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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
291 
266 
243 
25 
18 
195 
Female 
52 
49 
48 
3 
3 
52 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
262 
246 
224 
16 
9 
148 
Other 
81 
69 
67 
12 
12 
99 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
281 
266 
249 
15 
9 
189 
Not on farm operated 
62 
49 
42 
13 
12 
58 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
192 
171 
161 
21 
15 
85 
Any 
151 
144 
130 
7 
6 
162 
1 to 49 days 
19 
17 
16 
2 
2 
34 
50 to 99 days 
9 
9 
8 
- 
- 
33 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
32 
30 
29 
2 
1 
24 
200 days or more 
91 
88 
77 
3 
3 
71 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
5 
3 
2 
2 
2 
10 
3 or 4 years 
32 
24 
24 
8 
7 
12 
5 to 9 years 
50 
41 
35 
9 
6 
51 
1 0 years or more 
256 
247 
230 
9 
6 
174 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
24.1 
24.2 
11.9 
12.4 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
10 
3 or 4 years 
20 
13 
13 
7 
6 
6 
5 to 9 years 
27 
19 
17 
8 
5 
35 
1 0 years or more 
294 
282 
260 
12 
9 
196 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
28.5 
28.5 
15.3 
15.6 
22.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
14 
9 
9 
5 
3 
6 
35 to 44 years 
33 
32 
32 
1 
1 
9 
45 to 49 years 
31 
30 
26 
1 
- 
36 
50 to 54 years 
41 
39 
36 
2 
1 
45 
55 to 59 years 
50 
45 
38 
5 
4 
27 
60 to 64 years 
43 
34 
33 
9 
9 
41 
65 to 69 years 
37 
36 
35 
1 
1 
43 
70 years and over 
94 
90 
82 
4 
2 
40 
Average age 
59.6 
59.9 
59.8 
56.0 
57.3 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
18 
18 
14 
- 
- 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
105 
Asian 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
332 
304 
280 
28 
21 
135 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
51 
49 
45 
2 
1 
30 
2 people 
163 
148 
136 
15 
13 
129 
3 people 
64 
60 
53 
4 
2 
30 
4 people 
25 
21 
21 
4 
4 
27 
5 or more people 
40 
37 
36 
3 
1 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
158 
143 
136 
15 
13 
171 
25 to 49 percent 
24 
21 
21 
3 
2 
31 
50 to 74 percent 
42 
41 
29 
1 
1 
23 
75 to 99 percent 
61 
61 
57 
- 
- 
13 
1 00 percent 
58 
49 
48 
9 
5 
9 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
79 
67 
51 
12 
6 
39 
acres 
1,126,344 
742,501 
394,852 
383,843 
(D) 
360,144 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
298 
271 
248 
27 
20 
165 
Dial-up service 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
DSL service 
110 
104 
102 
6 
3 
61 
Cable modem service 
22 
20 
15 
2 
2 
17 
Fiber-optic service 
16 
15 
15 
1 
1 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
69 
57 
46 
12 
10 
38 
Satellite service 
118 
112 
102 
6 
5 
49 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
Other Internet service 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
201 
178 
165 
23 
17 
218 
2 households 
88 
84 
82 
4 
3 
20 
3 households 
39 
39 
31 
- 
- 
8 
4 households 
12 
12 
12 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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