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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
458 
407 
401 
51 
44 
85 
Female 
124 
96 
94 
28 
28 
52 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
347 
323 
318 
24 
22 
61 
Other 
235 
180 
177 
55 
50 
76 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
416 
375 
371 
41 
41 
75 
Not on farm operated 
166 
128 
124 
38 
31 
62 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
265 
235 
231 
30 
28 
60 
Any 
317 
268 
264 
49 
44 
77 
1 to 49 days 
58 
45 
44 
13 
8 
8 
50 to 99 days 
33 
32 
32 
1 
1 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
51 
48 
48 
3 
3 
22 
200 days or more 
175 
143 
140 
32 
32 
44 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
21 
12 
12 
9 
9 
13 
3 or 4 years 
41 
38 
38 
3 
3 
11 
5 to 9 years 
93 
74 
73 
19 
19 
18 
1 0 years or more 
427 
379 
372 
48 
41 
95 
Average years on present farm 
22.9 
24.1 
23.9 
15.1 
15.2 
16.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
16 
7 
7 
9 
9 
8 
3 or 4 years 
36 
33 
33 
3 
3 
14 
5 to 9 years 
73 
57 
56 
16 
16 
14 
1 0 years or more 
457 
406 
399 
51 
44 
101 
Average years operating any farm 
25.3 
26.7 
26.5 
16.5 
16.6 
20.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
29 
26 
26 
3 
3 
12 
35 to 44 years 
61 
54 
53 
7 
6 
21 
45 to 49 years 
68 
53 
53 
15 
14 
17 
50 to 54 years 
79 
67 
67 
12 
11 
22 
55 to 59 years 
105 
92 
90 
13 
13 
7 
60 to 64 years 
80 
69 
68 
11 
7 
24 
65 to 69 years 
53 
46 
45 
7 
7 
20 
70 years and over 
100 
89 
86 
11 
11 
13 
Average age 
56.7 
56.9 
56.8 
55.4 
55.4 
53.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
582 
503 
495 
79 
72 
135 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
60 
42 
42 
18 
17 
29 
2 people 
294 
260 
254 
34 
33 
60 
3 people 
103 
94 
93 
9 
5 
11 
4 people 
75 
64 
64 
11 
10 
27 
5 or more people 
50 
43 
42 
7 
7 
10 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
323 
270 
268 
53 
52 
93 
25 to 49 percent 
55 
51 
50 
4 
4 
8 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
54 
49 
10 
5 
22 
75 to 99 percent 
72 
67 
67 
5 
5 
8 
1 00 percent 
68 
61 
61 
7 
6 
6 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
84 
64 
60 
20 
15 
51 
acres 
126,638 
121,482 
1 1 7,795 
5,156 
3,940 
16,321 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
518 
447 
440 
71 
65 
120 
Dial-up service 
21 
17 
17 
4 
3 
7 
DSL service 
211 
180 
177 
31 
27 
59 
Cable modem service 
183 
154 
154 
29 
23 
34 
Fiber-optic service 
17 
16 
15 
1 
1 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
78 
66 
65 
12 
12 
14 
Satellite service 
30 
22 
21 
8 
8 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
26 
24 
23 
2 
2 
9 
Other Internet service 
26 
26 
26 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
415 
352 
350 
63 
56 
122 
2 households 
114 
104 
99 
10 
10 
5 
3 households 
33 
31 
30 
2 
2 
5 
4 households 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
2 
5 or more households 
11 
9 
9 
2 
2 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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