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 
2,614 
2,340 
2,303 
274 
247 
358 
Female 
421 
375 
366 
46 
46 
130 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,963 
1,783 
1,753 
180 
163 
198 
Other 
1,072 
932 
916 
140 
130 
290 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,945 
1,770 
1,745 
175 
155 
309 
Not on farm operated 
1,090 
945 
924 
145 
138 
179 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,513 
1,381 
1,354 
132 
121 
195 
Any 
1,522 
1,334 
1,315 
188 
172 
293 
1 to 49 days 
207 
186 
179 
21 
19 
51 
50 to 99 days 
108 
82 
82 
26 
24 
20 
100 to 199 days 
226 
206 
201 
20 
19 
42 
200 days or more 
981 
860 
853 
121 
110 
180 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
91 
86 
84 
5 
4 
28 
3 or 4 years 
151 
127 
124 
24 
22 
30 
5 to 9 years 
394 
339 
333 
55 
50 
94 
10 years or more 
2,399 
2,163 
2,128 
236 
217 
336 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
22.5 
22.4 
18.8 
18.1 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
61 
57 
57 
4 
3 
27 
3 or 4 years 
118 
99 
98 
19 
17 
20 
5 to 9 years 
330 
290 
282 
40 
36 
76 
10 years or more 
2,526 
2,269 
2,232 
257 
237 
365 
Average years operating any farm 
24.5 
24.9 
24.9 
21.1 
20.5 
22.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
17 
17 
17 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
107 
89 
89 
18 
15 
40 
35 to 44 years 
328 
278 
275 
50 
48 
47 
45 to 49 years 
340 
295 
289 
45 
44 
47 
50 to 54 years 
464 
422 
418 
42 
37 
70 
55 to 59 years 
492 
454 
448 
38 
37 
67 
60 to 64 years 
477 
427 
411 
50 
39 
89 
65 to 69 years 
364 
323 
318 
41 
37 
50 
70 years and over 
446 
410 
404 
36 
36 
76 
Average age 
56.9 
57.1 
57.1 
55.0 
55.1 
56.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
21 
17 
16 
4 
4 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
10 
10 
2 
2 
11 
Asian 
6 
3 
3 
3 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
100 
84 
84 
16 
16 
13 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,910 
2,612 
2,566 
298 
271 
464 
More than one race reported 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
340 
289 
286 
51 
51 
83 
2 people 
1,556 
1,409 
1,385 
147 
131 
262 
3 people 
510 
457 
451 
53 
47 
53 
4 people 
415 
373 
365 
42 
37 
61 
5 or more people 
214 
187 
182 
27 
27 
29 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,511 
1,305 
1,282 
206 
187 
414 
25 to 49 percent 
286 
271 
266 
15 
14 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
437 
402 
398 
35 
34 
38 
75 to 99 percent 
395 
363 
354 
32 
30 
8 
100 percent 
406 
374 
369 
32 
28 
9 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
424 
366 
345 
58 
48 
92 
acres 
417,698 
335,603 
309,783 
82,095 
38,689 
40,455 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,558 
2,298 
2,255 
260 
241 
365 
Dial-up service 
112 
106 
106 
6 
6 
19 
DSL service 
1,418 
1,286 
1,263 
132 
119 
172 
Cable modem service 
490 
433 
420 
57 
53 
84 
Fiber-optic service 
131 
111 
110 
20 
19 
23 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
447 
408 
400 
39 
37 
46 
Satellite service 
283 
252 
249 
31 
30 
38 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
61 
55 
51 
6 
6 
12 
Other Internet service 
20 
17 
17 
3 
3 
9 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,041 
1,808 
1,784 
233 
211 
421 
2 households 
631 
576 
564 
55 
52 
47 
3 households 
218 
198 
191 
20 
19 
18 
4 households 
83 
76 
73 
7 
7 
1 
5 or more households 
62 
57 
57 
5 
4 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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