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 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,581 
1,421 
1,376 
160 
154 
341 
Female 
272 
218 
217 
54 
54 
111 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
975 
877 
855 
98 
92 
167 
Other 
878 
762 
738 
116 
116 
285 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,261 
1,161 
1,131 
100 
100 
260 
Not on farm operated 
592 
478 
462 
114 
108 
192 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
761 
681 
662 
80 
77 
177 
Any 
1,092 
958 
931 
134 
131 
275 
1 to 49 days 
192 
167 
165 
25 
22 
39 
50 to 99 days 
90 
78 
75 
12 
12 
12 
100 to 199 days 
136 
120 
117 
16 
16 
31 
200 days or more 
674 
593 
574 
81 
81 
193 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
71 
60 
57 
11 
11 
36 
3 or 4 years 
97 
90 
88 
7 
6 
39 
5 to 9 years 
290 
237 
228 
53 
52 
91 
10 years or more 
1,395 
1,252 
1,220 
143 
139 
286 
Average years on present farm 
20.7 
21.2 
21.2 
17.4 
17.5 
18.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
48 
39 
36 
9 
9 
28 
3 or 4 years 
74 
68 
67 
6 
6 
36 
5 to 9 years 
239 
197 
191 
42 
42 
76 
10 years or more 
1,492 
1,335 
1,299 
157 
151 
312 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
24.4 
24.4 
20.7 
20.8 
22.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
25 to 34 years 
90 
79 
78 
11 
9 
14 
35 to 44 years 
188 
159 
155 
29 
29 
66 
45 to 49 years 
169 
148 
143 
21 
21 
41 
50 to 54 years 
309 
260 
250 
49 
47 
56 
55 to 59 years 
303 
264 
261 
39 
37 
58 
60 to 64 years 
281 
253 
241 
28 
28 
54 
65 to 69 years 
209 
191 
189 
18 
18 
65 
70 years and over 
302 
284 
275 
18 
18 
96 
Average age 
57.3 
57.7 
57.7 
54.2 
54.4 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
19 
18 
18 
1 
1 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
13 
11 
11 
2 
2 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,835 
1,623 
1,577 
212 
206 
441 
More than one race reported 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
257 
208 
202 
49 
49 
94 
2 people 
864 
771 
749 
93 
92 
219 
3 people 
313 
279 
274 
34 
29 
60 
4 people 
254 
241 
233 
13 
13 
56 
5 or more people 
165 
140 
135 
25 
25 
23 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,194 
1,053 
1,018 
141 
141 
357 
25 to 49 percent 
140 
125 
124 
15 
15 
29 
50 to 74 percent 
206 
180 
175 
26 
22 
33 
75 to 99 percent 
141 
132 
128 
9 
9 
11 
100 percent 
172 
149 
148 
23 
21 
22 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
207 
167 
157 
40 
34 
58 
acres 
112,863 
86,466 
77,387 
26,397 
24,787 
29,418 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,376 
1,204 
1,178 
172 
166 
295 
Dial-up service 
80 
77 
76 
3 
3 
11 
DSL service 
704 
610 
596 
94 
91 
138 
Cable modem service 
225 
201 
197 
24 
24 
63 
Fiber-optic service 
36 
31 
30 
5 
4 
21 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
235 
202 
197 
33 
33 
44 
Satellite service 
234 
222 
220 
12 
12 
33 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
85 
69 
68 
16 
14 
16 
Other Internet service 
21 
15 
15 
6 
4 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,301 
1,128 
1,094 
173 
167 
348 
2 households 
343 
311 
303 
32 
32 
58 
3 households 
108 
104 
102 
4 
4 
31 
4 households 
58 
55 
55 
3 
3 
12 
5 or more households 
43 
41 
39 
2 
2 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kentucky 149 
