Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Kemper 
Lafayette 
Lamar 
Lauderdale 
Lawrence 
Leake 
Lee 
Leflore 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
138 
180 
126 
130 
168 
260 
175 
161 
2007 
184 
192 
149 
158 
185 
307 
171 
154 
Any 
2012 
240 
269 
298 
243 
229 
377 
350 
139 
2007 
271 
295 
351 
251 
275 
428 
419 
142 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
28 
30 
37 
49 
44 
28 
47 
25 
2007 
48 
59 
49 
47 
34 
60 
72 
48 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
28 
12 
15 
29 
22 
26 
22 
11 
2007 
26 
26 
31 
17 
19 
23 
30 
11 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
37 
46 
72 
47 
43 
42 
109 
37 
2007 
25 
32 
53 
37 
42 
60 
53 
28 
200 days or more 
2012 
147 
181 
174 
118 
120 
281 
172 
66 
2007 
172 
178 
218 
150 
180 
285 
264 
55 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
11 
15 
17 
16 
21 
13 
12 
2007 
15 
10 
35 
18 
37 
40 
30 
12 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
14 
19 
21 
12 
7 
26 
24 
21 
2007 
19 
36 
41 
35 
21 
68 
49 
17 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
28 
65 
88 
47 
55 
72 
63 
50 
2007 
86 
55 
85 
75 
54 
115 
89 
45 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
330 
354 
300 
297 
319 
518 
425 
217 
2007 
335 
386 
339 
281 
348 
512 
422 
222 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.5 
22.0 
20.9 
25.0 
22.7 
25.1 
24.0 
21.7 
2007 
21.4 
21.8 
19.0 
21.3 
21.4 
21.1 
20.7 
21.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
10 
11 
13 
12 
15 
6 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
10 
17 
17 
12 
6 
16 
24 
16 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
23 
62 
64 
41 
51 
77 
60 
49 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
341 
360 
332 
307 
328 
529 
435 
232 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.4 
23.8 
22.7 
26.0 
23.9 
26.2 
25.1 
24.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 
. 
. 
. 
2007 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
14 
8 
22 
9 
26 
23 
25 
21 
2007 
16 
16 
34 
10 
18 
47 
31 
13 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
17 
34 
42 
31 
44 
66 
37 
13 
2007 
50 
37 
72 
49 
48 
109 
66 
35 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
52 
93 
86 
50 
77 
111 
90 
51 
2007 
88 
97 
123 
60 
112 
161 
132 
57 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
76 
60 
46 
37 
54 
86 
65 
40 
2007 
68 
60 
54 
64 
64 
96 
86 
62 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
57 
67 
74 
72 
63 
82 
110 
51 
2007 
52 
71 
64 
55 
62 
87 
91 
41 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
52 
64 
61 
43 
41 
116 
70 
47 
2007 
64 
61 
65 
70 
64 
71 
65 
28 
70 years and over 
2012 
110 
123 
93 
131 
91 
153 
128 
77 
2007 
114 
145 
88 
101 
92 
159 
118 
58 
Average age 
2012 
62.0 
62.0 
58.8 
63.0 
58.7 
60.7 
60.6 
60.8 
2007 
59.7 
61.4 
56.3 
60.7 
58.4 
56.8 
57.8 
57.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
190 
294 
272 
229 
253 
311 
326 
218 
2007 
168 
234 
256 
199 
207 
291 
279 
169 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
19 
19 
41 
20 
33 
40 
28 
25 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
73 
116 
93 
95 
68 
145 
101 
84 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
32 
69 
36 
45 
15 
47 
50 
31 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
5 
2 
5 
1 
3 
6 
7 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
38 
80 
81 
52 
48 
55 
115 
30 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
55 
106 
50 
37 
109 
62 
48 
56 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
5 
- 
1 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
4 
4 
- 
3 
7 
2 
- 
4 
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 
371 
426 
418 
360 
392 
624 
508 
271 
acres, 2012 
108,685 
94,005 
61,467 
66,345 
70,976 
102,112 
96,904 
254,743 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
14 
23 
20 
15 
17 
18 
27 
41 
acres, 2012 
5,360 
5,352 
3,409 
2,160 
8,728 
4,376 
6,947 
33,650 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
354 
402 
399 
347 
380 
595 
470 
192 
2007 
421 
414 
461 
369 
424 
658 
523 
189 
acres, 2012 
96,100 
(D) 
51,179 
64,305 
(D) 
93,098 
76,313 
92,549 
2007 
(D) 
87,834 
61,910 
72,402 
65,891 
106,331 
110,700 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
15 
30 
9 
7 
8 
18 
29 
80 
2007 
30 
60 
20 
20 
29 
54 
48 
81 
acres, 2012 
7,922 
19,977 
5,188 
2,618 
13,556 
7,777 
27,896 
180,539 
2007 
12,807 
21,943 
7,316 
7,561 
12,006 
17,734 
32,100 
156,668 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
1 
14 
13 
12 
6 
12 
17 
16 
2007 
2 
10 
12 
17 
4 
15 
15 
20 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
6,609 
7,328 
1,422 
1,888 
3,747 
27,124 
13,910 
2007 
(D) 
4,093 
2,954 
3,293 
(D) 
2,570 
3,107 
16,429 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
6 
2 
2 
3 
1 
5 
1 
8 
2007 
2 
1 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
155 
(D) 
94 
(D) 
3,542 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,154 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
1 
1 
4 
2 
7 
8 
4 
2007 
- 
2 
2 
3 
3 
6 
4 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
533 
(D) 
1,408 
(D) 
2,615 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
332 
(D) 
(D) 
534 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 561 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
