Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Douglas 
Edmunds 
Fall River 
Faulk 
Grant 
Gregory 
Flaakon 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
I. 
2012 
203 
204 
137 
153 
260 
229 
155 
2007 
169 
213 
134 
162 
265 
245 
142 
Any 
2012 
231 
218 
190 
127 
358 
276 
132 
2007 
194 
212 
196 
132 
290 
266 
142 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
19 
44 
33 
23 
77 
68 
29 
2007 
41 
60 
22 
40 
41 
55 
36 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
8 
32 
13 
8 
20 
20 
14 
2007 
20 
4 
12 
2 
22 
24 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
60 
28 
29 
26 
30 
46 
8 
2007 
29 
26 
30 
13 
27 
42 
19 
200 days or more 
2012 
144 
114 
115 
70 
231 
142 
81 
2007 
104 
122 
132 
77 
200 
145 
74 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
6 
9 
7 
15 
12 
13 
2007 
9 
10 
6 
2 
21 
8 
8 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
25 
14 
13 
10 
32 
23 
11 
2007 
24 
21 
11 
4 
26 
12 
12 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
55 
41 
36 
21 
81 
40 
33 
2007 
26 
50 
70 
29 
52 
62 
23 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
346 
361 
269 
242 
490 
430 
230 
2007 
304 
344 
243 
259 
456 
429 
241 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.5 
21.1 
22.1 
27.1 
24.7 
27.9 
26.4 
2007 
26.5 
26.5 
21.8 
21.1 
25.6 
26.6 
26.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
5 
7 
1 
10 
7 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
13 
13 
13 
10 
20 
13 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
48 
39 
21 
21 
54 
34 
36 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
366 
365 
286 
242 
534 
451 
238 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.7 
28.4 
26.5 
28.2 
27.1 
30.0 
28.6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
3 
1 
3 
6 
7 
1 
4 
2007 
8 
9 
2 
1 
12 
5 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
60 
28 
35 
23 
61 
33 
28 
2007 
42 
29 
17 
13 
41 
24 
18 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
62 
69 
26 
27 
102 
36 
23 
2007 
39 
52 
32 
46 
91 
57 
27 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
93 
106 
64 
78 
153 
115 
61 
2007 
108 
126 
83 
100 
157 
157 
78 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
59 
64 
56 
40 
93 
87 
36 
2007 
50 
38 
53 
39 
64 
71 
44 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
59 
41 
57 
30 
59 
79 
42 
2007 
29 
51 
44 
20 
65 
52 
41 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
31 
38 
32 
17 
55 
63 
39 
2007 
29 
40 
19 
13 
30 
55 
32 
70 years and over 
2012 
67 
75 
54 
59 
88 
91 
54 
2007 
58 
80 
80 
62 
95 
90 
42 
Average age 
2012 
53.5 
55.2 
56.3 
56.0 
53.6 
58.1 
56.8 
2007 
53.7 
55.7 
58.2 
55.3 
54.0 
56.4 
56.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
329 
355 
265 
230 
473 
337 
225 
2007 
212 
262 
218 
199 
380 
289 
189 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
44 
56 
44 
15 
40 
67 
18 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
172 
109 
113 
49 
174 
157 
147 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
49 
74 
32 
42 
74 
17 
15 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
58 
75 
67 
85 
30 
85 
53 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
23 
35 
16 
26 
59 
40 
22 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
18 
36 
28 
42 
87 
20 
23 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
5 
6 
4 
13 
4 
1 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
11 
4 
17 
38 
1 
3 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
421 
410 
320 
267 
599 
485 
275 
acres, 2012 
247,458 
665,068 
953,850 
551,776 
414,709 
610,557 
1,023,572 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
12 
21 
12 
3 
16 
29 
15 
acres, 2012 
3,567 
10,367 
55,939 
(D) 
5,315 
79,393 
81,311 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
399 
371 
277 
226 
533 
429 
235 
2007 
331 
353 
283 
235 
471 
453 
249 
acres, 2012 
224,750 
540,654 
(D) 
415,239 
(D) 
(D) 
807,542 
2007 
199,808 
428,937 
(D) 
424,728 
(D) 
489,764 
928,725 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
25 
23 
18 
22 
40 
49 
34 
2007 
17 
46 
29 
31 
52 
43 
24 
acres, 2012 
35,751 
81,246 
75,824 
118,337 
36,634 
90,906 
203,088 
2007 
16,265 
138,630 
122,110 
112,086 
44,198 
105,949 
174,563 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
19 
25 
25 
36 
23 
15 
2007 
12 
21 
14 
23 
25 
9 
8 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
134,895 
64,050 
67,121 
63,257 
115,868 
2007 
8,993 
83,904 
110,993 
69,516 
31,851 
28,562 
39,250 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2007 
3 
1 
- 
- 
3 
1 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2007 
100 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
7 
7 
7 
8 
4 
2 
2007 
- 
4 
4 
5 
4 
5 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
17,994 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
8,277 
2,967 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data South Dakota 491 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
