Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pickens 
Richland 
Saluda 
Spartanburg 
Sumter 
Union 
Williamsburg 
York 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
255 
127 
213 
470 
232 
71 
276 
290 
2007 
272 
135 
192 
419 
216 
77 
378 
324 
Any 
2012 
472 
271 
374 
868 
283 
193 
403 
714 
2007 
557 
229 
414 
823 
338 
185 
483 
714 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
51 
29 
76 
100 
36 
10 
53 
57 
2007 
86 
34 
65 
161 
51 
32 
94 
113 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
19 
34 
20 
42 
14 
8 
41 
60 
2007 
32 
25 
35 
70 
31 
14 
48 
37 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
81 
41 
50 
104 
56 
40 
36 
176 
2007 
81 
25 
48 
120 
55 
10 
76 
87 
200 days or more 
2012 
321 
167 
228 
622 
177 
135 
273 
421 
2007 
358 
145 
266 
472 
201 
129 
265 
477 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
23 
8 
11 
95 
24 
11 
26 
51 
2007 
47 
12 
17 
32 
26 
8 
34 
27 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
23 
26 
22 
54 
21 
12 
28 
26 
2007 
28 
17 
28 
73 
26 
7 
41 
39 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
94 
46 
103 
195 
84 
26 
57 
126 
2007 
175 
60 
97 
197 
107 
41 
128 
157 
10 years or more 
2012 
587 
318 
451 
994 
386 
215 
568 
801 
2007 
579 
275 
464 
940 
395 
206 
658 
815 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
21.4 
22.2 
23.9 
21.7 
22.4 
23.9 
25.1 
22.9 
2007 
19.1 
22.1 
23.5 
21.4 
20.0 
25.0 
23.1 
21.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
11 
7 
11 
88 
20 
6 
15 
32 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
14 
17 
43 
16 
11 
31 
16 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
82 
47 
80 
154 
70 
26 
54 
117 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
613 
330 
479 
1,053 
409 
221 
579 
839 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.9 
23.6 
25.1 
23.4 
23.8 
24.9 
26.6 
24.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
6 
. 
. 
. 
8 
3 
. 
. 
2007 
1 
1 
5 
2 
5 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
15 
15 
36 
100 
10 
9 
20 
32 
2007 
39 
3 
28 
33 
14 
3 
28 
28 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
49 
38 
53 
149 
38 
23 
33 
92 
2007 
128 
40 
70 
117 
41 
28 
64 
169 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
183 
88 
138 
222 
99 
54 
103 
194 
2007 
180 
92 
160 
261 
152 
54 
176 
269 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
102 
68 
58 
196 
80 
52 
126 
171 
2007 
120 
55 
69 
202 
97 
43 
141 
129 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
118 
67 
78 
188 
89 
34 
134 
170 
2007 
127 
56 
75 
173 
76 
35 
133 
142 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
111 
45 
87 
164 
66 
29 
86 
127 
2007 
85 
43 
65 
170 
50 
29 
112 
117 
70 years and over 
2012 
143 
77 
137 
319 
125 
60 
177 
218 
2007 
149 
74 
134 
284 
119 
68 
207 
184 
Average age 
2012 
59.2 
58.9 
59.0 
58.8 
60.5 
59.6 
62.1 
59.8 
2007 
57.3 
59.3 
57.8 
59.8 
58.8 
60.3 
60.6 
57.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
455 
287 
392 
933 
287 
158 
454 
647 
2007 
415 
218 
293 
630 
307 
109 
282 
514 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
51 
38 
39 
90 
22 
18 
46 
58 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
219 
105 
182 
421 
154 
47 
287 
210 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
90 
34 
59 
146 
89 
28 
80 
188 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
12 
7 
13 
28 
8 
4 
9 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
113 
89 
102 
286 
30 
40 
99 
141 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
28 
44 
38 
64 
28 
33 
35 
94 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
5 
3 
4 
12 
6 
2 
2 
10 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
5 
6 
2 
8 
4 
2 
4 
11 
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 
715 
385 
581 
1,302 
477 
254 
670 
968 
acres, 2012 
39,412 
59,176 
106,109 
96,081 
105,281 
36,751 
210,982 
117,607 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
23 
46 
27 
70 
36 
22 
31 
67 
acres, 2012 
2,840 
15,277 
7,747 
9,926 
16,495 
13,931 
25,441 
17,099 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
676 
340 
531 
1,214 
428 
237 
615 
892 
2007 
771 
322 
547 
1,127 
482 
243 
766 
912 
acres, 2012 
34,969 
(D) 
(D) 
84,956 
76,550 
30,477 
159,551 
92,919 
2007 
46,849 
48,883 
88,938 
93,581 
(D) 
38,278 
176,593 
92,150 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
20 
33 
40 
61 
41 
21 
29 
57 
2007 
33 
14 
42 
68 
40 
11 
68 
78 
acres, 2012 
3,222 
8,247 
12,069 
5,393 
25,108 
13,036 
25,136 
20,362 
2007 
1,781 
5,505 
12,094 
7,453 
26,249 
1,176 
23,835 
20,445 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
22 
13 
14 
45 
24 
6 
20 
42 
2007 
19 
17 
11 
34 
16 
8 
21 
34 
acres, 2012 
1,399 
2,865 
10,889 
9,880 
14,057 
3,799 
34,827 
8,269 
2007 
2,147 
2,768 
8,067 
7,906 
10,590 
6,058 
6,597 
5,766 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
3 
11 
1 
3 
2 
- 
6 
4 
2007 
- 
5 
3 
6 
9 
- 
3 
4 
acres, 2012 
61 
1,910 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,120 
2007 
- 
959 
71 
611 
4,195 
- 
(D) 
500 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
6 
1 
1 
15 
20 
9 
9 
2007 
6 
6 
3 
7 
7 
- 
3 
10 
acres, 2012 
5,324 
(D) 
(D) 
1,588 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,259 
2007 
487 
690 
621 
366 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
5,315 
444 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
