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 
1,476 
48 
6 
3 
14 
349 
- 
55 to 59 years 
1,825 
43 
2 
- 
17 
449 
- 
60 to 64 years 
2,077 
77 
4 
7 
12 
543 
- 
65 to 69 years 
1,409 
49 
4 
8 
10 
416 
- 
70 years and over 
2,222 
53 
1 
6 
3 
689 
- 
Average age 
58.2 
54.4 
52.0 
64.2 
56.5 
59.4 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
277 
8 
- 
- 
- 
72 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
162 
5 
- 
- 
- 
29 
- 
Asian 
12 
3 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
White 
11,492 
400 
26 
25 
67 
3,042 
- 
More than one race reported 
60 
- 
- 
1 
17 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
59 
1 
7 
9 
449 
- 
2 people 
6,549 
201 
15 
16 
39 
1,797 
- 
3 people 
1,398 
42 
2 
2 
14 
361 
- 
4 people 
1,215 
65 
5 
- 
3 
282 
- 
5 or more people 
892 
41 
3 
" 
3 
209 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,969 
132 
22 
23 
41 
2,096 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
914 
45 
- 
1 
5 
299 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
1,030 
70 
3 
- 
13 
247 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,108 
84 
1 
1 
4 
300 
- 
100 percent 
715 
77 
" 
- 
5 
156 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
659 
30 
- 
- 
7 
144 
- 
acres 
8,287,689 
107,835 
- 
- 
1,115 
386,124 
" 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,968 
330 
22 
19 
52 
2,322 
- 
Dial-up service 
571 
19 
1 
3 
2 
145 
- 
DSL service 
2,830 
121 
10 
6 
21 
754 
- 
Cable modem service 
749 
27 
- 
1 
4 
213 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
448 
15 
2 
1 
6 
168 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,527 
70 
5 
2 
11 
408 
- 
Satellite service 
3,350 
112 
4 
7 
11 
791 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
168 
12 
1 
1 
- 
37 
- 
Other Internet service 
340 
12 
2 
1 
4 
108 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,550 
295 
21 
23 
60 
2,551 
- 
2 households 
1,580 
86 
4 
2 
6 
385 
- 
3 households 
380 
16 
- 
- 
1 
100 
- 
4 households 
128 
7 
- 
- 
1 
44 
- 
5 or more households 
98 
4 
1 
- 
- 
18 
- 
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 
11,224 
395 
24 
25 
65 
2,981 
- 
acres 
25,613,370 
548,655 
4,554 
2,079 
3,374 
2,465,473 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,138 
35 
1 
3 
16 
316 
- 
acres 
5,883,628 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,111 
429,195 
" 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
9,154 
310 
20 
23 
44 
2,410 
- 
acres 
12,544,766 
323,520 
(D) 
(D) 
1,898 
1,481,890 
- 
Partnership farms 
1,095 
35 
2 
1 
8 
296 
- 
acres 
5,956,475 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,071 
686,692 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
851 
25 
2 
1 
6 
253 
- 
acres 
4,970,369 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
655,729 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,085 
60 
2 
1 
15 
282 
- 
acres 
8,835,882 
276,461 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
590,088 
- 
Family held farms 
985 
57 
2 
1 
14 
266 
- 
acres 
8,154,173 
271,343 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
580,016 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
44 
1 
1 
12 
- 
10 or less stockholders farms 
941 
56 
1 
1 
14 
254 
- 
Other than family held farms 
100 
3 
- 
- 
1 
16 
- 
acres 
681,709 
5,118 
- 
(D) 
10,072 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Wyoming 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
