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 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
San Carlos Apache 
Santee 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 
31 
12 
107 
104 
103 
16 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
22 
7 
74 
71 
67 
12 
Female 
9 
5 
33 
33 
36 
4 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
24 
11 
29 
26 
74 
12 
Other 
7 
1 
78 
78 
29 
4 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
14 
11 
95 
95 
88 
13 
Not on farm operated 
17 
1 
12 
9 
15 
3 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
22 
10 
12 
11 
44 
6 
Any 
9 
2 
95 
93 
59 
10 
1 to 49 days 
- 
- 
9 
9 
2 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1 
1 
6 
6 
3 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2 
- 
80 
78 
7 
- 
200 days or more 
6 
1 
- 
- 
47 
10 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
8 
6 
2 
2 
3 or 4 years 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2 
1 
6 
5 
9 
2 
10 years or more 
29 
11 
92 
92 
91 
12 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
25 to 34 years 
1 
- 
4 
2 
14 
1 
35 to 44 years 
1 
- 
15 
15 
7 
1 
45 to 54 years 
6 
1 
28 
27 
26 
5 
55 to 64 years 
9 
1 
34 
34 
32 
7 
65 to 74 years 
12 
10 
18 
18 
4 
- 
75 years and over 
2 
- 
8 
8 
17 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
60 
66 
55 
56 
54 
46 
Principal operator 
61 
64 
56 
56 
57 
52 
Second operator 
61 
69 
55 
55 
52 
45 
Third operator 
54 
- 
45 
45 
30 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 153 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
