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 
Pine Ridge 
Prairie Island Community 
Pueblo de Cochiti 
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 
589 
276 
1 
1 
66 
60 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
419 
192 
1 
1 
56 
53 
Female 
170 
84 
- 
- 
10 
7 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
432 
188 
1 
1 
20 
14 
Other 
157 
88 
- 
- 
46 
46 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
526 
257 
1 
1 
12 
6 
Not on farm operated 
63 
19 
- 
- 
54 
54 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
316 
138 
1 
1 
13 
8 
Any 
273 
138 
- 
- 
53 
52 
1 to 49 days 
39 
21 
- 
- 
2 
2 
50 to 99 days 
43 
25 
- 
- 
4 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
40 
16 
- 
- 
2 
2 
200 days or more 
151 
76 
- 
- 
45 
45 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
11 
5 
- 
- 
3 
3 
3 or 4 years 
27 
20 
- 
- 
8 
8 
5 to 9 years 
67 
45 
- 
- 
28 
27 
10 years or more 
484 
206 
1 
1 
27 
22 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
18 
12 
- 
- 
6 
6 
25 to 34 years 
49 
34 
- 
- 
17 
17 
35 to 44 years 
76 
37 
- 
- 
9 
8 
45 to 54 years 
131 
58 
- 
- 
3 
2 
55 to 64 years 
153 
62 
1 
1 
12 
12 
65 to 74 years 
116 
54 
- 
- 
10 
6 
75 years and over 
46 
19 
- 
- 
9 
9 
Average age of: 
All operators 
55 
52 
(D) 
(D) 
49 
48 
Principal operator 
56 
55 
(D) 
(D) 
50 
(D) 
Second operator 
52 
49 
- 
- 
60 
(D) 
Third operator 
51 
44 
- 
- 
28 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
