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 
3,023 
2,766 
2,682 
257 
227 
738 
Female 
440 
391 
381 
49 
46 
196 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,463 
2,271 
2,199 
192 
163 
408 
Other 
1,000 
886 
864 
114 
110 
526 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,389 
2,240 
2,186 
149 
139 
594 
Not on farm operated 
1,074 
917 
877 
157 
134 
340 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,897 
1,730 
1,680 
167 
144 
391 
Any 
1 ,566 
1,427 
1,383 
139 
129 
543 
1 to 49 days 
279 
259 
252 
20 
16 
96 
50 to 99 days 
134 
119 
114 
15 
15 
28 
100 to 199 days 
217 
201 
199 
16 
16 
62 
200 days or more 
936 
848 
818 
88 
82 
357 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
118 
104 
101 
14 
14 
50 
3 or 4 years 
149 
128 
121 
21 
15 
54 
5 to 9 years 
444 
390 
374 
54 
51 
161 
10 years or more 
2,752 
2,535 
2,467 
217 
193 
669 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
23.9 
24.0 
17.6 
17.8 
19.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
80 
74 
71 
6 
6 
41 
3 or 4 years 
109 
94 
89 
15 
12 
34 
5 to 9 years 
352 
301 
288 
51 
49 
134 
1 0 years or more 
2,922 
2,688 
2,615 
234 
206 
725 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
26.5 
26.7 
20.7 
20.3 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 
25 to 34 years 
135 
107 
107 
28 
28 
31 
35 to 44 years 
336 
307 
295 
29 
27 
74 
45 to 49 years 
313 
284 
276 
29 
27 
81 
50 to 54 years 
499 
457 
437 
42 
33 
88 
55 to 59 years 
679 
618 
604 
61 
54 
186 
60 to 64 years 
559 
514 
501 
45 
38 
178 
65 to 69 years 
418 
383 
371 
35 
32 
114 
70 years and over 
523 
486 
471 
37 
34 
178 
Average age 
57.6 
57.8 
57.8 
55.4 
55.1 
59.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
121 
107 
96 
14 
10 
26 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
19 
17 
17 
2 
2 
42 
Asian 
65 
60 
59 
5 
5 
2 
Black or African American 
3 
3 
1 
- 
- 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,352 
3,055 
2,964 
297 
264 
873 
More than one race reported 
18 
16 
16 
2 
2 
12 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
330 
280 
276 
50 
44 
181 
2 people 
1,864 
1,711 
1,655 
153 
133 
488 
3 people 
497 
466 
452 
31 
28 
108 
4 people 
401 
374 
363 
27 
24 
86 
5 or more people 
371 
326 
317 
45 
44 
71 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,497 
1,342 
1,299 
155 
146 
762 
25 to 49 percent 
289 
278 
269 
11 
9 
68 
50 to 74 percent 
539 
494 
489 
45 
38 
42 
75 to 99 percent 
544 
507 
490 
37 
30 
31 
100 percent 
594 
536 
516 
58 
50 
31 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
753 
654 
608 
99 
72 
292 
acres 
1,055,426 
895,322 
856,606 
160,104 
147,252 
1,664,025 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,097 
2,821 
2,733 
276 
246 
697 
Dial-up service 
187 
170 
166 
17 
16 
69 
DSL service 
900 
813 
782 
87 
79 
264 
Cable modem service 
539 
491 
478 
48 
45 
130 
Fiber-optic service 
257 
215 
196 
42 
33 
65 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
577 
530 
517 
47 
40 
92 
Satellite service 
809 
758 
738 
51 
45 
134 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
109 
96 
92 
13 
13 
17 
Other Internet service 
161 
146 
143 
15 
12 
34 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,348 
2,129 
2,059 
219 
197 
771 
2 households 
688 
637 
625 
51 
45 
98 
3 households 
242 
228 
222 
14 
11 
30 
4 households 
81 
72 
71 
9 
9 
22 
5 or more households 
104 
91 
86 
13 
11 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Washington 153 
