Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, 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 
- 
2,129 
1,629 
104 
2,040 
73 
291 
238 
812 
55 to 59 years 
- 
2,456 
1,613 
146 
1,869 
65 
258 
243 
865 
60 to 64 years 
- 
2,379 
1,456 
135 
1,238 
45 
196 
236 
762 
65 to 69 years 
- 
2,010 
998 
118 
651 
16 
150 
152 
493 
70 years and over 
- 
3,669 
1,309 
116 
659 
39 
153 
150 
579 
Average age 
- 
60.3 
55.1 
55.8 
52.0 
50.2 
54.1 
53.9 
56.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
71 
48 
5 
34 
- 
9 
21 
37 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
22 
7 
- 
4 
- 
2 
- 
12 
Asian 
- 
22 
6 
1 
3 
- 
2 
5 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
10 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
White 
- 
15,586 
10,202 
891 
10,385 
467 
1,584 
1,544 
4,781 
More than one race reported 
- 
19 
19 
- 
8 
8 
3 
6 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
- 
2,759 
1,270 
89 
916 
38 
128 
193 
563 
2 people 
- 
8,289 
4,794 
450 
3,714 
144 
665 
678 
2,580 
3 people 
- 
1,918 
1,509 
129 
1,804 
98 
258 
215 
743 
4 people 
- 
1,654 
1,371 
124 
1,594 
90 
269 
219 
517 
5 or more people 
- 
1,042 
1,297 
100 
2,373 
105 
271 
250 
411 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
13,663 
7,641 
363 
1,443 
390 
1,270 
1,298 
4,185 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
801 
885 
119 
667 
21 
32 
91 
212 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
613 
790 
158 
1,613 
22 
115 
68 
181 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
316 
516 
129 
2,237 
26 
86 
54 
102 
1 00 percent 
- 
269 
409 
123 
4,441 
16 
88 
44 
134 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
- 
260 
176 
23 
558 
8 
56 
17 
136 
acres 
- 
62,148 
36,801 
11,990 
389,882 
3,213 
13,296 
1,147 
28,512 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
- 
10,209 
7,313 
623 
6,701 
399 
1,281 
1,199 
3,855 
Dial-up service 
- 
1,154 
880 
108 
796 
30 
125 
127 
404 
DSL service 
- 
4,565 
3,527 
246 
3,048 
159 
567 
582 
1,733 
Cable modem service 
- 
1,449 
654 
70 
526 
57 
159 
95 
413 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
487 
336 
21 
308 
16 
59 
54 
135 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
- 
1,568 
1,221 
111 
1,188 
73 
213 
243 
720 
Satellite service 
- 
1,532 
1,198 
104 
1,367 
74 
215 
176 
636 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
182 
148 
20 
104 
4 
21 
27 
97 
Other Internet service 
- 
277 
144 
16 
166 
14 
35 
24 
114 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
- 
13,559 
8,815 
708 
7,257 
421 
1,367 
1,399 
4,326 
2 households 
- 
1,573 
1,184 
156 
2,244 
39 
165 
126 
390 
3 households 
- 
299 
129 
13 
591 
8 
28 
9 
57 
4 households 
- 
112 
68 
10 
176 
4 
16 
12 
24 
5 or more households 
- 
119 
45 
5 
133 
3 
15 
9 
17 
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 
- 
15,135 
10,051 
879 
10,030 
468 
1,553 
1,536 
4,685 
acres 
- 
1 ,720,924 
1,186,344 
225,225 
3,966,230 
38,910 
130,108 
73,908 
278,820 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
- 
803 
441 
54 
972 
31 
152 
64 
461 
acres 
- 
151,111 
95,489 
18,139 
745,296 
5,010 
16,991 
3,286 
38,561 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
- 
13,886 
9,465 
781 
8,297 
415 
1,416 
1,455 
4,183 
acres 
- 
1,478,645 
1,023,910 
182,618 
2,669,562 
26,648 
95,378 
68,679 
227,144 
Partnership 
.. farms 
- 
897 
411 
54 
1,276 
26 
73 
52 
225 
acres 
- 
171,548 
111,931 
(D) 
855,510 
4,096 
14,935 
(D) 
29,726 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
- 
602 
283 
44 
985 
23 
50 
45 
169 
acres 
- 
124,327 
93,316 
15,940 
738,256 
3,243 
12,925 
3,434 
24,920 
Corporation 
.. farms 
_ 
402 
266 
55 
765 
19 
80 
32 
279 
acres 
- 
103,447 
77,086 
29,125 
666,887 
7,987 
24,204 
1,625 
28,948 
Family held 
.. farms 
- 
345 
256 
55 
730 
14 
74 
31 
246 
acres 
- 
86,113 
75,377 
29,125 
641,112 
(D) 
23,311 
(D) 
25,609 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
8 
- 
- 
14 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
337 
256 
55 
716 
14 
74 
31 
246 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
_ 
57 
10 
_ 
35 
5 
6 
1 
33 
acres 
- 
1 7,334 
1,709 
- 
25,775 
(D) 
893 
(D) 
3,339 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
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