Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
51 
100 
74 
51 
53 
71 
Female 
20 
62 
25 
35 
41 
44 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
53 
94 
45 
38 
35 
53 
Other 
18 
68 
54 
48 
59 
62 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
63 
134 
83 
76 
74 
93 
Not on farm operated 
8 
28 
16 
10 
20 
22 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
42 
63 
37 
26 
31 
47 
Any 
29 
99 
62 
60 
63 
68 
1 to 49 days 
8 
19 
8 
6 
6 
7 
50 to 99 days 
1 
12 
3 
8 
7 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
7 
25 
16 
12 
20 
9 
200 days or more 
13 
43 
35 
34 
30 
49 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2 
8 
4 
10 
10 
3 
3 or 4 years 
5 
27 
19 
7 
11 
6 
5 to 9 years 
10 
37 
18 
17 
26 
22 
1 0 years or more 
54 
90 
58 
52 
47 
84 
Average years on present farm 
20.1 
16.1 
17.2 
17.5 
13.5 
20.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
6 
4 
7 
7 
2 
3 or 4 years 
5 
24 
15 
6 
13 
4 
5 to 9 years 
9 
31 
17 
15 
18 
14 
1 0 years or more 
57 
101 
63 
58 
56 
95 
Average years operating any farm 
23.4 
18.3 
19.2 
19.4 
16.0 
22.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2 
8 
6 
6 
6 
1 
35 to 44 years 
3 
24 
8 
10 
13 
8 
45 to 49 years 
6 
11 
6 
8 
9 
17 
50 to 54 years 
8 
28 
12 
13 
12 
13 
55 to 59 years 
15 
30 
22 
21 
21 
27 
60 to 64 years 
9 
20 
24 
9 
15 
20 
65 to 69 years 
7 
22 
9 
5 
9 
8 
70 years and over 
18 
19 
11 
14 
9 
21 
Average age 
59.2 
55.9 
56.4 
56.1 
55.2 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
10 
5 
4 
2 
1 
Asian 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
69 
150 
93 
79 
91 
113 
More than one race reported 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
18 
19 
12 
11 
18 
19 
2 people 
26 
75 
53 
44 
37 
54 
3 people 
8 
16 
12 
13 
19 
17 
4 people 
10 
27 
10 
11 
8 
15 
5 or more people 
9 
25 
12 
7 
12 
10 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
29 
118 
85 
78 
81 
101 
25 to 49 percent 
22 
18 
8 
3 
6 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
13 
12 
3 
3 
3 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
3 
8 
2 
- 
1 
3 
1 00 percent 
4 
6 
1 
2 
3 
6 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
12 
2 
2 
- 
3 
acres 
33 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,272 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
62 
136 
84 
70 
77 
94 
Dial-up service 
10 
13 
10 
8 
5 
17 
DSL service 
25 
72 
30 
35 
39 
48 
Cable modem service 
1 
9 
10 
4 
11 
11 
Fiber-optic service 
3 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8 
9 
10 
11 
11 
14 
Satellite service 
17 
32 
29 
16 
11 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
3 
2 
- 
2 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
62 
152 
92 
74 
83 
112 
2 households 
7 
7 
5 
11 
10 
2 
3 households 
2 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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