Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
3,017 
42 
34 
52 
1,944 
- 
55 to 59 years 
9,031 
3,530 
28 
59 
67 
2,183 
- 
60 to 64 years 
8,320 
3,234 
38 
38 
55 
2,056 
- 
65 to 69 years 
6,697 
2,346 
15 
39 
46 
2,028 
- 
70 years and over 
13,800 
4,960 
49 
39 
60 
4,735 
- 
Average age 
58.2 
57.6 
57.2 
57.7 
58.6 
62.3 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
693 
192 
3 
4 
4 
190 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
395 
43 
- 
7 
1 
119 
- 
Asian 
71 
10 
1 
3 
- 
29 
- 
Black or African American 
165 
36 
3 
- 
- 
47 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
17 
8 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
White 
60,853 
23,123 
224 
253 
346 
15,357 
- 
More than one race reported 
272 
52 
4 
1 
2 
56 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,369 
3,287 
25 
25 
32 
3,112 
- 
2 people 
31,981 
12,027 
123 
159 
205 
8,504 
- 
3 people 
7,254 
2,790 
29 
24 
42 
1,545 
- 
4 people 
7,210 
2,743 
34 
32 
38 
1,471 
- 
5 or more people 
5,959 
2,425 
21 
25 
32 
979 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
8,518 
175 
234 
213 
12,912 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
3,141 
17 
12 
51 
1,058 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
4,405 
19 
6 
36 
952 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
4,358 
8 
7 
21 
479 
- 
100 percent 
4,019 
2,850 
13 
6 
28 
210 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,949 
963 
10 
7 
33 
365 
- 
acres 
4,026,589 
2,255,879 
5,916 
564 
3,267 
378,111 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,128 
17,302 
185 
218 
289 
10,260 
- 
Dial-up service 
3,227 
1,179 
15 
18 
24 
668 
- 
DSL service 
15,279 
6,131 
55 
66 
88 
3,479 
- 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
2,447 
33 
41 
75 
2,147 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
2,715 
15 
8 
23 
1,084 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,304 
3,302 
42 
48 
51 
1,733 
- 
Satellite service 
8,733 
3,286 
39 
51 
42 
1,841 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
969 
380 
9 
- 
9 
239 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
510 
7 
10 
12 
298 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
48,353 
17,100 
197 
239 
296 
12,403 
- 
2 households 
9,611 
4,398 
28 
17 
31 
2,159 
- 
3 households 
2,316 
1,088 
3 
3 
16 
625 
- 
4 households 
834 
394 
3 
4 
- 
239 
- 
5 or more households 
659 
292 
1 
2 
6 
185 
- 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
59,796 
22,443 
224 
264 
331 
15,017 
- 
acres 
43,584,217 
27,535,699 
12,378 
16,320 
21,725 
4,412,223 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,177 
825 
13 
31 
32 
568 
- 
acres 
2,598,879 
1,350,982 
296 
897 
3,055 
289,588 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
53,387 
19,426 
200 
240 
255 
13,347 
- 
acres 
32,757,894 
20,395,316 
7,281 
15,073 
14,491 
3,644,292 
- 
Partnership farms 
3,860 
1,830 
7 
8 
26 
928 
- 
acres 
6,853,518 
4,509,525 
186 
(D) 
(D) 
516,761 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,677 
1,311 
5 
6 
24 
629 
- 
acres 
5,399,253 
3,592,975 
143 
270 
1,444 
392,048 
- 
Corporation farms 
2,835 
1,537 
19 
13 
66 
451 
- 
acres 
5,422,059 
3,682,692 
8,693 
(D) 
7,354 
(D) 
- 
Family held farms 
2,584 
1,451 
17 
13 
57 
378 
- 
acres 
5,193,969 
3,567,161 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
309,468 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
45 
16 
2 
17 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
2,539 
1,435 
17 
13 
55 
361 
- 
Other than family held farms 
251 
86 
2 
_ 
9 
73 
- 
acres 
228,090 
115,531 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
