Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
512 
343 
102 
67 
256 
256 
Female 
250 
203 
20 
27 
131 
119 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
412 
276 
78 
58 
206 
206 
Other 
350 
270 
44 
36 
181 
169 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
616 
465 
107 
44 
294 
322 
Not on farm operated 
146 
81 
15 
50 
93 
53 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
322 
228 
52 
42 
173 
149 
Any 
440 
318 
70 
52 
214 
226 
1 to 49 days 
63 
39 
13 
11 
31 
32 
50 to 99 days 
40 
28 
8 
4 
20 
20 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
105 
76 
19 
10 
54 
51 
200 days or more 
232 
175 
30 
27 
109 
123 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
39 
28 
4 
7 
23 
16 
3 or 4 years 
79 
62 
5 
12 
28 
51 
5 to 9 years 
146 
106 
18 
22 
75 
71 
1 0 years or more 
498 
350 
95 
53 
261 
237 
Average years on present farm 
18.4 
18.1 
22.6 
14.9 
19.0 
17.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
21 
2 
5 
17 
11 
3 or 4 years 
70 
55 
5 
10 
27 
43 
5 to 9 years 
113 
86 
11 
16 
55 
58 
1 0 years or more 
551 
384 
104 
63 
288 
263 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
20.1 
26.5 
18.1 
21.4 
20.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
4 
- 
2 
3 
3 
25 to 34 years 
31 
23 
4 
4 
11 
20 
35 to 44 years 
81 
53 
11 
17 
39 
42 
45 to 49 years 
65 
49 
6 
10 
24 
41 
50 to 54 years 
104 
75 
13 
16 
51 
53 
55 to 59 years 
163 
122 
28 
13 
73 
90 
60 to 64 years 
124 
81 
27 
16 
67 
57 
65 to 69 years 
69 
47 
16 
6 
45 
24 
70 years and over 
119 
92 
17 
10 
74 
45 
Average age 
57.1 
57.6 
58.2 
53.2 
58.9 
55.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
11 
- 
1 
11 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
16 
4 
8 
17 
11 
Asian 
4 
3 
- 
1 
2 
2 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
725 
522 
118 
85 
364 
361 
More than one race reported 
5 
5 
- 
- 
4 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
85 
19 
27 
112 
19 
2 people 
353 
261 
57 
35 
155 
198 
3 people 
96 
68 
18 
10 
54 
42 
4 people 
96 
66 
17 
13 
39 
57 
5 or more people 
86 
66 
11 
9 
27 
59 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
407 
73 
59 
278 
261 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
55 
18 
5 
45 
33 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
39 
11 
14 
32 
32 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
22 
10 
11 
15 
28 
1 00 percent 
38 
23 
10 
5 
17 
21 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
23 
6 
24 
24 
29 
acres 
76,438 
71,786 
1,607 
3,045 
70,955 
5,483 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
645 
458 
104 
83 
308 
337 
Dial-up service 
73 
52 
15 
6 
43 
30 
DSL service 
310 
233 
44 
33 
132 
178 
Cable modem service 
62 
46 
8 
8 
32 
30 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
10 
2 
6 
6 
12 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
77 
54 
12 
11 
37 
40 
Satellite service 
143 
86 
31 
26 
70 
73 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
7 
- 
1 
3 
5 
Other Internet service 
10 
6 
2 
2 
6 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
679 
495 
104 
80 
364 
315 
2 households 
67 
42 
17 
8 
22 
45 
3 households 
12 
6 
1 
5 
1 
11 
4 households 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more households 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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