Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sunflower 
Tallahatchie 
Tate 
Tippah 
Tishomingo 
Tunica 
Union 
Walthall 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
176 
216 
218 
252 
99 
54 
194 
311 
2007 
170 
197 
221 
268 
134 
50 
248 
303 
Any 
2012 
174 
293 
351 
439 
188 
54 
494 
373 
2007 
200 
291 
401 
423 
215 
53 
503 
465 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
19 
28 
21 
47 
18 
12 
56 
31 
2007 
54 
77 
50 
73 
49 
11 
69 
80 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
14 
20 
42 
39 
30 
4 
68 
23 
2007 
24 
26 
26 
23 
7 
2 
47 
54 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
13 
27 
26 
61 
18 
12 
92 
70 
2007 
19 
31 
55 
59 
27 
3 
69 
61 
200 days or more 
2012 
128 
218 
262 
292 
122 
26 
278 
249 
2007 
103 
157 
270 
268 
132 
37 
318 
270 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
19 
16 
48 
15 
8 
3 
7 
13 
2007 
21 
26 
33 
29 
13 
- 
23 
54 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
24 
28 
26 
26 
13 
6 
33 
55 
2007 
32 
52 
35 
28 
20 
1 
31 
44 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
57 
75 
70 
86 
34 
14 
68 
109 
2007 
78 
76 
141 
106 
60 
12 
94 
127 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
250 
390 
425 
564 
232 
85 
580 
507 
2007 
239 
334 
413 
528 
256 
90 
603 
543 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.2 
21.6 
21.6 
25.2 
23.9 
26.9 
26.0 
23.3 
2007 
19.0 
20.7 
20.7 
23.5 
22.0 
26.9 
23.8 
21.1 
Years eperating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
15 
8 
41 
14 
7 
1 
1 
12 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
11 
20 
26 
21 
11 
7 
27 
52 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
50 
60 
55 
72 
30 
9 
61 
98 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
274 
421 
447 
584 
239 
91 
599 
522 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.3 
23.8 
23.7 
26.9 
24.5 
28.3 
27.6 
24.6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
5 
2 
7 
. 
. 
. 
1 
. 
2007 
3 
2 
2 
3 
8 
- 
11 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
23 
20 
15 
18 
6 
8 
24 
30 
2007 
18 
26 
25 
31 
16 
3 
25 
21 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
29 
58 
53 
50 
19 
8 
49 
62 
2007 
47 
51 
54 
60 
40 
8 
68 
86 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
61 
109 
116 
101 
48 
25 
137 
106 
2007 
96 
118 
153 
109 
48 
36 
170 
137 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
76 
68 
74 
71 
39 
14 
102 
98 
2007 
55 
73 
102 
94 
50 
18 
115 
117 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
58 
68 
76 
85 
42 
19 
108 
102 
2007 
48 
49 
54 
91 
53 
17 
108 
109 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
34 
85 
69 
93 
49 
11 
77 
76 
2007 
29 
54 
76 
80 
46 
2 
65 
112 
70 years and over 
2012 
64 
99 
159 
273 
84 
23 
190 
210 
2007 
74 
115 
156 
223 
88 
19 
189 
183 
Average age 
2012 
57.3 
58.8 
60.6 
64.3 
62.9 
59.0 
61.1 
60.9 
2007 
56.4 
58.3 
59.5 
61.3 
59.9 
57.0 
59.2 
59.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
246 
308 
315 
325 
142 
75 
339 
443 
2007 
214 
201 
308 
227 
117 
61 
317 
311 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
29 
23 
35 
53 
24 
7 
34 
99 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
94 
91 
128 
86 
71 
14 
128 
150 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
40 
63 
37 
98 
14 
22 
56 
28 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
10 
6 
4 
18 
- 
- 
7 
15 
Mobile breadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
46 
39 
51 
37 
17 
21 
53 
93 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
44 
89 
81 
49 
24 
23 
77 
163 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
5 
3 
4 
3 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
- 
10 
2 
1 
1 
- 
5 
12 
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 
318 
467 
544 
650 
283 
90 
672 
658 
acres, 2012 
304,317 
290,232 
135,834 
115,573 
48,741 
161,790 
112,826 
111,371 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
25 
38 
35 
45 
8 
7 
19 
37 
acres, 2012 
30,634 
26,329 
13,868 
13,906 
1,062 
24,440 
6,115 
11,067 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
210 
401 
502 
615 
272 
53 
644 
600 
2007 
224 
363 
538 
609 
326 
53 
659 
708 
acres, 2012 
100,157 
178,890 
106,120 
(D) 
45,890 
43,866 
100,203 
91,030 
2007 
(D) 
178,203 
106,018 
103,804 
50,787 
52,940 
93,894 
109,967 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
93 
83 
54 
53 
12 
39 
34 
47 
2007 
105 
92 
72 
61 
20 
36 
73 
34 
acres, 2012 
227,825 
145,184 
36,102 
15,778 
2,644 
140,859 
13,498 
10,930 
2007 
211,408 
1 1 1 ,098 
46,771 
19,000 
4,277 
129,805 
37,785 
8,169 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
31 
20 
9 
18 
3 
16 
10 
23 
2007 
32 
23 
8 
15 
2 
14 
14 
19 
acres, 2012 
24,173 
15,469 
9,700 
6,678 
1,021 
26,868 
7,349 
13,676 
2007 
18,114 
18,343 
3,794 
10,773 
(D) 
18,288 
2,838 
7,036 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
6 
7 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
9,219 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
8,581 
5,106 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other - ceoperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
13 
4 
3 
5 
14 
2007 
3 
3 
4 
4 
1 
- 
5 
7 
acres, 2012 
1 1 ,292 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2,494 
2007 
(D) 
2,947 
339 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
584 
3,012 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 565 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
