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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,348 
3,005 
2,931 
343 
297 
1,555 
Female 
368 
314 
305 
54 
50 
327 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,466 
2,303 
2,256 
163 
152 
672 
Other 
1,250 
1,016 
980 
234 
195 
1,210 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,259 
2,100 
2,057 
159 
146 
798 
Not on farm operated 
1,457 
1,219 
1,179 
238 
201 
1,084 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,969 
1,838 
1,800 
131 
118 
745 
Any 
1,747 
1,481 
1,436 
266 
229 
1,137 
1 to 49 days 
347 
300 
293 
47 
40 
220 
50 to 99 days 
155 
137 
132 
18 
18 
57 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
217 
193 
181 
24 
21 
141 
200 days or more 
1,028 
851 
830 
177 
150 
719 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
86 
66 
62 
20 
16 
117 
3 or 4 years 
154 
117 
111 
37 
35 
105 
5 to 9 years 
325 
261 
259 
64 
59 
260 
1 0 years or more 
3,151 
2,875 
2,804 
276 
237 
1,400 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
26.7 
26.8 
19.5 
18.9 
21.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47 
35 
32 
12 
9 
83 
3 or 4 years 
125 
97 
91 
28 
28 
88 
5 to 9 years 
251 
198 
196 
53 
48 
218 
1 0 years or more 
3,293 
2,989 
2,917 
304 
262 
1,493 
Average years operating any farm 
28.8 
29.5 
29.7 
22.5 
22.0 
24.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
14 
25 to 34 years 
133 
119 
115 
14 
14 
77 
35 to 44 years 
382 
315 
306 
67 
62 
115 
45 to 49 years 
310 
272 
266 
38 
32 
147 
50 to 54 years 
645 
585 
569 
60 
54 
223 
55 to 59 years 
654 
579 
567 
75 
62 
254 
60 to 64 years 
599 
537 
520 
62 
50 
309 
65 to 69 years 
369 
343 
335 
26 
24 
238 
70 years and over 
615 
560 
549 
55 
49 
505 
Average age 
57.6 
57.8 
57.8 
56.1 
55.9 
60.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
27 
25 
5 
5 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
7 
2 
2 
5 
4 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,695 
3,303 
3,220 
392 
343 
1,873 
More than one race reported 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
370 
320 
313 
50 
46 
423 
2 people 
1,958 
1,759 
1,715 
199 
170 
950 
3 people 
503 
453 
441 
50 
44 
217 
4 people 
487 
431 
423 
56 
50 
173 
5 or more people 
398 
356 
344 
42 
37 
119 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,511 
1,241 
1,191 
270 
229 
1,358 
25 to 49 percent 
390 
360 
352 
30 
27 
177 
50 to 74 percent 
614 
581 
571 
33 
28 
176 
75 to 99 percent 
707 
670 
664 
37 
37 
125 
1 00 percent 
494 
467 
458 
27 
26 
46 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
740 
674 
651 
66 
51 
226 
acres 
721,081 
687,271 
671 ,703 
33,810 
30,673 
59,983 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,100 
2,803 
2,733 
297 
268 
1,221 
Dial-up service 
176 
163 
158 
13 
11 
66 
DSL service 
1,232 
1,111 
1,083 
121 
112 
420 
Cable modem service 
392 
346 
337 
46 
39 
275 
Fiber-optic service 
109 
99 
95 
10 
10 
58 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
747 
683 
672 
64 
60 
286 
Satellite service 
741 
677 
657 
64 
58 
238 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
106 
102 
98 
4 
3 
29 
Other Internet service 
157 
144 
142 
13 
11 
35 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,200 
1,943 
1,898 
257 
214 
1,255 
2 households 
921 
838 
815 
83 
80 
392 
3 households 
329 
303 
294 
26 
23 
128 
4 households 
132 
117 
116 
15 
14 
64 
5 or more households 
134 
118 
113 
16 
16 
43 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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