Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
- 
758 
703 
13 
48 
29 
28 
103 
484 
55 to 59 years 
- 
818 
726 
21 
39 
35 
22 
95 
588 
60 to 64 years 
- 
791 
672 
20 
39 
11 
23 
102 
536 
65 to 69 years 
- 
700 
551 
19 
23 
6 
17 
82 
414 
70 years and over 
- 
1,590 
1,144 
33 
31 
14 
37 
163 
708 
Average age 
- 
60.3 
57.2 
61.6 
55.5 
48.5 
53.8 
57.3 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
69 
119 
3 
2 
3 
1 
26 
75 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
50 
182 
1 
4 
4 
2 
129 
123 
Asian 
- 
30 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
3 
Black or African American 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
- 
5,777 
5,039 
123 
244 
195 
210 
628 
3,629 
More than one race reported 
- 
7 
7 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
- 
562 
464 
13 
14 
8 
5 
76 
397 
2 people 
- 
3,042 
2,457 
66 
101 
51 
66 
302 
1,655 
3 people 
- 
796 
758 
18 
31 
23 
39 
121 
636 
4 people 
- 
555 
609 
10 
26 
31 
33 
91 
420 
5 or more people 
- 
918 
943 
19 
76 
86 
71 
173 
652 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
4,706 
4,249 
91 
83 
174 
164 
671 
3,437 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
377 
296 
3 
19 
4 
6 
21 
89 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
427 
359 
12 
38 
2 
11 
26 
70 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
219 
174 
11 
49 
12 
16 
17 
80 
100 percent 
- 
144 
153 
9 
59 
7 
17 
28 
84 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
- 
198 
136 
7 
28 
12 
10 
11 
98 
acres 
- 
394,624 
(D) 
(D) 
17,788 
9,915 
7,206 
(D) 
3,165,322 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
- 
4,307 
3,858 
87 
211 
156 
193 
512 
2,846 
Dial-up service 
- 
281 
263 
2 
14 
3 
18 
28 
160 
DSL service 
- 
2,031 
1,825 
47 
93 
74 
79 
223 
1,243 
Cable modem service 
- 
717 
589 
14 
30 
20 
43 
110 
535 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
193 
196 
5 
13 
13 
8 
35 
118 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
- 
587 
573 
15 
24 
19 
41 
77 
453 
Satellite service 
- 
892 
717 
10 
44 
28 
24 
97 
531 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
140 
83 
1 
13 
5 
7 
23 
98 
Other Internet service 
- 
60 
83 
1 
3 
11 
6 
12 
36 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
- 
4,571 
4,038 
80 
133 
171 
171 
590 
3,181 
2 households 
- 
978 
868 
31 
51 
20 
33 
110 
445 
3 households 
- 
159 
173 
8 
40 
5 
3 
32 
66 
4 households 
- 
98 
87 
4 
15 
- 
4 
21 
31 
5 or more households 
- 
67 
65 
3 
9 
3 
3 
10 
37 
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 
- 
5,609 
5,027 
114 
216 
187 
208 
743 
3,643 
acres 
- 
1,711,027 
2,653,175 
106,054 
121,018 
17,884 
29,300 
463,662 
503,486 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
- 
699 
550 
27 
55 
24 
29 
51 
397 
acres 
- 
523,738 
855,707 
(D) 
68,742 
1,851 
13,859 
142,061 
3,121,341 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
- 
4,713 
4,323 
82 
109 
172 
172 
682 
3,143 
acres 
- 
1,047,250 
(D) 
(D) 
65,424 
7,794 
(D) 
190,122 
243,753 
Partnership 
.. farms 
- 
545 
427 
30 
70 
17 
16 
42 
256 
acres 
- 
378,371 
719,267 
(D) 
36,434 
230 
13,575 
(D) 
107,447 
Registered under state law 
..farms 
- 
460 
340 
28 
61 
9 
14 
35 
229 
acres 
346,005 
656,141 
(D) 
(D) 
176 
11,170 
130,613 
104,598 
Corporation 
.. farms 
- 
328 
287 
11 
66 
7 
22 
20 
216 
acres 
- 
314,411 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9,854 
8,300 
139,121 
92,390 
Family held 
..farms 
- 
290 
247 
11 
58 
3 
22 
18 
197 
acres 
- 
296,399 
655,873 
(D) 
30,458 
(D) 
8,300 
(D) 
91,826 
More than 10 stockholders 
..farms 
- 
10 
5 
1 
1 
2 
2 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
280 
242 
10 
57 
3 
20 
16 
187 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
- 
38 
40 
- 
8 
4 
- 
2 
19 
acres 
- 
18,012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
564 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Utah 175 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
