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 
Fort Berthold 
Fort Hall 
Fort McDowell 
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 
340 
76 
379 
47 
11 
7 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
260 
53 
273 
32 
10 
6 
Female 
80 
23 
106 
15 
1 
1 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
250 
34 
225 
23 
8 
4 
Other 
90 
42 
154 
24 
3 
3 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
285 
67 
306 
34 
2 
2 
Not on farm operated 
55 
9 
73 
13 
9 
5 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
176 
29 
184 
18 
7 
3 
Any 
164 
47 
195 
29 
4 
4 
1 to 49 days 
48 
1 
23 
8 
1 
1 
50 to 99 days 
18 
3 
22 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
22 
7 
18 
4 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
76 
36 
132 
16 
3 
3 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
17 
9 
10 
3 
1 
1 
3 or 4 years 
10 
9 
19 
5 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
39 
5 
52 
3 
1 
1 
1 0 years or more 
274 
53 
298 
36 
9 
5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
43 
13 
27 
1 
1 
1 
35 to 44 years 
72 
16 
66 
12 
2 
1 
45 to 54 years 
73 
17 
85 
3 
2 
- 
55 to 64 years 
96 
12 
106 
19 
3 
2 
65 to 74 years 
34 
11 
67 
8 
3 
3 
75 years and over 
19 
7 
22 
4 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
51 
51 
54 
57 
55 
56 
Principal operator 
53 
57 
57 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
Second operator 
47 
40 
51 
52 
(D) 
(D) 
Third operator 
41 
36 
42 
38 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
140 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
