Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
371 
332 
322 
39 
34 
126 
Female 
58 
50 
49 
8 
8 
32 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
245 
218 
212 
27 
24 
57 
Other 
184 
164 
159 
20 
18 
101 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
311 
277 
270 
34 
31 
104 
Not on farm operated 
118 
105 
101 
13 
11 
54 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
198 
174 
168 
24 
22 
58 
Any 
231 
208 
203 
23 
20 
100 
1 to 49 days 
39 
34 
34 
5 
4 
11 
50 to 99 days 
19 
19 
19 
- 
- 
9 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
33 
25 
25 
8 
8 
20 
200 days or more 
140 
130 
125 
10 
8 
60 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
16 
13 
13 
3 
3 
7 
3 or 4 years 
25 
22 
22 
3 
3 
8 
5 to 9 years 
65 
63 
62 
2 
2 
26 
10 years or more 
323 
284 
274 
39 
34 
117 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
22.3 
22.2 
20.7 
19.6 
21.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
13 
10 
10 
3 
3 
7 
3 or 4 years 
14 
11 
11 
3 
3 
8 
5 to 9 years 
53 
51 
50 
2 
2 
21 
10 years or more 
349 
310 
300 
39 
34 
122 
Average years operating any farm 
24.9 
25.1 
25.1 
23.1 
21.0 
23.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
25 to 34 years 
16 
13 
13 
3 
3 
12 
35 to 44 years 
54 
49 
49 
5 
5 
15 
45 to 49 years 
25 
24 
24 
1 
1 
14 
50 to 54 years 
37 
29 
29 
8 
7 
14 
55 to 59 years 
68 
60 
57 
8 
8 
27 
60 to 64 years 
70 
62 
61 
8 
8 
25 
65 to 69 years 
63 
57 
55 
6 
4 
17 
70 years and over 
96 
88 
83 
8 
6 
31 
Average age 
59.7 
59.8 
59.5 
58.8 
57.8 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
425 
378 
367 
47 
42 
157 
More than one race reported 
3 
3 
3 
" 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
52 
45 
44 
7 
7 
28 
2 people 
236 
208 
202 
28 
23 
66 
3 people 
66 
59 
59 
7 
7 
23 
4 people 
48 
45 
41 
3 
3 
23 
5 or more people 
27 
25 
25 
2 
2 
18 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
302 
266 
256 
36 
31 
135 
25 to 49 percent 
31 
30 
30 
1 
1 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
40 
33 
32 
7 
7 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
30 
30 
30 
- 
- 
2 
100 percent 
26 
23 
23 
3 
3 
5 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
50 
42 
40 
8 
8 
53 
acres 
29,391 
25,314 
(D) 
4,077 
4,077 
15,774 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
324 
295 
287 
29 
29 
109 
Dial-up service 
27 
24 
24 
3 
3 
11 
DSL service 
169 
157 
154 
12 
12 
52 
Cable modem service 
42 
40 
37 
2 
2 
16 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
34 
31 
31 
3 
3 
14 
Satellite service 
68 
57 
54 
11 
11 
23 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
4 
Other Internet service 
" 
- 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
305 
270 
262 
35 
34 
126 
2 households 
91 
81 
78 
10 
8 
22 
3 households 
20 
19 
19 
1 
- 
5 
4 households 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more households 
7 
6 
6 
1 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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