Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,656 
25,510 
2,025 
1,380 
Female 
2,333 
2,034 
125 
97 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
18,844 
16,013 
1,364 
918 
Other 
13,145 
11,531 
786 
559 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
24,334 
21,324 
1,441 
951 
Not on farm operated 
7,655 
6,220 
709 
526 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,049 
11,762 
1,054 
692 
Any 
17,940 
15,782 
1,096 
785 
1 to 49 days 
2,991 
2,515 
264 
196 
50 to 99 days 
1,190 
1,051 
62 
45 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,208 
1,934 
149 
95 
200 days or more 
11,551 
10,282 
621 
449 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
787 
697 
42 
35 
3 or 4 years 
1,268 
1,090 
87 
62 
5 to 9 years 
3,569 
3,135 
218 
153 
1 0 years or more 
26,365 
22,622 
1,803 
1,227 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
25.3 
26.5 
26.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
535 
479 
24 
19 
3 or 4 years 
949 
829 
62 
48 
5 to 9 years 
3,000 
2,661 
176 
131 
1 0 years or more 
27,505 
23,575 
1,888 
1,279 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
27.1 
28.3 
27.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
258 
253 
3 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2,631 
2,416 
121 
68 
35 to 44 years 
3,922 
3,434 
282 
193 
45 to 49 years 
3,034 
2,657 
198 
136 
50 to 54 years 
4,411 
3,850 
277 
204 
55 to 59 years 
4,639 
3,894 
329 
221 
60 to 64 years 
4,543 
3,879 
305 
206 
65 to 69 years 
3,188 
2,649 
221 
167 
70 years and over 
5,363 
4,512 
414 
279 
Average age 
55.9 
55.5 
57.5 
57.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
200 
168 
21 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
817 
647 
59 
44 
Asian 
5 
4 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
6 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
31,052 
26,797 
2,080 
1,428 
More than one race reported 
109 
90 
11 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,792 
4,220 
298 
207 
2 people 
15,111 
12,908 
1,008 
685 
3 people 
4,295 
3,734 
301 
207 
4 people 
4,167 
3,567 
287 
212 
5 or more people 
3,624 
3,115 
256 
166 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,268 
12,449 
872 
624 
25 to 49 percent 
3,140 
2,727 
218 
158 
50 to 74 percent 
4,697 
3,978 
403 
257 
75 to 99 percent 
5,600 
4,763 
378 
245 
1 00 percent 
4,284 
3,627 
279 
193 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,168 
599 
173 
141 
acres 
3,663,551 
1,151,391 
555,764 
417,006 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
24,110 
20,658 
1,617 
1,129 
Dial-up service 
2,021 
1,772 
101 
66 
DSL service 
8,570 
7,261 
590 
407 
Cable modem service 
4,018 
3,436 
274 
197 
Fiber-optic service 
4,765 
4,026 
340 
242 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,864 
3,283 
247 
176 
Satellite service 
3,578 
3,056 
252 
178 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
644 
553 
40 
32 
Other Internet service 
553 
473 
37 
25 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,737 
22,475 
824 
588 
2 households 
5,245 
3,860 
889 
564 
3 households 
1,155 
677 
270 
189 
4 households 
502 
314 
104 
87 
5 or more households 
350 
218 
63 
49 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
