Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Graves 
Grayson 
Green 
Greenup 
Plancock 
Hardin 
Harlan 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
(, 
2012 
690 
503 
322 
240 
95 
497 
5 
2007 
727 
541 
363 
243 
120 
561 
8 
Any 
2012 
752 
904 
728 
364 
255 
860 
29 
2007 
985 
972 
701 
455 
263 
1,027 
29 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
72 
91 
69 
28 
12 
77 
6 
2007 
167 
141 
105 
58 
38 
127 
2 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
57 
44 
57 
51 
29 
53 
1 
2007 
58 
96 
48 
44 
14 
107 
10 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
100 
104 
90 
30 
57 
120 
1 
2007 
139 
141 
107 
51 
51 
114 
1 
200 days or more 
2012 
523 
665 
512 
255 
157 
610 
21 
2007 
621 
594 
441 
302 
160 
679 
16 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
40 
69 
33 
16 
6 
44 
2007 
50 
59 
37 
35 
14 
64 
2 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
53 
58 
40 
25 
18 
61 
3 
2007 
88 
86 
61 
51 
14 
83 
4 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
155 
216 
133 
77 
42 
182 
6 
2007 
272 
206 
176 
123 
52 
263 
8 
10 years or more 
2012 
1,194 
1,064 
844 
486 
284 
1,070 
25 
2007 
1,302 
1,162 
790 
489 
303 
1,178 
23 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.4 
22.8 
22.4 
23.6 
20.9 
23.1 
20.4 
2007 
23.0 
22.6 
21.8 
19.5 
24.0 
21.8 
16.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
25 
47 
16 
15 
6 
24 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
48 
47 
37 
23 
16 
58 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
136 
180 
111 
67 
31 
146 
6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,233 
1,133 
886 
499 
297 
1,129 
25 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.2 
25.8 
25.4 
25.5 
23.6 
25.7 
20.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
10 
7 
2 
5 
1 
. 
2007 
5 
5 
4 
6 
- 
9 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
69 
88 
78 
34 
44 
68 
- 
2007 
106 
81 
71 
38 
14 
59 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
147 
143 
114 
77 
39 
145 
2 
2007 
200 
217 
147 
114 
62 
187 
7 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
335 
295 
272 
116 
75 
321 
17 
2007 
373 
342 
288 
146 
76 
433 
13 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
158 
191 
139 
66 
41 
190 
8 
2007 
252 
190 
127 
96 
51 
227 
6 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
173 
195 
117 
91 
51 
203 
1 
2007 
226 
189 
117 
105 
60 
180 
1 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
223 
143 
113 
57 
44 
136 
3 
2007 
210 
182 
118 
87 
56 
188 
2 
70 years and over 
2012 
335 
342 
210 
161 
51 
293 
3 
2007 
340 
307 
192 
106 
64 
305 
8 
Average age 
2012 
59.1 
58.3 
56.4 
58.7 
54.7 
58.2 
54.8 
2007 
57.7 
57.3 
55.9 
55.9 
57.4 
57.3 
56.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
886 
755 
640 
419 
265 
902 
20 
2007 
857 
612 
486 
377 
176 
859 
19 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
65 
62 
57 
27 
14 
78 
- 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
567 
538 
475 
267 
132 
571 
11 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
59 
37 
52 
44 
44 
121 
5 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
234 
5 
22 
8 
6 
5 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
85 
84 
40 
29 
21 
118 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
57 
75 
49 
54 
68 
45 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
23 
30 
49 
26 
10 
67 
- 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
3 
3 
2 
2 
6 
5 
- 
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 
1,407 
1,375 
1,026 
586 
345 
1,320 
32 
acres, 2012 
275,828 
195,005 
144,749 
76,513 
51,714 
198,368 
6,065 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
37 
18 
25 
11 
8 
84 
1 
acres, 2012 
23,887 
4,688 
10,832 
1,020 
620 
24,275 
(D) 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
1,332 
1,312 
955 
557 
332 
1,252 
30 
2007 
1,557 
1,379 
976 
645 
352 
1,455 
34 
acres, 2012 
209,776 
172,917 
128,930 
65,342 
44,579 
172,917 
5,115 
2007 
222,339 
180,000 
124,969 
78,498 
49,919 
184,330 
(D) 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
64 
66 
69 
20 
13 
76 
2007 
120 
109 
79 
43 
26 
114 
- 
acres, 2012 
50,017 
15,296 
18,882 
(D) 
3,970 
23,201 
- 
2007 
36,021 
21,646 
18,233 
7,380 
10,353 
29,093 
- 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
35 
25 
14 
25 
4 
18 
3 
2007 
28 
19 
8 
5 
5 
15 
1 
acres, 2012 
30,410 
11,856 
3,196 
10,321 
(D) 
5,771 
(D) 
2007 
17,866 
14,003 
(D) 
5,710 
2,788 
(D) 
(D) 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
10 
4 
11 
2 
1 
10 
1 
2007 
7 
6 
1 
1 
- 
3 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
826 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,655 
843 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
724 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
