Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
43 
733 
604 
- 
9 
33 
200 
157 
652 
55 to 59 years 
47 
989 
804 
- 
11 
38 
183 
163 
661 
60 to 64 years 
46 
1,149 
867 
- 
12 
32 
195 
164 
679 
65 to 69 years 
55 
1,106 
823 
- 
10 
21 
120 
130 
525 
70 years and over 
70 
2,024 
1,587 
- 
14 
40 
116 
159 
559 
Average age 
56.3 
61.7 
60.8 
- 
56.8 
55.7 
54.2 
56.5 
56.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
65 
68 
- 
1 
5 
12 
23 
52 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
6 
27 
10 
- 
- 
5 
10 
6 
23 
Asian 
- 
11 
12 
- 
- 
- 
13 
7 
11 
Black or African American 
34 
523 
539 
- 
6 
70 
26 
100 
138 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
328 
6,688 
5,271 
- 
74 
161 
1,179 
982 
3,972 
More than one race reported 
- 
29 
19 
- 
- 
- 
10 
5 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
53 
1,310 
867 
- 
8 
24 
97 
167 
630 
2 people 
188 
3,942 
3,039 
- 
35 
131 
559 
517 
2,116 
3 people 
68 
912 
923 
- 
10 
29 
221 
158 
631 
4 people 
32 
756 
626 
- 
10 
31 
221 
167 
562 
5 or more people 
27 
358 
396 
- 
17 
21 
140 
91 
218 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
170 
6,513 
5,211 
- 
32 
200 
689 
1,053 
3,866 
25 to 49 percent 
17 
285 
305 
- 
1 
2 
55 
23 
120 
50 to 74 percent 
74 
250 
204 
- 
12 
15 
159 
12 
49 
75 to 99 percent 
67 
124 
74 
- 
13 
8 
160 
4 
56 
100 percent 
40 
106 
57 
" 
22 
11 
175 
8 
66 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
27 
160 
99 
- 
5 
20 
56 
11 
96 
acres 
14,069 
218,308 
49,189 
" 
7,666 
1,702 
32,264 
755 
30,642 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
265 
4,408 
3,553 
- 
64 
168 
971 
784 
3,259 
Dial-up service 
29 
360 
346 
- 
8 
7 
90 
93 
282 
DSL service 
106 
2,091 
1,579 
- 
23 
95 
472 
359 
1,583 
Cable modem service 
42 
847 
625 
- 
10 
26 
121 
116 
530 
Fiber-optic service 
3 
217 
215 
- 
6 
2 
40 
33 
113 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
71 
886 
744 
- 
20 
23 
228 
181 
813 
Satellite service 
45 
525 
407 
- 
7 
24 
147 
70 
373 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
4 
51 
50 
- 
1 
- 
8 
7 
59 
Other Internet service 
- 
43 
48 
- 
1 
3 
6 
7 
27 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
264 
6,184 
4,892 
- 
55 
186 
1,014 
972 
3,740 
2 households 
92 
738 
782 
- 
11 
39 
149 
111 
340 
3 households 
9 
216 
122 
- 
6 
5 
47 
9 
53 
4 households 
1 
85 
39 
- 
5 
6 
16 
8 
16 
5 or more households 
2 
55 
16 
- 
3 
- 
12 
- 
8 
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 
359 
6,992 
5,668 
- 
71 
233 
1,202 
1,079 
4,086 
acres 
239,879 
1,617,597 
775,275 
- 
33,197 
22,352 
216,246 
49,917 
266,641 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
38 
409 
247 
- 
15 
11 
148 
28 
348 
acres 
27,071 
219,691 
87,899 
" 
15,231 
1,276 
46,869 
1,779 
27,081 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
313 
6,408 
5,341 
- 
50 
217 
1,044 
1,030 
3,740 
acres 
(D) 
1,271,033 
673,115 
- 
17,253 
17,059 
135,727 
43,542 
215,666 
Partnership farms 
31 
480 
326 
- 
11 
10 
87 
30 
194 
acres 
38,671 
291,363 
95,760 
- 
1 1 ,342 
2,930 
56,772 
3,045 
20,363 
Registered under state law farms 
26 
339 
194 
- 
9 
7 
64 
14 
145 
acres 
34,322 
231,306 
58,206 
- 
10,013 
1,705 
30,415 
2,289 
17,620 
Corporation farms 
22 
256 
150 
- 
18 
7 
105 
36 
188 
acres 
(D) 
209,548 
50,442 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
44,788 
Family held farms 
21 
238 
135 
- 
15 
6 
92 
36 
155 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
45,825 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
40,505 
(D) 
33,530 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
19 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
21 
219 
135 
- 
15 
6 
90 
36 
154 
Other than family held farms 
1 
18 
15 
- 
3 
1 
13 
- 
33 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
4,617 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
11,258 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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