Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rhea 
Roane 
Robertson 
Rutherford 
Scott 
Sequatchie 
Sevier 
Shelby 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
185 
140 
436 
475 
76 
55 
220 
166 
2007 
130 
150 
478 
452 
56 
86 
290 
190 
Any 
2012 
226 
379 
744 
852 
226 
133 
383 
245 
2007 
319 
430 
930 
1,073 
205 
146 
417 
410 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
15 
35 
125 
89 
17 
24 
33 
33 
2007 
40 
66 
120 
161 
40 
25 
87 
73 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
24 
37 
83 
63 
8 
17 
27 
23 
2007 
19 
53 
63 
115 
20 
18 
30 
37 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
43 
87 
91 
97 
39 
27 
58 
46 
2007 
28 
61 
128 
128 
27 
21 
64 
49 
200 days or more 
2012 
144 
220 
445 
603 
162 
65 
265 
143 
2007 
232 
250 
619 
669 
118 
82 
236 
251 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
16 
13 
31 
119 
10 
10 
12 
4 
2007 
21 
32 
39 
36 
14 
11 
23 
29 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
24 
19 
49 
50 
13 
8 
26 
21 
2007 
21 
50 
102 
120 
29 
25 
38 
76 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
63 
78 
154 
157 
54 
35 
60 
75 
2007 
97 
103 
224 
276 
45 
44 
105 
100 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
308 
409 
946 
1,001 
225 
135 
505 
311 
2007 
310 
395 
1,043 
1,093 
173 
152 
541 
395 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.2 
22.6 
23.7 
20.8 
22.2 
19.6 
26.8 
21.0 
2007 
20.4 
19.3 
21.3 
20.2 
19.9 
18.0 
24.8 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
12 
13 
16 
36 
6 
10 
6 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
22 
13 
43 
103 
14 
7 
24 
17 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
55 
64 
127 
131 
49 
33 
48 
68 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
322 
429 
994 
1,057 
233 
138 
525 
322 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.3 
24.4 
25.9 
23.1 
23.4 
20.8 
29.5 
22.7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
. 
5 
3 
. 
. 
3 
. 
2007 
2 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
3 
15 
55 
100 
18 
3 
16 
20 
2007 
24 
16 
61 
63 
15 
4 
16 
14 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
43 
39 
97 
167 
18 
15 
46 
29 
2007 
68 
50 
176 
232 
42 
33 
56 
53 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
69 
105 
263 
306 
80 
59 
84 
90 
2007 
113 
156 
377 
350 
81 
59 
141 
152 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
65 
80 
184 
151 
51 
28 
82 
47 
2007 
59 
89 
189 
187 
34 
34 
67 
78 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
73 
78 
139 
168 
41 
18 
95 
47 
2007 
60 
85 
174 
226 
24 
30 
118 
87 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
56 
80 
140 
162 
44 
24 
96 
66 
2007 
50 
65 
141 
179 
36 
27 
92 
82 
70 years and over 
2012 
100 
122 
297 
270 
50 
41 
181 
112 
2007 
73 
115 
284 
288 
29 
45 
215 
134 
Average age 
2012 
60.5 
60.7 
59.6 
56.8 
57.8 
58.6 
62.3 
60.6 
2007 
56.0 
58.2 
57.3 
57.3 
55.0 
58.1 
61.4 
59.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
244 
363 
805 
949 
210 
121 
337 
308 
2007 
238 
304 
815 
862 
129 
110 
281 
313 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
35 
46 
102 
99 
20 
17 
31 
30 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
79 
126 
296 
278 
148 
64 
104 
161 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
66 
97 
183 
207 
23 
19 
108 
91 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
6 
9 
4 
14 
15 
14 
9 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
55 
61 
225 
319 
22 
21 
71 
47 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
21 
54 
118 
101 
8 
4 
35 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
4 
4 
13 
11 
2 
4 
2 
15 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
1 
5 
18 
11 
1 
1 
3 
1 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
404 
513 
1,138 
1,309 
298 
181 
587 
390 
acres, 2012 
55,306 
46,573 
199,547 
172,967 
38,647 
29,332 
52,647 
76,485 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
5 
8 
17 
20 
3 
4 
13 
21 
acres, 2012 
1,861 
1,143 
14,266 
10,322 
(D) 
1,462 
2,213 
3,455 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
383 
476 
1,063 
1,244 
286 
170 
566 
352 
2007 
413 
539 
1,280 
1,444 
236 
208 
653 
527 
acres, 2012 
46,611 
40,958 
139,972 
157,104 
(D) 
(D) 
50,123 
42,877 
2007 
45,294 
47,812 
173,657 
144,156 
28,276 
25,388 
50,327 
56,078 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
21 
25 
81 
60 
14 
16 
15 
30 
2007 
30 
33 
115 
69 
25 
15 
42 
51 
acres, 2012 
9,431 
4,771 
63,988 
15,218 
2,211 
(D) 
2,759 
33,245 
2007 
10,166 
3,833 
49,838 
14,238 
2,810 
(D) 
4,587 
33,319 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
2 
9 
19 
15 
1 
2 
17 
19 
2007 
4 
6 
8 
8 
- 
7 
9 
14 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
698 
3,558 
1,058 
(D) 
(D) 
1,946 
1,687 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
2,970 
2,463 
104 
(D) 
2,261 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 
2007 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
2 
6 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,895 
2007 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
5 
9 
16 
8 
5 
5 
2007 
2 
2 
3 
3 
- 
1 
1 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
526 
(D) 
2,833 
- 
- 
713 
1,156 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 621 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
