Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,537 
1,595 
9,961 
3,129 
3,909 
3,784 
Not on farm operated 
9,534 
323 
1,986 
698 
1,077 
953 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
18,308 
627 
3,970 
1,272 
1,770 
1,735 
Any 
26,763 
1,291 
7,977 
2,555 
3,216 
3,002 
1 to 49 days 
2,492 
84 
700 
244 
333 
229 
50 to 99 days 
1,766 
46 
466 
181 
223 
219 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,648 
176 
989 
329 
439 
418 
200 days or more 
18,857 
985 
5,822 
1,801 
2,221 
2,136 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,550 
171 
523 
131 
176 
178 
3 or 4 years 
2,394 
206 
840 
229 
258 
208 
5 to 9 years 
6,724 
446 
2,373 
633 
810 
613 
1 0 years or more 
34,403 
1,095 
8,211 
2,834 
3,742 
3,738 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
14.8 
17.9 
20.4 
21.0 
22.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,068 
117 
384 
98 
127 
128 
3 or 4 years 
1,905 
182 
740 
162 
215 
166 
5 to 9 years 
5,763 
399 
2,138 
539 
705 
530 
1 0 years or more 
36,335 
1,220 
8,685 
3,028 
3,939 
3,913 
Average years operating any farm 
24.2 
16.8 
19.7 
22.4 
22.7 
25.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
192 
9 
52 
16 
28 
29 
25 to 34 years 
2,401 
187 
744 
135 
338 
206 
35 to 44 years 
4,958 
272 
1,441 
442 
538 
459 
45 to 49 years 
4,115 
228 
1,221 
374 
423 
379 
50 to 54 years 
5,671 
286 
1,609 
524 
570 
574 
55 to 59 years 
6,053 
257 
1,598 
517 
681 
626 
60 to 64 years 
6,381 
208 
1,623 
541 
664 
686 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
213 
1,483 
502 
629 
625 
70 years and over 
9,512 
258 
2,176 
776 
1,115 
1,153 
Average age 
58.1 
54.2 
56.9 
58.3 
58.0 
59.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
39 
194 
40 
59 
32 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
21 
211 
39 
63 
60 
Asian 
354 
19 
160 
37 
52 
43 
Black or African American 
1,064 
85 
377 
96 
146 
114 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
1,782 
11,117 
3,620 
4,693 
4,500 
More than one race reported 
280 
11 
82 
35 
32 
20 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
242 
1,571 
508 
634 
639 
2 people 
24,321 
904 
6,213 
2,125 
2,668 
2,590 
3 people 
6,674 
362 
1,853 
511 
760 
698 
4 people 
5,402 
265 
1,409 
399 
616 
499 
5 or more people 
2,917 
145 
901 
284 
308 
311 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
1,703 
10,568 
3,260 
4,126 
3,714 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
73 
453 
226 
371 
463 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
64 
439 
152 
241 
300 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
46 
270 
100 
128 
150 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
32 
217 
89 
120 
110 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
38 
249 
42 
90 
84 
acres 
1,116,296 
132 
6,628 
2,455 
7,487 
9,722 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
1,294 
8,054 
2,575 
3,184 
3,077 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
124 
811 
264 
303 
358 
DSL service 
14,300 
563 
3,771 
1,280 
1,611 
1,488 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
234 
1,147 
317 
398 
368 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
17 
135 
41 
43 
55 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
252 
1,541 
436 
565 
573 
Satellite service 
5,305 
180 
1,286 
445 
502 
486 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
15 
141 
32 
54 
31 
Other Internet service 
384 
14 
107 
20 
51 
37 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
1,649 
10,256 
3,226 
4,233 
3,951 
2 households 
6,619 
208 
1,384 
503 
627 
669 
3 households 
970 
31 
177 
36 
75 
61 
4 households 
446 
17 
77 
47 
32 
43 
5 or more households 
243 
13 
53 
15 
19 
13 
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 
43,698 
1,874 
1 1 ,764 
3,757 
4,905 
4,644 
acres 
12,182,635 
9,530 
329,407 
217,577 
402,069 
537,945 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
