Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jack 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jeff Davis 
Jefferson 
Jim Hogg 
Jim Wells 
Johnson 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
339 
282 
269 
22 
264 
65 
265 
1,142 
2007 
269 
286 
233 
17 
230 
46 
335 
821 
Any 
2012 
525 
529 
625 
62 
500 
198 
782 
1,881 
2007 
633 
561 
687 
88 
563 
194 
774 
1,925 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
96 
97 
60 
20 
56 
11 
76 
223 
2007 
86 
93 
116 
19 
87 
44 
145 
340 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
29 
43 
33 
4 
41 
22 
86 
173 
2007 
74 
56 
43 
8 
70 
33 
116 
158 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
73 
61 
99 
14 
89 
45 
174 
256 
2007 
90 
78 
117 
21 
101 
42 
155 
308 
200 days or more 
2012 
327 
328 
433 
24 
314 
120 
446 
1,229 
2007 
383 
334 
411 
40 
305 
75 
358 
1,119 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
24 
40 
18 
2 
41 
7 
108 
87 
2007 
22 
46 
34 
- 
47 
10 
58 
102 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
41 
36 
73 
1 
72 
17 
61 
191 
2007 
75 
49 
62 
12 
72 
14 
104 
205 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
122 
119 
134 
11 
134 
46 
204 
531 
2007 
177 
170 
225 
19 
172 
40 
206 
594 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
677 
616 
669 
70 
517 
193 
674 
2,214 
2007 
628 
582 
599 
74 
502 
176 
741 
1,845 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
21.0 
20.4 
20.7 
23.9 
18.4 
21.7 
19.2 
18.7 
2007 
18.8 
19.7 
17.5 
18.2 
17.4 
21.3 
18.9 
18.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
19 
18 
12 
1 
25 
102 
54 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
38 
24 
62 
1 
48 
17 
48 
164 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
109 
103 
124 
7 
118 
47 
150 
468 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
698 
666 
696 
75 
573 
199 
747 
2,337 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.3 
23.1 
22.1 
25.7 
21.6 
23.5 
21.2 
21.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
5 
. 
3 
. 
. 
9 
2007 
- 
8 
- 
- 
6 
- 
5 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
22 
53 
29 
- 
37 
8 
24 
98 
2007 
25 
41 
30 
4 
40 
14 
66 
94 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
92 
70 
80 
4 
86 
20 
148 
299 
2007 
80 
108 
115 
9 
93 
22 
132 
321 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
166 
166 
242 
18 
186 
52 
225 
706 
2007 
209 
208 
264 
25 
202 
52 
205 
696 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
96 
152 
127 
13 
122 
38 
127 
507 
2007 
114 
102 
114 
27 
118 
38 
141 
385 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
112 
85 
101 
19 
92 
45 
161 
384 
2007 
108 
89 
141 
17 
99 
29 
189 
360 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
110 
89 
126 
19 
80 
34 
134 
417 
2007 
131 
108 
92 
14 
68 
32 
112 
283 
70 years and over 
2012 
266 
191 
189 
11 
158 
66 
228 
603 
2007 
235 
183 
164 
9 
167 
53 
259 
604 
Average age 
2012 
61.2 
58.5 
58.7 
60.3 
58.0 
60.2 
59.1 
58.8 
2007 
59.9 
57.5 
57.4 
56.7 
57.2 
58.9 
58.5 
58.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
580 
534 
597 
65 
543 
157 
629 
2,122 
2007 
447 
434 
502 
64 
464 
70 
415 
1,686 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
82 
80 
69 
3 
32 
12 
53 
205 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
185 
187 
140 
23 
216 
75 
84 
709 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
29 
45 
64 
4 
80 
32 
119 
115 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
16 
7 
2 
4 
3 
7 
6 
36 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
107 
92 
190 
15 
158 
21 
205 
502 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
189 
150 
153 
36 
84 
35 
179 
585 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
8 
7 
- 
12 
3 
27 
92 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
15 
19 
7 
1 
- 
- 
16 
117 
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 
836 
763 
880 
69 
737 
256 
1,012 
2,944 
acres, 2012 
462,901 
417,789 
86,794 
896,022 
309,886 
416,918 
389,643 
397,062 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
49 
28 
26 
13 
24 
24 
35 
78 
acres, 2012 
37,767 
26,019 
5,242 
259,844 
66,172 
301,272 
43,916 
34,520 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
767 
697 
833 
60 
672 
218 
906 
2,779 
2007 
797 
711 
868 
80 
665 
184 
939 
2,537 
acres, 2012 
302,084 
322,972 
60,873 
326,310 
211,332 
(D) 
240,029 
301,128 
2007 
305,990 
350,066 
62,821 
(D) 
200,425 
412,658 
257,282 
281,389 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
71 
91 
45 
12 
48 
28 
95 
145 
2007 
82 
120 
38 
17 
86 
36 
126 
151 
acres, 2012 
179,127 
103,385 
22,877 
348,656 
98,207 
280,267 
199,164 
66,412 
2007 
207,356 
134,679 
31,878 
423,496 
112,020 
201,267 
143,969 
30,482 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
15 
18 
9 
7 
28 
11 
27 
60 
2007 
14 
12 
- 
7 
28 
12 
22 
33 
acres, 2012 
34,750 
1 1 ,436 
810 
547,934 
31,682 
84,731 
58,137 
55,405 
2007 
56,997 
7,445 
- 
610,925 
9,351 
25,121 
41,720 
16,390 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
6 
1 
- 
3 
7 
5 
3 
8 
2007 
4 
- 
5 
1 
5 
3 
2 
4 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
10,372 
1 1 ,278 
497 
272 
2007 
(D) 
419 
(D) 
8,796 
1,058 
(D) 
199 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
4 
7 
2 
9 
1 
16 
31 
2007 
5 
4 
9 
- 
9 
5 
20 
21 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
3,570 
(D) 
2,378 
(D) 
5,927 
5,741 
2007 
(D) 
390 
810 
2,663 
166 
(D) 
2,887 
--continued 
1186 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
