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 
Rocky Boy's 
Rosebud 
Sac and Fox 
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 
97 
86 
584 
145 
13 
4 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
77 
70 
403 
99 
10 
2 
Female 
20 
16 
181 
46 
3 
2 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
23 
14 
388 
81 
7 
- 
Other 
74 
72 
196 
64 
6 
4 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
66 
60 
492 
121 
10 
3 
Not on farm operated 
31 
26 
92 
24 
3 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17 
14 
285 
58 
4 
- 
Any 
80 
72 
299 
87 
9 
4 
1 to 49 days 
7 
6 
67 
12 
3 
- 
50 to 99 days 
12 
10 
28 
9 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
8 
5 
51 
22 
1 
- 
200 days or more 
53 
51 
153 
44 
5 
4 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
10 
10 
19 
3 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
15 
15 
35 
17 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
7 
5 
78 
22 
2 
2 
1 0 years or more 
65 
56 
452 
103 
10 
2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
4 
11 
3 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4 
4 
71 
13 
3 
2 
35 to 44 years 
11 
8 
91 
22 
1 
- 
45 to 54 years 
35 
30 
110 
42 
1 
- 
55 to 64 years 
30 
28 
146 
32 
5 
2 
65 to 74 years 
6 
6 
98 
24 
3 
- 
75 years and over 
7 
6 
57 
9 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
53 
53 
54 
53 
53 
43 
Principal operator 
56 
56 
57 
56 
56 
(D) 
Second operator 
42 
42 
50 
50 
42 
(D) 
Third operator 
29 
29 
42 
41 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
152 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
