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 
Yakama 
Yankton 
Yavapai-Apache 
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 
621 
52 
100 
11 
6 
6 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
442 
32 
83 
4 
6 
6 
Female 
179 
20 
17 
7 
- 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
386 
21 
61 
4 
- 
- 
Other 
235 
31 
39 
7 
6 
6 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
486 
45 
71 
10 
- 
- 
Not on farm operated 
135 
7 
29 
1 
6 
6 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
245 
17 
44 
1 
- 
- 
Any 
376 
35 
56 
10 
6 
6 
1 to 49 days 
69 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 days 
26 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
51 
6 
10 
9 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
230 
29 
31 
1 
6 
6 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
60 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
33 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
85 
8 
10 
3 
- 
- 
10 years or more 
443 
38 
84 
8 
6 
6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
11 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
29 
5 
20 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
83 
7 
14 
3 
- 
- 
45 to 54 years 
161 
10 
39 
8 
6 
6 
55 to 64 years 
182 
18 
14 
- 
- 
- 
65 to 74 years 
114 
5 
8 
- 
- 
- 
75 years and over 
41 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Average age of: 
All operators 
56 
54 
49 
49 
52 
52 
Principal operator 
57 
59 
52 
49 
52 
52 
Second operator 
55 
51 
45 
- 
- 
- 
Third operator 
46 
37 
37 
- 
- 
- 
^ Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm or ranch. 
^ Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm or ranch on places where operators would identify themselves as American Indian or 
Alaska Native. 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 159 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
