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 
2,404 
2,198 
2,124 
206 
191 
887 
Female 
349 
296 
285 
53 
50 
254 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,616 
1,501 
1,462 
115 
108 
431 
Other 
1,137 
993 
947 
144 
133 
710 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,880 
1,741 
1,693 
139 
132 
695 
Not on farm operated 
873 
753 
716 
120 
109 
446 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,279 
1,180 
1,140 
99 
88 
544 
Any 
1,474 
1,314 
1,269 
160 
153 
597 
1 to 49 days 
249 
228 
224 
21 
20 
100 
50 to 99 days 
119 
108 
104 
11 
8 
32 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
183 
167 
159 
16 
16 
63 
200 days or more 
923 
811 
782 
112 
109 
402 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
53 
40 
38 
13 
11 
51 
3 or 4 years 
121 
109 
106 
12 
12 
65 
5 to 9 years 
323 
276 
265 
47 
43 
154 
1 0 years or more 
2,256 
2,069 
2,000 
187 
175 
871 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
25.6 
25.6 
19.0 
19.3 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
40 
35 
33 
5 
5 
38 
3 or 4 years 
99 
87 
87 
12 
12 
50 
5 to 9 years 
262 
220 
211 
42 
38 
133 
1 0 years or more 
2,352 
2,152 
2,078 
200 
186 
920 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
27.8 
27.8 
22.0 
22.0 
26.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
1 
25 to 34 years 
83 
66 
66 
17 
16 
40 
35 to 44 years 
316 
262 
253 
54 
53 
93 
45 to 49 years 
248 
231 
229 
17 
15 
86 
50 to 54 years 
485 
431 
416 
54 
49 
117 
55 to 59 years 
446 
409 
400 
37 
37 
139 
60 to 64 years 
396 
374 
361 
22 
20 
154 
65 to 69 years 
309 
289 
269 
20 
16 
148 
70 years and over 
461 
425 
408 
36 
33 
363 
Average age 
57.5 
57.9 
57.7 
54.2 
53.9 
61.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
11 
10 
10 
1 
1 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
6 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,736 
2,480 
2,395 
256 
238 
1,133 
More than one race reported 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
290 
258 
253 
32 
28 
198 
2 people 
1,305 
1,191 
1,141 
114 
106 
624 
3 people 
397 
359 
342 
38 
35 
124 
4 people 
394 
355 
348 
39 
37 
117 
5 or more people 
367 
331 
325 
36 
35 
78 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,444 
1,269 
1,218 
175 
162 
843 
25 to 49 percent 
275 
264 
258 
11 
11 
111 
50 to 74 percent 
379 
342 
333 
37 
37 
108 
75 to 99 percent 
331 
319 
313 
12 
10 
53 
1 00 percent 
324 
300 
287 
24 
21 
26 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
344 
292 
264 
52 
46 
126 
acres 
210,741 
195,303 
168,158 
15,438 
14,754 
51,885 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,148 
1,946 
1,878 
202 
191 
755 
Dial-up service 
128 
118 
115 
10 
10 
70 
DSL service 
839 
772 
739 
67 
63 
291 
Cable modem service 
576 
508 
490 
68 
62 
180 
Fiber-optic service 
75 
69 
65 
6 
6 
42 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
443 
394 
380 
49 
46 
134 
Satellite service 
323 
296 
287 
27 
27 
82 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
65 
58 
57 
7 
7 
35 
Other Internet service 
67 
61 
61 
6 
6 
23 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,751 
1,557 
1,498 
194 
176 
876 
2 households 
620 
579 
569 
41 
41 
189 
3 households 
216 
202 
194 
14 
14 
45 
4 households 
87 
83 
81 
4 
4 
20 
5 or more households 
79 
73 
67 
6 
6 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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