Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, 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 
5,871 
5,126 
5,029 
745 
678 
1,976 
Female 
988 
871 
846 
117 
113 
734 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,622 
3,204 
3,156 
418 
377 
982 
Other 
3,237 
2,793 
2,719 
444 
414 
1,728 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,777 
3,353 
3,292 
424 
396 
1,222 
Not on farm operated 
3,082 
2,644 
2,583 
438 
395 
1,488 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,795 
2,472 
2,426 
323 
289 
1,108 
Any 
4,064 
3,525 
3,449 
539 
502 
1,602 
1 to 49 days 
663 
583 
566 
80 
73 
231 
50 to 99 days 
377 
341 
333 
36 
36 
123 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
570 
500 
493 
70 
68 
210 
200 days or more 
2,454 
2,101 
2,057 
353 
325 
1,038 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
255 
218 
215 
37 
37 
178 
3 or 4 years 
421 
372 
360 
49 
48 
171 
5 to 9 years 
1,243 
1,037 
1,012 
206 
190 
454 
1 0 years or more 
4,940 
4,370 
4,288 
570 
516 
1,907 
Average years on present farm 
20.1 
20.5 
20.5 
17.8 
17.6 
19.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
147 
123 
121 
24 
24 
137 
3 or 4 years 
316 
273 
265 
43 
42 
144 
5 to 9 years 
982 
828 
816 
154 
146 
398 
1 0 years or more 
5,414 
4,773 
4,673 
641 
579 
2,031 
Average years operating any farm 
23.5 
23.9 
23.9 
20.6 
20.3 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
14 
8 
8 
6 
6 
20 
25 to 34 years 
257 
210 
207 
47 
43 
92 
35 to 44 years 
545 
460 
451 
85 
76 
172 
45 to 49 years 
615 
535 
524 
80 
72 
202 
50 to 54 years 
922 
774 
757 
148 
141 
273 
55 to 59 years 
1,044 
891 
874 
153 
140 
311 
60 to 64 years 
1,063 
933 
917 
130 
117 
420 
65 to 69 years 
788 
702 
688 
86 
82 
344 
70 years and over 
1,611 
1,484 
1,449 
127 
114 
876 
Average age 
59.7 
60.1 
60.1 
56.6 
56.5 
62.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
535 
461 
451 
74 
72 
218 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
34 
34 
33 
- 
- 
30 
Asian 
62 
56 
55 
6 
5 
4 
Black or African American 
172 
132 
132 
40 
37 
63 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
6,564 
5,754 
5,636 
810 
743 
2,599 
More than one race reported 
26 
20 
19 
6 
6 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
950 
785 
768 
165 
157 
672 
2 people 
3,695 
3,319 
3,254 
376 
346 
1,369 
3 people 
932 
806 
787 
126 
115 
301 
4 people 
745 
638 
623 
107 
93 
237 
5 or more people 
537 
449 
443 
88 
80 
131 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,818 
4,195 
4,105 
623 
583 
2,290 
25 to 49 percent 
495 
456 
453 
39 
36 
137 
50 to 74 percent 
563 
494 
482 
69 
56 
143 
75 to 99 percent 
522 
447 
439 
75 
68 
88 
1 00 percent 
461 
405 
396 
56 
48 
52 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
943 
760 
715 
183 
136 
330 
acres 
5,030,000 
4,012,897 
3,732,138 
1,017,103 
585,918 
913,763 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,294 
4,644 
4,552 
650 
587 
1,754 
Dial-up service 
328 
286 
280 
42 
39 
139 
DSL service 
1,914 
1,659 
1,632 
255 
230 
553 
Cable modem service 
709 
614 
604 
95 
88 
297 
Fiber-optic service 
347 
300 
282 
47 
41 
152 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,067 
940 
924 
127 
118 
348 
Satellite service 
1,534 
1,370 
1,342 
164 
146 
372 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
149 
130 
128 
19 
17 
66 
Other Internet service 
157 
132 
125 
25 
19 
74 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,021 
4,377 
4,291 
644 
592 
2,052 
2 households 
1,191 
1,043 
1,021 
148 
139 
399 
3 households 
352 
317 
313 
35 
30 
123 
4 households 
176 
158 
157 
18 
17 
70 
5 or more households 
119 
102 
93 
17 
13 
66 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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