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 
4,861 
369 
258 
631 
208 
866 
- 
55 to 59 years 
5,836 
511 
307 
800 
284 
1,129 
- 
60 to 64 years 
5,928 
422 
265 
830 
309 
1,280 
- 
65 to 69 years 
5,024 
310 
197 
619 
236 
1,125 
- 
70 years and over 
7,365 
368 
251 
899 
360 
2,223 
- 
Average age 
58.8 
56.8 
54.6 
58.8 
59.2 
61.8 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,874 
42 
168 
586 
48 
226 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
458 
10 
43 
36 
26 
70 
- 
Asian 
436 
15 
97 
128 
86 
43 
- 
Black or African American 
60 
2 
6 
6 
- 
13 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
49 
2 
3 
9 
4 
9 
- 
White 
35,958 
2,586 
1,749 
4,615 
1,608 
7,749 
- 
More than one race reported 
288 
5 
26 
31 
29 
42 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,636 
268 
210 
552 
211 
1,173 
- 
2 people 
19,480 
1,412 
877 
2,419 
931 
4,452 
- 
3 people 
5,351 
347 
296 
638 
272 
1,036 
- 
4 people 
4,112 
351 
281 
581 
170 
739 
- 
5 or more people 
3,670 
242 
260 
635 
169 
526 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
815 
1,370 
2,796 
1,257 
6,200 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
287 
113 
460 
134 
609 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
550 
147 
595 
167 
479 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
527 
114 
498 
73 
326 
- 
100 percent 
2,092 
441 
180 
476 
122 
312 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,236 
350 
130 
592 
84 
433 
- 
acres 
3,542,277 
906,270 
254,323 
(D) 
(D) 
1,192,931 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,827 
2,215 
1,667 
3,987 
1,459 
5,808 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,800 
156 
134 
352 
133 
577 
- 
DSL service 
10,682 
541 
648 
1,228 
592 
1,836 
- 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
198 
367 
704 
404 
902 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
164 
66 
385 
66 
233 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,785 
399 
297 
707 
243 
947 
- 
Satellite service 
6,484 
801 
228 
823 
163 
1,440 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
913 
54 
46 
131 
50 
191 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
167 
65 
137 
37 
249 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,668 
1,636 
1,560 
3,648 
1,515 
6,385 
- 
2 households 
4,615 
609 
267 
794 
162 
995 
- 
3 households 
987 
215 
54 
188 
44 
235 
- 
4 households 
466 
79 
19 
93 
14 
163 
- 
5 or more households 
513 
81 
24 
102 
18 
148 
- 
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 
35,620 
2,417 
1,826 
4,436 
1,658 
7,600 
- 
acres 
10,757,375 
4,599,059 
549,073 
464,285 
62,747 
2,317,661 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,788 
184 
203 
707 
177 
581 
- 
acres 
1,200,467 
290,447 
87,736 
116,010 
9,352 
357,874 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
30,167 
1,324 
1,542 
3,402 
1,312 
6,513 
- 
acres 
5,140,660 
1,469,768 
200,041 
214,144 
29,030 
1,502,565 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,685 
419 
162 
636 
145 
478 
- 
acres 
2,733,462 
1,489,401 
84,455 
144,224 
8,653 
382,140 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,305 
380 
151 
594 
137 
388 
- 
acres 
2,591,019 
1,434,490 
84,239 
138,110 
6,020 
348,246 
- 
Corporation farms 
3,463 
832 
188 
733 
243 
660 
- 
acres 
3,790,562 
2,065,116 
(D) 
(D) 
25,913 
(D) 
- 
Family held farms 
3,157 
807 
163 
640 
204 
621 
- 
acres 
3,466,028 
2,012,779 
(D) 
(D) 
24,216 
(D) 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
94 
9 
13 
29 
2 
16 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
3,063 
798 
150 
611 
202 
605 
- 
Other than family held farms 
306 
25 
25 
93 
39 
39 
- 
acres 
324,534 
52,337 
(D) 
23,661 
1,697 
21,594 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
