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 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
677 
634 
628 
43 
40 
385 
Female 
30 
28 
24 
2 
2 
167 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
569 
549 
540 
20 
18 
151 
Other 
138 
113 
112 
25 
24 
401 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
483 
461 
452 
22 
19 
175 
Not on farm operated 
224 
201 
200 
23 
23 
377 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
450 
427 
423 
23 
20 
236 
Any 
257 
235 
229 
22 
22 
316 
1 to 49 days 
63 
62 
57 
1 
1 
48 
50 to 99 days 
34 
33 
32 
1 
1 
24 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
26 
24 
24 
2 
2 
42 
200 days or more 
134 
116 
116 
18 
18 
202 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
8 
5 
5 
3 
3 
40 
3 or 4 years 
17 
17 
17 
- 
- 
34 
5 to 9 years 
75 
67 
67 
8 
8 
69 
1 0 years or more 
607 
573 
563 
34 
31 
409 
Average years on present farm 
27.6 
28.0 
27.8 
22.0 
21.1 
22.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
7 
4 
4 
3 
3 
27 
3 or 4 years 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
33 
5 to 9 years 
66 
58 
58 
8 
8 
60 
1 0 years or more 
628 
594 
584 
34 
31 
432 
Average years operating any farm 
29.5 
29.9 
29.8 
24.5 
23.8 
24.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
47 
40 
40 
7 
7 
15 
35 to 44 years 
95 
91 
91 
4 
4 
36 
45 to 49 years 
75 
73 
71 
2 
2 
33 
50 to 54 years 
115 
106 
106 
9 
8 
55 
55 to 59 years 
94 
90 
90 
4 
4 
93 
60 to 64 years 
119 
115 
113 
4 
4 
87 
65 to 69 years 
72 
66 
66 
6 
6 
78 
70 years and over 
87 
78 
72 
9 
7 
155 
Average age 
55.1 
55.1 
55.0 
55.1 
54.2 
63.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
10 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
7 
3 
1 
1 
45 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
699 
655 
649 
44 
41 
504 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
82 
67 
65 
15 
13 
133 
2 people 
322 
304 
298 
18 
18 
281 
3 people 
105 
104 
104 
1 
1 
67 
4 people 
100 
94 
92 
6 
6 
40 
5 or more people 
98 
93 
93 
5 
4 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
162 
140 
140 
22 
21 
375 
25 to 49 percent 
40 
38 
35 
2 
1 
64 
50 to 74 percent 
103 
100 
94 
3 
3 
47 
75 to 99 percent 
207 
201 
201 
6 
6 
40 
1 00 percent 
195 
183 
182 
12 
11 
26 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
151 
147 
146 
4 
4 
66 
acres 
373,853 
373,133 
(D) 
720 
720 
623,359 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
633 
601 
591 
32 
30 
359 
Dial-up service 
28 
26 
26 
2 
2 
17 
DSL service 
256 
246 
238 
10 
10 
145 
Cable modem service 
65 
61 
60 
4 
4 
103 
Fiber-optic service 
190 
171 
171 
19 
19 
79 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
119 
113 
112 
6 
6 
53 
Satellite service 
79 
72 
71 
7 
5 
28 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
12 
12 
12 
- 
- 
4 
Other Internet service 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
465 
433 
428 
32 
30 
398 
2 households 
162 
155 
154 
7 
7 
85 
3 households 
48 
44 
43 
4 
3 
40 
4 households 
20 
20 
18 
- 
- 
8 
5 or more households 
12 
10 
9 
2 
2 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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