Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
7 
593 
1,152 
6 
40 
12 
15 
137 
438 
55 to 59 years 
10 
780 
1,170 
7 
28 
14 
23 
143 
650 
60 to 64 years 
8 
947 
1,288 
10 
28 
1 
19 
146 
576 
65 to 69 years 
4 
733 
1,085 
16 
10 
7 
31 
151 
553 
70 years and over 
19 
1,865 
2,430 
18 
27 
8 
16 
425 
775 
Average age 
61.8 
62.0 
60.1 
62.6 
54.1 
51.7 
58.7 
62.7 
59.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
28 
2,582 
3,518 
22 
46 
7 
34 
154 
1,124 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
969 
2,046 
1 
15 
11 
5 
822 
831 
Asian 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
- 
9 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
8 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
55 
4,909 
6,891 
66 
181 
65 
126 
398 
2,980 
More than one race reported 
- 
37 
43 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
30 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10 
1,187 
1,604 
9 
12 
8 
24 
249 
565 
2 people 
25 
2,873 
4,375 
38 
76 
31 
65 
457 
1,915 
3 people 
14 
846 
1,251 
11 
42 
6 
16 
241 
663 
4 people 
2 
605 
873 
7 
35 
22 
18 
121 
373 
5 or more people 
4 
426 
886 
3 
31 
9 
11 
154 
336 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
19 
4,702 
6,999 
39 
74 
71 
125 
1,142 
3,489 
25 to 49 percent 
1 
401 
660 
10 
26 
3 
2 
35 
123 
50 to 74 percent 
8 
445 
648 
11 
35 
1 
2 
23 
89 
75 to 99 percent 
15 
220 
421 
6 
16 
- 
2 
15 
85 
1 00 percent 
12 
169 
261 
2 
45 
1 
3 
7 
66 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
12 
256 
364 
2 
31 
7 
3 
25 
170 
acres 
24,604 
798,508 
5,407,757 
(D) 
(D) 
252 
(D) 
86,816 
3,091,418 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28 
3,262 
4,732 
43 
142 
60 
97 
344 
2,317 
Dial-up service 
5 
283 
480 
8 
7 
3 
6 
33 
172 
DSL service 
5 
1,457 
2,104 
18 
51 
40 
45 
132 
1,027 
Cable modem service 
5 
470 
517 
2 
11 
2 
13 
37 
295 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
146 
228 
2 
17 
1 
4 
12 
75 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7 
557 
679 
6 
29 
23 
24 
51 
496 
Satellite service 
13 
574 
1,113 
11 
50 
9 
19 
75 
470 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
131 
122 
- 
11 
- 
4 
11 
115 
Other Internet service 
- 
76 
86 
1 
1 
- 
3 
18 
61 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
42 
4,473 
6,649 
43 
107 
70 
112 
927 
3,206 
2 households 
10 
1,027 
1,604 
23 
53 
3 
11 
167 
474 
3 households 
2 
242 
354 
1 
25 
2 
6 
51 
102 
4 households 
1 
129 
213 
1 
7 
- 
5 
38 
41 
5 or more households 
- 
66 
169 
- 
4 
1 
- 
39 
29 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption 
.. farms 
52 
5,714 
8,648 
65 
170 
76 
130 
1,190 
3,744 
acres 
63,445 
3,792,762 
25,869,975 
415,404 
139,999 
5,192 
13,031 
710,176 
6,039,411 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
9 
256 
428 
5 
34 
1 
8 
27 
257 
acres 
22,788 
579,796 
5,531,565 
7,806 
43,871 
(D) 
8,789 
26,953 
357,164 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
40 
5,191 
7,653 
53 
113 
70 
123 
1,142 
3,476 
acres 
23,732 
2,755,545 
14,161,047 
164,096 
85,660 
5,102 
11,916 
584,823 
2,220,872 
Partnership 
.. farms 
8 
292 
618 
3 
60 
- 
3 
18 
139 
acres 
43,896 
639,266 
7,097,158 
(D) 
70,964 
- 
(D) 
107,360 
453,531 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
8 
208 
451 
3 
47 
- 
3 
12 
91 
acres 
43,896 
618,407 
6,583,625 
(D) 
62,692 
- 
(D) 
101,312 
408,098 
Corporation 
.. farms 
5 
265 
436 
9 
21 
6 
2 
11 
121 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
5,689,039 
247,835 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
(D) 
1,369,566 
Family held 
.. farms 
5 
243 
407 
5 
20 
6 
2 
11 
110 
acres 
(D) 
345,438 
5,463,553 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
(D) 
1,283,104 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
1 
22 
- 
1 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
5 
242 
385 
5 
20 
6 
1 
11 
107 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
_ 
22 
29 
4 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
11 
acres 
- 
(D) 
225,486 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
86,462 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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