Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Greenville 
Greenwood 
Plampton 
Horry 
Jasper 
Kershaw 
Lancaster 
Laurens 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
314 
142 
155 
409 
60 
182 
259 
262 
2007 
297 
142 
87 
381 
41 
181 
225 
267 
Any 
2012 
787 
334 
168 
529 
55 
301 
318 
564 
2007 
803 
351 
208 
533 
68 
318 
348 
563 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
101 
89 
41 
70 
10 
20 
68 
63 
2007 
143 
49 
32 
145 
9 
62 
50 
94 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
41 
12 
3 
40 
2 
15 
22 
26 
2007 
84 
26 
26 
62 
6 
13 
25 
61 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
67 
34 
20 
105 
11 
43 
45 
66 
2007 
87 
42 
25 
52 
8 
39 
62 
76 
200 days or more 
2012 
578 
199 
104 
314 
32 
223 
183 
409 
2007 
489 
234 
125 
274 
45 
204 
211 
332 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
69 
9 
37 
73 
2 
14 
9 
33 
2007 
31 
9 
12 
38 
3 
22 
29 
31 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
54 
15 
13 
37 
5 
38 
24 
56 
2007 
69 
33 
16 
49 
5 
70 
35 
37 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
144 
58 
50 
124 
16 
94 
67 
102 
2007 
176 
102 
53 
174 
13 
84 
85 
108 
10 years or more 
2012 
834 
394 
223 
704 
92 
337 
477 
635 
2007 
824 
349 
214 
653 
88 
323 
424 
654 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
20.7 
23.6 
22.4 
22.2 
22.5 
18.7 
23.8 
22.2 
2007 
20.3 
21.4 
22.0 
21.8 
21.5 
16.9 
20.6 
22.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
24 
8 
35 
71 
2 
11 
9 
25 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
51 
15 
3 
35 
3 
16 
22 
47 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
153 
55 
45 
113 
15 
91 
59 
85 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
873 
398 
240 
719 
95 
365 
487 
669 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.7 
24.6 
23.8 
23.1 
24.3 
21.9 
24.7 
23.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
. 
5 
. 
. 
. 
8 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
- 
5 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
37 
18 
19 
44 
2 
15 
23 
36 
2007 
24 
24 
28 
59 
4 
32 
18 
19 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
93 
44 
24 
104 
13 
38 
57 
71 
2007 
125 
57 
34 
84 
10 
44 
67 
59 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
187 
117 
95 
231 
28 
99 
123 
136 
2007 
244 
130 
73 
221 
31 
126 
137 
197 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
178 
72 
41 
123 
16 
65 
75 
158 
2007 
181 
63 
30 
138 
14 
74 
78 
100 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
222 
54 
33 
137 
9 
87 
75 
118 
2007 
174 
75 
35 
129 
13 
71 
80 
156 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
139 
71 
36 
87 
21 
61 
98 
112 
2007 
140 
28 
32 
123 
11 
58 
66 
109 
70 years and over 
2012 
245 
100 
75 
207 
26 
118 
126 
187 
2007 
212 
116 
63 
148 
26 
94 
122 
190 
Average age 
2012 
60.1 
59.1 
58.3 
58.1 
60.4 
60.6 
59.9 
59.6 
2007 
58.8 
58.1 
57.0 
57.0 
58.8 
57.8 
58.4 
60.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
747 
344 
208 
619 
58 
334 
373 
589 
2007 
552 
253 
119 
378 
49 
265 
254 
450 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
50 
16 
19 
67 
8 
27 
26 
35 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
331 
220 
108 
301 
29 
167 
209 
365 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
198 
39 
15 
186 
4 
43 
109 
85 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
25 
4 
2 
44 
1 
14 
9 
42 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
214 
36 
47 
64 
7 
76 
24 
82 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
69 
51 
30 
24 
4 
43 
17 
42 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
6 
5 
10 
14 
7 
3 
4 
10 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
4 
- 
1 
4 
- 
5 
4 
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 
1,080 
459 
312 
910 
107 
459 
562 
810 
acres, 2012 
69,011 
81,726 
116,769 
155,537 
62,057 
73,711 
62,913 
119,718 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
72 
20 
32 
71 
7 
32 
26 
53 
acres, 2012 
9,438 
2,753 
21,962 
26,863 
10,460 
7,302 
7,171 
19,914 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
990 
428 
286 
831 
92 
433 
525 
767 
2007 
978 
449 
260 
804 
90 
427 
518 
761 
acres, 2012 
62,719 
46,611 
(D) 
121,430 
28,757 
(D) 
53,824 
104,853 
2007 
58,554 
58,520 
(D) 
123,946 
18,871 
54,303 
(D) 
112,910 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
44 
20 
24 
58 
5 
34 
40 
31 
2007 
72 
20 
29 
81 
7 
37 
46 
42 
acres, 2012 
5,221 
14,140 
26,562 
39,011 
6,094 
5,849 
9,262 
13,007 
2007 
7,267 
5,844 
47,728 
27,880 
4,963 
13,747 
8,133 
11,191 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
54 
17 
12 
32 
11 
14 
10 
19 
2007 
38 
17 
3 
23 
6 
29 
7 
21 
acres, 2012 
4,134 
23,469 
(D) 
9,174 
26,131 
11,546 
(D) 
2,906 
2007 
3,636 
3,172 
2,631 
8,129 
21,233 
15,280 
1,500 
4,491 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
5 
4 
1 
4 
2 
2 
1 
- 
2007 
5 
- 
- 
4 
1 
3 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
405 
394 
(D) 
5,956 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
1,629 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
8 
7 
13 
5 
1 
9 
2007 
7 
7 
3 
2 
5 
3 
2 
4 
acres, 2012 
384 
907 
- 
1,998 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,893 
2007 
1,559 
3,162 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
442 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
