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 
1,805 
1,626 
1,571 
179 
156 
633 
Female 
489 
428 
416 
61 
61 
184 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,378 
1,254 
1,226 
124 
118 
351 
Other 
916 
800 
761 
116 
99 
466 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,682 
1,539 
1,502 
143 
134 
557 
Not on farm operated 
612 
515 
485 
97 
83 
260 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,107 
999 
973 
108 
100 
333 
Any 
1,187 
1,055 
1,014 
132 
117 
484 
1 to 49 days 
180 
163 
159 
17 
16 
81 
50 to 99 days 
87 
76 
74 
11 
11 
36 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
149 
127 
124 
22 
22 
71 
200 days or more 
771 
689 
657 
82 
68 
296 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
73 
66 
60 
7 
6 
30 
3 or 4 years 
118 
104 
104 
14 
14 
45 
5 to 9 years 
325 
271 
262 
54 
49 
129 
1 0 years or more 
1,778 
1,613 
1,561 
165 
148 
613 
Average years on present farm 
21.5 
21.9 
21.9 
17.7 
16.9 
22.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
44 
38 
38 
6 
6 
22 
3 or 4 years 
100 
89 
89 
11 
11 
37 
5 to 9 years 
281 
238 
224 
43 
38 
110 
1 0 years or more 
1,869 
1,689 
1,636 
180 
162 
648 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
24.0 
24.0 
20.2 
19.6 
24.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
18 
18 
18 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
141 
121 
114 
20 
19 
64 
35 to 44 years 
258 
226 
220 
32 
31 
73 
45 to 49 years 
273 
237 
226 
36 
34 
69 
50 to 54 years 
366 
337 
331 
29 
27 
116 
55 to 59 years 
382 
339 
335 
43 
33 
100 
60 to 64 years 
321 
277 
264 
44 
42 
125 
65 to 69 years 
245 
227 
218 
18 
17 
81 
70 years and over 
290 
272 
261 
18 
14 
188 
Average age 
55.3 
55.5 
55.5 
53.6 
53.2 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
27 
19 
19 
8 
8 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,285 
2,047 
1,980 
238 
215 
811 
More than one race reported 
5 
4 
4 
1 
1 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
228 
181 
175 
47 
44 
166 
2 people 
1,056 
952 
921 
104 
91 
380 
3 people 
357 
319 
310 
38 
33 
123 
4 people 
326 
291 
287 
35 
35 
66 
5 or more people 
327 
311 
294 
16 
14 
82 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,313 
1,164 
1,126 
149 
131 
684 
25 to 49 percent 
181 
166 
159 
15 
14 
39 
50 to 74 percent 
228 
205 
196 
23 
21 
39 
75 to 99 percent 
233 
214 
205 
19 
19 
22 
1 00 percent 
339 
305 
301 
34 
32 
33 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
276 
236 
216 
40 
34 
127 
acres 
125,467 
110,806 
83,866 
14,661 
12,875 
66,643 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,801 
1,603 
1,562 
198 
186 
525 
Dial-up service 
131 
113 
111 
18 
16 
37 
DSL service 
798 
711 
692 
87 
83 
228 
Cable modem service 
548 
486 
470 
62 
59 
153 
Fiber-optic service 
176 
158 
156 
18 
15 
33 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
252 
222 
219 
30 
29 
84 
Satellite service 
153 
137 
133 
16 
16 
43 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
36 
31 
31 
5 
5 
9 
Other Internet service 
10 
7 
7 
3 
3 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,635 
1,453 
1,408 
182 
163 
688 
2 households 
405 
364 
348 
41 
38 
92 
3 households 
153 
142 
140 
11 
10 
15 
4 households 
46 
44 
44 
2 
2 
10 
5 or more households 
55 
51 
47 
4 
4 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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