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 
Burns Paiute 
Cheyenne River 
Cocopah 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Operators 
7 
1 
759 
298 
6 
- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
7 
1 
511 
194 
6 
- 
Female 
- 
- 
248 
104 
- 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
4 
- 
475 
168 
5 
- 
Other 
3 
1 
284 
130 
1 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6 
- 
632 
252 
2 
- 
Not on farm operated 
1 
1 
127 
46 
4 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
5 
- 
315 
101 
2 
- 
Any 
2 
1 
444 
197 
4 
- 
1 to 49 days 
1 
- 
81 
25 
4 
- 
50 to 99 days 
- 
- 
25 
12 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1 
1 
79 
41 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
- 
- 
259 
119 
- 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
37 
9 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1 
- 
43 
15 
1 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1 
- 
103 
46 
- 
- 
1 0 years or more 
5 
1 
576 
228 
5 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1 
- 
119 
43 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3 
- 
146 
59 
2 
- 
45 to 54 years 
- 
- 
218 
84 
2 
- 
55 to 64 years 
2 
1 
156 
74 
1 
- 
65 to 74 years 
1 
- 
71 
19 
1 
- 
75 years and over 
- 
- 
47 
19 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
47 
(D) 
51 
51 
51 
- 
Principal operator 
57 
(D) 
53 
53 
(D) 
- 
Second operator 
(D) 
- 
47 
48 
(D) 
- 
Third operator 
(D) 
- 
45 
46 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
136 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
