Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rooks 
Rush 
Russell 
Saline 
Scott 
Sedgwick 
Seward 
Shawnee 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
158 
303 
263 
212 
131 
428 
163 
297 
2007 
168 
177 
251 
230 
116 
396 
161 
314 
Any 
2012 
282 
225 
241 
462 
138 
916 
200 
529 
2007 
251 
304 
271 
519 
161 
1,023 
181 
571 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
45 
23 
42 
60 
43 
146 
43 
38 
2007 
45 
66 
67 
83 
35 
152 
47 
59 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
6 
16 
12 
28 
13 
48 
3 
99 
2007 
20 
28 
22 
33 
13 
48 
10 
36 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
74 
34 
23 
63 
12 
105 
15 
48 
2007 
21 
29 
23 
85 
17 
116 
15 
75 
200 days or more 
2012 
157 
152 
164 
311 
70 
617 
139 
344 
2007 
165 
181 
159 
318 
96 
707 
109 
401 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
16 
14 
22 
12 
5 
51 
8 
24 
2007 
11 
19 
21 
12 
3 
67 
6 
24 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
17 
27 
31 
20 
4 
54 
19 
30 
2007 
14 
14 
40 
37 
13 
48 
19 
32 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
53 
40 
82 
58 
30 
149 
33 
113 
2007 
68 
54 
58 
106 
39 
243 
46 
116 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
354 
447 
369 
584 
230 
1,090 
303 
659 
2007 
326 
394 
403 
594 
222 
1,061 
271 
713 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.3 
27.3 
24.2 
25.2 
27.1 
23.3 
26.0 
23.6 
2007 
26.1 
26.7 
24.3 
23.4 
25.0 
22.7 
25.2 
23.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
5 
14 
19 
10 
3 
25 
7 
18 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
17 
20 
28 
10 
3 
50 
12 
27 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
31 
33 
71 
57 
24 
120 
29 
92 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
387 
461 
386 
597 
239 
1,149 
315 
689 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.5 
28.6 
26.3 
26.6 
29.7 
25.3 
28.2 
25.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
- 
- 
5 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2007 
2 
5 
2 
1 
4 
4 
3 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
13 
25 
35 
49 
7 
67 
7 
28 
2007 
26 
36 
19 
24 
21 
75 
11 
23 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
50 
51 
79 
90 
32 
124 
31 
77 
2007 
32 
40 
48 
100 
38 
149 
47 
71 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
101 
75 
72 
129 
46 
398 
78 
191 
2007 
122 
117 
108 
212 
74 
433 
78 
213 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
61 
111 
59 
86 
31 
237 
45 
90 
2007 
49 
40 
61 
99 
33 
183 
26 
141 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
63 
65 
53 
112 
56 
164 
49 
147 
2007 
45 
47 
72 
92 
29 
151 
48 
117 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
84 
46 
54 
66 
43 
120 
50 
96 
2007 
35 
53 
57 
70 
26 
102 
24 
91 
70 years and over 
2012 
68 
155 
147 
142 
51 
233 
103 
197 
2007 
108 
143 
155 
151 
52 
322 
105 
227 
Average age 
2012 
58.5 
61.4 
59.3 
58.1 
59.2 
56.8 
62.6 
59.8 
2007 
58.3 
59.7 
61.0 
57.5 
55.9 
57.3 
59.7 
59.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
336 
318 
291 
506 
204 
888 
251 
630 
2007 
263 
270 
268 
458 
187 
885 
184 
513 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
11 
18 
10 
19 
4 
66 
17 
48 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
74 
113 
55 
103 
51 
227 
85 
118 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
97 
133 
59 
61 
22 
144 
61 
85 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
127 
42 
140 
117 
1 
25 
10 
2 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
57 
52 
47 
133 
84 
181 
43 
272 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
45 
19 
19 
144 
26 
295 
58 
97 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
3 
8 
7 
32 
42 
23 
6 
10 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
8 
3 
1 
21 
7 
32 
9 
48 
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 
413 
501 
486 
657 
239 
1,303 
338 
809 
acres, 2012 
529,937 
425,903 
424,357 
357,281 
359,192 
449,628 
359,919 
192,013 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
47 
19 
20 
20 
24 
66 
11 
34 
acres, 2012 
54,189 
20,755 
19,854 
14,676 
7,964 
37,728 
6,318 
22,392 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
378 
456 
437 
599 
169 
1,192 
275 
731 
2007 
347 
406 
419 
646 
182 
1,210 
268 
787 
acres, 2012 
458,709 
371,340 
331,931 
308,532 
175,894 
364,867 
262,539 
160,766 
2007 
430,318 
296,980 
333,731 
360,877 
(D) 
385,295 
251,129 
165,917 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
42 
27 
28 
29 
35 
93 
34 
36 
2007 
52 
46 
59 
58 
40 
131 
28 
70 
acres, 2012 
63,126 
25,323 
61,969 
17,111 
136,635 
87,124 
84,609 
(D) 
2007 
93,509 
49,287 
58,175 
37,779 
149,953 
82,260 
54,485 
22,510 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
6 
29 
19 
17 
55 
30 
17 
36 
2007 
11 
16 
13 
24 
46 
43 
23 
21 
acres, 2012 
18,394 
52,035 
37,238 
22,065 
134,761 
31,242 
38,046 
15,422 
2007 
34,242 
51,417 
45,777 
23,757 
125,385 
30,621 
78,057 
15,025 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
3 
6 
3 
6 
4 
2007 
1 
4 
- 
2 
7 
5 
6 
- 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
362 
4,333 
363 
3,250 
360 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
13,765 
8,406 
4,998 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
14 
16 
20 
26 
4 
26 
31 
19 
2007 
8 
9 
31 
19 
2 
30 
17 
7 
acres, 2012 
11,192 
4,439 
4,391 
16,398 
1,806 
3,127 
13,372 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
5,867 
(D) 
(D) 
3,726 
7,312 
2,791 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kansas 647 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
