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 
Leech Lake 
Lower Brule 
Lower Sioux 
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 
110 
19 
86 
33 
7 
4 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
69 
12 
71 
30 
4 
2 
Female 
41 
7 
15 
3 
3 
2 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
47 
2 
71 
29 
3 
1 
Other 
63 
17 
15 
4 
4 
3 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
93 
7 
65 
26 
4 
2 
Not on farm operated 
17 
12 
21 
7 
3 
2 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37 
5 
46 
13 
4 
2 
Any 
73 
14 
40 
20 
3 
2 
1 to 49 days 
9 
- 
9 
7 
- 
- 
50 to 99 days 
5 
- 
10 
7 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
20 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
39 
10 
16 
6 
3 
2 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1 
- 
5 
1 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
7 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
12 
3 
6 
5 
4 
3 
10 years or more 
90 
16 
69 
25 
3 
1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
- 
6 
5 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
15 
- 
12 
7 
3 
2 
35 to 44 years 
6 
- 
12 
5 
- 
- 
45 to 54 years 
22 
2 
15 
3 
1 
- 
55 to 64 years 
43 
14 
19 
5 
1 
1 
65 to 74 years 
16 
3 
16 
3 
1 
- 
75 years and over 
7 
- 
6 
5 
1 
1 
Average age of: 
All operators 
55 
60 
51 
48 
50 
(D) 
Principal operator 
58 
61 
51 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
Second operator 
51 
57 
48 
33 
(D) 
- 
Third operator 
52 
62 
63 
84 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 145 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
