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 
Flathead 
Fond du Lac 
Fort Belknap 
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 
1,532 
205 
51 
5 
221 
163 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
951 
144 
34 
4 
163 
119 
Female 
581 
61 
17 
1 
58 
44 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
685 
74 
30 
2 
138 
92 
Other 
847 
131 
21 
3 
83 
71 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,361 
177 
46 
5 
158 
113 
Not on farm operated 
171 
28 
5 
- 
63 
50 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
565 
56 
28 
2 
95 
68 
Any 
967 
149 
23 
3 
126 
95 
1 to 49 days 
112 
10 
1 
- 
18 
16 
50 to 99 days 
80 
6 
- 
- 
6 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
182 
17 
4 
- 
25 
18 
200 days or more 
593 
116 
18 
3 
77 
57 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
51 
5 
7 
- 
12 
8 
3 or 4 years 
64 
5 
- 
- 
9 
4 
5 to 9 years 
242 
15 
6 
2 
42 
28 
10 years or more 
1,175 
180 
38 
3 
158 
123 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
2 
- 
- 
11 
11 
25 to 34 years 
100 
5 
7 
- 
26 
11 
35 to 44 years 
187 
20 
9 
2 
27 
19 
45 to 54 years 
334 
51 
6 
1 
36 
24 
55 to 64 years 
484 
78 
11 
1 
59 
48 
65 to 74 years 
280 
36 
14 
1 
41 
32 
75 years and over 
132 
13 
4 
- 
21 
18 
Average age of: 
All operators 
56 
57 
56 
52 
54 
55 
Principal operator 
59 
59 
57 
(D) 
57 
(D) 
Second operator 
53 
53 
55 
(D) 
49 
51 
Third operator 
50 
61 
53 
- 
37 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 139 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
