Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Newton 
Noxubee 
Oktibbeha 
Panola 
Pearl River 
Perry 
Pike 
Pontotoc 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
287 
200 
154 
305 
307 
135 
188 
287 
2007 
264 
202 
123 
253 
282 
104 
211 
340 
Any 
2012 
275 
365 
248 
440 
506 
175 
343 
602 
2007 
388 
404 
328 
514 
596 
243 
382 
579 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
24 
61 
36 
51 
41 
8 
32 
118 
2007 
55 
75 
76 
120 
87 
36 
50 
90 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
15 
61 
22 
20 
38 
14 
42 
26 
2007 
43 
38 
19 
38 
67 
25 
44 
56 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
32 
40 
27 
47 
82 
44 
55 
83 
2007 
52 
69 
45 
59 
141 
41 
59 
41 
200 days or more 
2012 
204 
203 
163 
322 
345 
109 
214 
375 
2007 
238 
222 
188 
297 
301 
141 
229 
392 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
9 
8 
7 
34 
26 
3 
14 
36 
2007 
23 
16 
8 
32 
63 
25 
50 
46 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
16 
23 
13 
42 
55 
12 
27 
53 
2007 
31 
54 
35 
56 
64 
19 
44 
68 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
90 
100 
76 
81 
139 
60 
81 
120 
2007 
100 
107 
91 
131 
173 
79 
111 
155 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
447 
434 
306 
588 
593 
235 
409 
680 
2007 
498 
429 
317 
548 
578 
224 
388 
650 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.5 
21.9 
22.1 
22.3 
20.3 
22.6 
21.6 
23.0 
2007 
22.0 
20.4 
21.4 
20.0 
17.3 
19.7 
17.9 
20.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
6 
6 
30 
16 
3 
10 
23 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
16 
15 
9 
36 
42 
10 
24 
51 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
69 
91 
68 
78 
117 
50 
70 
102 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
470 
453 
319 
601 
638 
247 
427 
713 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.6 
24.3 
24.3 
23.4 
23.3 
23.8 
23.5 
25.1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
12 
2 
13 
6 
. 
3 
13 
2007 
2 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
35 
48 
8 
20 
35 
11 
7 
42 
2007 
31 
47 
15 
17 
34 
25 
24 
40 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
39 
56 
38 
61 
70 
27 
27 
66 
2007 
84 
80 
46 
90 
114 
45 
63 
109 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
88 
100 
88 
142 
140 
65 
91 
162 
2007 
132 
154 
126 
144 
211 
82 
122 
201 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
92 
82 
56 
92 
99 
51 
85 
128 
2007 
111 
91 
55 
123 
117 
51 
94 
110 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
94 
81 
48 
120 
112 
60 
81 
113 
2007 
89 
77 
48 
143 
124 
52 
95 
132 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
87 
65 
51 
132 
138 
28 
92 
93 
2007 
65 
48 
52 
91 
113 
30 
67 
99 
70 years and over 
2012 
127 
121 
111 
165 
213 
68 
145 
272 
2007 
138 
105 
108 
158 
165 
61 
128 
228 
Average age 
2012 
60.1 
57.7 
60.4 
59.7 
60.5 
59.0 
62.3 
60.8 
2007 
58.1 
55.6 
58.6 
59.3 
57.6 
56.5 
58.5 
59.3 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
347 
371 
224 
479 
577 
201 
336 
513 
2007 
299 
223 
228 
283 
467 
142 
314 
357 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
29 
35 
19 
79 
48 
22 
43 
101 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
215 
137 
86 
184 
310 
116 
82 
179 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
20 
26 
47 
86 
93 
23 
63 
38 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
4 
3 
5 
3 
4 
5 
10 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
51 
122 
49 
123 
75 
46 
53 
156 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
75 
73 
36 
76 
85 
13 
105 
116 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
1 
9 
3 
4 
8 
2 
23 
3 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
1 
11 
2 
4 
8 
- 
3 
5 
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 
545 
549 
385 
708 
787 
310 
503 
873 
acres, 2012 
104,200 
204,081 
100,430 
252,529 
105,109 
43,505 
66,901 
145,545 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
20 
38 
25 
46 
41 
10 
27 
43 
acres, 2012 
8,322 
37,579 
18,909 
14,313 
1 1 ,675 
2,254 
6,279 
22,422 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
516 
509 
355 
645 
739 
293 
452 
835 
2007 
581 
513 
412 
643 
785 
330 
538 
809 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
167,294 
(D) 
180,725 
(D) 
38,073 
58,583 
125,120 
2007 
(D) 
156,666 
73,720 
182,083 
106,190 
(D) 
62,368 
116,263 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
33 
38 
26 
54 
33 
8 
35 
26 
2007 
54 
64 
18 
77 
54 
12 
39 
66 
acres, 2012 
9,517 
39,598 
15,499 
56,939 
6,009 
4,053 
6,884 
18,748 
2007 
16,819 
55,570 
18,507 
61,766 
13,476 
4,696 
5,884 
17,830 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
11 
7 
11 
25 
31 
4 
32 
13 
2007 
14 
17 
13 
22 
30 
3 
13 
19 
acres, 2012 
11,517 
3,036 
4,984 
27,094 
1 1 ,046 
799 
5,182 
5,766 
2007 
7,194 
7,309 
3,962 
19,960 
13,522 
320 
(D) 
5,698 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
6 
8 
7 
3 
- 
6 
3 
2007 
1 
2 
2 
11 
1 
- 
2 
2 
acres, 2012 
- 
1,637 
1,082 
4,724 
1,095 
- 
848 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,845 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
5 
2 
14 
7 
5 
6 
12 
2007 
2 
10 
6 
14 
8 
2 
1 
23 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,616 
(D) 
3,270 
(D) 
580 
546 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,152 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 563 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
