Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
King 
Kinney 
Kleberg 
Knox 
Lamar 
Lamb 
Lampasas 
La Salle 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
15 
54 
107 
101 
554 
480 
436 
137 
2007 
26 
65 
104 
98 
524 
506 
280 
104 
Any 
2012 
44 
142 
294 
127 
1,289 
453 
581 
309 
2007 
38 
155 
245 
121 
1,293 
481 
686 
295 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
5 
23 
67 
17 
109 
41 
60 
30 
2007 
3 
48 
46 
26 
166 
109 
125 
48 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
2 
18 
32 
10 
65 
36 
47 
54 
2007 
- 
30 
48 
10 
96 
27 
68 
43 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
4 
26 
32 
8 
170 
34 
72 
69 
2007 
12 
14 
44 
17 
213 
32 
114 
46 
200 days or more 
2012 
33 
75 
163 
92 
945 
342 
402 
156 
2007 
23 
63 
107 
68 
818 
313 
379 
158 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
11 
15 
15 
48 
55 
41 
17 
2007 
4 
10 
16 
9 
69 
43 
45 
31 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
- 
4 
7 
12 
94 
60 
57 
20 
2007 
10 
33 
28 
12 
162 
42 
105 
32 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
14 
28 
80 
39 
450 
106 
222 
93 
2007 
9 
57 
69 
24 
362 
107 
200 
79 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
45 
153 
299 
162 
1,251 
712 
697 
316 
2007 
41 
120 
236 
174 
1,224 
795 
616 
257 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.3 
18.6 
19.3 
22.2 
18.8 
22.6 
18.6 
17.7 
2007 
20.5 
15.2 
17.8 
24.5 
18.8 
23.5 
17.0 
17.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
10 
11 
8 
28 
45 
28 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
- 
4 
7 
16 
70 
55 
43 
15 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
11 
23 
63 
32 
394 
86 
205 
83 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
48 
159 
320 
172 
1,351 
747 
741 
337 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
21.8 
19.6 
22.4 
25.1 
21.2 
24.9 
21.2 
19.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
. 
. 
19 
15 
2 
3 
2007 
- 
2 
1 
- 
19 
5 
- 
7 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
- 
10 
24 
12 
122 
61 
39 
10 
2007 
1 
4 
18 
4 
81 
36 
16 
12 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
5 
8 
45 
24 
256 
74 
57 
29 
2007 
5 
22 
51 
20 
243 
89 
88 
26 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
12 
51 
89 
53 
403 
166 
185 
79 
2007 
7 
31 
93 
59 
410 
170 
224 
78 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
3 
19 
62 
41 
246 
174 
134 
61 
2007 
11 
50 
53 
28 
241 
127 
132 
74 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
12 
34 
60 
19 
201 
101 
130 
83 
2007 
8 
21 
44 
26 
216 
110 
158 
67 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
11 
31 
44 
26 
174 
78 
188 
75 
2007 
12 
36 
43 
29 
234 
127 
123 
47 
70 years and over 
2012 
16 
43 
77 
53 
422 
264 
282 
106 
2007 
20 
54 
46 
53 
373 
323 
225 
88 
Average age 
2012 
63.5 
59.5 
57.6 
58.2 
56.8 
59.5 
62.0 
60.7 
2007 
63.3 
60.1 
55.3 
60.0 
57.5 
61.8 
60.0 
59.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
37 
119 
268 
162 
1,070 
660 
726 
264 
2007 
21 
96 
155 
116 
930 
445 
523 
161 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
2 
22 
15 
126 
40 
41 
16 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
13 
36 
96 
96 
230 
318 
176 
108 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
7 
36 
19 
131 
128 
76 
53 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
- 
4 
5 
26 
63 
14 
15 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
19 
56 
12 
178 
68 
167 
23 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
17 
59 
59 
24 
381 
84 
290 
50 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
3 
4 
8 
51 
16 
18 
16 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
2 
17 
- 
58 
12 
7 
9 
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 
51 
182 
394 
211 
1,820 
850 
988 
419 
acres, 2012 
363,050 
525,055 
449,752 
407,532 
488,553 
562,189 
412,851 
526,161 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
4 
14 
4 
15 
31 
29 
28 
86 
acres, 2012 
226,833 
50,532 
2,648 
74,024 
26,411 
23,088 
13,671 
145,460 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
38 
149 
369 
192 
1,738 
709 
939 
333 
2007 
42 
178 
302 
179 
1,663 
687 
874 
320 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
340,191 
(D) 
(D) 
409,003 
416,861 
372,589 
302,476 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
415,247 
384,500 
348,996 
335,296 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
15 
33 
17 
32 
80 
85 
54 
85 
2007 
18 
30 
34 
35 
132 
126 
79 
58 
acres, 2012 
153,135 
147,982 
6,523 
119,637 
72,789 
80,038 
62,414 
248,170 
2007 
469,158 
205,250 
20,960 
133,158 
87,758 
91,624 
59,064 
204,236 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
10 
8 
4 
15 
93 
13 
25 
2007 
1 
10 
6 
2 
11 
118 
6 
12 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
87,402 
(D) 
(D) 
13,564 
95,816 
5,194 
73,361 
2007 
(D) 
87,616 
(D) 
(D) 
4,992 
137,306 
7,155 
84,328 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
9 
2 
3 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,650 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
3,810 
(D) 
9,451 
(D) 
5,080 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
4 
7 
10 
37 
11 
3 
2007 
3 
2 
7 
- 
7 
47 
5 
6 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,170 
1,396 
- 
1,215 
16,895 
4,558 
10,840 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
6,488 
- 
(D) 
1 1 ,822 
(D) 
20,186 
--continued 
1188 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
