Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hooker 
Howard 
Jefferson 
Johnson 
Kearney 
Keith 
Keya Paha 
Kimball 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
31 
318 
245 
204 
217 
184 
111 
185 
2007 
46 
242 
248 
188 
219 
162 
97 
153 
Any 
2012 
51 
364 
382 
383 
127 
204 
133 
217 
2007 
42 
322 
353 
353 
162 
236 
109 
219 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
13 
45 
48 
75 
19 
46 
32 
34 
2007 
8 
46 
58 
61 
34 
53 
24 
58 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
- 
11 
24 
10 
9 
9 
11 
6 
2007 
3 
19 
41 
25 
21 
18 
16 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
3 
38 
40 
37 
9 
13 
17 
29 
2007 
5 
39 
49 
34 
13 
45 
11 
16 
200 days or more 
2012 
35 
270 
270 
261 
90 
136 
73 
148 
2007 
26 
218 
205 
233 
94 
120 
58 
129 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
12 
13 
32 
12 
12 
9 
3 
2007 
2 
14 
11 
13 
8 
16 
3 
17 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
8 
39 
24 
26 
13 
10 
11 
10 
2007 
4 
30 
33 
26 
15 
26 
8 
12 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
5 
111 
71 
80 
42 
53 
39 
66 
2007 
8 
84 
72 
60 
44 
54 
24 
64 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
68 
520 
519 
449 
277 
313 
185 
323 
2007 
74 
436 
485 
442 
314 
302 
171 
279 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.0 
23.9 
26.2 
25.9 
26.6 
23.9 
23.8 
24.5 
2007 
26.4 
24.5 
26.0 
27.3 
26.8 
25.2 
27.5 
23.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
8 
12 
32 
11 
3 
8 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
6 
19 
7 
19 
7 
6 
10 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
4 
110 
68 
64 
36 
47 
12 
41 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
71 
545 
540 
472 
290 
332 
214 
349 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.5 
25.7 
28.1 
28.1 
29.3 
26.4 
27.2 
30.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
6 
12 
8 
6 
2 
4 
2 
. 
2007 
- 
8 
5 
5 
3 
9 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
1 
91 
49 
27 
30 
31 
23 
18 
2007 
5 
32 
33 
13 
19 
23 
11 
17 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
8 
71 
59 
87 
34 
31 
16 
28 
2007 
12 
82 
58 
56 
60 
44 
20 
31 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
21 
173 
132 
135 
90 
95 
81 
84 
2007 
20 
143 
162 
157 
107 
95 
64 
83 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
13 
94 
117 
99 
53 
50 
26 
63 
2007 
16 
86 
92 
73 
54 
46 
28 
45 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
13 
91 
100 
65 
51 
52 
24 
46 
2007 
9 
69 
63 
46 
47 
42 
26 
56 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
4 
57 
54 
49 
23 
38 
31 
45 
2007 
14 
43 
53 
42 
33 
36 
19 
33 
70 years and over 
2012 
16 
93 
108 
119 
61 
87 
41 
118 
2007 
12 
101 
135 
149 
58 
103 
38 
105 
Average age 
2012 
55.9 
53.3 
56.1 
57.1 
55.9 
57.5 
55.9 
60.9 
2007 
56.6 
55.5 
57.5 
59.1 
55.3 
57.6 
56.4 
60.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
65 
494 
511 
424 
268 
266 
180 
290 
2007 
48 
329 
344 
289 
280 
241 
128 
223 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
3 
27 
9 
85 
14 
52 
12 
25 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
37 
189 
299 
148 
103 
98 
127 
85 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
2 
67 
43 
75 
32 
31 
3 
95 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
8 
6 
51 
4 
37 
16 
41 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
7 
126 
85 
56 
72 
49 
13 
56 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
21 
108 
138 
73 
49 
28 
13 
61 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
- 
9 
8 
13 
7 
4 
1 
4 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
" 
20 
14 
4 
12 
20 
3 
6 
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 
81 
662 
611 
577 
330 
376 
231 
370 
acres, 2012 
422,320 
291,160 
338,662 
192,539 
269,218 
473,480 
432,673 
559,871 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
6 
17 
19 
26 
13 
26 
8 
23 
acres, 2012 
64,639 
9,322 
20,125 
7,106 
13,467 
26,935 
22,701 
75,743 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
71 
591 
540 
537 
251 
316 
216 
316 
2007 
73 
498 
494 
469 
293 
316 
171 
305 
acres, 2012 
276,547 
241,080 
271,860 
173,784 
166,045 
296,911 
366,118 
434,250 
2007 
(D) 
211,087 
234,758 
146,751 
203,551 
(D) 
358,920 
420,465 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
2 
46 
24 
18 
30 
32 
18 
21 
2007 
4 
37 
54 
41 
35 
31 
15 
20 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
29,223 
22,834 
8,447 
50,585 
95,360 
66,901 
48,679 
2007 
37,475 
39,959 
37,005 
17,490 
51,641 
64,858 
63,226 
20,872 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
8 
37 
51 
23 
47 
33 
5 
35 
2007 
10 
25 
40 
14 
47 
41 
13 
32 
acres, 2012 
113,098 
33,238 
52,439 
14,009 
66,299 
139,389 
13,705 
99,550 
2007 
102,415 
24,875 
52,103 
7,012 
66,317 
181,160 
43,743 
80,284 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
3 
1 
- 
4 
2 
1 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
9 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
7,716 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,438 
(D) 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
1 
5 
11 
9 
12 
5 
4 
30 
2007 
1 
4 
11 
16 
5 
1 
6 
15 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,392 
2,963 
(D) 
(D) 
15,094 
2007 
(D) 
2,955 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,990 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 587 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
