Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,428 
1,911 
1,311 
3,772 
1,880 
1,064 
793 
Not on farm operated 
653 
432 
343 
953 
718 
696 
702 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,268 
948 
743 
2,249 
1,428 
1,180 
1,118 
Any 
1,813 
1,395 
911 
2,476 
1,170 
580 
377 
1 to 49 days 
135 
130 
112 
236 
146 
90 
53 
50 to 99 days 
112 
108 
58 
184 
92 
46 
31 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
247 
210 
118 
423 
190 
77 
32 
200 days or more 
1,319 
947 
623 
1,633 
742 
367 
261 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
74 
44 
32 
90 
57 
50 
24 
3 or 4 years 
135 
84 
56 
152 
107 
76 
43 
5 to 9 years 
357 
276 
185 
452 
237 
186 
156 
1 0 years or more 
2,515 
1,939 
1,381 
4,031 
2,197 
1,448 
1,272 
Average years on present farm 
24.5 
24.7 
26.1 
26.7 
27.6 
25.4 
26.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
28 
30 
54 
34 
23 
8 
3 or 4 years 
91 
54 
43 
109 
83 
45 
15 
5 to 9 years 
316 
234 
150 
340 
184 
132 
96 
1 0 years or more 
2,637 
2,027 
1,431 
4,222 
2,297 
1,560 
1,376 
Average years operating any farm 
26.6 
27.1 
28.2 
29.2 
30.3 
28.4 
29.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
3 
5 
17 
16 
5 
2 
25 to 34 years 
129 
90 
62 
227 
104 
115 
64 
35 to 44 years 
285 
206 
150 
412 
256 
267 
230 
45 to 49 years 
213 
229 
127 
351 
240 
171 
159 
50 to 54 years 
352 
278 
202 
571 
266 
218 
221 
55 to 59 years 
425 
280 
200 
605 
353 
250 
261 
60 to 64 years 
426 
364 
236 
750 
380 
293 
210 
65 to 69 years 
425 
352 
250 
600 
368 
165 
176 
70 years and over 
816 
541 
422 
1,192 
615 
276 
172 
Average age 
60.3 
59.7 
60.2 
59.8 
59.3 
55.7 
55.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
26 
17 
27 
44 
11 
12 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
26 
4 
22 
32 
12 
14 
3 
Asian 
21 
8 
5 
8 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
52 
43 
31 
75 
24 
12 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,967 
2,275 
1,585 
4,576 
2,545 
1,729 
1,477 
More than one race reported 
15 
13 
11 
34 
17 
5 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
424 
297 
230 
572 
351 
194 
95 
2 people 
1,760 
1,296 
951 
2,725 
1,455 
878 
756 
3 people 
399 
334 
219 
684 
375 
255 
224 
4 people 
337 
285 
191 
477 
310 
315 
299 
5 or more people 
161 
131 
63 
267 
107 
118 
121 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,211 
1,584 
1,002 
2,495 
1,030 
422 
202 
25 to 49 percent 
369 
301 
258 
758 
339 
136 
113 
50 to 74 percent 
284 
241 
189 
715 
431 
316 
337 
75 to 99 percent 
129 
123 
124 
394 
430 
427 
423 
1 00 percent 
88 
94 
81 
363 
368 
459 
420 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
51 
41 
39 
119 
107 
138 
191 
acres 
8,029 
8,152 
9,073 
42,634 
72,009 
189,223 
760,752 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,918 
1,477 
1,019 
3,042 
1,823 
1,427 
1,311 
Dial-up service 
221 
159 
106 
311 
175 
102 
68 
DSL service 
902 
719 
514 
1,506 
812 
580 
554 
Cable modem service 
230 
176 
112 
344 
261 
259 
211 
Fiber-optic service 
39 
33 
19 
68 
48 
26 
20 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
294 
287 
187 
539 
346 
350 
319 
Satellite service 
384 
246 
170 
568 
385 
334 
319 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
22 
18 
22 
42 
28 
11 
8 
Other Internet service 
24 
11 
16 
45 
28 
13 
18 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,524 
1,902 
1,291 
3,773 
1,943 
1,252 
793 
2 households 
466 
378 
302 
763 
531 
369 
419 
3 households 
49 
38 
32 
143 
83 
92 
153 
4 households 
31 
21 
15 
28 
27 
30 
78 
5 or more households 
11 
4 
14 
18 
14 
17 
52 
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 
3,021 
2,292 
1,588 
4,574 
2,470 
1,587 
1,222 
acres 
473,748 
452,391 
378,128 
1,606,679 
1,679,159 
2,214,470 
3,881,532 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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