Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
4,240 
429 
120 
83 
72 
1,098 
- 
55 to 59 years 
5,286 
547 
132 
127 
83 
1,510 
- 
60 to 64 years 
5,695 
551 
155 
116 
86 
1,730 
- 
65 to 69 years 
5,179 
395 
135 
143 
86 
1,719 
- 
70 years and over 
9,892 
653 
190 
194 
121 
4,244 
- 
Average age 
60.4 
57.3 
59.3 
61.4 
58.8 
64.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
397 
8 
4 
29 
18 
103 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
133 
14 
1 
2 
4 
27 
- 
Asian 
66 
- 
- 
3 
1 
9 
- 
Black or African American 
5,029 
503 
256 
38 
31 
1,016 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
White 
32,756 
2,947 
664 
730 
549 
10,936 
- 
More than one race reported 
83 
2 
2 
10 
1 
30 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,851 
386 
125 
121 
79 
2,455 
- 
2 people 
20,043 
1,796 
446 
422 
312 
6,507 
- 
3 people 
5,498 
523 
171 
115 
88 
1,332 
- 
4 people 
4,195 
520 
105 
72 
83 
1,054 
- 
5 or more people 
2,489 
241 
77 
53 
27 
671 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
1,436 
758 
683 
431 
10,609 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
372 
58 
44 
60 
601 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
656 
47 
36 
53 
468 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
459 
20 
14 
12 
198 
- 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
543 
41 
6 
33 
143 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,051 
268 
13 
20 
27 
251 
- 
acres 
968,857 
540,488 
9,151 
5,630 
8,842 
235,324 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,113 
2,389 
579 
563 
426 
6,671 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,713 
237 
71 
51 
33 
761 
- 
DSL service 
9,980 
896 
249 
233 
233 
2,904 
- 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
406 
55 
89 
58 
1,264 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
635 
73 
16 
14 
8 
240 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,042 
457 
124 
139 
46 
1,014 
- 
Satellite service 
4,708 
499 
129 
105 
93 
1,193 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
279 
51 
4 
2 
4 
92 
- 
Other Internet service 
285 
37 
5 
6 
6 
58 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,414 
2,370 
756 
664 
463 
9,607 
- 
2 households 
5,805 
762 
118 
94 
106 
1,653 
- 
3 households 
1,080 
193 
30 
22 
10 
398 
- 
4 households 
425 
80 
10 
2 
5 
183 
- 
5 or more households 
352 
61 
10 
1 
5 
178 
- 
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 
36,711 
3,169 
896 
775 
566 
11,418 
- 
acres 
9,843,046 
3,229,127 
102,017 
82,411 
52,673 
3,108,865 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,952 
242 
47 
62 
54 
713 
- 
acres 
1,012,729 
334,679 
17,412 
10,968 
4,899 
383,316 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
33,316 
2,344 
845 
706 
492 
10,273 
- 
acres 
6,674,195 
1,415,850 
78,317 
68,148 
40,865 
2,264,714 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,871 
865 
39 
33 
26 
1,000 
- 
acres 
3,104,467 
2,044,619 
17,764 
(D) 
5,274 
750,371 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,092 
750 
27 
28 
26 
691 
- 
acres 
2,684,937 
1,861,455 
17,034 
4,037 
5,274 
612,587 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,463 
231 
36 
41 
63 
485 
- 
acres 
942,226 
295,871 
1 1 ,972 
14,586 
8,787 
365,444 
- 
Family held farms 
1,223 
207 
32 
36 
51 
373 
- 
acres 
778,467 
266,100 
1 1 ,478 
14,007 
6,775 
272,234 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
28 
6 
2 
1 
1 
12 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,195 
201 
30 
35 
50 
361 
- 
Other than family held farms 
240 
24 
4 
5 
12 
112 
_ 
acres 
163,759 
29,771 
494 
579 
2,012 
93,210 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
