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 
Crow 
Crow Creek 
Flandreau Santee 
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 
581 
218 
117 
27 
9 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
404 
159 
94 
17 
7 
1 
Female 
177 
59 
23 
10 
2 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
305 
65 
88 
22 
5 
1 
Other 
276 
153 
29 
5 
4 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
464 
171 
90 
19 
6 
- 
Not on farm operated 
117 
47 
27 
8 
3 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
266 
54 
60 
2 
4 
- 
Any 
315 
164 
57 
25 
5 
1 
1 to 49 days 
24 
10 
3 
1 
1 
- 
50 to 99 days 
31 
15 
6 
4 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
41 
17 
2 
- 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
219 
122 
46 
20 
4 
1 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
32 
15 
6 
6 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
31 
12 
12 
6 
2 
1 
5 to 9 years 
78 
25 
11 
- 
2 
- 
1 0 years or more 
440 
166 
88 
15 
5 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
37 
15 
9 
- 
3 
- 
35 to 44 years 
64 
25 
21 
4 
1 
1 
45 to 54 years 
122 
45 
27 
7 
1 
- 
55 to 64 years 
198 
79 
39 
10 
4 
- 
65 to 74 years 
89 
24 
15 
5 
- 
- 
75 years and over 
56 
18 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
56 
54 
53 
56 
44 
(D) 
Principal operator 
58 
56 
57 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
Second operator 
54 
51 
53 
60 
(D) 
- 
Third operator 
49 
36 
38 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
138 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
