Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,537 
2,457 
1,163 
737 
884 
1,603 
Not on farm operated 
9,534 
1,115 
385 
339 
426 
425 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
18,308 
2,565 
1,027 
663 
717 
1,005 
Any 
26,763 
1,007 
521 
413 
593 
1,023 
1 to 49 days 
2,492 
168 
65 
51 
61 
110 
50 to 99 days 
1,766 
80 
48 
31 
55 
72 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,648 
82 
60 
74 
101 
167 
200 days or more 
18,857 
677 
348 
257 
376 
674 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,550 
86 
38 
28 
50 
48 
3 or 4 years 
2,394 
125 
64 
81 
73 
83 
5 to 9 years 
6,724 
462 
219 
134 
164 
168 
1 0 years or more 
34,403 
2,899 
1,227 
833 
1,023 
1,729 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
22.7 
23.1 
23.1 
25.4 
27.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,068 
35 
19 
12 
31 
34 
3 or 4 years 
1,905 
68 
44 
51 
49 
56 
5 to 9 years 
5,763 
342 
181 
104 
125 
121 
1 0 years or more 
36,335 
3,127 
1,304 
909 
1,105 
1,817 
Average years operating any farm 
24.2 
25.4 
25.8 
26.1 
28.0 
30.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
192 
5 
11 
11 
7 
19 
25 to 34 years 
2,401 
196 
98 
85 
104 
97 
35 to 44 years 
4,958 
615 
212 
146 
164 
187 
45 to 49 years 
4,115 
455 
194 
115 
109 
147 
50 to 54 years 
5,671 
571 
213 
120 
143 
202 
55 to 59 years 
6,053 
606 
233 
154 
166 
225 
60 to 64 years 
6,381 
477 
226 
150 
194 
301 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
324 
172 
134 
145 
301 
70 years and over 
9,512 
323 
189 
161 
278 
549 
Average age 
58.1 
53.7 
54.8 
55.3 
57.1 
60.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
23 
15 
5 
18 
10 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
11 
11 
2 
2 
11 
Asian 
354 
171 
49 
15 
13 
- 
Black or African American 
1,064 
13 
10 
16 
42 
48 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
3,367 
1,468 
1,035 
1,245 
1,962 
More than one race reported 
280 
10 
10 
8 
8 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
236 
160 
135 
147 
251 
2 people 
24,321 
1,698 
769 
540 
704 
1,206 
3 people 
6,674 
546 
259 
164 
211 
287 
4 people 
5,402 
690 
242 
175 
160 
208 
5 or more people 
2,917 
402 
118 
62 
88 
76 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
384 
254 
221 
463 
825 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
285 
143 
143 
191 
385 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
679 
348 
241 
267 
451 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
1,055 
408 
234 
206 
258 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
1,169 
395 
237 
183 
109 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
352 
105 
66 
71 
61 
acres 
1,116,296 
709,777 
98,488 
82,852 
56,106 
32,822 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
3,076 
1,180 
785 
923 
1,313 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
190 
103 
76 
59 
144 
DSL service 
14,300 
1,332 
538 
338 
404 
647 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
439 
137 
102 
149 
177 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
47 
16 
17 
26 
33 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
721 
252 
162 
219 
208 
Satellite service 
5,305 
778 
272 
188 
183 
224 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
27 
15 
4 
3 
16 
Other Internet service 
384 
39 
15 
10 
6 
29 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
2,331 
1,143 
792 
998 
1,565 
2 households 
6,619 
789 
331 
222 
252 
382 
3 households 
970 
237 
38 
38 
52 
52 
4 households 
446 
123 
25 
15 
3 
20 
5 or more households 
243 
92 
11 
9 
5 
9 
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 
3,191 
1,456 
1,028 
1,242 
1,971 
acres 
12,182,635 
4,489,490 
965,871 
604,305 
770,981 
830,853 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,485 
262 
83 
66 
92 
95 
acres 
989,018 
535,729 
87,774 
47,742 
67,584 
58,928 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
