Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
feedlots 
(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 
595 
5,908 
16,173 
116 
118 
198 
619 
2,295 
3,818 
55 to 59 years 
665 
6,699 
17,135 
107 
89 
120 
567 
2,294 
3,866 
60 to 64 years 
587 
7,258 
18,006 
118 
98 
103 
553 
2,166 
4,036 
65 to 69 years 
440 
7,195 
16,762 
96 
39 
107 
463 
2,038 
3,476 
70 years and over 
830 
15,313 
33,643 
296 
85 
108 
582 
3,155 
5,106 
Average age 
55.7 
61.7 
60.5 
61.5 
54.8 
51.5 
56.1 
58.6 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
266 
3,453 
13,194 
82 
36 
124 
500 
2,238 
2,469 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
509 
1,240 
5 
- 
13 
51 
243 
457 
Asian 
1 
102 
252 
- 
- 
3 
78 
77 
97 
Black or African American 
10 
1,343 
5,695 
16 
10 
55 
96 
175 
844 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
7 
12 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
3 
White 
4,441 
49,417 
119,867 
873 
645 
1,107 
3,702 
15,020 
25,016 
More than one race reported 
24 
291 
660 
4 
1 
6 
49 
87 
170 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
745 
9,204 
20,213 
162 
54 
121 
400 
2,244 
4,298 
2 people 
2,294 
28,422 
68,597 
477 
296 
427 
1,822 
7,930 
13,765 
3 people 
513 
6,398 
17,667 
103 
113 
211 
651 
2,334 
3,919 
4 people 
552 
4,852 
13,486 
102 
106 
258 
558 
1,831 
2,892 
5 or more people 
400 
2,793 
7,763 
54 
87 
167 
549 
1,264 
1,713 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,301 
45,113 
109,442 
572 
256 
1,108 
2,977 
14,546 
24,308 
25 to 49 percent 
495 
2,365 
7,994 
134 
56 
29 
155 
401 
893 
50 to 74 percent 
750 
2,240 
6,186 
101 
84 
21 
275 
412 
675 
75 to 99 percent 
1,077 
1,202 
2,602 
53 
104 
11 
306 
116 
346 
1 00 percent 
881 
749 
1,502 
38 
156 
15 
267 
128 
365 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
284 
1,197 
2,901 
117 
61 
27 
147 
305 
689 
acres 
576,954 
1,395,538 
12,469,408 
269,786 
94,744 
46,214 
44,932 
661,539 
867,923 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,421 
34,414 
84,096 
627 
531 
908 
3,123 
11,261 
19,630 
Dial-up service 
223 
3,287 
8,906 
66 
70 
70 
295 
1,034 
1,792 
DSL service 
1,329 
11,893 
28,081 
244 
193 
342 
1,073 
3,527 
6,612 
Cable modem service 
465 
4,680 
9,793 
42 
44 
74 
278 
1,263 
2,166 
Fiber-optic service 
258 
1,345 
2,626 
30 
27 
25 
86 
306 
734 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
703 
6,766 
17,143 
128 
94 
196 
642 
2,289 
4,228 
Satellite service 
754 
8,430 
22,351 
189 
154 
230 
909 
3,197 
5,273 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
127 
1,014 
2,406 
5 
20 
27 
102 
322 
613 
Other Internet service 
88 
1,313 
3,142 
14 
22 
43 
114 
531 
730 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,368 
42,949 
105,497 
674 
482 
1,018 
3,325 
13,498 
23,357 
2 households 
804 
6,429 
17,678 
162 
128 
117 
502 
1,683 
2,606 
3 households 
194 
1,344 
2,742 
26 
26 
20 
84 
220 
366 
4 households 
78 
540 
1,118 
21 
9 
19 
45 
121 
129 
5 or more households 
60 
407 
691 
15 
11 
10 
24 
81 
129 
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 
4,260 
49,945 
124,647 
795 
621 
1,162 
3,879 
15,389 
25,931 
acres 
5,991,725 
15,286,354 
70,850,398 
938,101 
502,963 
114,283 
497,376 
4,717,358 
7,924,811 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
101 
1,651 
4,252 
72 
67 
31 
154 
362 
1,218 
acres 
171,773 
1,284,103 
9,946,886 
211,887 
108,917 
4,193 
50,340 
461,910 
1,107,971 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
3,473 
45,884 
116,286 
670 
468 
1,099 
3,613 
14,651 
23,608 
acres 
4,450,486 
12,146,529 
48,526,161 
434,140 
286,055 
79,103 
418,367 
3,328,789 
5,415,868 
Partnership 
.. farms 
620 
3,492 
7,945 
127 
134 
47 
193 
654 
1,602 
acres 
1,455,012 
2,766,371 
19,528,499 
695,562 
162,841 
10,833 
55,549 
1,232,731 
2,018,099 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
466 
2,437 
5,363 
101 
105 
30 
126 
402 
1,268 
acres 
1,106,730 
2,185,723 
17,072,870 
588,210 
145,341 
10,537 
45,538 
1,032,721 
1,541,101 
Corporation 
.. farms 
365 
1,331 
2,519 
87 
47 
20 
147 
184 
1,050 
acres 
510,204 
988,721 
8,724,319 
(D) 
81,459 
(D) 
(D) 
339,825 
1,007,872 
Family held 
.. farms 
343 
1,170 
2,188 
53 
43 
18 
116 
168 
925 
acres 
476,836 
899,552 
7,343,690 
116,641 
69,589 
(D) 
(D) 
336,414 
787,880 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
3 
38 
48 
7 
- 
3 
4 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
340 
1,132 
2,140 
46 
43 
18 
113 
164 
915 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
22 
161 
331 
34 
4 
2 
31 
16 
125 
acres 
33,368 
89,169 
1,380,629 
(D) 
11,870 
(D) 
24,052 
3,411 
219,992 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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