Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
60,280 
55,984 
3,062 
1,617 
Female 
7,770 
7,191 
357 
211 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
28,454 
26,003 
1,821 
998 
Other 
39,596 
37,172 
1,598 
830 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
55,153 
51,732 
2,440 
1,275 
Not on farm operated 
12,897 
11,443 
979 
553 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
25,071 
22,939 
1,546 
836 
Any 
42,979 
40,236 
1,873 
992 
1 to 49 days 
4,950 
4,556 
250 
142 
50 to 99 days 
3,204 
2,984 
160 
87 
100 to 199 days 
5,808 
5,427 
247 
117 
200 days or more 
29,017 
27,269 
1,216 
646 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,132 
1,991 
85 
45 
3 or 4 years 
3,112 
2,869 
151 
90 
5 to 9 years 
9,728 
9,025 
460 
272 
1 0 years or more 
53,078 
49,290 
2,723 
1,421 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
22.7 
24.7 
24.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,465 
1,371 
53 
28 
3 or 4 years 
2,514 
2,329 
112 
69 
5 to 9 years 
8,227 
7,649 
373 
227 
10 years or more 
55,844 
51,826 
2,881 
1,504 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
24.9 
27.1 
26.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
259 
244 
15 
10 
25 to 34 years 
2,564 
2,393 
120 
63 
35 to 44 years 
6,768 
6,349 
278 
171 
45 to 49 years 
6,011 
5,661 
255 
143 
50 to 54 years 
8,130 
7,597 
348 
190 
55 to 59 years 
9,452 
8,794 
442 
238 
60 to 64 years 
10,305 
9,570 
505 
276 
65 to 69 years 
9,268 
8,561 
531 
254 
70 years and over 
15,293 
14,006 
925 
483 
Average age 
59.2 
59.1 
61.0 
60.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
467 
447 
10 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
281 
253 
16 
5 
Asian 
87 
83 
3 
3 
Black or African American 
992 
908 
57 
32 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
4 
- 
- 
White 
66,460 
61,729 
3,321 
1,779 
More than one race reported 
226 
198 
22 
9 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,341 
8,660 
435 
211 
2 people 
36,351 
33,646 
1,969 
1,049 
3 people 
10,289 
9,618 
466 
253 
4 people 
8,020 
7,479 
370 
195 
5 or more people 
4,049 
3,772 
179 
120 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
55,478 
51,982 
2,363 
1,228 
25 to 49 percent 
5,109 
4,702 
311 
161 
50 to 74 percent 
3,984 
3,547 
343 
191 
75 to 99 percent 
1,911 
1,616 
224 
134 
100 percent 
1,568 
1,328 
178 
114 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,107 
799 
112 
67 
acres 
378,193 
166,959 
96,827 
84,949 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,001 
40,836 
2,158 
1,227 
Dial-up service 
4,836 
4,506 
234 
121 
DSL service 
17,579 
16,383 
814 
487 
Cable modem service 
8,811 
8,056 
496 
281 
Fiber-optic service 
1,322 
1,227 
60 
34 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,093 
8,430 
454 
246 
Satellite service 
6,226 
5,733 
342 
201 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
988 
893 
69 
36 
Other Internet service 
494 
454 
22 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
54,168 
51,468 
1,627 
899 
2 households 
11,363 
9,674 
1,413 
693 
3 households 
1,575 
1,278 
245 
152 
4 households 
657 
544 
77 
48 
5 or more households 
287 
211 
57 
36 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
