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 
603 
2 
19 
4 
7 
181 
- 
55 to 59 years 
585 
1 
14 
23 
2 
118 
- 
60 to 64 years 
665 
5 
6 
10 
16 
146 
- 
65 to 69 years 
620 
4 
11 
12 
9 
146 
- 
70 years and over 
887 
6 
9 
29 
11 
232 
- 
Average age 
59.8 
63.8 
54.8 
66.4 
56.5 
59.8 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
192 
- 
4 
- 
6 
52 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
344 
- 
6 
6 
6 
143 
- 
Asian 
13 
- 
4 
6 
1 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,749 
20 
72 
66 
63 
847 
- 
More than one race reported 
21 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
581 
3 
1 
25 
1 
107 
- 
2 people 
2,278 
11 
29 
47 
30 
566 
- 
3 people 
482 
3 
26 
3 
9 
116 
- 
4 people 
418 
2 
12 
3 
7 
88 
- 
5 or more people 
378 
1 
14 
1 
24 
117 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,043 
13 
62 
67 
34 
520 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
249 
1 
8 
11 
7 
91 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
318 
4 
1 
- 
4 
140 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
308 
2 
11 
1 
7 
157 
- 
1 00 percent 
219 
- 
- 
- 
19 
86 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
211 
- 
11 
2 
10 
58 
- 
acres 
1,846,251 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
162 
234,704 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,216 
18 
80 
70 
64 
746 
- 
Dial-up service 
229 
3 
1 
3 
1 
38 
- 
DSL service 
1,146 
5 
23 
12 
26 
224 
- 
Cable modem service 
376 
4 
27 
13 
10 
59 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
181 
1 
2 
4 
3 
51 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
563 
2 
22 
21 
21 
155 
- 
Satellite service 
948 
5 
12 
17 
5 
301 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Other Internet service 
93 
- 
7 
8 
1 
16 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,460 
17 
64 
76 
63 
727 
- 
2 households 
528 
3 
14 
3 
7 
203 
- 
3 households 
96 
- 
4 
- 
1 
39 
- 
4 households 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
5 or more households 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
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 
3,893 
20 
69 
78 
67 
920 
- 
acres 
4,045,739 
2,766 
3,425 
2,251 
3,867 
1,214,986 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
371 
2 
6 
9 
4 
127 
- 
acres 
1,035,232 
(D) 
1,043 
(D) 
12 
283,244 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,217 
18 
61 
64 
32 
698 
- 
acres 
1,420,644 
(D) 
(D) 
1,623 
1,012 
480,897 
- 
Partnership farms 
330 
1 
11 
1 
9 
111 
- 
acres 
658,429 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
173 
126,505 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
269 
1 
10 
1 
8 
86 
- 
acres 
623,543 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
68 
118,153 
- 
Corporation farms 
343 
- 
10 
11 
21 
110 
- 
acres 
2,286,790 
- 
(D) 
523 
2,194 
735,226 
- 
Family held farms 
315 
- 
9 
11 
15 
106 
- 
acres 
1,888,918 
- 
(D) 
523 
1,378 
731,761 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
24 
- 
4 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
291 
- 
5 
11 
15 
100 
- 
Other than family held farms 
28 
_ 
1 
_ 
6 
4 
_ 
acres 
397,872 
- 
(D) 
- 
816 
3,465 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
164 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
