Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Issaquena 
Itawamba 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jefferson 
Jefferson Davis 
Jones 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
43 
155 
132 
150 
100 
195 
458 
2007 
48 
144 
148 
176 
162 
154 
381 
Any 
2012 
54 
288 
277 
295 
177 
142 
469 
2007 
56 
347 
306 
352 
194 
283 
646 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
8 
38 
23 
47 
30 
16 
83 
2007 
17 
68 
36 
41 
38 
43 
90 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
- 
16 
35 
10 
10 
21 
28 
2007 
2 
17 
33 
51 
21 
24 
54 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
10 
56 
26 
37 
32 
34 
73 
2007 
12 
49 
63 
56 
13 
38 
93 
200 days or more 
2012 
36 
178 
193 
201 
105 
71 
285 
2007 
25 
213 
174 
204 
122 
178 
409 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
2 
12 
17 
22 
5 
7 
24 
2007 
6 
12 
29 
25 
13 
16 
53 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
7 
19 
19 
18 
18 
11 
42 
2007 
10 
58 
34 
32 
18 
23 
48 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
13 
45 
66 
66 
7 
38 
136 
2007 
28 
63 
84 
85 
45 
82 
171 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
75 
367 
307 
339 
247 
281 
725 
2007 
60 
358 
307 
386 
280 
316 
755 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.7 
24.3 
20.4 
20.9 
25.5 
24.6 
22.9 
2007 
18.7 
22.3 
17.9 
20.3 
23.8 
19.8 
21.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
14 
19 
3 
7 
21 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
3 
8 
18 
16 
16 
11 
38 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
11 
48 
61 
65 
8 
36 
114 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
83 
379 
316 
345 
250 
283 
754 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.1 
25.9 
21.2 
23.4 
26.9 
25.9 
24.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
3 
5 
4 
2 
1 
2007 
3 
- 
7 
3 
3 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
3 
19 
12 
17 
7 
9 
20 
2007 
3 
14 
18 
26 
9 
15 
33 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
9 
56 
43 
35 
15 
22 
67 
2007 
8 
54 
68 
73 
30 
52 
112 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
17 
83 
94 
113 
43 
39 
157 
2007 
19 
104 
111 
162 
95 
79 
248 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
9 
72 
58 
59 
57 
47 
159 
2007 
17 
103 
70 
63 
46 
70 
151 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
10 
66 
61 
82 
27 
59 
174 
2007 
13 
63 
68 
67 
36 
67 
147 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
17 
58 
45 
49 
53 
68 
146 
2007 
24 
56 
49 
48 
29 
56 
111 
70 years and over 
2012 
32 
89 
93 
85 
71 
91 
203 
2007 
17 
97 
63 
86 
108 
98 
223 
Average age 
2012 
62.9 
58.3 
58.7 
58.2 
61.1 
62.5 
60.7 
2007 
58.2 
59.0 
55.6 
56.1 
60.5 
59.2 
58.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
56 
264 
287 
275 
143 
167 
569 
2007 
49 
208 
285 
221 
131 
176 
469 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
6 
18 
9 
47 
23 
18 
61 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
16 
174 
164 
139 
54 
84 
280 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
10 
24 
92 
25 
7 
17 
74 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
3 
12 
- 
6 
9 
5 
22 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
11 
33 
29 
70 
32 
21 
97 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
17 
23 
23 
36 
22 
42 
70 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 
3 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
21 
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 
74 
433 
403 
442 
260 
319 
912 
acres, 2012 
68,137 
90,754 
36,707 
91,037 
78,757 
56,262 
114,916 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
23 
16 
18 
16 
23 
17 
40 
acres, 2012 
17,356 
8,770 
1,846 
2,987 
10,949 
6,362 
8,482 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
49 
388 
389 
417 
241 
300 
872 
2007 
59 
436 
434 
473 
312 
389 
940 
acres, 2012 
13,995 
(D) 
(D) 
77,760 
64,132 
48,049 
107,419 
2007 
24,857 
75,778 
(D) 
77,425 
65,997 
58,081 
100,005 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
46 
10 
13 
32 
23 
30 
2007 
27 
38 
10 
36 
39 
33 
63 
acres, 2012 
59,154 
20,358 
10,001 
5,682 
17,857 
6,069 
6,511 
2007 
65,243 
1 1 ,803 
2,165 
7,032 
28,072 
5,719 
6,914 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
12 
8 
5 
9 
2 
5 
15 
2007 
12 
15 
9 
16 
5 
7 
17 
acres, 2012 
20,560 
7,038 
218 
7,763 
(D) 
3,480 
(D) 
2007 
26,376 
(D) 
235 
(D) 
6,408 
2,960 
2,421 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
2 
5 
2 
1 
2 
2007 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
3 
acres, 2012 
29,545 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
3,172 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
628 
351 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
4 
1 
3 
1 
8 
8 
2007 
3 
2 
1 
2 
- 
4 
4 
acres, 2012 
1,137 
(D) 
744 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,517 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
555 
146 
--continued 
560 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
