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 
3,567 
3,370 
3,308 
197 
185 
538 
Female 
217 
210 
208 
7 
6 
130 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,965 
2,837 
2,791 
128 
122 
268 
Other 
819 
743 
725 
76 
69 
400 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,720 
2,628 
2,589 
92 
88 
311 
Not on farm operated 
1,064 
952 
927 
112 
103 
357 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,271 
2,168 
2,124 
103 
97 
315 
Any 
1,513 
1,412 
1,392 
101 
94 
353 
1 to 49 days 
317 
302 
298 
15 
12 
63 
50 to 99 days 
103 
98 
98 
5 
5 
14 
100 to 199 days 
171 
166 
164 
5 
5 
50 
200 days or more 
922 
846 
832 
76 
72 
226 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
63 
59 
9 
8 
38 
3 or 4 years 
110 
98 
96 
12 
11 
34 
5 to 9 years 
307 
269 
268 
38 
35 
99 
10 years or more 
3,295 
3,150 
3,093 
145 
137 
497 
Average years on present farm 
28.1 
28.5 
28.5 
20.5 
20.6 
23.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
44 
40 
37 
4 
4 
22 
3 or 4 years 
77 
66 
65 
11 
11 
27 
5 to 9 years 
244 
208 
208 
36 
33 
69 
10 years or more 
3,419 
3,266 
3,206 
153 
143 
550 
Average years operating any farm 
30.5 
31.0 
31.0 
22.7 
22.8 
28.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
6 
4 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
160 
149 
148 
11 
10 
20 
35 to 44 years 
413 
372 
367 
41 
40 
68 
45 to 49 years 
363 
340 
333 
23 
22 
30 
50 to 54 years 
613 
579 
571 
34 
31 
73 
55 to 59 years 
665 
631 
623 
34 
33 
79 
60 to 64 years 
594 
571 
555 
23 
20 
103 
65 to 69 years 
377 
361 
355 
16 
14 
67 
70 years and over 
593 
571 
560 
22 
21 
226 
Average age 
57.0 
57.2 
57.2 
53.7 
53.6 
62.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
6 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,777 
3,573 
3,509 
204 
191 
659 
More than one race reported 
2 
2 
2 
" 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
401 
361 
350 
40 
38 
155 
2 people 
1,946 
1,872 
1,838 
74 
68 
332 
3 people 
525 
491 
488 
34 
31 
53 
4 people 
492 
466 
462 
26 
24 
73 
5 or more people 
420 
390 
378 
30 
30 
55 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,137 
1,040 
1,014 
97 
90 
390 
25 to 49 percent 
317 
300 
287 
17 
17 
73 
50 to 74 percent 
608 
588 
583 
20 
19 
94 
75 to 99 percent 
942 
912 
904 
30 
26 
79 
100 percent 
780 
740 
728 
40 
39 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
780 
726 
702 
54 
44 
106 
acres 
2,730,005 
1,882,531 
1,806,551 
847,474 
(D) 
241,484 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,210 
3,044 
2,994 
166 
155 
494 
Dial-up service 
199 
189 
183 
10 
10 
29 
DSL service 
1,422 
1,353 
1,330 
69 
66 
213 
Cable modem service 
364 
329 
320 
35 
34 
82 
Fiber-optic service 
197 
180 
179 
17 
17 
54 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
591 
570 
559 
21 
19 
73 
Satellite service 
805 
765 
754 
40 
34 
104 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
76 
71 
69 
5 
4 
10 
Other Internet service 
116 
108 
107 
8 
7 
13 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,264 
2,133 
2,095 
131 
124 
493 
2 households 
875 
847 
835 
28 
24 
128 
3 households 
398 
376 
368 
22 
21 
17 
4 households 
133 
123 
119 
10 
10 
15 
5 or more households 
114 
101 
99 
13 
12 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Nebraska 149 
