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 
1,563 
1,458 
1,433 
105 
97 
558 
Female 
81 
76 
76 
5 
5 
93 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,195 
1,147 
1,128 
48 
45 
272 
Other 
449 
387 
381 
62 
57 
379 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,214 
1,158 
1,137 
56 
53 
355 
Not on farm operated 
430 
376 
372 
54 
49 
296 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
944 
901 
883 
43 
39 
289 
Any 
700 
633 
626 
67 
63 
362 
1 to 49 days 
159 
153 
152 
6 
6 
53 
50 to 99 days 
55 
54 
53 
1 
1 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
97 
89 
89 
8 
8 
28 
200 days or more 
389 
337 
332 
52 
48 
259 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
23 
20 
19 
3 
1 
25 
3 or 4 years 
61 
56 
56 
5 
5 
30 
5 to 9 years 
152 
128 
126 
24 
24 
64 
1 0 years or more 
1,408 
1,330 
1,308 
78 
72 
532 
Average years on present farm 
27.2 
27.6 
27.6 
21.3 
21.5 
26.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
12 
12 
12 
- 
- 
20 
3 or 4 years 
34 
29 
29 
5 
5 
24 
5 to 9 years 
106 
89 
88 
17 
17 
57 
1 0 years or more 
1,492 
1,404 
1,380 
88 
80 
550 
Average years operating any farm 
30.0 
30.3 
30.3 
24.7 
24.5 
27.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
77 
75 
75 
2 
2 
17 
35 to 44 years 
171 
159 
158 
12 
10 
35 
45 to 49 years 
133 
123 
120 
10 
9 
46 
50 to 54 years 
214 
201 
194 
13 
12 
70 
55 to 59 years 
336 
315 
312 
21 
20 
80 
60 to 64 years 
232 
215 
212 
17 
15 
127 
65 to 69 years 
217 
198 
198 
19 
18 
101 
70 years and over 
264 
248 
240 
16 
16 
173 
Average age 
57.8 
57.7 
57.7 
59.3 
59.8 
62.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
25 
25 
25 
- 
- 
86 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,612 
1,503 
1,478 
109 
101 
563 
More than one race reported 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
152 
138 
135 
14 
14 
122 
2 people 
861 
817 
806 
44 
40 
334 
3 people 
187 
160 
159 
27 
25 
73 
4 people 
248 
238 
234 
10 
9 
65 
5 or more people 
196 
181 
175 
15 
14 
57 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
522 
463 
455 
59 
55 
425 
25 to 49 percent 
146 
131 
130 
15 
15 
49 
50 to 74 percent 
248 
241 
239 
7 
5 
68 
75 to 99 percent 
387 
369 
361 
18 
16 
72 
1 00 percent 
341 
330 
324 
11 
11 
37 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
314 
283 
278 
31 
26 
82 
acres 
914,760 
860,320 
845,394 
54,440 
54,063 
1,041,636 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,423 
1,336 
1,314 
87 
79 
412 
Dial-up service 
109 
104 
103 
5 
5 
39 
DSL service 
560 
521 
509 
39 
37 
159 
Cable modem service 
228 
211 
207 
17 
16 
80 
Fiber-optic service 
318 
299 
293 
19 
13 
81 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
284 
265 
261 
19 
18 
50 
Satellite service 
210 
204 
201 
6 
6 
60 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37 
34 
34 
3 
3 
14 
Other Internet service 
31 
31 
29 
- 
- 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
967 
911 
892 
56 
51 
471 
2 households 
388 
368 
364 
20 
20 
108 
3 households 
163 
154 
152 
9 
8 
45 
4 households 
68 
63 
63 
5 
4 
16 
5 or more households 
58 
38 
38 
20 
19 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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