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 
Tohono O'odham 
Tulalip 
Turtle Mountain/Trenton Indian 
Service Area 
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 
77 
74 
20 
1 
130 
104 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
55 
53 
13 
1 
110 
90 
Female 
22 
21 
7 
- 
20 
14 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
40 
38 
3 
1 
59 
47 
Other 
37 
36 
17 
- 
71 
57 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
56 
56 
17 
1 
111 
94 
Not on farm operated 
21 
18 
3 
- 
19 
10 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
29 
26 
4 
- 
25 
18 
Any 
48 
48 
16 
1 
105 
86 
1 to 49 days 
3 
3 
- 
- 
29 
26 
50 to 99 days 
4 
4 
1 
- 
9 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3 
3 
2 
- 
21 
16 
200 days or more 
38 
38 
13 
1 
46 
36 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2 
- 
5 
- 
4 
4 
3 or 4 years 
2 
2 
- 
- 
3 
3 
5 to 9 years 
8 
8 
1 
- 
18 
13 
1 0 years or more 
65 
64 
14 
1 
105 
84 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
6 
25 to 34 years 
2 
2 
7 
- 
2 
- 
35 to 44 years 
4 
4 
1 
- 
18 
12 
45 to 54 years 
16 
14 
- 
- 
42 
36 
55 to 64 years 
27 
26 
5 
- 
46 
37 
65 to 74 years 
23 
23 
6 
- 
13 
10 
75 years and over 
5 
5 
1 
1 
3 
3 
Average age of: 
All operators 
59 
60 
53 
(D) 
53 
53 
Principal operator 
59 
(D) 
58 
(D) 
56 
56 
Second operator 
(D) 
60 
(D) 
- 
50 
48 
Third operator 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
30 
22 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
156 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
