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 
3,172 
2,971 
2,876 
201 
167 
474 
Female 
337 
308 
301 
29 
26 
141 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,742 
2,598 
2,503 
144 
118 
278 
Other 
767 
681 
674 
86 
75 
337 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,804 
2,649 
2,568 
155 
129 
315 
Not on farm operated 
705 
630 
609 
75 
64 
300 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,065 
1,966 
1,885 
99 
80 
262 
Any 
1,444 
1,313 
1,292 
131 
113 
353 
1 to 49 days 
327 
310 
305 
17 
17 
46 
50 to 99 days 
135 
117 
115 
18 
14 
16 
100 to 199 days 
204 
184 
180 
20 
20 
31 
200 days or more 
778 
702 
692 
76 
62 
260 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
69 
56 
50 
13 
12 
50 
3 or 4 years 
102 
90 
87 
12 
12 
20 
5 to 9 years 
391 
344 
332 
47 
41 
103 
10 years or more 
2,947 
2,789 
2,708 
158 
128 
442 
Average years on present farm 
27.0 
27.5 
27.6 
19.6 
18.8 
22.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
40 
34 
31 
6 
6 
35 
3 or 4 years 
61 
53 
51 
8 
8 
15 
5 to 9 years 
286 
248 
238 
38 
32 
83 
10 years or more 
3,122 
2,944 
2,857 
178 
147 
482 
Average years operating any farm 
30.2 
30.7 
30.7 
23.4 
23.0 
25.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
25 to 34 years 
129 
111 
105 
18 
18 
9 
35 to 44 years 
261 
237 
227 
24 
20 
54 
45 to 49 years 
288 
254 
246 
34 
27 
45 
50 to 54 years 
564 
531 
519 
33 
27 
64 
55 to 59 years 
666 
634 
611 
32 
27 
90 
60 to 64 years 
584 
543 
532 
41 
36 
108 
65 to 69 years 
403 
391 
379 
12 
11 
75 
70 years and over 
608 
575 
555 
33 
24 
166 
Average age 
58.6 
58.9 
58.9 
55.0 
54.4 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
15 
15 
- 
- 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
26 
23 
23 
3 
1 
78 
Asian 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,465 
3,238 
3,136 
227 
192 
534 
More than one race reported 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
465 
432 
417 
33 
32 
155 
2 people 
1,978 
1,863 
1,815 
115 
103 
307 
3 people 
402 
378 
362 
24 
16 
60 
4 people 
368 
336 
327 
32 
25 
51 
5 or more people 
296 
270 
256 
26 
17 
42 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,190 
1,071 
1,048 
119 
103 
441 
25 to 49 percent 
249 
234 
228 
15 
12 
29 
50 to 74 percent 
549 
526 
511 
23 
21 
56 
75 to 99 percent 
782 
754 
725 
28 
22 
58 
100 percent 
739 
694 
665 
45 
35 
31 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
669 
604 
555 
65 
50 
148 
acres 
5,409,370 
4,549,294 
3,811,719 
860,076 
643,050 
3,546,521 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,926 
2,753 
2,685 
173 
152 
394 
Dial-up service 
205 
193 
190 
12 
8 
31 
DSL service 
1,375 
1,297 
1,265 
78 
71 
193 
Cable modem service 
203 
190 
188 
13 
12 
46 
Fiber-optic service 
414 
395 
388 
19 
13 
59 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
368 
339 
332 
29 
28 
44 
Satellite service 
756 
718 
695 
38 
36 
66 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
53 
49 
48 
4 
4 
8 
Other Internet service 
63 
57 
55 
6 
6 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,237 
2,073 
2,025 
164 
141 
471 
2 households 
812 
772 
752 
40 
32 
87 
3 households 
295 
285 
270 
10 
8 
21 
4 households 
103 
93 
79 
10 
7 
19 
5 or more households 
62 
56 
51 
6 
5 
17 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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