Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,734 
1,351 
10 
38 
137 
311 
409 
446 
500 or more 
413 
342 
" 
20 
42 
69 
107 
104 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,809 
16,980 
118 
652 
1,251 
2,736 
4,728 
7,495 
number 
1,056,858 
679,036 
2,823 
22,150 
56,094 
127,201 
196,087 
274,681 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,823 
16,222 
110 
568 
1,112 
2,531 
4,536 
7,365 
number 
985,075 
612,041 
2,426 
18,058 
46,413 
106,440 
178,275 
260,429 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,136 
3,457 
50 
155 
309 
591 
945 
1,407 
1 0 to 49 
18,473 
9,141 
51 
287 
525 
1,317 
2,496 
4,465 
50 to 99 
3,531 
2,332 
3 
96 
159 
361 
687 
1,026 
100 to 199 
1,268 
962 
5 
26 
80 
184 
312 
355 
200 to 499 
387 
305 
1 
4 
37 
72 
88 
103 
500 or more 
28 
25 
- 
- 
2 
6 
8 
9 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,564 
1,123 
8 
101 
191 
301 
287 
235 
number 
71,783 
66,995 
397 
4,092 
9,681 
20,761 
17,812 
14,252 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
656 
295 
38 
60 
67 
70 
60 
1 0 to 49 
369 
314 
5 
30 
45 
75 
92 
67 
50 to 99 
369 
348 
3 
24 
63 
102 
85 
71 
1 00 to 1 99 
124 
122 
- 
8 
18 
43 
26 
27 
200 to 499 
38 
37 
- 
1 
4 
11 
13 
8 
500 or more 
8 
7 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
2 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
33,365 
16,534 
100 
700 
1,300 
2,668 
4,644 
7,122 
number 
1,214,013 
837,265 
4,833 
37,999 
90,599 
157,362 
248,085 
298,387 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
33,284 
16,840 
98 
717 
1,243 
2,592 
4,745 
7,445 
number 
1,293,302 
912,390 
3,666 
53,574 
99,585 
177,506 
239,874 
338,185 
$1,000 
1,033,722 
737,318 
2,641 
32,506 
79,704 
144,194 
196,877 
281,396 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
17,068 
8,636 
54 
347 
680 
1,380 
2,419 
3,756 
number 
267,604 
177,108 
1,443 
6,714 
23,404 
34,872 
46,778 
63,897 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
29,004 
14,913 
79 
631 
1,074 
2,273 
4,206 
6,650 
number 
1,025,698 
735,282 
2,223 
46,860 
76,181 
142,634 
193,096 
274,288 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
720 
436 
2 
25 
28 
62 
116 
203 
number 
36,931 
26,943 
(D) 
(D) 
3,213 
3,300 
8,060 
10,459 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,284 
588 
10 
90 
107 
158 
127 
96 
number 
313,360 
277,285 
(D) 
20,566 
(D) 
107,451 
92,615 
40,175 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,057 
430 
9 
66 
85 
111 
92 
67 
25 to 49 
63 
39 
- 
4 
4 
10 
15 
6 
50 to 99 
34 
15 
- 
- 
3 
4 
3 
5 
100 to 199 
47 
30 
- 
5 
9 
11 
2 
3 
200 to 499 
22 
21 
- 
6 
1 
9 
3 
2 
500 or more 
61 
53 
1 
9 
5 
13 
12 
13 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
729 
347 
8 
42 
65 
99 
70 
63 
number 
34,911 
32,053 
17 
644 
(D) 
15,448 
(D) 
5,894 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,042 
489 
5 
76 
84 
132 
112 
80 
number 
278,449 
245,232 
(D) 
19,922 
10,733 
92,003 
(D) 
34,281 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
866 
416 
8 
45 
77 
110 
102 
74 
number 
933,620 
853,611 
(D) 
(D) 
86,402 
400,323 
207,048 
101,121 
$1,000 
122,130 
112,718 
(D) 
9,517 
(D) 
39,069 
39,749 
17,337 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,743 
691 
5 
49 
103 
145 
214 
175 
number 
54,612 
24,051 
373 
1,207 
2,821 
5,504 
8,231 
5,915 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,351 
569 
2 
40 
80 
113 
179 
155 
number 
29,682 
13,526 
(D) 
(D) 
1,196 
3,422 
4,693 
3,382 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,095 
437 
4 
29 
49 
82 
162 
111 
number 
31,564 
16,003 
260 
745 
1,268 
2,614 
8,300 
2,816 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
19,012 
7,428 
39 
354 
795 
1,404 
2,315 
2,521 
number 
141,842 
69,886 
134 
2,673 
7,676 
14,944 
23,882 
20,577 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
18,329 
7,167 
39 
347 
785 
1,370 
2,235 
2,391 
number 
118,288 
54,309 
124 
1,838 
6,003 
10,366 
18,938 
17,040 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
4,256 
1,777 
9 
89 
237 
380 
586 
476 
number 
17,369 
9,536 
11 
368 
905 
2,107 
3,698 
2,447 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
3,797 
1,358 
10 
93 
165 
334 
358 
398 
number 
64,118 
29,369 
118 
1,522 
2,635 
5,437 
12,089 
7,568 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,990 
732 
6 
41 
96 
181 
197 
211 
number 
30,221 
15,282 
62 
379 
1,040 
3,041 
3,892 
6,868 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,252 
2,434 
16 
163 
342 
535 
721 
657 
number 
4,308,549 
3,993,981 
(D) 
(D) 
267,190 
473,026 
2,868,499 
224,534 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,129 
2,349 
15 
154 
329 
509 
697 
645 
400 to 3,199 
39 
11 
- 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
27 
1 
3 
3 
10 
8 
2 
20,000 to 49,999 
47 
43 
- 
4 
8 
14 
9 
8 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
933 
425 
4 
34 
53 
108 
128 
98 
number 
1,820,101 
1,560,017 
50 
272,927 
2,233 
167,462 
875,187 
242,158 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
206 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
