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 
1,275 
1,062 
1,038 
213 
184 
342 
Female 
188 
161 
157 
27 
27 
84 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
734 
644 
634 
90 
77 
146 
Other 
729 
579 
561 
150 
134 
280 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
763 
664 
654 
99 
86 
189 
Not on farm operated 
700 
559 
541 
141 
125 
237 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
617 
545 
537 
72 
65 
168 
Any 
846 
678 
658 
168 
146 
258 
1 to 49 days 
136 
103 
99 
33 
32 
33 
50 to 99 days 
57 
50 
50 
7 
7 
26 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
143 
116 
116 
27 
26 
20 
200 days or more 
510 
409 
393 
101 
81 
179 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
60 
42 
41 
18 
18 
17 
3 or 4 years 
83 
64 
63 
19 
10 
35 
5 to 9 years 
209 
171 
170 
38 
37 
61 
1 0 years or more 
1,111 
946 
921 
165 
146 
313 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
21.5 
21.4 
17.8 
17.6 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
44 
30 
29 
14 
14 
12 
3 or 4 years 
56 
49 
48 
7 
5 
34 
5 to 9 years 
192 
155 
154 
37 
33 
52 
1 0 years or more 
1,171 
989 
964 
182 
159 
328 
Average years operating any farm 
23.0 
23.6 
23.5 
20.1 
19.9 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
2 
2 
4 
4 
- 
25 to 34 years 
62 
48 
48 
14 
14 
16 
35 to 44 years 
178 
144 
142 
34 
27 
28 
45 to 49 years 
113 
91 
87 
22 
22 
29 
50 to 54 years 
176 
149 
148 
27 
23 
46 
55 to 59 years 
205 
168 
167 
37 
34 
58 
60 to 64 years 
221 
189 
181 
32 
30 
81 
65 to 69 years 
201 
174 
167 
27 
18 
72 
70 years and over 
301 
258 
253 
43 
39 
96 
Average age 
58.6 
59.0 
59.0 
56.2 
55.9 
61.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
7 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
3 
3 
2 
2 
1 
Asian 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
101 
83 
78 
18 
14 
65 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,339 
1,120 
1,097 
219 
194 
359 
More than one race reported 
5 
4 
4 
1 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
185 
149 
147 
36 
35 
88 
2 people 
776 
670 
654 
106 
88 
230 
3 people 
227 
183 
178 
44 
42 
55 
4 people 
171 
135 
131 
36 
32 
32 
5 or more people 
104 
86 
85 
18 
14 
21 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
975 
794 
773 
181 
164 
375 
25 to 49 percent 
106 
89 
89 
17 
14 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
148 
129 
126 
19 
17 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
99 
87 
85 
12 
9 
7 
1 00 percent 
135 
124 
122 
11 
7 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
145 
119 
111 
26 
19 
54 
acres 
183,539 
159,256 
124,222 
24,283 
15,861 
85,617 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,032 
865 
844 
167 
143 
273 
Dial-up service 
80 
67 
66 
13 
13 
18 
DSL service 
454 
377 
368 
77 
68 
125 
Cable modem service 
168 
140 
139 
28 
27 
48 
Fiber-optic service 
41 
32 
31 
9 
4 
31 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
186 
152 
144 
34 
28 
41 
Satellite service 
244 
214 
209 
30 
24 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
16 
16 
4 
1 
8 
Other Internet service 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,059 
878 
856 
181 
161 
330 
2 households 
262 
228 
227 
34 
29 
55 
3 households 
75 
60 
59 
15 
11 
31 
4 households 
33 
31 
30 
2 
2 
5 
5 or more households 
34 
26 
23 
8 
8 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Mississippi 147 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
