Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pennington 
Perkins 
Potter 
Roberts 
Sanborn 
Shannon 
Spink 
Stanley 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
243 
235 
154 
376 
131 
101 
355 
100 
2007 
239 
246 
124 
445 
152 
117 
307 
76 
Any 
2012 
356 
202 
93 
500 
271 
73 
320 
83 
2007 
416 
186 
114 
442 
202 
133 
317 
89 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
29 
26 
24 
74 
43 
9 
57 
13 
2007 
67 
45 
18 
99 
46 
26 
73 
16 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
28 
21 
4 
22 
12 
12 
11 
3 
2007 
22 
11 
10 
43 
22 
11 
18 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
48 
32 
8 
106 
57 
15 
32 
9 
2007 
67 
32 
6 
72 
35 
14 
25 
23 
200 days or more 
2012 
251 
123 
57 
298 
159 
37 
220 
58 
2007 
260 
98 
80 
228 
99 
82 
201 
47 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
27 
8 
6 
7 
15 
1 
15 
11 
2007 
20 
9 
2 
30 
6 
12 
12 
11 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
16 
15 
18 
36 
13 
2 
34 
11 
2007 
30 
14 
1 
22 
7 
8 
26 
10 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
90 
50 
13 
88 
63 
23 
64 
25 
2007 
98 
53 
33 
96 
39 
33 
69 
24 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
466 
364 
210 
745 
311 
148 
562 
136 
2007 
507 
356 
202 
739 
302 
197 
517 
120 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.6 
25.9 
28.0 
26.6 
23.1 
26.8 
27.6 
25.5 
2007 
22.7 
26.4 
27.3 
27.3 
26.8 
24.7 
27.8 
24.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
18 
8 
3 
6 
11 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
15 
14 
18 
29 
6 
1 
27 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
54 
28 
12 
75 
62 
22 
55 
23 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
512 
387 
214 
766 
334 
151 
582 
142 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.9 
28.0 
28.8 
28.0 
25.6 
27.9 
28.7 
26.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
5 
. 
. 
. 
10 
9 
2007 
- 
7 
- 
2 
- 
9 
6 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
25 
37 
18 
58 
56 
10 
59 
26 
2007 
18 
37 
5 
61 
21 
12 
40 
12 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
57 
75 
26 
132 
51 
11 
84 
19 
2007 
62 
47 
28 
115 
42 
31 
75 
27 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
123 
72 
52 
186 
107 
40 
146 
27 
2007 
197 
100 
69 
222 
109 
64 
179 
40 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
91 
67 
25 
136 
43 
28 
100 
18 
2007 
109 
46 
35 
114 
52 
24 
109 
18 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
116 
55 
46 
98 
42 
28 
97 
33 
2007 
75 
58 
29 
81 
28 
24 
68 
9 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
56 
39 
28 
114 
36 
17 
86 
23 
2007 
56 
46 
20 
120 
33 
22 
49 
16 
70 years and over 
2012 
131 
87 
52 
152 
67 
40 
93 
28 
2007 
138 
91 
52 
172 
69 
64 
98 
43 
Average age 
2012 
59.2 
55.8 
58.7 
56.4 
53.9 
58.7 
55.3 
54.7 
2007 
58.1 
56.9 
57.8 
56.6 
56.1 
57.1 
55.1 
57.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
427 
334 
197 
604 
313 
111 
513 
138 
2007 
433 
270 
152 
509 
213 
119 
439 
105 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
50 
27 
10 
52 
21 
29 
37 
24 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
163 
224 
37 
270 
100 
26 
197 
35 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
39 
25 
56 
103 
76 
8 
82 
18 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
24 
63 
88 
54 
44 
14 
73 
33 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
67 
26 
25 
135 
81 
15 
81 
24 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
97 
37 
21 
51 
20 
20 
115 
35 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
7 
6 
4 
4 
25 
- 
9 
1 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
34 
- 
3 
2 
4 
1 
7 
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 
590 
424 
239 
850 
384 
165 
623 
174 
acres, 2012 
1,069,335 
1,562,151 
520,632 
601,513 
348,516 
1,087,534 
863,149 
776,200 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
33 
7 
7 
9 
13 
5 
15 
9 
acres, 2012 
31,324 
28,210 
8,305 
3,036 
1 1 ,655 
8,800 
11,514 
26,130 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
526 
382 
169 
743 
350 
134 
529 
140 
2007 
545 
358 
160 
764 
302 
211 
535 
121 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1 ,308,235 
214,175 
427,877 
282,547 
(D) 
653,124 
491,757 
2007 
(D) 
1,231,782 
216,486 
425,745 
(D) 
(D) 
679,388 
473,206 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
32 
22 
36 
56 
29 
27 
38 
32 
2007 
62 
36 
40 
56 
38 
21 
40 
29 
acres, 2012 
101,875 
137,318 
148,518 
63,007 
57,263 
148,871 
112,902 
168,268 
2007 
194,734 
208,951 
175,668 
68,402 
65,691 
129,803 
110,503 
225,214 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
34 
26 
39 
52 
9 
5 
53 
6 
2007 
37 
30 
31 
49 
10 
9 
41 
4 
acres, 2012 
103,385 
(D) 
150,985 
102,038 
6,022 
16,135 
137,368 
84,392 
2007 
95,827 
191,806 
110,484 
76,034 
8,182 
22,720 
105,290 
(D) 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 
- 
4 
2007 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
7,036 
(D) 
- 
21,580 
- 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
7 
7 
3 
20 
9 
8 
51 
5 
2007 
10 
7 
5 
17 
3 
8 
7 
10 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
24,345 
23,147 
(D) 
(D) 
20,071 
46,723 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data South Dakota 495 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
