Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,835 
5,646 
4,506 
3,786 
3,258 
8,662 
Not on farm operated 
694 
1,142 
949 
711 
578 
2,770 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,483 
2,550 
1,826 
1,367 
1,154 
3,951 
Any 
2,046 
4,238 
3,629 
3,130 
2,682 
7,481 
1 to 49 days 
181 
320 
335 
297 
228 
676 
50 to 99 days 
147 
284 
243 
167 
168 
471 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
288 
680 
510 
451 
335 
900 
200 days or more 
1,430 
2,954 
2,541 
2,215 
1,951 
5,434 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
62 
157 
151 
159 
189 
582 
3 or 4 years 
140 
263 
292 
287 
309 
677 
5 to 9 years 
351 
874 
887 
763 
698 
2,004 
1 0 years or more 
2,976 
5,494 
4,125 
3,288 
2,640 
8,169 
Average years on present farm 
26.2 
24.2 
21.7 
19.9 
18.4 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
31 
97 
118 
115 
147 
429 
3 or 4 years 
107 
213 
241 
257 
241 
578 
5 to 9 years 
299 
734 
773 
659 
665 
1,760 
1 0 years or more 
3,092 
5,744 
4,323 
3,466 
2,783 
8,665 
Average years operating any farm 
28.8 
26.4 
23.8 
21.8 
20.3 
21.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
23 
30 
32 
23 
25 
25 to 34 years 
163 
310 
305 
281 
243 
519 
35 to 44 years 
301 
599 
529 
476 
479 
1,250 
45 to 49 years 
281 
545 
497 
461 
362 
949 
50 to 54 years 
417 
815 
654 
566 
553 
1,417 
55 to 59 years 
465 
826 
759 
607 
511 
1,501 
60 to 64 years 
516 
974 
734 
621 
491 
1,697 
65 to 69 years 
430 
931 
703 
549 
497 
1,602 
70 years and over 
950 
1,765 
1,244 
904 
677 
2,472 
Average age 
60.1 
60.0 
58.6 
57.6 
56.7 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
31 
61 
56 
53 
61 
176 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
40 
68 
53 
59 
64 
186 
Asian 
5 
11 
6 
27 
2 
55 
Black or African American 
69 
127 
141 
101 
87 
410 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,390 
6,531 
5,222 
4,290 
3,657 
10,699 
More than one race reported 
25 
51 
33 
20 
26 
82 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
417 
877 
695 
584 
467 
1,788 
2 people 
2,048 
3,810 
3,052 
2,341 
2,046 
6,107 
3 people 
504 
999 
824 
709 
585 
1,586 
4 people 
398 
711 
579 
572 
477 
1,190 
5 or more people 
162 
391 
305 
291 
261 
761 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,879 
4,937 
4,808 
4,175 
3,658 
10,713 
25 to 49 percent 
761 
1,031 
371 
182 
71 
297 
50 to 74 percent 
579 
556 
192 
75 
70 
251 
75 to 99 percent 
210 
156 
58 
38 
18 
103 
1 00 percent 
100 
108 
26 
27 
19 
68 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
66 
99 
65 
40 
36 
228 
acres 
33,951 
19,496 
18,412 
3,509 
1,857 
59,026 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,266 
4,270 
3,508 
2,935 
2,683 
7,262 
Dial-up service 
253 
493 
338 
304 
275 
767 
DSL service 
1,072 
2,139 
1,818 
1,495 
1,273 
3,244 
Cable modem service 
268 
524 
369 
354 
359 
1,179 
Fiber-optic service 
65 
85 
42 
39 
55 
119 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
450 
722 
679 
534 
524 
1,218 
Satellite service 
375 
649 
569 
447 
380 
1,240 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
49 
64 
58 
38 
33 
117 
Other Internet service 
17 
64 
31 
42 
21 
110 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,836 
5,534 
4,551 
3,893 
3,336 
9,814 
2 households 
585 
1,083 
762 
503 
439 
1,271 
3 households 
70 
107 
81 
62 
30 
203 
4 households 
30 
61 
43 
27 
23 
76 
5 or more households 
8 
3 
18 
12 
8 
68 
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 
3,451 
6,673 
5,352 
4,434 
3,793 
11,107 
acres 
1 ,022,735 
1,180,862 
604,755 
362,360 
238,688 
1,111,735 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
107 
168 
95 
87 
71 
359 
acres 
33,755 
37,925 
15,116 
9,449 
8,538 
86,478 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 95 
