Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
- 
2,138 
1,146 
109 
885 
114 
370 
294 
1,052 
55 to 59 years 
- 
2,496 
1,018 
107 
728 
97 
312 
286 
1,115 
60 to 64 years 
- 
2,505 
1,011 
90 
532 
79 
197 
272 
940 
65 to 69 years 
- 
2,169 
795 
65 
313 
44 
174 
202 
723 
70 years and over 
- 
4,473 
1,319 
102 
389 
48 
179 
322 
1,024 
Average age 
- 
60.5 
55.8 
54.7 
47.0 
49.1 
51.5 
55.0 
56.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
86 
45 
3 
20 
4 
18 
4 
88 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
22 
4 
2 
2 
- 
8 
- 
8 
Asian 
- 
18 
4 
- 
- 
- 
8 
3 
9 
Black or African American 
- 
15 
6 
- 
1 
5 
2 
14 
8 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
- 
17,089 
7,626 
721 
6,584 
759 
2,118 
2,055 
6,813 
More than one race reported 
- 
41 
25 
3 
11 
1 
5 
1 
29 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
- 
2,738 
843 
41 
297 
54 
155 
211 
843 
2 people 
- 
8,724 
3,356 
248 
1,404 
220 
658 
964 
3,370 
3 people 
- 
2,452 
1,193 
111 
817 
124 
339 
328 
1,059 
4 people 
- 
1,827 
1,009 
89 
859 
153 
272 
296 
868 
5 or more people 
- 
1,444 
1,264 
237 
3,221 
214 
717 
274 
728 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
14,701 
6,132 
276 
1,067 
379 
1,143 
1,899 
5,717 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
894 
443 
95 
330 
57 
109 
63 
364 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
781 
498 
135 
862 
88 
197 
57 
313 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
427 
291 
124 
1,775 
115 
334 
28 
160 
1 00 percent 
- 
382 
301 
96 
2,564 
126 
358 
26 
314 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
- 
212 
89 
21 
286 
33 
70 
18 
186 
acres 
- 
94,649 
17,771 
4,478 
92,603 
8,156 
10,400 
1,376 
36,319 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
- 
10,508 
4,812 
318 
2,547 
499 
1,347 
1,592 
5,363 
Dial-up service 
- 
1,096 
477 
27 
312 
49 
133 
129 
396 
DSL service 
- 
5,298 
2,526 
158 
1,403 
261 
701 
828 
2,224 
Cable modem service 
- 
2,346 
993 
63 
443 
103 
260 
365 
1,713 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
453 
141 
11 
84 
22 
69 
77 
383 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
- 
1,168 
508 
40 
277 
65 
180 
191 
821 
Satellite service 
- 
847 
412 
18 
240 
41 
136 
145 
403 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
244 
119 
11 
35 
17 
27 
38 
119 
Other Internet service 
- 
58 
37 
15 
19 
4 
3 
14 
38 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
- 
15,053 
6,668 
586 
4,960 
587 
1,799 
1,882 
6,066 
2 households 
- 
1,709 
795 
103 
1,153 
147 
245 
152 
642 
3 households 
- 
255 
120 
12 
288 
20 
49 
23 
87 
4 households 
- 
96 
56 
15 
100 
5 
22 
13 
49 
5 or more households 
- 
72 
26 
10 
97 
6 
26 
3 
24 
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 
- 
16,763 
7,507 
696 
6,361 
734 
2,073 
2,044 
6,630 
acres 
- 
1,985,222 
771,101 
114,089 
1,480,906 
86,406 
211,057 
80,750 
331,212 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
- 
411 
145 
19 
172 
35 
84 
60 
472 
acres 
- 
82,812 
24,191 
4,507 
116,353 
6,746 
27,902 
2,404 
27,632 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
- 
15,751 
7,087 
630 
5,622 
653 
1,888 
1,920 
5,710 
acres 
- 
1,737,637 
682,885 
90,832 
1,106,376 
70,493 
174,998 
71,947 
271,104 
Partnership 
.. farms 
- 
803 
357 
67 
752 
68 
132 
66 
442 
acres 
- 
172,173 
73,882 
17,745 
386,052 
14,657 
32,965 
4,291 
37,354 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
- 
540 
246 
53 
629 
52 
109 
57 
349 
acres 
- 
(D) 
52,475 
15,715 
347,040 
1 1 ,756 
30,503 
3,687 
29,281 
Corporation 
.. farms 
_ 
332 
155 
29 
197 
39 
99 
60 
470 
acres 
- 
76,053 
36,083 
10,425 
94,684 
6,168 
10,297 
5,047 
52,168 
Family held 
.. farms 
- 
288 
140 
29 
189 
30 
94 
56 
416 
acres 
- 
63,859 
29,873 
10,425 
90,806 
5,475 
9,976 
4,998 
47,231 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
28 
1 
6 
2 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
260 
139 
23 
187 
29 
93 
53 
415 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
_ 
44 
15 
_ 
8 
9 
5 
4 
54 
acres 
- 
12,194 
6,210 
- 
3,878 
693 
321 
49 
4,937 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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