Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Gray 
Greeley 
Greenwood 
Hamilton 
Harper 
Harvey 
Haskell 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
190 
151 
258 
209 
179 
259 
109 
2007 
216 
156 
203 
166 
176 
257 
127 
Any 
2012 
228 
111 
293 
188 
303 
485 
78 
2007 
257 
147 
336 
265 
319 
572 
121 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
35 
8 
28 
37 
41 
88 
16 
2007 
63 
35 
66 
45 
52 
80 
21 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
17 
8 
22 
8 
16 
34 
- 
2007 
21 
9 
20 
24 
31 
45 
5 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
15 
12 
42 
18 
31 
37 
9 
2007 
23 
11 
23 
32 
37 
50 
18 
200 days or more 
2012 
161 
83 
201 
125 
215 
326 
53 
2007 
150 
92 
227 
164 
199 
397 
77 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
13 
13 
31 
18 
17 
11 
2 
2007 
7 
3 
14 
12 
14 
22 
8 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
19 
24 
23 
19 
19 
32 
6 
2007 
17 
10 
31 
34 
33 
36 
9 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
51 
26 
55 
58 
62 
67 
18 
2007 
69 
46 
103 
68 
78 
105 
30 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
335 
199 
442 
302 
384 
634 
161 
2007 
380 
244 
391 
317 
370 
666 
201 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.0 
27,8 
23.0 
26.6 
23.0 
24.6 
28.3 
2007 
23.1 
26.4 
23.5 
24.7 
23.7 
23.9 
26.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
7 
6 
8 
13 
6 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
15 
17 
17 
13 
17 
28 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
47 
24 
42 
51 
52 
64 
18 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
350 
214 
486 
325 
400 
646 
165 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.1 
30.5 
26.7 
30.3 
24.6 
26.3 
29.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
4 
2 
3 
_ 
1 
. 
1 
2007 
2 
3 
8 
2 
5 
9 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
28 
20 
20 
21 
34 
41 
18 
2007 
31 
14 
26 
25 
37 
43 
27 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
56 
22 
44 
32 
48 
97 
13 
2007 
50 
19 
39 
57 
37 
87 
24 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
84 
44 
85 
98 
82 
170 
30 
2007 
109 
75 
106 
79 
121 
243 
60 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
59 
42 
74 
37 
68 
133 
23 
2007 
81 
41 
71 
61 
74 
104 
35 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
61 
37 
86 
61 
101 
77 
31 
2007 
67 
34 
78 
36 
58 
92 
27 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
64 
21 
85 
28 
62 
80 
20 
2007 
35 
28 
81 
47 
53 
77 
17 
70 years and over 
2012 
62 
74 
154 
120 
86 
146 
51 
2007 
98 
89 
130 
124 
110 
174 
58 
Average age 
2012 
56.2 
60.4 
61.5 
61.1 
58.1 
57.2 
59.4 
2007 
57.3 
60.7 
59.7 
60.1 
58.0 
56.8 
56.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
313 
208 
370 
291 
340 
574 
155 
2007 
250 
166 
258 
238 
257 
513 
144 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
6 
20 
52 
11 
33 
75 
3 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
232 
79 
60 
108 
167 
151 
88 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
45 
43 
24 
104 
31 
28 
43 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
12 
9 
43 
31 
19 
12 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
32 
47 
114 
26 
76 
151 
17 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
21 
13 
104 
10 
52 
153 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
6 
24 
3 
19 
9 
7 
6 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
2 
2 
32 
- 
9 
47 
3 
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 
389 
248 
536 
367 
460 
712 
174 
acres, 2012 
402,528 
442,355 
668,681 
592,437 
488,905 
311,829 
312,915 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
17 
24 
25 
16 
17 
28 
6 
acres, 2012 
16,537 
23,552 
92,763 
37,139 
19,401 
22,301 
5,459 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
329 
185 
491 
311 
401 
652 
134 
2007 
336 
210 
463 
333 
400 
721 
176 
acres, 2012 
282,598 
239,686 
465,589 
469,227 
312,009 
231,684 
140,689 
2007 
271,426 
232,144 
415,265 
440,783 
320,896 
255,403 
175,602 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
40 
31 
42 
32 
40 
47 
33 
2007 
61 
45 
48 
42 
52 
67 
40 
acres, 2012 
181,131 
143,099 
150,674 
100,643 
116,979 
41,413 
165,830 
2007 
189,819 
137,549 
98,300 
104,825 
110,957 
57,348 
154,933 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
32 
29 
10 
26 
31 
30 
11 
2007 
42 
29 
16 
24 
22 
30 
23 
acres, 2012 
72,412 
103,938 
78,675 
51,449 
70,255 
61,444 
50,524 
2007 
73,793 
113,576 
80,278 
46,953 
43,844 
24,334 
61,138 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
3 
2 
2 
4 
- 
2 
2 
2007 
5 
1 
3 
3 
3 
1 
1 
acres, 2012 
3,315 
(D) 
(D) 
3,730 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,667 
(D) 
(D) 
3,250 
1,480 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
14 
15 
6 
24 
10 
13 
7 
2007 
29 
18 
9 
29 
18 
10 
8 
acres, 2012 
7,697 
(D) 
(D) 
10,108 
6,763 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
9,413 
(D) 
(D) 
15,053 
4,114 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kansas 641 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
