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 
931 
857 
816 
74 
65 
340 
Female 
154 
128 
125 
26 
26 
62 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
740 
682 
641 
58 
52 
191 
Other 
345 
303 
300 
42 
39 
211 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
864 
801 
762 
63 
54 
305 
Not on farm operated 
221 
184 
179 
37 
37 
97 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
535 
498 
464 
37 
32 
163 
Any 
550 
487 
477 
63 
59 
239 
1 to 49 days 
107 
102 
99 
5 
5 
27 
50 to 99 days 
48 
45 
44 
3 
3 
26 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
87 
70 
70 
17 
15 
32 
200 days or more 
308 
270 
264 
38 
36 
154 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
33 
32 
29 
1 
1 
16 
3 or 4 years 
53 
41 
37 
12 
11 
34 
5 to 9 years 
166 
137 
135 
29 
27 
67 
10 years or more 
833 
775 
740 
58 
52 
285 
Average years on present farm 
23.9 
24.7 
24.7 
15.3 
15.3 
21.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
19 
18 
15 
1 
1 
11 
3 or 4 years 
43 
31 
28 
12 
11 
14 
5 to 9 years 
125 
105 
103 
20 
18 
58 
10 years or more 
898 
831 
795 
67 
61 
319 
Average years operating any farm 
27.5 
28.4 
28.4 
18.3 
18.4 
25.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
36 
28 
27 
8 
6 
15 
35 to 44 years 
109 
88 
81 
21 
21 
31 
45 to 49 years 
82 
74 
67 
8 
8 
26 
50 to 54 years 
117 
101 
99 
16 
15 
32 
55 to 59 years 
197 
183 
175 
14 
13 
56 
60 to 64 years 
187 
171 
165 
16 
14 
79 
65 to 69 years 
141 
136 
130 
5 
3 
44 
70 years and over 
216 
204 
197 
12 
11 
119 
Average age 
59.1 
59.8 
59.9 
53.2 
52.9 
62.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
11 
10 
8 
1 
- 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
26 
Asian 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,078 
979 
935 
99 
90 
376 
More than one race reported 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
181 
169 
164 
12 
12 
91 
2 people 
605 
558 
540 
47 
41 
193 
3 people 
114 
93 
84 
21 
20 
66 
4 people 
109 
92 
89 
17 
15 
35 
5 or more people 
76 
73 
64 
3 
3 
17 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
526 
472 
455 
54 
49 
276 
25 to 49 percent 
83 
82 
81 
1 
1 
42 
50 to 74 percent 
154 
135 
130 
19 
19 
28 
75 to 99 percent 
191 
176 
164 
15 
13 
36 
100 percent 
131 
120 
111 
11 
9 
20 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
212 
189 
169 
23 
17 
91 
acres 
3,285,998 
2,860,381 
2,321,136 
425,617 
328,529 
2,186,026 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
908 
825 
783 
83 
74 
304 
Dial-up service 
48 
44 
41 
4 
3 
30 
DSL service 
329 
297 
274 
32 
29 
79 
Cable modem service 
71 
65 
65 
6 
5 
33 
Fiber-optic service 
49 
43 
41 
6 
6 
30 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
148 
128 
119 
20 
16 
32 
Satellite service 
344 
325 
314 
19 
17 
123 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
19 
13 
12 
6 
6 
2 
Other Internet service 
29 
28 
27 
1 
1 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
682 
608 
586 
74 
67 
303 
2 households 
235 
214 
204 
21 
19 
66 
3 households 
94 
91 
88 
3 
3 
20 
4 households 
41 
40 
35 
1 
1 
8 
5 or more households 
33 
32 
28 
1 
1 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wyoming 145 
