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 
45,878 
39,053 
2,720 
1,878 
Female 
4,091 
3,490 
254 
167 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,819 
24,645 
1,941 
1,391 
Other 
20,150 
17,898 
1,033 
654 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
36,652 
31,758 
1,863 
1,279 
Not on farm operated 
13,317 
10,785 
1,111 
766 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,662 
17,562 
1,514 
1,090 
Any 
28,307 
24,981 
1,460 
955 
1 to 49 days 
4,440 
3,774 
286 
198 
50 to 99 days 
1,586 
1,393 
76 
52 
100 to 199 days 
3,353 
2,974 
158 
101 
200 days or more 
18,928 
16,840 
940 
604 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,710 
1,487 
113 
95 
3 or 4 years 
2,289 
2,038 
107 
67 
5 to 9 years 
5,977 
5,263 
308 
219 
1 0 years or more 
39,993 
33,755 
2,446 
1,664 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
24.8 
26.6 
26.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,125 
983 
76 
66 
3 or 4 years 
1,745 
1,559 
82 
46 
5 to 9 years 
5,160 
4,616 
231 
156 
10 years or more 
41,939 
35,385 
2,585 
1,777 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
26.8 
29.3 
29.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
456 
431 
17 
11 
25 to 34 years 
4,291 
3,916 
195 
105 
35 to 44 years 
6,199 
5,413 
305 
223 
45 to 49 years 
4,536 
3,903 
240 
184 
50 to 54 years 
7,407 
6,300 
421 
297 
55 to 59 years 
7,260 
6,042 
474 
323 
60 to 64 years 
6,643 
5,542 
404 
284 
65 to 69 years 
4,589 
3,856 
289 
201 
70 years and over 
8,588 
7,140 
629 
417 
Average age 
55.7 
55.3 
57.8 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
316 
284 
9 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
66 
52 
3 
3 
Asian 
16 
16 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
25 
25 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
49,807 
42,400 
2,971 
2,042 
More than one race reported 
55 
50 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,260 
6,340 
364 
233 
2 people 
24,473 
20,608 
1,587 
1,114 
3 people 
6,107 
5,183 
346 
225 
4 people 
6,578 
5,671 
342 
244 
5 or more people 
5,551 
4,741 
335 
229 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,809 
20,027 
1,255 
828 
25 to 49 percent 
5,282 
4,575 
317 
193 
50 to 74 percent 
7,545 
6,348 
495 
341 
75 to 99 percent 
8,289 
6,742 
526 
404 
100 percent 
6,044 
4,851 
381 
279 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,187 
1,048 
253 
198 
acres 
5,168,571 
1,497,272 
699,810 
588,403 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
37,260 
31,319 
2,237 
1,596 
Dial-up service 
2,853 
2,430 
195 
144 
DSL service 
16,072 
13,446 
991 
678 
Cable modem service 
4,137 
3,387 
304 
228 
Fiber-optic service 
2,199 
1,820 
128 
96 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6,430 
5,393 
373 
266 
Satellite service 
8,546 
7,115 
522 
404 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
777 
637 
54 
44 
Other Internet service 
947 
764 
54 
45 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
38,775 
34,872 
1,146 
776 
2 households 
7,965 
5,783 
1,179 
750 
3 households 
1,958 
1,124 
419 
332 
4 households 
735 
454 
133 
102 
5 or more households 
536 
310 
97 
85 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
