Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
31 
1,682 
3,874 
3 
70 
31 
216 
306 
928 
55 to 59 years 
35 
2,102 
4,586 
3 
90 
47 
240 
285 
1,041 
60 to 64 years 
37 
2,377 
5,081 
3 
77 
40 
209 
323 
1,106 
65 to 69 years 
18 
2,232 
4,819 
7 
45 
18 
147 
203 
882 
70 years and over 
29 
3,889 
8,545 
10 
74 
14 
181 
280 
976 
Average age 
55.1 
61.0 
59.9 
58.2 
57.2 
51.9 
55.2 
54.8 
56.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
113 
143 
- 
1 
5 
20 
45 
93 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
84 
94 
- 
- 
- 
4 
10 
37 
Asian 
- 
23 
19 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
7 
Black or African American 
10 
322 
432 
- 
- 
22 
17 
31 
45 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
211 
14,611 
33,815 
36 
471 
229 
1,436 
2,083 
6,651 
More than one race reported 
- 
55 
93 
1 
1 
- 
3 
15 
29 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
28 
2,648 
4,491 
4 
43 
21 
125 
226 
836 
2 people 
102 
8,101 
19,023 
20 
228 
118 
662 
1,023 
3,527 
3 people 
23 
2,055 
5,249 
3 
80 
33 
240 
369 
1,096 
4 people 
50 
1,558 
3,894 
5 
62 
43 
247 
306 
849 
5 or more people 
18 
733 
1,800 
5 
59 
36 
206 
215 
461 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
75 
13,990 
27,806 
30 
170 
221 
1,066 
2,029 
6,212 
25 to 49 percent 
30 
517 
3,365 
5 
39 
2 
73 
40 
218 
50 to 74 percent 
27 
386 
2,196 
2 
68 
15 
130 
28 
168 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
118 
692 
- 
75 
7 
113 
16 
80 
1 00 percent 
46 
84 
398 
120 
6 
98 
26 
91 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
5 
222 
448 
- 
20 
8 
30 
20 
138 
acres 
190 
28,450 
145,109 
14,882 
1,160 
7,086 
599 
17,624 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
170 
9,465 
21,057 
28 
320 
168 
1,116 
1,586 
5,088 
Dial-up service 
5 
988 
2,547 
3 
44 
7 
116 
143 
439 
DSL service 
81 
3,763 
8,423 
10 
133 
69 
454 
688 
1,914 
Cable modem service 
12 
2,054 
4,172 
9 
51 
22 
186 
268 
1,103 
Fiber-optic service 
5 
275 
650 
3 
10 
4 
27 
45 
137 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
38 
1,956 
4,173 
7 
64 
30 
235 
341 
1,171 
Satellite service 
38 
1,316 
2,827 
2 
56 
46 
197 
219 
726 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
223 
486 
- 
4 
- 
21 
27 
114 
Other Internet service 
2 
93 
217 
- 
1 
4 
16 
19 
89 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
148 
12,691 
26,737 
25 
307 
210 
1,242 
1,824 
5,851 
2 households 
51 
1,946 
6,489 
12 
121 
34 
180 
261 
785 
3 households 
9 
267 
788 
- 
31 
1 
30 
34 
79 
4 households 
13 
122 
329 
- 
6 
3 
16 
17 
40 
5 or more households 
- 
69 
114 
- 
7 
3 
12 
3 
14 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.. farms 
209 
14,784 
33,726 
37 
446 
247 
1,455 
2,113 
6,638 
acres 
265,131 
1,435,351 
4,863,317 
10,102 
164,335 
18,201 
124,395 
102,664 
418,803 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
2 
221 
498 
4 
22 
12 
29 
25 
150 
acres 
(D) 
42,988 
110,441 
662 
15,135 
1,353 
7,076 
2,035 
17,210 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
177 
14,193 
32,191 
31 
385 
238 
1,386 
2,073 
6,334 
acres 
(D) 
1,336,384 
4,439,465 
7,936 
131,516 
16,646 
111,215 
99,310 
382,140 
Partnership 
.. farms 
43 
610 
1,724 
2 
68 
1 
64 
43 
226 
acres 
120,754 
98,221 
426,784 
(D) 
36,193 
(D) 
12,646 
2,801 
25,498 
Registered under state law 
..farms 
31 
332 
837 
2 
42 
1 
33 
21 
127 
acres 
100,056 
56,051 
213,635 
(D) 
25,810 
(D) 
6,635 
(D) 
16,351 
Corporation 
.. farms 
1 
144 
379 
2 
8 
8 
29 
14 
132 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
115,787 
(D) 
7,858 
3,751 
(D) 
1,126 
15,533 
Family held 
..farms 
1 
117 
350 
2 
7 
7 
28 
14 
122 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
110,556 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,126 
13,538 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
6 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
1 
111 
345 
2 
7 
7 
27 
14 
121 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
- 
27 
29 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
10 
acres 
- 
(D) 
5,231 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,995 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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