Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mississippi 
Adams 
Alcorn 
Amite 
Attala 
Benton 
Bolivar 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
15,119 
74 
185 
205 
165 
180 
216 
2007 
15,138 
108 
181 
224 
222 
127 
188 
Any 
2012 
22,957 
115 
320 
385 
291 
132 
203 
2007 
26,821 
137 
359 
375 
337 
209 
242 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
2,668 
11 
41 
44 
32 
26 
13 
2007 
4,405 
26 
73 
56 
54 
36 
44 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
1,706 
10 
18 
61 
19 
13 
12 
2007 
2,269 
13 
30 
36 
22 
15 
20 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
3,757 
11 
70 
72 
68 
19 
55 
2007 
3,813 
17 
33 
74 
48 
30 
39 
200 days or more 
2012 
14,826 
83 
191 
208 
172 
74 
123 
2007 
16,334 
81 
223 
209 
213 
128 
139 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
1,247 
11 
28 
10 
17 
12 
13 
2007 
2,011 
8 
13 
46 
22 
7 
30 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1,844 
5 
24 
29 
24 
2 
23 
2007 
2,746 
12 
17 
23 
32 
27 
17 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
5,258 
17 
52 
90 
46 
34 
55 
2007 
7,072 
35 
67 
78 
90 
52 
61 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
29,727 
156 
401 
461 
369 
264 
328 
2007 
30,130 
190 
443 
452 
415 
250 
322 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.0 
22.1 
25.4 
23.9 
25.8 
26.3 
22.6 
2007 
20.9 
22.8 
24.1 
21.4 
22.6 
21.9 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
864 
5 
21 
7 
15 
7 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1,448 
3 
21 
31 
20 
2 
19 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
4,663 
18 
43 
75 
44 
29 
46 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
31,101 
163 
420 
477 
377 
274 
344 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.8 
23.7 
26.7 
25.2 
27.5 
28.3 
25.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
159 
4 
2 
7 
3 
. 
4 
2007 
178 
4 
2 
- 
2 
2 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
1,442 
5 
18 
24 
5 
11 
24 
2007 
1,729 
4 
13 
28 
16 
12 
15 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
3,458 
15 
47 
60 
44 
20 
35 
2007 
4,741 
20 
60 
49 
56 
23 
54 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
6,965 
36 
90 
92 
67 
45 
85 
2007 
9,437 
49 
97 
141 
108 
73 
106 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
5,286 
40 
52 
67 
46 
35 
79 
2007 
6,048 
34 
65 
83 
58 
52 
63 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
5,695 
22 
68 
87 
68 
46 
65 
2007 
5,627 
30 
78 
70 
67 
38 
62 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
5,179 
17 
81 
83 
52 
32 
45 
2007 
4,717 
26 
87 
82 
87 
40 
50 
70 years and over 
2012 
9,892 
50 
147 
170 
171 
123 
82 
2007 
9,482 
78 
138 
146 
165 
96 
77 
Average age 
2012 
60.4 
59.7 
61.3 
60.4 
63.3 
64.4 
58.3 
2007 
58.6 
62.1 
60.9 
59.5 
61.1 
60.7 
57.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
23,113 
112 
274 
361 
244 
128 
330 
2007 
18,405 
95 
229 
226 
205 
101 
242 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
2,713 
6 
28 
56 
62 
9 
13 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
9,980 
48 
133 
82 
99 
56 
131 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
3,226 
20 
29 
24 
15 
11 
97 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
635 
1 
6 
5 
5 
4 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
4,042 
12 
58 
39 
29 
21 
44 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
4,708 
34 
31 
179 
71 
36 
48 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
279 
1 
7 
2 
4 
1 
13 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
285 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
- 
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 
36,711 
178 
493 
578 
443 
295 
398 
acres, 2012 
9,843,046 
61,721 
87,604 
116,586 
122,795 
71,427 
365,489 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
1,952 
17 
8 
21 
13 
10 
21 
acres, 2012 
1,012,729 
3,856 
11,497 
11,881 
4,016 
4,425 
32,718 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
33,316 
160 
464 
526 
412 
272 
291 
2007 
36,353 
211 
486 
532 
496 
279 
270 
acres, 2012 
6,674,195 
42,135 
63,863 
(D) 
(D) 
51,571 
(D) 
2007 
7,208,578 
(D) 
70,030 
90,310 
111,611 
56,416 
(D) 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
2,871 
14 
29 
35 
29 
23 
102 
2007 
3,769 
20 
33 
52 
41 
24 
127 
acres, 2012 
3,104,467 
4,565 
26,731 
23,865 
13,480 
15,481 
228,526 
2007 
3,200,365 
11,106 
18,952 
15,898 
16,296 
13,110 
245,690 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
1,223 
11 
5 
28 
10 
6 
22 
2007 
1,248 
13 
14 
11 
8 
16 
25 
acres, 2012 
778,467 
17,665 
814 
6,871 
1 1 ,934 
13,426 
14,793 
2007 
725,259 
15,710 
4,213 
2,796 
2,229 
1 1 ,883 
34,763 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
240 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
1 
2007 
219 
- 
- 
2 
10 
2 
6 
acres, 2012 
163,759 
- 
(D) 
- 
1,138 
- 
(D) 
2007 
126,144 
- 
(D) 
4,288 
(D) 
5,343 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
426 
4 
5 
1 
1 
11 
3 
2007 
370 
1 
7 
2 
4 
15 
2 
acres, 2012 
210,192 
1,629 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,992 
(D) 
2007 
195,895 
(D) 
708 
(D) 
2,821 
(D) 
(D) 
--continued 
556 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
