Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
7,407 
3,165 
28 
28 
56 
1,358 
- 
55 to 59 years 
7,260 
3,165 
25 
44 
64 
1,264 
- 
60 to 64 years 
6,643 
2,843 
16 
39 
75 
1,287 
- 
65 to 69 years 
4,589 
1,846 
17 
24 
22 
968 
- 
70 years and over 
8,588 
3,231 
26 
21 
45 
2,550 
- 
Average age 
55.7 
54.9 
52.4 
58.7 
54.8 
60.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
316 
93 
8 
4 
- 
95 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
66 
4 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
Asian 
16 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
25 
3 
1 
- 
- 
15 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
49,807 
20,813 
189 
186 
382 
9,483 
- 
More than one race reported 
55 
15 
1 
2 
" 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,260 
2,923 
37 
25 
49 
1,748 
- 
2 people 
24,473 
10,235 
76 
98 
199 
4,889 
- 
3 people 
6,107 
2,586 
16 
26 
44 
1,041 
- 
4 people 
6,578 
2,815 
26 
22 
44 
991 
- 
5 or more people 
5,551 
2,279 
36 
18 
46 
865 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,809 
4,540 
137 
165 
257 
6,466 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
5,282 
2,451 
11 
8 
39 
964 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
7,545 
4,235 
18 
11 
30 
1,099 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
8,289 
5,535 
14 
4 
23 
644 
- 
100 percent 
6,044 
4,077 
11 
1 
33 
361 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,187 
1,055 
15 
5 
28 
365 
- 
acres 
5,168,571 
1,623,069 
14,285 
137 
1,668 
384,985 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
37,260 
16,099 
153 
172 
339 
6,491 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,853 
1,136 
11 
16 
21 
539 
- 
DSL service 
16,072 
7,070 
85 
76 
146 
2,669 
- 
Cable modem service 
4,137 
1,751 
13 
31 
78 
934 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
2,199 
963 
2 
9 
7 
348 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6,430 
3,089 
42 
27 
56 
1,009 
- 
Satellite service 
8,546 
3,655 
18 
28 
46 
1,328 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
777 
384 
3 
5 
5 
118 
- 
Other Internet service 
947 
445 
- 
6 
11 
190 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
38,775 
15,476 
147 
159 
326 
7,471 
- 
2 households 
7,965 
3,769 
28 
21 
33 
1,490 
- 
3 households 
1,958 
999 
6 
5 
9 
324 
- 
4 households 
735 
337 
1 
2 
10 
159 
- 
5 or more households 
536 
257 
9 
2 
4 
90 
- 
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 
48,375 
20,171 
177 
181 
345 
9,178 
- 
acres 
42,380,081 
20,297,603 
18,730 
10,872 
12,416 
4,337,192 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,915 
713 
7 
19 
20 
471 
- 
acres 
2,741,120 
1,057,566 
(D) 
(D) 
749 
268,034 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
42,543 
17,294 
148 
158 
257 
8,130 
- 
acres 
30,652,748 
15,368,942 
3,146 
9,946 
7,929 
3,458,370 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,974 
1,295 
19 
13 
24 
594 
- 
acres 
5,541,870 
2,341,798 
12,798 
(D) 
(D) 
516,954 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,045 
897 
17 
12 
20 
395 
- 
acres 
4,272,584 
1,769,615 
12,796 
309 
717 
325,256 
- 
Corporation farms 
3,784 
2,066 
21 
13 
94 
506 
- 
acres 
8,502,052 
3,457,549 
12,987 
472 
4,964 
465,684 
- 
Family held farms 
3,580 
1,987 
20 
11 
75 
480 
- 
acres 
7,458,653 
3,299,498 
(D) 
(D) 
3,811 
452,475 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
64 
28 
3 
- 
5 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
3,516 
1,959 
17 
11 
75 
475 
- 
Other than family held farms 
204 
79 
1 
2 
19 
26 
- 
acres 
1,043,399 
158,051 
(D) 
(D) 
1,153 
13,209 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
