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 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
837 
731 
714 
106 
96 
397 
Female 
126 
110 
110 
16 
16 
96 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
451 
386 
381 
65 
60 
179 
Other 
512 
455 
443 
57 
52 
314 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
665 
601 
590 
64 
62 
316 
Not on farm operated 
298 
240 
234 
58 
50 
177 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
382 
334 
331 
48 
43 
204 
Any 
581 
507 
493 
74 
69 
289 
1 to 49 days 
94 
83 
80 
11 
10 
50 
50 to 99 days 
46 
43 
42 
3 
3 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
98 
88 
88 
10 
10 
36 
200 days or more 
343 
293 
283 
50 
46 
189 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
25 
19 
19 
6 
6 
31 
3 or 4 years 
53 
39 
38 
14 
14 
39 
5 to 9 years 
153 
133 
133 
20 
19 
90 
10 years or more 
732 
650 
634 
82 
73 
333 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
22.7 
22.7 
19.8 
19.8 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
16 
12 
12 
4 
4 
25 
3 or 4 years 
45 
35 
34 
10 
10 
28 
5 to 9 years 
128 
112 
112 
16 
15 
77 
10 years or more 
774 
682 
666 
92 
83 
363 
Average years operating any farm 
24.9 
25.2 
25.2 
23.0 
22.4 
21.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
31 
27 
27 
4 
4 
20 
35 to 44 years 
77 
66 
66 
11 
11 
64 
45 to 49 years 
67 
54 
53 
13 
11 
28 
50 to 54 years 
133 
121 
118 
12 
9 
52 
55 to 59 years 
129 
107 
104 
22 
21 
87 
60 to 64 years 
163 
143 
135 
20 
20 
67 
65 to 69 years 
111 
97 
97 
14 
12 
65 
70 years and over 
252 
226 
224 
26 
24 
110 
Average age 
60.4 
60.7 
60.7 
58.9 
59.0 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
2 
2 
3 
3 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11 
8 
8 
3 
3 
1 
Asian 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
19 
16 
16 
3 
1 
8 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
929 
813 
796 
116 
108 
481 
More than one race reported 
3 
3 
3 
" 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
161 
136 
135 
25 
25 
85 
2 people 
492 
433 
422 
59 
51 
244 
3 people 
139 
123 
121 
16 
16 
66 
4 people 
104 
91 
89 
13 
12 
67 
5 or more people 
67 
58 
57 
9 
8 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
695 
610 
598 
85 
79 
438 
25 to 49 percent 
81 
75 
75 
6 
6 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
84 
77 
74 
7 
6 
10 
75 to 99 percent 
59 
46 
44 
13 
10 
12 
100 percent 
44 
33 
33 
11 
11 
18 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
109 
80 
75 
29 
25 
87 
acres 
60,238 
46,467 
43,134 
13,771 
(D) 
54,169 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
666 
573 
559 
93 
86 
341 
Dial-up service 
70 
62 
62 
8 
8 
26 
DSL service 
254 
222 
214 
32 
31 
128 
Cable modem service 
177 
153 
151 
24 
24 
82 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
13 
12 
5 
5 
17 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
131 
113 
112 
18 
13 
78 
Satellite service 
116 
101 
98 
15 
14 
35 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
17 
15 
15 
2 
2 
9 
Other Internet service 
10 
7 
7 
3 
3 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
672 
592 
579 
80 
72 
401 
2 households 
210 
184 
180 
26 
25 
66 
3 households 
39 
32 
32 
7 
7 
13 
4 households 
29 
22 
22 
7 
6 
7 
5 or more households 
13 
11 
11 
2 
2 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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