Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Okanogan 
Pacific 
Pend Oreille 
Pierce 
San Juan 
Skagit 
Skamania 
Snohomish 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
615 
134 
106 
594 
105 
403 
51 
484 
2007 
602 
127 
104 
491 
110 
398 
28 
544 
Any 
2012 
834 
196 
182 
884 
169 
671 
93 
954 
2007 
1,060 
263 
212 
957 
181 
817 
95 
1,126 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
113 
31 
25 
126 
32 
100 
11 
108 
2007 
177 
42 
21 
119 
42 
149 
17 
187 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
75 
13 
8 
42 
13 
88 
9 
71 
2007 
86 
18 
6 
62 
17 
72 
5 
87 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
189 
27 
32 
158 
33 
81 
16 
98 
2007 
189 
48 
42 
150 
11 
103 
26 
177 
200 days or more 
2012 
457 
125 
117 
558 
91 
402 
57 
677 
2007 
608 
155 
143 
626 
111 
493 
47 
675 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
43 
5 
11 
59 
2 
41 
5 
101 
2007 
55 
25 
19 
69 
12 
37 
13 
57 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
88 
17 
17 
101 
29 
48 
14 
80 
2007 
106 
18 
36 
113 
28 
85 
11 
126 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
355 
60 
52 
246 
55 
196 
32 
229 
2007 
279 
50 
53 
268 
46 
261 
45 
330 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
963 
248 
208 
1,072 
188 
789 
93 
1,028 
2007 
1,222 
297 
208 
998 
205 
832 
54 
1,157 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
20.0 
22.3 
21.7 
21.9 
18.2 
20.7 
17.7 
19.8 
2007 
19.6 
21.5 
19.1 
18.5 
19.3 
19.6 
14.2 
19.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
29 
4 
11 
52 
- 
25 
3 
87 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
54 
12 
11 
82 
24 
53 
11 
77 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
256 
50 
51 
213 
38 
170 
33 
199 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,110 
264 
215 
1,131 
212 
826 
97 
1,075 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.3 
23.9 
24.1 
23.4 
21.5 
22.9 
19.0 
21.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
1 
- 
1 
11 
- 
7 
- 
2 
2007 
3 
- 
6 
3 
2 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
64 
13 
12 
57 
2 
49 
5 
57 
2007 
51 
17 
11 
22 
4 
41 
6 
36 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
128 
32 
30 
116 
16 
112 
26 
113 
2007 
192 
56 
37 
174 
16 
137 
31 
199 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
301 
51 
41 
365 
69 
221 
37 
330 
2007 
447 
90 
75 
433 
61 
376 
31 
535 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
233 
62 
51 
227 
65 
141 
18 
303 
2007 
273 
52 
47 
219 
56 
190 
17 
261 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
257 
57 
56 
188 
37 
189 
22 
173 
2007 
257 
56 
60 
229 
37 
215 
14 
262 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
172 
45 
45 
221 
33 
152 
12 
228 
2007 
177 
51 
23 
113 
21 
85 
18 
129 
70 years and over 
2012 
293 
70 
52 
293 
52 
203 
24 
232 
2007 
262 
68 
57 
255 
94 
171 
6 
246 
Average age 
2012 
58.8 
59.1 
59.9 
59.8 
60.0 
58.4 
55.9 
58.5 
2007 
57.1 
57.4 
57.4 
57.6 
61.8 
56.4 
53.1 
56.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
1,117 
277 
223 
1,166 
246 
896 
119 
1,032 
2007 
1,059 
297 
202 
1,052 
225 
876 
94 
1,240 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
90 
21 
31 
71 
11 
95 
16 
110 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
292 
154 
34 
633 
194 
222 
46 
380 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
62 
60 
8 
284 
23 
288 
4 
240 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
53 
6 
7 
17 
5 
53 
9 
30 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
124 
14 
57 
94 
17 
180 
24 
185 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
455 
39 
102 
179 
11 
133 
23 
175 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
39 
5 
2 
53 
2 
44 
3 
46 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
56 
12 
12 
3 
24 
6 
39 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption 
farms, 2012 
1,385 
313 
284 
1,432 
257 
1,010 
134 
1,393 
acres, 2012 
474,227 
39,818 
39,284 
43,318 
10,861 
84,525 
5,616 
68,832 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
112 
19 
8 
76 
25 
79 
9 
88 
acres, 2012 
93,231 
2,187 
855 
4,248 
1,866 
19,824 
1,216 
3,897 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
1,211 
277 
265 
1,291 
209 
896 
118 
1,212 
2007 
1,400 
325 
276 
1,264 
239 
1,030 
101 
1,469 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
21,905 
(D) 
34,701 
7,951 
47,266 
3,680 
37,002 
2007 
(D) 
36,097 
(D) 
34,681 
(D) 
55,162 
3,928 
52,657 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
115 
19 
15 
65 
21 
63 
8 
90 
2007 
124 
21 
31 
97 
27 
74 
6 
72 
acres, 2012 
113,875 
6,690 
8,470 
3,828 
1,310 
18,448 
901 
5,198 
2007 
132,339 
2,022 
11,997 
5,490 
2,209 
14,179 
320 
5,639 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
90 
22 
6 
60 
28 
69 
10 
88 
2007 
97 
28 
6 
58 
23 
78 
10 
98 
acres, 2012 
126,962 
19,258 
1,446 
4,272 
3,776 
32,424 
1,081 
(D) 
2007 
149,942 
20,748 
1,209 
5,513 
3,270 
33,420 
409 
15,534 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
13 
1 
- 
10 
6 
15 
- 
13 
2007 
8 
6 
- 
10 
2 
12 
- 
11 
acres, 2012 
5,021 
(D) 
- 
305 
174 
3,147 
- 
(□) 
2007 
1,072 
1,692 
- 
659 
(D) 
1,636 
- 
1,103 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
20 
11 
2 
52 
10 
31 
8 
35 
2007 
33 
10 
3 
19 
- 
21 
6 
20 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6,377 
2,458 
5,253 
811 
6,144 
2007 
(D) 
1,190 
(D) 
1,334 
- 
4,144 
815 
1,904 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Washington 427 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
