Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
6,790 
6,378 
6,282 
412 
371 
1,440 
Female 
399 
361 
343 
38 
36 
349 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,226 
5,010 
4,947 
216 
197 
593 
Other 
1,963 
1,729 
1,678 
234 
210 
1,196 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,944 
4,797 
4,737 
147 
139 
739 
Not on farm operated 
2,245 
1,942 
1,888 
303 
268 
1,050 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,106 
3,923 
3,862 
183 
164 
696 
Any 
3,083 
2,816 
2,763 
267 
243 
1,093 
1 to 49 days 
610 
564 
549 
46 
45 
181 
50 to 99 days 
272 
258 
253 
14 
12 
34 
100 to 199 days 
406 
372 
368 
34 
31 
141 
200 days or more 
1,795 
1,622 
1,593 
173 
155 
737 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
116 
100 
92 
16 
14 
96 
3 or 4 years 
185 
153 
146 
32 
31 
113 
5 to 9 years 
680 
595 
589 
85 
82 
216 
10 years or more 
6,208 
5,891 
5,798 
317 
280 
1,364 
Average years on present farm 
27.8 
28.4 
28.4 
18.5 
17.8 
22.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
85 
71 
63 
14 
12 
77 
3 or 4 years 
116 
97 
93 
19 
19 
91 
5 to 9 years 
501 
435 
428 
66 
64 
161 
1 0 years or more 
6,487 
6,136 
6,041 
351 
312 
1,460 
Average years operating any farm 
31.0 
31.6 
31.6 
22.7 
21.7 
25.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
14 
13 
13 
1 
1 
6 
25 to 34 years 
249 
231 
231 
18 
16 
72 
35 to 44 years 
711 
643 
637 
68 
65 
104 
45 to 49 years 
585 
536 
531 
49 
45 
113 
50 to 54 years 
1,213 
1,144 
1,135 
69 
66 
213 
55 to 59 years 
1,263 
1,180 
1,161 
83 
72 
203 
60 to 64 years 
1,184 
1,117 
1,090 
67 
61 
233 
65 to 69 years 
783 
748 
728 
35 
32 
217 
70 years and over 
1,187 
1,127 
1,099 
60 
49 
628 
Average age 
57.9 
58.1 
58.0 
55.5 
55.0 
63.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
22 
17 
16 
5 
5 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
White 
7,180 
6,731 
6,617 
449 
406 
1,783 
More than one race reported 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
803 
730 
723 
73 
69 
394 
2 people 
3,924 
3,708 
3,628 
216 
200 
979 
3 people 
843 
788 
773 
55 
48 
142 
4 people 
875 
815 
807 
60 
49 
178 
5 or more people 
744 
698 
694 
46 
41 
96 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,222 
1,982 
1,922 
240 
220 
1,135 
25 to 49 percent 
620 
578 
564 
42 
40 
229 
50 to 74 percent 
1,342 
1,284 
1,271 
58 
49 
242 
75 to 99 percent 
1,742 
1,684 
1,667 
58 
54 
145 
1 00 percent 
1,263 
1,211 
1,201 
52 
44 
38 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,438 
1,339 
1,308 
99 
81 
284 
acres 
1,204,584 
1,146,881 
1,131,298 
57,703 
26,980 
80,101 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,998 
5,644 
5,549 
354 
324 
1,264 
Dial-up service 
434 
409 
405 
25 
24 
107 
DSL service 
2,624 
2,465 
2,422 
159 
145 
573 
Cable modem service 
657 
597 
577 
60 
50 
244 
Fiber-optic service 
702 
666 
655 
36 
31 
92 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,075 
1,023 
1,001 
52 
50 
193 
Satellite service 
1,251 
1,205 
1,182 
46 
46 
178 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
104 
95 
95 
9 
9 
15 
Other Internet service 
145 
137 
136 
8 
8 
32 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,728 
4,433 
4,357 
295 
264 
1,360 
2 households 
1,486 
1,404 
1,384 
82 
75 
253 
3 households 
585 
549 
543 
36 
31 
95 
4 households 
218 
198 
193 
20 
20 
44 
5 or more households 
172 
155 
148 
17 
17 
37 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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