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 
Gila River 
Flavasupai 
Ho-Chunk 
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 
58 
28 
61 
61 
4 
- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
42 
21 
39 
39 
4 
- 
Female 
16 
7 
22 
22 
- 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
38 
17 
54 
54 
4 
- 
Other 
20 
11 
7 
7 
- 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
13 
8 
55 
55 
- 
- 
Not on farm operated 
45 
20 
6 
6 
4 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
23 
11 
59 
59 
4 
- 
Any 
35 
17 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 to 49 days 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 days 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
15 
9 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
9 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 years or more 
38 
11 
61 
61 
4 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2 
- 
5 
5 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
7 
4 
13 
13 
3 
- 
45 to 54 years 
10 
2 
18 
18 
1 
- 
55 to 64 years 
32 
17 
4 
4 
- 
- 
65 to 74 years 
4 
4 
19 
19 
- 
- 
75 years and over 
2 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
55 
58 
53 
53 
(D) 
- 
Principal operator 
57 
(D) 
53 
53 
(D) 
- 
Second operator 
(D) 
(D) 
47 
47 
(D) 
- 
Third operator 
(D) 
- 
70 
70 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
142 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
