Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
McCracken 
McCreary 
McLean 
Madison 
Magoffin 
Marion 
Marshall 
Martin 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
110 
54 
214 
498 
94 
320 
230 
7 
2007 
168 
51 
188 
440 
187 
308 
332 
- 
Any 
2012 
337 
101 
199 
721 
267 
696 
489 
13 
2007 
315 
88 
231 
888 
283 
747 
535 
19 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
58 
5 
21 
88 
49 
67 
70 
1 
2007 
52 
17 
41 
132 
48 
107 
81 
2 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
13 
1 
13 
47 
23 
52 
20 
3 
2007 
19 
3 
13 
46 
15 
54 
44 
1 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
43 
18 
40 
73 
34 
49 
86 
4 
2007 
41 
13 
32 
166 
33 
89 
54 
7 
200 days or more 
2012 
223 
77 
125 
513 
161 
528 
313 
5 
2007 
203 
55 
145 
544 
187 
497 
356 
9 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
29 
4 
11 
26 
8 
57 
19 
2 
2007 
23 
9 
13 
60 
33 
28 
24 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
13 
5 
23 
61 
32 
35 
26 
4 
2007 
21 
4 
31 
82 
29 
71 
44 
3 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
83 
43 
63 
163 
54 
105 
88 
2 
2007 
75 
26 
43 
225 
48 
170 
120 
2 
10 years or more 
2012 
322 
103 
316 
969 
267 
819 
586 
12 
2007 
364 
100 
332 
961 
360 
786 
679 
14 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.1 
18.6 
23.5 
22.1 
21.7 
23.6 
23.9 
19.6 
2007 
22.7 
19.2 
22.6 
20.3 
20.7 
21.1 
23.4 
23.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
12 
2 
11 
21 
7 
37 
8 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
11 
5 
20 
53 
24 
28 
27 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
72 
37 
53 
133 
52 
85 
80 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
352 
111 
329 
1,012 
278 
866 
604 
12 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.1 
20.1 
25.5 
25.1 
23.5 
26.3 
26.2 
19.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
2 
1 
5 
_ 
. 
1 
2 
2007 
3 
- 
4 
5 
9 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
13 
5 
20 
55 
24 
55 
23 
- 
2007 
16 
5 
26 
54 
24 
68 
26 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
77 
23 
64 
149 
56 
121 
54 
4 
2007 
69 
21 
58 
150 
98 
165 
111 
4 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
127 
40 
86 
232 
81 
264 
164 
3 
2007 
119 
37 
99 
333 
135 
270 
175 
4 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
52 
30 
58 
185 
69 
187 
77 
1 
2007 
76 
16 
57 
190 
60 
198 
145 
4 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
59 
17 
39 
171 
54 
124 
122 
2 
2007 
56 
17 
68 
197 
55 
108 
101 
2 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
39 
17 
77 
164 
35 
97 
93 
6 
2007 
33 
15 
37 
137 
17 
92 
97 
3 
70 years and over 
2012 
80 
21 
68 
258 
42 
168 
185 
2 
2007 
111 
28 
70 
262 
72 
150 
212 
2 
Average age 
2012 
56.8 
55.6 
57.2 
58.7 
54.6 
56.6 
60.7 
53.7 
2007 
57.3 
57.2 
56.0 
57.8 
53.4 
54.8 
59.4 
55.1 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
337 
87 
284 
823 
227 
616 
507 
12 
2007 
302 
68 
223 
678 
210 
520 
463 
6 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
25 
4 
31 
59 
5 
33 
72 
- 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
186 
72 
117 
405 
158 
366 
227 
2 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
70 
11 
13 
121 
26 
78 
99 
8 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
25 
- 
6 
11 
28 
2 
7 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
24 
4 
38 
183 
26 
55 
89 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
34 
2 
89 
113 
28 
106 
42 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
2 
2 
12 
24 
13 
42 
4 
- 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
" 
- 
24 
8 
1 
4 
- 
- 
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 
437 
154 
402 
1,189 
356 
971 
703 
20 
acres, 2012 
65,212 
17,793 
119,433 
219,289 
43,740 
159,331 
92,101 
7,084 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
27 
1 
18 
53 
6 
28 
31 
- 
acres, 2012 
4,906 
(D) 
3,760 
31,868 
1,298 
10,062 
11,576 
- 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
401 
148 
372 
1,068 
345 
915 
669 
19 
2007 
445 
129 
361 
1,140 
434 
940 
804 
16 
acres, 2012 
54,368 
17,091 
96,869 
170,978 
42,464 
132,117 
85,267 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
14,328 
(D) 
170,576 
55,868 
136,219 
83,326 
2,836 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
26 
3 
28 
122 
16 
82 
37 
- 
2007 
34 
9 
45 
169 
34 
95 
49 
3 
acres, 2012 
11,219 
(D) 
17,404 
55,283 
1,987 
26,048 
6,728 
- 
2007 
14,304 
(D) 
42,638 
40,550 
(D) 
16,694 
12,283 
4,274 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
12 
3 
10 
22 
12 
7 
1 
2007 
2 
- 
9 
12 
- 
10 
9 
- 
acres, 2012 
1,444 
118 
10,060 
5,071 
- 
6,935 
2,304 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
- 
3,600 
2,641 
- 
5,838 
1,549 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
5 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
24 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
34 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
3 
1 
1 
6 
7 
6 
2007 
2 
1 
1 
6 
2 
7 
4 
- 
acres, 2012 
137 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,317 
580 
- 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
728 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
