Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
48 
116 
91 
85 
79 
111 
Not on farm operated 
7 
24 
16 
10 
19 
29 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
32 
58 
41 
31 
32 
55 
Any 
23 
82 
66 
64 
66 
85 
1 to 49 days 
8 
16 
8 
8 
6 
8 
50 to 99 days 
1 
11 
4 
8 
7 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4 
22 
15 
14 
23 
11 
200 days or more 
10 
33 
39 
34 
30 
61 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2 
4 
2 
14 
9 
7 
3 or 4 years 
4 
19 
21 
9 
15 
8 
5 to 9 years 
5 
34 
20 
18 
27 
26 
1 0 years or more 
44 
83 
64 
54 
47 
99 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
17.2 
17.5 
16.4 
13.6 
19.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
4 
2 
10 
6 
5 
3 or 4 years 
4 
16 
17 
8 
17 
6 
5 to 9 years 
5 
27 
19 
16 
19 
18 
1 0 years or more 
46 
93 
69 
61 
56 
111 
Average years operating any farm 
23.5 
19.4 
19.1 
18.9 
16.1 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2 
6 
7 
6 
6 
2 
35 to 44 years 
3 
20 
9 
12 
15 
9 
45 to 49 years 
5 
8 
8 
8 
9 
20 
50 to 54 years 
7 
20 
13 
17 
15 
15 
55 to 59 years 
11 
30 
23 
20 
18 
36 
60 to 64 years 
9 
15 
21 
10 
17 
25 
65 to 69 years 
5 
20 
10 
6 
10 
9 
70 years and over 
13 
18 
15 
16 
8 
24 
Average age 
60.5 
55.9 
56.5 
56.1 
54.7 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
2 
- 
2 
1 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
7 
6 
4 
3 
2 
Asian 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
51 
133 
99 
87 
94 
137 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
14 
15 
11 
14 
20 
24 
2 people 
21 
63 
59 
45 
40 
66 
3 people 
10 
14 
11 
15 
19 
18 
4 people 
4 
25 
12 
14 
8 
18 
5 or more people 
6 
23 
14 
7 
11 
14 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
24 
96 
91 
82 
84 
119 
25 to 49 percent 
16 
18 
11 
5 
5 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
9 
13 
3 
4 
3 
8 
75 to 99 percent 
3 
7 
2 
1 
2 
3 
1 00 percent 
3 
6 
- 
3 
4 
6 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
11 
2 
2 
- 
4 
acres 
33 
4,137 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48 
117 
90 
77 
81 
118 
Dial-up service 
4 
18 
10 
8 
6 
18 
DSL service 
22 
56 
39 
35 
40 
59 
Cable modem service 
2 
6 
7 
6 
11 
15 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
3 
2 
1 
- 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8 
7 
10 
12 
11 
17 
Satellite service 
14 
27 
26 
23 
13 
11 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
2 
2 
- 
3 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50 
125 
100 
84 
88 
134 
2 households 
3 
12 
5 
10 
9 
5 
3 households 
2 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
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 
50 
129 
102 
93 
96 
137 
acres 
81,488 
52,199 
13,847 
15,743 
16,159 
76,793 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
4 
17 
10 
5 
6 
11 
acres 
(D) 
1,464 
1,155 
88 
(D) 
351 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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