,650 
199,099 
227,822 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
7 
41 
28 
16 
38 
43 
72 
63 
acres, 2012 
712 
9,763 
9,633 
12,364 
16,127 
28,802 
16,770 
29,767 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
138 
382 
700 
354 
508 
370 
1,009 
1,005 
2007 
132 
395 
769 
349 
516 
337 
988 
1,078 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
52,451 
93,124 
65,444 
66,693 
(D) 
159,448 
162,091 
2007 
25,910 
49,877 
90,422 
71,519 
(D) 
(D) 
150,335 
164,086 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
13 
28 
50 
31 
29 
40 
79 
68 
2007 
6 
24 
56 
52 
37 
39 
88 
103 
acres, 2012 
5,720 
13,340 
24,020 
20,393 
17,705 
22,078 
30,830 
43,524 
2007 
2,525 
8,856 
18,800 
28,556 
19,646 
18,586 
40,399 
46,864 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
13 
22 
21 
7 
12 
18 
42 
28 
2007 
3 
26 
11 
6 
16 
14 
39 
25 
acres, 2012 
4,826 
11,084 
4,601 
6,000 
(D) 
10,853 
21,375 
28,872 
2007 
(D) 
15,675 
4,372 
2,619 
3,600 
14,326 
16,745 
29,748 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
4 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
7 
2007 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
acres, 2012 
627 
405 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
532 
2007 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
630 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
1 
4 
6 
6 
6 
3 
13 
19 
2007 
3 
5 
8 
12 
2 
1 
2 
18 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,768 
(D) 
63 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,233 
2007 
(D) 
2,038 
(D) 
942 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,476 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Michigan 601 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
