Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification 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 
3,641 
711 
28 
31 
46 
785 
- 
55 to 59 years 
4,371 
796 
26 
40 
69 
1,008 
- 
60 to 64 years 
4,375 
722 
36 
41 
49 
1,269 
- 
65 to 69 years 
3,354 
466 
28 
47 
33 
995 
- 
70 years and over 
5,964 
763 
32 
77 
61 
2,263 
- 
Average age 
58.9 
56.2 
56.5 
62.6 
58.2 
62.9 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
246 
15 
2 
9 
1 
69 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,318 
104 
2 
4 
2 
313 
- 
Asian 
31 
11 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
White 
26,494 
4,605 
193 
271 
320 
7,043 
- 
More than one race reported 
148 
14 
2 
- 
1 
35 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,773 
795 
39 
23 
49 
1,620 
- 
2 people 
14,681 
2,369 
89 
194 
189 
3,998 
- 
3 people 
3,310 
546 
25 
22 
30 
701 
- 
4 people 
2,925 
580 
30 
27 
36 
600 
- 
5 or more people 
2,319 
446 
20 
9 
21 
479 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,877 
1,085 
141 
249 
204 
5,497 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
2,158 
469 
8 
9 
24 
506 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
3,062 
831 
20 
13 
44 
629 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
3,446 
1,312 
18 
4 
24 
495 
- 
100 percent 
2,465 
1,039 
16 
- 
29 
271 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,394 
376 
5 
12 
33 
283 
- 
acres 
11,729,886 
1,574,934 
(D) 
(D) 
2,257 
1,468,717 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
20,884 
3,814 
173 
219 
266 
5,016 
- 
Dial-up service 
1,854 
270 
17 
9 
18 
434 
- 
DSL service 
9,435 
1,776 
70 
131 
146 
2,336 
- 
Cable modem service 
1,730 
246 
22 
32 
33 
524 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
2,210 
710 
9 
2 
25 
473 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,896 
482 
22 
33 
40 
687 
- 
Satellite service 
4,738 
829 
24 
29 
39 
1,043 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
359 
55 
9 
6 
4 
104 
- 
Other Internet service 
452 
68 
18 
5 
8 
106 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,265 
3,339 
168 
240 
276 
5,961 
- 
2 households 
4,239 
1,028 
23 
30 
35 
1,034 
- 
3 households 
928 
238 
6 
4 
8 
222 
- 
4 households 
380 
87 
2 
- 
2 
119 
- 
5 or more households 
196 
44 
4 
1 
4 
62 
- 
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 
26,644 
4,457 
188 
265 
308 
7,020 
- 
acres 
50,227,611 
13,463,256 
27,285 
5,038 
11,632 
6,656,257 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,576 
154 
26 
21 
33 
399 
- 
acres 
4,248,782 
474,374 
2,831 
486 
(D) 
526,650 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
21,564 
2,917 
153 
223 
215 
5,931 
- 
acres 
26,621,716 
6,899,664 
15,974 
(D) 
6,662 
4,067,668 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,320 
499 
24 
22 
34 
596 
- 
acres 
9,795,062 
2,567,017 
(D) 
829 
724 
1,155,431 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,867 
403 
19 
21 
29 
499 
- 
acres 
8,266,313 
2,104,362 
(D) 
826 
691 
1,005,197 
- 
Corporation farms 
3,509 
1,274 
22 
22 
70 
641 
- 
acres 
18,563,248 
5,080,771 
(D) 
278 
4,695 
2,073,695 
- 
Family held farms 
3,279 
1,243 
20 
22 
56 
590 
- 
acres 
17,153,871 
4,976,279 
(D) 
278 
4,242 
1,842,436 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
102 
24 
- 
- 
17 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
3,177 
1,219 
20 
22 
56 
573 
- 
Other than family held farms 
230 
31 
2 
- 
14 
51 
- 
acres 
1,409,377 
104,492 
(D) 
- 
453 
231,259 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
