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 
925 
806 
781 
119 
109 
202 
Female 
183 
162 
162 
21 
21 
81 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
572 
501 
488 
71 
63 
83 
Other 
536 
467 
455 
69 
67 
200 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
700 
626 
616 
74 
71 
163 
Not on farm operated 
408 
342 
327 
66 
59 
120 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
451 
399 
386 
52 
46 
117 
Any 
657 
569 
557 
88 
84 
166 
1 to 49 days 
98 
85 
81 
13 
13 
20 
50 to 99 days 
59 
50 
50 
9 
7 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
94 
83 
82 
11 
11 
19 
200 days or more 
406 
351 
344 
55 
53 
113 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
57 
50 
48 
7 
7 
17 
3 or 4 years 
52 
38 
37 
14 
14 
16 
5 to 9 years 
184 
153 
150 
31 
29 
44 
10 years or more 
815 
727 
708 
88 
80 
206 
Average years on present farm 
20.1 
20.6 
20.6 
16.6 
16.6 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
42 
39 
37 
3 
3 
9 
3 or 4 years 
42 
31 
30 
11 
11 
14 
5 to 9 years 
155 
129 
126 
26 
25 
34 
10 years or more 
869 
769 
750 
100 
91 
226 
Average years operating any farm 
22.1 
22.5 
22.5 
19.4 
19.4 
21.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
52 
37 
36 
15 
15 
17 
35 to 44 years 
113 
96 
92 
17 
16 
35 
45 to 49 years 
126 
115 
114 
11 
11 
21 
50 to 54 years 
149 
123 
120 
26 
23 
27 
55 to 59 years 
182 
154 
149 
28 
22 
54 
60 to 64 years 
174 
157 
157 
17 
17 
44 
65 to 69 years 
140 
134 
128 
6 
6 
25 
70 years and over 
172 
152 
147 
20 
20 
60 
Average age 
57.4 
57.8 
57.8 
54.1 
54.1 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
8 
8 
2 
2 
10 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11 
9 
9 
2 
2 
6 
Asian 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
94 
82 
80 
12 
12 
20 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
998 
872 
849 
126 
116 
256 
More than one race reported 
3 
3 
3 
" 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
121 
98 
95 
23 
22 
68 
2 people 
563 
505 
495 
58 
56 
138 
3 people 
135 
122 
118 
13 
12 
46 
4 people 
204 
175 
169 
29 
23 
22 
5 or more people 
85 
68 
66 
17 
17 
9 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
757 
649 
634 
108 
102 
255 
25 to 49 percent 
65 
61 
61 
4 
4 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
95 
87 
84 
8 
7 
11 
75 to 99 percent 
104 
95 
91 
9 
7 
5 
100 percent 
87 
76 
73 
11 
10 
8 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
128 
102 
96 
26 
18 
49 
acres 
177,175 
128,614 
87,649 
48,561 
11,618 
73,145 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
881 
765 
744 
116 
107 
191 
Dial-up service 
66 
57 
55 
9 
9 
17 
DSL service 
437 
371 
360 
66 
59 
83 
Cable modem service 
169 
150 
146 
19 
19 
40 
Fiber-optic service 
36 
26 
25 
10 
9 
12 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
215 
192 
192 
23 
23 
40 
Satellite service 
88 
75 
71 
13 
12 
27 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
23 
22 
21 
1 
- 
10 
Other Internet service 
13 
8 
8 
5 
5 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
823 
713 
691 
110 
102 
225 
2 households 
167 
146 
145 
21 
19 
39 
3 households 
58 
53 
53 
5 
5 
11 
4 households 
29 
27 
26 
2 
2 
5 
5 or more households 
31 
29 
28 
2 
2 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data South Carolina 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
