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 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,614 
2,379 
2,339 
235 
201 
1,265 
Female 
221 
205 
200 
16 
16 
426 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,981 
1,859 
1,832 
122 
108 
614 
Other 
854 
725 
707 
129 
109 
1,077 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,727 
1,636 
1,619 
91 
89 
700 
Not on farm operated 
1,108 
948 
920 
160 
128 
991 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,553 
1,436 
1,417 
117 
99 
792 
Any 
1,282 
1,148 
1,122 
134 
118 
899 
1 to 49 days 
222 
203 
199 
19 
16 
111 
50 to 99 days 
107 
91 
90 
16 
15 
53 
100 to 199 days 
134 
125 
123 
9 
9 
90 
200 days or more 
819 
729 
710 
90 
78 
645 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
61 
46 
44 
15 
9 
81 
3 or 4 years 
116 
105 
103 
11 
8 
86 
5 to 9 years 
318 
267 
259 
51 
46 
212 
10 years or more 
2,340 
2,166 
2,133 
174 
154 
1,312 
Average years on present farm 
26.7 
27.4 
27.5 
19.9 
20.7 
24.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
31 
27 
27 
4 
2 
56 
3 or 4 years 
68 
59 
59 
9 
6 
62 
5 to 9 years 
266 
225 
216 
41 
38 
192 
10 years or more 
2,470 
2,273 
2,237 
197 
171 
1,381 
Average years operating any farm 
29.6 
30.2 
30.3 
24.0 
24.4 
27.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
9 
9 
3 
3 
1 
25 to 34 years 
150 
137 
134 
13 
10 
25 
35 to 44 years 
272 
249 
243 
23 
20 
96 
45 to 49 years 
241 
212 
206 
29 
20 
89 
50 to 54 years 
352 
310 
304 
42 
37 
180 
55 to 59 years 
498 
454 
444 
44 
41 
191 
60 to 64 years 
449 
420 
416 
29 
23 
241 
65 to 69 years 
300 
271 
269 
29 
26 
251 
70 years and over 
561 
522 
514 
39 
37 
617 
Average age 
58.2 
58.3 
58.4 
56.6 
57.2 
64.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
15 
15 
- 
- 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
8 
8 
2 
2 
12 
Asian 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,808 
2,559 
2,514 
249 
215 
1,666 
More than one race reported 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
347 
295 
288 
52 
47 
393 
2 people 
1,502 
1,387 
1,367 
115 
100 
970 
3 people 
358 
332 
320 
26 
22 
139 
4 people 
324 
295 
290 
29 
23 
101 
5 or more people 
304 
275 
274 
29 
25 
88 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,202 
1,061 
1,034 
141 
123 
1,191 
25 to 49 percent 
259 
235 
233 
24 
24 
156 
50 to 74 percent 
457 
437 
432 
20 
16 
162 
75 to 99 percent 
536 
500 
490 
36 
28 
144 
100 percent 
381 
351 
350 
30 
26 
38 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
590 
531 
512 
59 
39 
145 
acres 
1,498,155 
1,429,610 
1,373,749 
68,545 
53,321 
267,574 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,350 
2,179 
2,141 
171 
143 
1,113 
Dial-up service 
131 
124 
120 
7 
6 
67 
DSL service 
881 
807 
796 
74 
58 
412 
Cable modem service 
343 
311 
301 
32 
28 
284 
Fiber-optic service 
284 
268 
266 
16 
12 
137 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
452 
426 
421 
26 
24 
178 
Satellite service 
490 
450 
446 
40 
36 
156 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
98 
91 
89 
7 
7 
26 
Other Internet service 
66 
61 
60 
5 
5 
26 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,809 
1,640 
1,609 
169 
143 
1,267 
2 households 
595 
549 
545 
46 
42 
227 
3 households 
250 
234 
230 
16 
14 
97 
4 households 
95 
89 
85 
6 
4 
55 
5 or more households 
86 
72 
70 
14 
14 
45 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 149 
