Table 2. Operator Characteristics of All Operators on Selected Reservations and of All American Indians or 
Alaska Native Operators on Selected Reservations: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Blackfeet 
Bois Forte 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Operators 
797 
422 
7 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
563 
307 
4 
- 
Female 
234 
115 
3 
1 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
452 
211 
7 
1 
Other 
345 
211 
- 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
647 
357 
4 
- 
Not on farm operated 
150 
65 
3 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
300 
130 
7 
1 
Any 
497 
292 
- 
- 
1 to 49 days 
49 
16 
- 
- 
50 to 99 days 
45 
26 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
96 
67 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
307 
183 
- 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
33 
12 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
53 
29 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
95 
46 
2 
- 
10 years or more 
616 
335 
5 
1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 
16 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
56 
19 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
104 
51 
- 
- 
45 to 54 years 
198 
130 
- 
- 
55 to 64 years 
217 
107 
2 
- 
65 to 74 years 
124 
67 
1 
1 
75 years and over 
73 
32 
4 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
54 
55 
76 
(D) 
Principal operator 
56 
56 
(D) 
(D) 
Second operator 
52 
50 
(D) 
- 
Third operator 
44 
36 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 135 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
