Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
914 
832 
810 
82 
67 
566 
Female 
165 
153 
145 
12 
6 
176 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
674 
636 
620 
38 
32 
310 
Other 
405 
349 
335 
56 
41 
432 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
719 
686 
667 
33 
26 
437 
Not on farm operated 
360 
299 
288 
61 
47 
305 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
442 
418 
408 
24 
19 
269 
Any 
637 
567 
547 
70 
54 
473 
1 to 49 days 
107 
94 
92 
13 
12 
82 
50 to 99 days 
47 
47 
43 
- 
- 
45 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
94 
76 
74 
18 
11 
58 
200 days or more 
389 
350 
338 
39 
31 
288 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
63 
48 
47 
15 
9 
31 
3 or 4 years 
29 
25 
24 
4 
4 
56 
5 to 9 years 
166 
138 
132 
28 
26 
135 
1 0 years or more 
821 
774 
752 
47 
34 
520 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
23.5 
23.4 
13.7 
14.3 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
43 
29 
29 
14 
8 
28 
3 or 4 years 
26 
22 
21 
4 
4 
45 
5 to 9 years 
133 
106 
99 
27 
25 
118 
1 0 years or more 
877 
828 
806 
49 
36 
551 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
26.7 
26.7 
15.0 
15.7 
23.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
- 
- 
6 
6 
- 
25 to 34 years 
37 
28 
27 
9 
3 
48 
35 to 44 years 
100 
84 
83 
16 
13 
51 
45 to 49 years 
58 
48 
46 
10 
9 
50 
50 to 54 years 
134 
125 
123 
9 
8 
83 
55 to 59 years 
187 
178 
164 
9 
9 
116 
60 to 64 years 
202 
191 
188 
11 
8 
96 
65 to 69 years 
129 
113 
111 
16 
10 
111 
70 years and over 
226 
218 
213 
8 
7 
187 
Average age 
59.5 
60.2 
60.3 
51.6 
51.8 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
229 
208 
196 
21 
13 
183 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
20 
18 
18 
2 
2 
279 
Asian 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,046 
954 
924 
92 
71 
461 
More than one race reported 
12 
12 
12 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
194 
163 
160 
31 
28 
134 
2 people 
566 
527 
504 
39 
25 
340 
3 people 
143 
131 
130 
12 
8 
130 
4 people 
114 
105 
104 
9 
9 
66 
5 or more people 
62 
59 
57 
3 
3 
72 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
638 
572 
557 
66 
54 
615 
25 to 49 percent 
85 
77 
72 
8 
7 
51 
50 to 74 percent 
134 
131 
129 
3 
3 
32 
75 to 99 percent 
109 
98 
93 
11 
3 
29 
1 00 percent 
113 
107 
104 
6 
6 
15 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
204 
173 
166 
31 
20 
82 
acres 
3,334,798 
3,138,933 
2,608,499 
195,865 
92,536 
3,201,394 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
859 
792 
764 
67 
51 
386 
Dial-up service 
62 
59 
52 
3 
2 
35 
DSL service 
334 
314 
309 
20 
18 
135 
Cable modem service 
116 
102 
98 
14 
12 
65 
Fiber-optic service 
32 
29 
29 
3 
3 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
159 
143 
139 
16 
11 
80 
Satellite service 
219 
205 
196 
14 
10 
87 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
41 
35 
34 
6 
- 
14 
Other Internet service 
17 
17 
16 
- 
- 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
716 
647 
637 
69 
58 
515 
2 households 
213 
199 
191 
14 
10 
144 
3 households 
79 
76 
68 
3 
3 
35 
4 households 
52 
45 
45 
7 
1 
26 
5 or more households 
19 
18 
14 
1 
1 
22 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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