Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
242 
- 
8 
23 
71 
97 
43 
Female 
108 
1 
10 
16 
28 
37 
16 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
350 
1 
18 
39 
99 
134 
59 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
273 
- 
16 
31 
79 
103 
44 
Not on farm operated 
77 
1 
2 
8 
20 
31 
15 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
48 
1 
1 
1 
5 
19 
21 
Any 
302 
- 
17 
38 
94 
115 
38 
1 to 49 days 
24 
- 
- 
2 
3 
12 
7 
50 to 99 days 
18 
- 
- 
4 
3 
6 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
70 
- 
6 
6 
24 
25 
9 
200 days or more 
190 
- 
11 
26 
64 
72 
17 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
25 
- 
6 
3 
10 
3 
3 
3 or 4 years 
45 
- 
9 
6 
16 
9 
5 
5 to 9 years 
91 
1 
1 
19 
38 
25 
7 
1 0 years or more 
189 
- 
2 
11 
35 
97 
44 
Average years on present farm 
14.8 
(D) 
(D) 
7.3 
9.6 
17.8 
25.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
17 
- 
4 
3 
8 
1 
1 
3 or 4 years 
39 
- 
10 
4 
14 
6 
5 
5 to 9 years 
72 
1 
- 
19 
26 
21 
5 
1 0 years or more 
222 
- 
4 
13 
51 
106 
48 
Average years operating any farm 
17.5 
(D) 
(D) 
8.1 
13.1 
20.1 
29.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
18 
- 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
39 
- 
- 
39 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
35 
- 
- 
- 
35 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
64 
- 
- 
- 
64 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
77 
- 
- 
- 
- 
77 
- 
60 to 64 years 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
57 
- 
65 to 69 years 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
27 
70 years and over 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
Average age 
54.9 
(D) 
(D) 
39.9 
50.2 
59.0 
71.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
16 
- 
1 
4 
3 
7 
1 
Asian 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
327 
1 
17 
35 
96 
123 
55 
More than one race reported 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
57 
1 
2 
4 
9 
20 
21 
2 people 
134 
- 
7 
7 
31 
66 
23 
3 people 
53 
- 
3 
7 
13 
22 
8 
4 people 
57 
- 
3 
8 
24 
17 
5 
5 or more people 
49 
- 
3 
13 
22 
9 
2 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
307 
1 
16 
35 
87 
120 
48 
25 to 49 percent 
21 
- 
1 
3 
3 
7 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
8 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
3 
1 00 percent 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
24 
- 
- 
2 
10 
10 
2 
acres 
73,407 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,930 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
305 
- 
16 
34 
94 
116 
45 
Dial-up service 
32 
- 
- 
3 
9 
12 
8 
DSL service 
152 
- 
9 
14 
46 
58 
25 
Cable modem service 
38 
- 
1 
6 
11 
13 
7 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
- 
1 
- 
2 
2 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
41 
- 
3 
11 
9 
12 
6 
Satellite service 
56 
- 
2 
6 
19 
24 
5 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
2 
Other Internet service 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
323 
1 
16 
37 
90 
124 
55 
2 households 
22 
- 
2 
1 
6 
9 
4 
3 households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
4 households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
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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