Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
21 
2,908 
5,322 
58 
192 
124 
279 
298 
1,061 
55 to 59 years 
36 
3,255 
5,361 
90 
134 
98 
226 
283 
1,145 
60 to 64 years 
30 
3,275 
5,439 
96 
145 
80 
163 
253 
1,050 
65 to 69 years 
15 
3,032 
4,663 
88 
79 
33 
136 
177 
901 
70 years and over 
29 
6,973 
9,163 
190 
135 
68 
183 
238 
1,138 
Average age 
55.2 
61.4 
58.1 
59.0 
52.4 
52.0 
53.1 
53.0 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
107 
213 
1 
8 
2 
13 
19 
71 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
98 
192 
6 
3 
2 
10 
15 
76 
Asian 
- 
37 
75 
1 
- 
- 
90 
2 
4 
Black or African American 
1 
51 
65 
- 
- 
3 
1 
1 
11 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
8 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
195 
23,670 
40,201 
720 
1,145 
682 
1,535 
2,052 
7,135 
More than one race reported 
- 
126 
179 
3 
5 
2 
9 
16 
39 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
31 
4,267 
5,205 
90 
83 
59 
145 
196 
934 
2 people 
91 
12,834 
21,515 
397 
456 
288 
654 
958 
3,932 
3 people 
34 
3,007 
5,773 
104 
140 
92 
270 
313 
978 
4 people 
30 
2,442 
4,828 
75 
135 
126 
250 
307 
782 
5 or more people 
10 
1,440 
3,403 
64 
339 
124 
326 
312 
639 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41 
20,367 
28,701 
367 
327 
380 
926 
1,889 
6,631 
25 to 49 percent 
15 
1,675 
5,261 
100 
112 
50 
76 
68 
234 
50 to 74 percent 
35 
1,333 
4,174 
136 
163 
84 
171 
65 
214 
75 to 99 percent 
39 
389 
1,586 
64 
245 
89 
237 
28 
72 
1 00 percent 
66 
226 
1,002 
63 
306 
86 
235 
36 
114 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
14 
313 
546 
26 
29 
38 
102 
19 
116 
acres 
17,087 
112,727 
352,868 
28,908 
30,094 
41,015 
16,793 
2,845 
36,367 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
142 
14,890 
26,122 
464 
607 
503 
1,157 
1,557 
5,342 
Dial-up service 
11 
1,689 
3,798 
68 
85 
47 
121 
194 
634 
DSL service 
66 
6,374 
11,312 
203 
274 
204 
548 
667 
2,402 
Cable modem service 
18 
1,693 
1,555 
28 
41 
21 
56 
105 
389 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
717 
983 
17 
16 
15 
33 
28 
162 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
31 
2,602 
4,794 
78 
105 
106 
211 
293 
1,077 
Satellite service 
24 
2,661 
5,175 
116 
145 
136 
240 
339 
1,030 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
335 
562 
10 
6 
8 
40 
42 
121 
Other Internet service 
1 
459 
683 
6 
24 
16 
48 
64 
166 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
129 
19,449 
33,144 
542 
840 
519 
1,290 
1,819 
6,443 
2 households 
45 
3,470 
6,223 
141 
221 
111 
244 
216 
647 
3 households 
13 
649 
865 
39 
58 
31 
60 
22 
94 
4 households 
3 
259 
337 
7 
19 
13 
25 
12 
48 
5 or more households 
6 
163 
155 
1 
15 
15 
26 
17 
33 
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 
182 
23,083 
39,964 
701 
1,120 
660 
1,614 
2,055 
7,133 
acres 
286,919 
3,865,934 
9,426,716 
325,226 
383,352 
233,538 
231,781 
128,016 
618,248 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
24 
952 
1,244 
48 
39 
43 
123 
78 
385 
acres 
48,460 
285,716 
620,741 
39,363 
30,587 
26,947 
27,014 
10,810 
54,793 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
140 
21,162 
37,928 
631 
984 
561 
1,414 
1,970 
6,668 
acres 
(D) 
3,379,940 
8,418,826 
247,693 
288,351 
143,970 
182,991 
118,251 
526,344 
Partnership 
.. farms 
43 
1,354 
1,704 
66 
105 
50 
98 
57 
270 
acres 
107,877 
321,336 
740,431 
51,016 
76,428 
33,483 
28,069 
8,123 
46,124 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
37 
801 
926 
47 
60 
34 
77 
40 
205 
acres 
100,257 
207,188 
485,606 
43,192 
54,440 
29,820 
22,363 
6,550 
38,407 
Corporation 
.. farms 
13 
579 
670 
27 
38 
71 
112 
43 
201 
acres 
(D) 
215,588 
470,324 
38,645 
33,474 
69,481 
27,936 
6,145 
50,106 
Family held 
.. farms 
13 
484 
637 
23 
36 
65 
91 
35 
172 
acres 
(D) 
178,798 
447,376 
33,645 
(D) 
(D) 
22,253 
1,948 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
2 
12 
17 
1 
1 
5 
3 
- 
8 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
11 
472 
620 
22 
35 
60 
88 
35 
164 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
- 
95 
33 
4 
2 
6 
21 
8 
29 
acres 
- 
36,790 
22,948 
5,000 
(D) 
(D) 
5,683 
4,197 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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