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 
2,784 
2,533 
2,457 
251 
214 
1,517 
Female 
315 
277 
273 
38 
36 
421 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,806 
1,704 
1,657 
102 
91 
685 
Other 
1,293 
1,106 
1,073 
187 
159 
1,253 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,023 
1,898 
1,851 
125 
117 
1,055 
Not on farm operated 
1,076 
912 
879 
164 
133 
883 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,481 
1,378 
1,343 
103 
89 
881 
Any 
1,618 
1,432 
1,387 
186 
161 
1,057 
1 to 49 days 
275 
242 
233 
33 
28 
169 
50 to 99 days 
108 
100 
97 
8 
8 
79 
100 to 199 days 
213 
192 
184 
21 
17 
109 
200 days or more 
1,022 
898 
873 
124 
108 
700 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
96 
88 
85 
8 
8 
116 
3 or 4 years 
145 
117 
112 
28 
26 
77 
5 to 9 years 
419 
365 
353 
54 
51 
273 
10 years or more 
2,439 
2,240 
2,180 
199 
165 
1,472 
Average years on present farm 
24.6 
25.3 
25.4 
18.5 
18.8 
22.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
63 
61 
58 
2 
2 
78 
3 or 4 years 
129 
102 
97 
27 
25 
64 
5 to 9 years 
335 
289 
277 
46 
43 
228 
1 0 years or more 
2,572 
2,358 
2,298 
214 
180 
1,568 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
28.1 
28.3 
20.6 
21.2 
25.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
4 
1 
3 
3 
4 
25 to 34 years 
132 
114 
108 
18 
18 
78 
35 to 44 years 
304 
268 
257 
36 
31 
128 
45 to 49 years 
324 
274 
268 
50 
36 
98 
50 to 54 years 
427 
388 
382 
39 
34 
211 
55 to 59 years 
454 
423 
410 
31 
25 
243 
60 to 64 years 
418 
382 
364 
36 
33 
289 
65 to 69 years 
353 
325 
320 
28 
26 
267 
70 years and over 
680 
632 
620 
48 
44 
620 
Average age 
58.6 
58.9 
59.0 
55.6 
55.9 
62.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
17 
17 
15 
- 
- 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
13 
Asian 
5 
4 
4 
1 
- 
5 
Black or African American 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,061 
2,775 
2,695 
286 
248 
1,909 
More than one race reported 
15 
13 
13 
2 
2 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
395 
344 
331 
51 
47 
409 
2 people 
1,557 
1,451 
1,413 
106 
94 
1,023 
3 people 
471 
409 
396 
62 
47 
206 
4 people 
405 
368 
363 
37 
32 
194 
5 or more people 
271 
238 
227 
33 
30 
106 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,719 
1,514 
1,470 
205 
179 
1,457 
25 to 49 percent 
338 
320 
311 
18 
16 
171 
50 to 74 percent 
433 
400 
389 
33 
28 
150 
75 to 99 percent 
363 
353 
343 
10 
9 
99 
100 percent 
246 
223 
217 
23 
18 
61 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
427 
377 
357 
50 
32 
137 
acres 
529,617 
500,699 
456,238 
28,918 
20,498 
62,375 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,339 
2,147 
2,086 
192 
170 
1,332 
Dial-up service 
219 
210 
204 
9 
7 
119 
DSL service 
1,016 
915 
888 
101 
93 
550 
Cable modem service 
256 
226 
219 
30 
27 
202 
Fiber-optic service 
115 
108 
104 
7 
5 
66 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
390 
358 
343 
32 
24 
207 
Satellite service 
505 
478 
472 
27 
23 
247 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
85 
85 
79 
- 
- 
48 
Other Internet service 
73 
68 
67 
5 
3 
56 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,908 
1,729 
1,672 
179 
155 
1,509 
2 households 
698 
638 
631 
60 
50 
305 
3 households 
304 
282 
271 
22 
21 
69 
4 households 
95 
84 
83 
11 
9 
36 
5 or more households 
94 
77 
73 
17 
15 
19 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Missouri 151 
