Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Clay 
Cloud 
Coffey 
Comanche 
Cowley 
Crawford 
Decatur 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
208 
187 
255 
133 
370 
254 
129 
2007 
221 
193 
217 
125 
353 
300 
139 
Any 
2012 
333 
274 
412 
101 
620 
592 
164 
2007 
362 
273 
464 
128 
674 
611 
164 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
57 
21 
59 
21 
54 
61 
28 
2007 
70 
41 
62 
29 
94 
74 
26 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
17 
16 
18 
8 
33 
17 
11 
2007 
21 
31 
32 
6 
47 
40 
12 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
29 
21 
61 
4 
84 
47 
13 
2007 
48 
24 
66 
14 
67 
71 
19 
200 days or more 
2012 
230 
216 
274 
68 
449 
467 
112 
2007 
223 
177 
304 
79 
466 
426 
107 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
15 
21 
12 
6 
36 
30 
11 
2007 
31 
15 
17 
10 
43 
34 
5 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
18 
28 
23 
5 
48 
32 
15 
2007 
33 
22 
40 
10 
47 
62 
16 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
79 
75 
65 
34 
95 
114 
38 
2007 
89 
59 
114 
43 
134 
113 
36 
10 years or more 
2012 
429 
337 
567 
189 
811 
670 
229 
2007 
430 
370 
510 
190 
803 
702 
246 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
27.9 
24.1 
26.7 
25.7 
25.1 
24.2 
25.1 
2007 
24.9 
25.7 
22.7 
24.2 
22.3 
23.3 
26.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
10 
13 
6 
5 
23 
19 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
16 
25 
17 
4 
47 
29 
14 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
74 
63 
59 
30 
74 
91 
27 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
441 
360 
585 
195 
846 
707 
241 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.9 
26.0 
28.4 
27.4 
27.3 
26.5 
27.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
4 
4 
1 
15 
9 
5 
2007 
- 
7 
9 
1 
5 
11 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
31 
39 
33 
5 
48 
63 
29 
2007 
51 
41 
43 
13 
61 
60 
15 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
69 
94 
44 
25 
142 
89 
15 
2007 
79 
44 
76 
30 
117 
136 
26 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
115 
87 
155 
42 
180 
231 
63 
2007 
164 
116 
175 
57 
226 
220 
80 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
102 
48 
67 
32 
106 
95 
51 
2007 
57 
48 
102 
21 
145 
121 
59 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
60 
50 
112 
23 
134 
107 
50 
2007 
59 
60 
91 
38 
151 
104 
28 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
52 
37 
94 
33 
118 
91 
27 
2007 
55 
55 
43 
28 
119 
75 
25 
70 years and over 
2012 
110 
102 
158 
73 
247 
161 
53 
2007 
118 
95 
142 
65 
203 
184 
67 
Average age 
2012 
57.8 
55.6 
60.4 
61.8 
58.4 
56.6 
56.7 
2007 
55.9 
56.8 
56.7 
58.9 
57.6 
56.2 
57.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
389 
340 
435 
179 
737 
635 
230 
2007 
325 
269 
381 
129 
628 
558 
196 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
25 
21 
27 
10 
49 
37 
4 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
54 
59 
115 
43 
278 
214 
75 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
43 
97 
77 
28 
131 
127 
26 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
158 
98 
19 
7 
92 
128 
26 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
53 
63 
73 
40 
124 
73 
50 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
79 
34 
150 
50 
168 
110 
66 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
6 
10 
3 
15 
7 
3 
1 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
6 
9 
13 
4 
45 
16 
1 
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 
516 
445 
648 
222 
978 
836 
276 
acres, 2012 
344,225 
318,276 
316,888 
448,153 
560,326 
319,985 
412,543 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
9 
30 
19 
9 
39 
19 
6 
acres, 2012 
5,238 
11,500 
17,388 
43,193 
43,392 
27,360 
18,980 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
477 
390 
602 
199 
901 
785 
218 
2007 
505 
397 
614 
199 
922 
823 
225 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
234,390 
289,875 
368,411 
461,915 
254,247 
250,682 
2007 
273,555 
284,863 
284,792 
238,207 
470,277 
267,536 
266,719 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
34 
39 
21 
18 
49 
30 
18 
2007 
36 
38 
35 
31 
69 
57 
29 
acres, 2012 
38,898 
33,266 
16,190 
53,116 
74,838 
38,789 
76,314 
2007 
27,329 
46,449 
20,328 
129,352 
59,810 
39,308 
93,471 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
23 
19 
10 
8 
17 
18 
42 
2007 
24 
23 
13 
11 
13 
18 
33 
acres, 2012 
37,994 
44,606 
11,288 
30,824 
27,421 
26,369 
122,710 
2007 
44,682 
46,265 
12,631 
47,982 
36,316 
25,616 
114,192 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2007 
2 
2 
3 
1 
2 
5 
2 
acres, 2012 
2,710 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,766 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
3 
11 
32 
9 
23 
13 
13 
2007 
16 
6 
16 
11 
21 
8 
14 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
32,729 
10,440 
3,817 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,123 
(D) 
-continued 
638 Kansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
