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 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,221 
1,998 
1,953 
223 
188 
526 
Female 
319 
278 
269 
41 
34 
185 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,802 
1,657 
1,618 
145 
124 
358 
Other 
738 
619 
604 
119 
98 
353 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,902 
1,769 
1,728 
133 
123 
508 
Not on farm operated 
638 
507 
494 
131 
99 
203 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,350 
1,232 
1,201 
118 
98 
341 
Any 
1,190 
1,044 
1,021 
146 
124 
370 
1 to 49 days 
250 
225 
220 
25 
21 
75 
50 to 99 days 
117 
103 
103 
14 
12 
29 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
182 
169 
164 
13 
11 
61 
200 days or more 
641 
547 
534 
94 
80 
205 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
75 
63 
61 
12 
12 
36 
3 or 4 years 
116 
88 
86 
28 
21 
49 
5 to 9 years 
347 
287 
280 
60 
50 
121 
1 0 years or more 
2,002 
1,838 
1,795 
164 
139 
505 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
24.0 
24.0 
15.9 
16.4 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
49 
39 
38 
10 
10 
21 
3 or 4 years 
80 
60 
58 
20 
16 
38 
5 to 9 years 
268 
224 
217 
44 
44 
92 
1 0 years or more 
2,143 
1,953 
1,909 
190 
152 
560 
Average years operating any farm 
26.3 
27.1 
27.1 
19.8 
19.5 
24.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
5 
5 
3 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
98 
80 
79 
18 
18 
36 
35 to 44 years 
261 
219 
210 
42 
35 
49 
45 to 49 years 
200 
171 
162 
29 
28 
73 
50 to 54 years 
366 
324 
316 
42 
35 
62 
55 to 59 years 
433 
394 
389 
39 
35 
94 
60 to 64 years 
443 
393 
385 
50 
34 
87 
65 to 69 years 
324 
304 
298 
20 
16 
104 
70 years and over 
407 
386 
378 
21 
21 
204 
Average age 
58.0 
58.5 
58.6 
53.4 
53.5 
61.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
49 
41 
41 
8 
5 
23 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
11 
Asian 
56 
50 
48 
6 
6 
4 
Black or African American 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,468 
2,216 
2,164 
252 
211 
690 
More than one race reported 
9 
4 
4 
5 
4 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
291 
257 
249 
34 
28 
132 
2 people 
1,322 
1,207 
1,182 
115 
95 
408 
3 people 
383 
325 
319 
58 
47 
69 
4 people 
288 
260 
252 
28 
26 
54 
5 or more people 
256 
227 
220 
29 
26 
48 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,162 
1,024 
1,002 
138 
125 
528 
25 to 49 percent 
203 
176 
172 
27 
24 
58 
50 to 74 percent 
339 
307 
297 
32 
24 
54 
75 to 99 percent 
440 
412 
405 
28 
13 
39 
1 00 percent 
396 
357 
346 
39 
36 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
561 
473 
449 
88 
55 
111 
acres 
1,633,508 
1,341,875 
1,239,267 
291,633 
225,492 
685,568 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,275 
2,038 
1,987 
237 
195 
559 
Dial-up service 
162 
141 
136 
21 
20 
49 
DSL service 
1,005 
900 
882 
105 
88 
214 
Cable modem service 
309 
268 
261 
41 
37 
99 
Fiber-optic service 
123 
96 
92 
27 
12 
34 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
425 
374 
363 
51 
48 
70 
Satellite service 
468 
431 
416 
37 
32 
115 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
86 
77 
77 
9 
7 
22 
Other Internet service 
131 
115 
112 
16 
15 
26 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,769 
1,561 
1,524 
208 
173 
580 
2 households 
460 
428 
423 
32 
26 
91 
3 households 
158 
142 
138 
16 
16 
14 
4 households 
70 
66 
64 
4 
3 
13 
5 or more households 
83 
79 
73 
4 
4 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Oregon 151 
