Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
2,383 
73 
64 
46 
34 
758 
- 
55 to 59 years 
2,550 
58 
60 
50 
38 
818 
- 
60 to 64 years 
2,400 
63 
59 
55 
29 
791 
- 
65 to 69 years 
2,009 
73 
42 
58 
24 
700 
- 
70 years and over 
4,149 
132 
104 
151 
42 
1,590 
- 
Average age 
58.3 
59.4 
57.4 
63.2 
58.0 
60.3 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
345 
4 
29 
14 
- 
69 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
548 
12 
38 
2 
1 
50 
- 
Asian 
52 
3 
3 
1 
4 
30 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
White 
17,387 
497 
418 
422 
205 
5,777 
- 
More than one race reported 
26 
1 
- 
1 
- 
7 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
46 
46 
30 
21 
562 
- 
2 people 
8,518 
249 
190 
237 
102 
3,042 
- 
3 people 
2,650 
80 
71 
41 
36 
796 
- 
4 people 
1,946 
59 
58 
36 
18 
555 
- 
5 or more people 
3,231 
79 
98 
83 
33 
918 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,725 
289 
371 
378 
112 
4,706 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
938 
54 
31 
11 
27 
377 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
1,092 
72 
27 
20 
28 
427 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
668 
54 
11 
8 
17 
219 
- 
100 percent 
604 
44 
23 
10 
26 
144 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
566 
23 
11 
14 
18 
198 
- 
acres 
5,120,615 
44,002 
1,090 
4,289 
2,508 
394,624 
" 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,458 
394 
357 
350 
187 
4,307 
- 
Dial-up service 
858 
33 
13 
34 
9 
281 
- 
DSL service 
6,120 
149 
143 
126 
87 
2,031 
- 
Cable modem service 
2,338 
70 
103 
57 
50 
717 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
634 
12 
15 
24 
2 
193 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,970 
64 
47 
53 
17 
587 
- 
Satellite service 
2,619 
86 
71 
77 
42 
892 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
411 
12 
8 
14 
7 
140 
- 
Other Internet service 
242 
10 
7 
10 
3 
60 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,146 
369 
368 
333 
141 
4,571 
- 
2 households 
2,810 
99 
62 
65 
48 
978 
- 
3 households 
550 
28 
15 
11 
10 
159 
- 
4 households 
287 
9 
7 
9 
2 
98 
- 
5 or more households 
234 
8 
11 
9 
9 
67 
- 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
17,278 
480 
440 
409 
202 
5,609 
- 
acres 
5,986,407 
334,733 
14,133 
20,023 
11,912 
1,711,027 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,078 
95 
78 
36 
37 
699 
- 
acres 
5,632,488 
(D) 
4,392 
3,729 
3,837 
523,738 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
14,575 
365 
382 
336 
96 
4,713 
- 
acres 
3,291,934 
(D) 
7,175 
6,509 
2,785 
1,047,250 
- 
Partnership farms 
1,588 
77 
32 
45 
31 
545 
- 
acres 
1,604,907 
122,928 
5,103 
6,921 
2,444 
378,371 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,345 
67 
29 
44 
29 
460 
- 
acres 
1,450,320 
113,971 
2,423 
(D) 
2,278 
346,005 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,147 
50 
30 
34 
76 
328 
- 
acres 
1,415,962 
66,421 
(D) 
7,320 
(D) 
314,411 
- 
Family held farms 
1,003 
44 
19 
30 
64 
290 
- 
acres 
1,328,222 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,251 
296,399 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
34 
1 
1 
1 
- 
10 
- 
10 or less stockholders farms 
969 
43 
18 
29 
64 
280 
- 
Other than family held farms 
144 
6 
11 
4 
12 
38 
- 
acres 
87,740 
(D) 
279 
(D) 
(D) 
18,012 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
