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 
Lummi 
Menominee 
Mille Lacs 
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 
18 
3 
16 
5 
4 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
15 
3 
11 
4 
2 
1 
Female 
3 
- 
5 
1 
2 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
8 
3 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Other 
10 
- 
9 
5 
3 
1 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9 
2 
14 
4 
3 
- 
Not on farm operated 
9 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
10 
3 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Any 
8 
- 
9 
5 
3 
1 
1 to 49 days 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
200 days or more 
3 
- 
9 
5 
1 
1 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 years or more 
17 
3 
13 
5 
4 
1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 54 years 
4 
- 
7 
2 
3 
- 
55 to 64 years 
5 
1 
7 
2 
1 
1 
65 to 74 years 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
75 years and over 
4 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
63 
(D) 
55 
57 
56 
(D) 
Principal operator 
65 
(D) 
56 
57 
(D) 
(D) 
Second operator 
(D) 
- 
52 
- 
(D) 
- 
Third operator 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
