Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
91 
1,062 
1,530 
2 
36 
202 
538 
273 
741 
55 to 59 years 
82 
1,500 
1,781 
- 
57 
174 
512 
309 
842 
60 to 64 years 
72 
1,767 
1,992 
- 
43 
160 
482 
273 
919 
65 to 69 years 
53 
1,606 
1,958 
- 
33 
125 
364 
216 
705 
70 years and over 
83 
2,818 
3,719 
3 
41 
149 
367 
249 
681 
Average age 
56.0 
61.7 
60.3 
51.1 
58.3 
55.4 
54.4 
55.5 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
1 
61 
122 
- 
- 
17 
31 
21 
68 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
96 
164 
- 
4 
5 
46 
13 
23 
Asian 
- 
21 
14 
- 
- 
- 
78 
5 
23 
Black or African American 
31 
405 
304 
- 
2 
39 
48 
55 
92 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
492 
9,903 
13,386 
10 
254 
1,120 
3,225 
1,832 
5,024 
More than one race reported 
1 
40 
41 
- 
3 
6 
7 
17 
28 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
71 
1,777 
1,837 
- 
30 
117 
304 
231 
685 
2 people 
258 
5,959 
7,826 
5 
136 
507 
1,475 
936 
2,857 
3 people 
108 
1,359 
2,124 
5 
44 
219 
652 
326 
862 
4 people 
61 
1,007 
1,493 
- 
35 
208 
620 
283 
505 
5 or more people 
30 
363 
629 
- 
18 
119 
353 
146 
281 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
188 
9,111 
11,832 
2 
94 
372 
1,294 
1,804 
4,549 
25 to 49 percent 
81 
412 
985 
3 
20 
136 
306 
41 
237 
50 to 74 percent 
91 
478 
656 
3 
43 
235 
568 
47 
172 
75 to 99 percent 
78 
237 
233 
- 
36 
243 
605 
3 
125 
1 00 percent 
90 
227 
203 
2 
70 
184 
631 
27 
107 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
40 
195 
163 
- 
14 
130 
218 
15 
124 
acres 
49,660 
240,064 
44,675 
- 
9,002 
77,633 
45,179 
1,382 
15,825 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
389 
6,708 
8,715 
8 
185 
928 
2,599 
1,526 
4,164 
Dial-up service 
49 
542 
694 
- 
23 
54 
219 
105 
191 
DSL service 
215 
3,499 
4,637 
4 
112 
494 
1,456 
846 
2,263 
Cable modem service 
45 
1,485 
1,716 
2 
19 
155 
403 
311 
904 
Fiber-optic service 
6 
297 
441 
2 
14 
26 
100 
78 
137 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
63 
905 
1,116 
2 
21 
152 
424 
170 
630 
Satellite service 
59 
639 
733 
- 
28 
116 
245 
131 
433 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
147 
171 
- 
4 
10 
43 
39 
94 
Other Internet service 
1 
66 
70 
- 
1 
8 
22 
11 
27 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
356 
8,391 
11,262 
7 
161 
756 
2,532 
1,706 
4,548 
2 households 
144 
1,581 
2,251 
3 
70 
270 
635 
175 
531 
3 households 
22 
307 
252 
- 
22 
91 
160 
19 
65 
4 households 
5 
119 
112 
- 
4 
37 
52 
15 
34 
5 or more households 
1 
67 
32 
- 
6 
16 
25 
7 
12 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.. farms 
505 
10,126 
13,609 
10 
249 
1,069 
3,300 
1,906 
5,052 
acres 
344,278 
1,646,201 
1,298,778 
3,543 
105,598 
308,719 
513,819 
62,251 
259,069 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
33 
411 
380 
2 
29 
105 
263 
68 
376 
acres 
22,177 
141,545 
85,111 
(D) 
17,489 
34,734 
48,142 
(D) 
39,765 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
401 
9,222 
12,884 
8 
168 
707 
2,853 
1,820 
4,451 
acres 
222,053 
1,169,794 
1,165,686 
(D) 
(D) 
166,352 
382,954 
56,525 
197,849 
Partnership 
.. farms 
66 
679 
596 
48 
148 
255 
37 
287 
acres 
92,166 
320,695 
105,483 
- 
28,321 
75,193 
71,432 
3,328 
36,767 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
45 
497 
347 
- 
37 
116 
200 
15 
231 
acres 
72,353 
276,489 
68,520 
- 
19,837 
44,916 
60,413 
1,944 
30,217 
Corporation 
.. farms 
58 
427 
346 
2 
44 
307 
285 
41 
369 
acres 
(D) 
296,811 
66,065 
(D) 
(D) 
117,475 
84,002 
(D) 
34,500 
Family held 
.. farms 
52 
373 
314 
2 
44 
283 
263 
39 
301 
acres 
51,404 
245,769 
59,107 
(D) 
(D) 
103,250 
81,871 
(D) 
29,842 
More than 10 stockholders 
..farms 
1 
14 
5 
8 
4 
2 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
51 
359 
309 
2 
44 
275 
259 
39 
299 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
6 
54 
32 
- 
_ 
24 
22 
2 
68 
acres 
(D) 
51,042 
6,958 
- 
- 
14,225 
2,131 
(D) 
4,658 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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