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 
107 
89 
88 
18 
18 
27 
Female 
42 
39 
39 
3 
3 
4 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
103 
91 
90 
12 
12 
10 
Other 
46 
37 
37 
9 
9 
21 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
82 
73 
72 
9 
9 
16 
Not on farm operated 
67 
55 
55 
12 
12 
15 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
62 
56 
55 
6 
6 
5 
Any 
87 
72 
72 
15 
15 
26 
1 to 49 days 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
50 to 99 days 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
16 
12 
12 
4 
4 
9 
200 days or more 
68 
57 
57 
11 
11 
12 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
5 
5 
2 
2 
- 
3 or 4 years 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
5 
5 to 9 years 
23 
23 
23 
- 
- 
9 
1 0 years or more 
112 
94 
93 
18 
18 
17 
Average years on present farm 
20.6 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
4 
4 
2 
2 
- 
3 or 4 years 
4 
3 
3 
1 
1 
5 
5 to 9 years 
18 
18 
18 
- 
- 
8 
1 0 years or more 
121 
103 
102 
18 
18 
18 
Average years operating any farm 
21.8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
1 
35 to 44 years 
14 
11 
11 
3 
3 
1 
45 to 49 years 
21 
20 
19 
1 
1 
- 
50 to 54 years 
23 
20 
20 
3 
3 
2 
55 to 59 years 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
7 
60 to 64 years 
39 
33 
33 
6 
6 
10 
65 to 69 years 
15 
12 
12 
3 
3 
8 
70 years and over 
20 
16 
16 
4 
4 
2 
Average age 
57.0 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
61.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
148 
128 
127 
20 
20 
31 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
15 
10 
10 
5 
5 
4 
2 people 
74 
64 
64 
10 
10 
16 
3 people 
19 
17 
16 
2 
2 
2 
4 people 
24 
21 
21 
3 
3 
8 
5 or more people 
17 
16 
16 
1 
1 
1 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
70 
55 
55 
15 
15 
26 
25 to 49 percent 
26 
24 
24 
2 
2 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
20 
19 
18 
1 
1 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
12 
10 
10 
2 
2 
- 
1 00 percent 
21 
20 
20 
1 
1 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
21 
19 
18 
2 
2 
17 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
130 
109 
108 
21 
21 
27 
Dial-up service 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
- 
DSL service 
25 
18 
18 
7 
7 
1 
Cable modem service 
64 
54 
54 
10 
10 
20 
Fiber-optic service 
31 
26 
25 
5 
5 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
18 
17 
17 
1 
1 
- 
Satellite service 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Other Internet service 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
112 
98 
97 
14 
14 
27 
2 households 
19 
18 
18 
1 
1 
4 
3 households 
11 
6 
6 
5 
5 
- 
4 households 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
6 
5 
5 
1 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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