Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Dickens 
Dimmit 
Donley 
Duval 
Eastland 
Ector 
Edwards 
Ellis 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
183 
118 
173 
480 
399 
68 
179 
703 
2007 
150 
110 
154 
332 
442 
67 
148 
663 
Any 
2012 
254 
249 
207 
956 
775 
196 
240 
1,561 
2007 
296 
278 
238 
1,175 
882 
234 
332 
1,752 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
46 
60 
33 
159 
63 
14 
54 
250 
2007 
51 
53 
35 
296 
137 
30 
82 
302 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
20 
24 
17 
85 
46 
3 
36 
139 
2007 
38 
39 
27 
207 
100 
20 
44 
178 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
38 
20 
34 
207 
124 
17 
23 
209 
2007 
33 
41 
45 
202 
143 
27 
35 
251 
200 days or more 
2012 
150 
145 
123 
505 
542 
162 
127 
963 
2007 
174 
145 
131 
470 
502 
157 
171 
1,021 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
22 
8 
9 
103 
28 
11 
17 
68 
2007 
14 
10 
22 
72 
63 
12 
20 
128 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
14 
11 
70 
63 
26 
32 
119 
2007 
24 
53 
36 
99 
127 
40 
56 
196 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
65 
57 
72 
200 
230 
51 
81 
438 
2007 
87 
91 
52 
292 
288 
67 
105 
573 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
329 
288 
288 
1,063 
853 
176 
289 
1,639 
2007 
321 
234 
282 
1,044 
846 
182 
299 
1,518 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.1 
21.0 
22.0 
21.7 
20.2 
16.9 
18.5 
18.8 
2007 
20.6 
17.5 
20.8 
20.2 
18.8 
15.4 
16.0 
17.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
19 
6 
5 
35 
18 
8 
12 
46 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
19 
9 
5 
64 
40 
24 
27 
97 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
54 
42 
61 
179 
183 
45 
75 
389 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
345 
310 
309 
1,158 
933 
187 
305 
1,732 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.2 
22.8 
24.6 
24.7 
22.6 
18.2 
20.6 
20.7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
11 
10 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
5 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
7 
15 
17 
37 
43 
19 
11 
66 
2007 
10 
9 
15 
62 
50 
12 
15 
87 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
42 
19 
19 
103 
101 
31 
12 
237 
2007 
22 
41 
51 
108 
124 
51 
52 
287 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
56 
84 
63 
311 
215 
86 
76 
505 
2007 
105 
104 
69 
272 
248 
87 
112 
609 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
60 
59 
29 
121 
157 
29 
67 
319 
2007 
58 
54 
52 
212 
201 
39 
78 
385 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
64 
63 
57 
210 
184 
43 
60 
324 
2007 
51 
43 
50 
286 
197 
41 
67 
293 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
52 
47 
53 
236 
181 
20 
86 
338 
2007 
67 
42 
29 
225 
170 
23 
54 
266 
70 years and over 
2012 
156 
80 
142 
418 
293 
36 
96 
465 
2007 
133 
95 
126 
342 
332 
48 
100 
483 
Average age 
2012 
63.3 
60.1 
64.2 
61.8 
60.8 
55.2 
61.3 
59.1 
2007 
62.1 
59.3 
60.3 
60.2 
60.1 
55.4 
58.4 
57.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
290 
216 
224 
634 
825 
173 
292 
1,655 
2007 
177 
151 
146 
384 
643 
185 
199 
1,355 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
35 
19 
31 
32 
101 
3 
16 
179 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
159 
41 
61 
214 
237 
58 
167 
444 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
50 
57 
30 
193 
74 
27 
36 
41 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
8 
7 
13 
19 
21 
- 
13 
28 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
42 
36 
39 
81 
119 
34 
37 
475 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
30 
74 
75 
149 
281 
57 
53 
561 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
8 
- 
3 
11 
18 
3 
5 
29 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
1 
12 
62 
5 
3 
90 
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 
416 
353 
368 
1,378 
1,151 
253 
397 
2,231 
acres, 2012 
560,673 
601,959 
524,413 
931,345 
495,407 
381,481 
873,035 
447,010 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
5 
35 
9 
63 
30 
16 
28 
61 
acres, 2012 
16,018 
131,692 
(D) 
106,569 
22,077 
56,334 
142,938 
30,462 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
367 
308 
336 
1,254 
1,094 
224 
338 
2,098 
2007 
374 
330 
320 
1,280 
1,206 
260 
401 
2,233 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
221,357 
(D) 
526,445 
385,092 
255,098 
667,132 
376,414 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
336,670 
568,449 
419,629 
(D) 
665,960 
347,376 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
42 
46 
28 
113 
52 
28 
57 
99 
2007 
61 
41 
57 
159 
93 
27 
55 
135 
acres, 2012 
91,642 
415,996 
235,340 
366,605 
93,835 
127,182 
242,840 
73,816 
2007 
74,362 
362,533 
245,945 
368,112 
82,168 
58,168 
220,709 
78,027 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
14 
9 
6 
43 
14 
5 
15 
44 
2007 
7 
13 
4 
35 
14 
5 
12 
27 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
21,812 
3,685 
48,883 
19,368 
(D) 
52,852 
15,581 
2007 
(D) 
26,380 
1,951 
67,675 
13,535 
(D) 
86,416 
8,815 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
2 
8 
3 
3 
3 
6 
2007 
- 
1 
5 
12 
4 
2 
3 
4 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
10,791 
793 
(D) 
831 
3,084 
2007 
- 
(D) 
2,185 
1 1 ,933 
1,698 
(D) 
11,054 
7,500 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
14 
4 
8 
18 
11 
4 
6 
17 
2007 
4 
3 
6 
21 
7 
7 
9 
16 
acres, 2012 
5,157 
17,858 
(D) 
6,906 
4,545 
84 
6,218 
4,965 
2007 
1,168 
30 
2,196 
5,037 
3,102 
32 
12,332 
938 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 1179 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
