Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
4,411 
1,528 
9 
6 
10 
912 
- 
55 to 59 years 
4,639 
1,740 
11 
13 
22 
1,110 
- 
60 to 64 years 
4,543 
1,498 
13 
8 
22 
1,170 
- 
65 to 69 years 
3,188 
941 
13 
4 
4 
1,013 
- 
70 years and over 
5,363 
1,447 
9 
6 
6 
2,022 
- 
Average age 
55.9 
54.5 
57.8 
58.1 
53.1 
60.3 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
200 
57 
- 
- 
- 
36 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
817 
25 
2 
1 
3 
166 
- 
Asian 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
31,052 
10,611 
67 
44 
95 
7,804 
- 
More than one race reported 
109 
20 
- 
- 
2 
20 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,792 
1,452 
7 
8 
13 
1,566 
- 
2 people 
15,111 
5,068 
32 
24 
39 
3,988 
- 
3 people 
4,295 
1,462 
12 
3 
22 
965 
- 
4 people 
4,167 
1,455 
4 
5 
11 
839 
- 
5 or more people 
3,624 
1,224 
14 
5 
15 
638 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,268 
2,180 
49 
38 
42 
5,551 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
3,140 
996 
5 
4 
23 
835 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
4,697 
2,049 
8 
3 
16 
815 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
5,600 
3,010 
6 
- 
11 
524 
- 
1 00 percent 
4,284 
2,426 
1 
- 
8 
271 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,168 
403 
1 
- 
10 
325 
- 
acres 
3,663,551 
1,236,234 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
253,114 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
24,110 
8,431 
57 
44 
82 
5,528 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,021 
671 
2 
3 
1 
477 
- 
DSL service 
8,570 
3,032 
19 
12 
27 
1,772 
- 
Cable modem service 
4,018 
1,272 
5 
6 
32 
1,369 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
4,765 
1,913 
15 
17 
9 
835 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,864 
1,447 
13 
6 
17 
903 
- 
Satellite service 
3,578 
1,295 
6 
4 
9 
657 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
644 
197 
3 
- 
2 
206 
- 
Other Internet service 
553 
155 
3 
1 
- 
177 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,737 
7,903 
58 
41 
79 
6,242 
- 
2 households 
5,245 
2,014 
7 
4 
12 
1,234 
- 
3 households 
1,155 
451 
4 
- 
5 
264 
- 
4 households 
502 
187 
- 
- 
1 
144 
- 
5 or more households 
350 
106 
- 
- 
3 
112 
- 
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 
30,911 
10,363 
68 
43 
93 
7,577 
- 
acres 
40,934,161 
16,733,818 
4,566 
2,383 
4,882 
3,816,789 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
944 
229 
2 
5 
10 
339 
- 
acres 
1,832,507 
511,191 
(D) 
(D) 
466 
190,400 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
27,544 
9,047 
63 
29 
62 
6,710 
- 
acres 
29,203,602 
12,104,885 
4,369 
1,299 
3,860 
2,829,393 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,150 
776 
2 
4 
4 
610 
- 
acres 
6,174,315 
3,079,507 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
454,841 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,477 
513 
2 
3 
4 
434 
- 
acres 
4,483,990 
2,263,248 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
338,988 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,644 
741 
3 
11 
32 
329 
- 
acres 
4,561,391 
2,159,542 
(D) 
(D) 
900 
315,525 
- 
Family held farms 
1,534 
715 
3 
9 
29 
280 
- 
acres 
4,379,824 
2,076,585 
(D) 
607 
875 
298,349 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
25 
7 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,509 
708 
3 
9 
29 
277 
- 
Other than family held farms 
110 
26 
_ 
2 
3 
49 
_ 
acres 
181,567 
82,957 
- 
(D) 
25 
17,176 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
174 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
