Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
31,701 
894 
193 
502 
272 
6,503 
- 
55 to 59 years 
33,866 
1,107 
239 
669 
309 
7,364 
- 
60 to 64 years 
35,218 
1,041 
250 
724 
278 
7,845 
- 
65 to 69 years 
32,716 
838 
258 
755 
249 
7,635 
- 
70 years and over 
63,127 
1,942 
321 
1,444 
302 
16,143 
- 
Average age 
60.1 
58.2 
59.9 
63.1 
58.7 
61.2 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23,689 
500 
168 
481 
178 
3,719 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2,693 
37 
23 
76 
11 
537 
- 
Asian 
718 
4 
28 
33 
43 
103 
- 
Black or African American 
8,551 
56 
158 
73 
20 
1,353 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
White 
235,449 
7,823 
1,359 
4,516 
1,663 
53,858 
- 
More than one race reported 
1,371 
18 
10 
38 
13 
315 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
39,787 
1,248 
203 
656 
239 
9,949 
- 
2 people 
132,811 
4,153 
865 
2,830 
933 
30,716 
- 
3 people 
33,927 
981 
210 
586 
241 
6,911 
- 
4 people 
26,342 
986 
155 
391 
173 
5,404 
- 
5 or more people 
15,942 
570 
145 
273 
164 
3,193 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
209,217 
3,231 
1,139 
4,105 
1,119 
46,414 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
13,999 
988 
111 
214 
164 
2,860 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
12,588 
1,347 
122 
225 
150 
2,990 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
7,529 
1,342 
112 
117 
141 
2,279 
- 
1 00 percent 
5,476 
1,030 
94 
75 
176 
1,630 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
6,612 
444 
72 
168 
200 
1,481 
- 
acres 
17,575,493 
903,471 
54,072 
126,879 
64,033 
1 ,972,492 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
169,720 
5,658 
1,112 
3,506 
1,433 
37,835 
- 
Dial-up service 
16,767 
448 
99 
346 
131 
3,510 
- 
DSL service 
57,358 
2,005 
363 
1,201 
495 
13,222 
- 
Cable modem service 
20,469 
715 
168 
535 
246 
5,145 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
6,007 
358 
33 
120 
59 
1,603 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
34,633 
1,205 
215 
724 
300 
7,469 
- 
Satellite service 
44,390 
1,467 
294 
826 
316 
9,184 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5,016 
177 
39 
104 
60 
1,141 
- 
Other Internet service 
6,375 
166 
42 
117 
53 
1,401 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
206,593 
5,793 
1,255 
3,976 
1,401 
46,317 
- 
2 households 
32,700 
1,509 
230 
600 
252 
7,233 
- 
3 households 
5,602 
384 
50 
102 
44 
1,538 
- 
4 households 
2,321 
158 
24 
26 
33 
618 
- 
5 or more households 
1,593 
94 
19 
32 
20 
467 
- 
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 
241,785 
7,418 
1,524 
4,610 
1,604 
54,205 
- 
acres 
118,358,872 
10,334,620 
350,947 
640,378 
209,558 
21,278,079 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
8,664 
267 
68 
270 
151 
1,752 
- 
acres 
14,066,216 
495,642 
92,187 
103,718 
26,689 
1,455,876 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
222,580 
6,141 
1,404 
4,171 
1,112 
49,357 
- 
acres 
82,792,493 
6,918,831 
197,660 
497,200 
93,304 
16,597,015 
- 
Partnership farms 
16,660 
1,221 
86 
334 
205 
4,112 
- 
acres 
31,724,136 
3,461,839 
141,696 
126,371 
68,733 
4,221,383 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
11,736 
927 
68 
276 
167 
2,903 
- 
acres 
26,716,533 
2,681,409 
127,963 
113,328 
65,062 
3,292,453 
- 
Corporation farms 
6,859 
482 
65 
173 
389 
1,696 
- 
acres 
12,909,765 
824,925 
72,795 
(D) 
72,725 
1,498,925 
- 
Family held farms 
5,997 
436 
55 
155 
327 
1,513 
- 
acres 
11,017,774 
762,186 
69,497 
45,206 
62,176 
1,376,388 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
122 
2 
1 
2 
4 
41 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
5,875 
434 
54 
153 
323 
1,472 
- 
Other than family held farms 
862 
46 
10 
18 
62 
183 
_ 
acres 
1,891,991 
62,739 
3,298 
(D) 
10,549 
122,537 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 Texas 2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
