Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hood 
Hopkins 
Houston 
Howard 
Hudspeth 
Hunt 
Hutchinson 
Irion 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
455 
712 
607 
246 
58 
1,335 
80 
47 
2007 
313 
650 
547 
217 
52 
867 
84 
43 
Any 
2012 
831 
1,401 
898 
229 
109 
2,871 
167 
108 
2007 
763 
1,305 
1,015 
302 
117 
2,272 
175 
113 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
109 
142 
140 
49 
16 
348 
16 
17 
2007 
132 
185 
132 
61 
19 
361 
18 
28 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
56 
84 
89 
12 
10 
143 
12 
9 
2007 
78 
123 
122 
20 
12 
232 
13 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
123 
178 
159 
31 
9 
321 
21 
13 
2007 
124 
193 
215 
22 
21 
330 
22 
24 
200 days or more 
2012 
543 
997 
510 
137 
74 
2,059 
118 
69 
2007 
429 
804 
546 
199 
65 
1,349 
122 
57 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
41 
75 
67 
12 
7 
136 
8 
10 
2007 
47 
93 
85 
27 
13 
98 
13 
7 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
72 
88 
53 
40 
2 
479 
17 
3 
2007 
75 
175 
84 
41 
11 
301 
21 
12 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
227 
400 
246 
82 
24 
837 
47 
27 
2007 
294 
395 
307 
60 
26 
730 
55 
25 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
946 
1,550 
1,139 
341 
134 
2,754 
175 
115 
2007 
660 
1,292 
1,086 
391 
119 
2,010 
170 
112 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
18.0 
20.0 
21.6 
20.9 
20.7 
16.9 
20.3 
21.5 
2007 
17.1 
18.4 
19.6 
21.6 
20.3 
16.8 
18.1 
20.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
28 
56 
42 
7 
2 
73 
1 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
53 
73 
38 
32 
- 
455 
17 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
192 
309 
206 
73 
22 
752 
43 
14 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,013 
1,675 
1,219 
363 
143 
2,926 
186 
128 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
20.8 
23.0 
24.2 
23.7 
22.7 
18.8 
22.1 
24.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
8 
5 
3 
. 
3 
. 
. 
2007 
2 
8 
2 
1 
- 
10 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
56 
113 
53 
21 
2 
202 
8 
4 
2007 
35 
104 
53 
28 
3 
107 
5 
2 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
135 
226 
68 
40 
17 
524 
26 
10 
2007 
128 
193 
134 
44 
23 
427 
39 
10 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
273 
496 
239 
78 
22 
993 
70 
34 
2007 
259 
436 
293 
102 
38 
851 
88 
26 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
203 
289 
178 
52 
41 
506 
42 
13 
2007 
147 
271 
221 
80 
23 
432 
33 
21 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
140 
273 
269 
100 
30 
591 
24 
30 
2007 
134 
290 
245 
51 
25 
385 
28 
29 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
162 
269 
215 
41 
20 
404 
30 
17 
2007 
146 
249 
213 
54 
24 
362 
20 
28 
70 years and over 
2012 
315 
439 
478 
140 
35 
983 
47 
47 
2007 
225 
404 
401 
159 
33 
565 
46 
40 
Average age 
2012 
59.0 
58.1 
62.9 
61.2 
60.1 
58.0 
58.3 
62.0 
2007 
58.4 
58.4 
60.8 
60.0 
58.5 
56.9 
56.3 
62.3 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
1,005 
1,439 
975 
315 
111 
3,000 
169 
119 
2007 
653 
1,073 
795 
287 
86 
1,850 
156 
96 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
62 
142 
97 
22 
9 
239 
14 
5 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
371 
528 
358 
69 
32 
955 
47 
46 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
103 
136 
88 
69 
3 
179 
41 
35 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
18 
81 
33 
9 
9 
57 
3 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
215 
402 
180 
31 
25 
748 
24 
23 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
242 
324 
329 
116 
41 
1,012 
44 
45 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
70 
17 
23 
16 
3 
78 
10 
- 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
44 
76 
10 
2 
6 
160 
3 
1 
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 
1,274 
2,078 
1,466 
463 
150 
4,147 
236 
149 
acres, 2012 
217,021 
404,496 
425,765 
383,757 
2,061,031 
445,196 
496,268 
459,398 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
43 
34 
37 
8 
9 
112 
9 
5 
acres, 2012 
41,575 
12,689 
35,804 
(D) 
251,835 
27,983 
89,389 
43,586 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
1,193 
1,990 
1,387 
400 
122 
3,948 
208 
128 
2007 
978 
1,798 
1,444 
418 
128 
2,912 
223 
129 
acres, 2012 
151,063 
365,512 
363,133 
221,512 
1,325,517 
382,798 
(D) 
233,180 
2007 
146,540 
337,693 
352,563 
357,435 
(D) 
331,959 
397,899 
342,031 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
60 
86 
80 
43 
33 
159 
24 
21 
2007 
77 
111 
89 
55 
30 
172 
26 
14 
acres, 2012 
56,119 
36,631 
62,202 
246,365 
610,788 
56,754 
125,895 
192,888 
2007 
44,644 
36,266 
55,376 
115,004 
881,132 
43,430 
147,740 
150,797 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
16 
26 
22 
21 
9 
63 
9 
3 
2007 
13 
22 
13 
28 
7 
32 
5 
5 
acres, 2012 
6,843 
16,611 
9,798 
25,627 
261,254 
7,995 
20,840 
45,486 
2007 
5,503 
12,446 
15,315 
36,045 
(D) 
10,167 
9,016 
40,802 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
11 
3 
5 
2 
1 
5 
3 
- 
2007 
2 
5 
4 
5 
3 
4 
3 
1 
acres, 2012 
1,336 
274 
1,918 
(D) 
(D) 
331 
153 
- 
2007 
(D) 
722 
1,502 
6,530 
84,000 
76 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
6 
8 
11 
9 
2 
31 
3 
3 
2007 
6 
19 
12 
13 
1 
19 
2 
7 
acres, 2012 
8,864 
3,559 
30,832 
(D) 
(D) 
6,661 
(D) 
24,582 
2007 
(D) 
3,339 
15,706 
7,777 
(D) 
2,790 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 1185 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
