Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
39,586 
3,455 
1,360 
1,004 
1,305 
2,017 
Female 
5,485 
185 
176 
96 
98 
150 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
21,315 
3,369 
1,326 
917 
1,055 
1,431 
Other 
23,756 
271 
210 
183 
348 
736 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,537 
2,496 
1,157 
743 
970 
1,710 
Not on farm operated 
9,534 
1,144 
379 
357 
433 
457 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
18,308 
2,615 
1,020 
658 
769 
1,062 
Any 
26,763 
1,025 
516 
442 
634 
1,105 
1 to 49 days 
2,492 
170 
65 
54 
67 
122 
50 to 99 days 
1,766 
81 
50 
32 
52 
79 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,648 
82 
62 
78 
111 
164 
200 days or more 
18,857 
692 
339 
278 
404 
740 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,550 
87 
37 
33 
50 
45 
3 or 4 years 
2,394 
130 
70 
74 
84 
79 
5 to 9 years 
6,724 
469 
220 
142 
160 
187 
1 0 years or more 
34,403 
2,954 
1,209 
851 
1,109 
1,856 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
22.7 
22.8 
23.3 
25.6 
28.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,068 
35 
19 
17 
31 
31 
3 or 4 years 
1,905 
69 
50 
47 
55 
53 
5 to 9 years 
5,763 
349 
180 
108 
129 
126 
1 0 years or more 
36,335 
3,187 
1,287 
928 
1,188 
1,957 
Average years operating any farm 
24.2 
25.5 
25.6 
26.2 
28.1 
30.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
192 
5 
17 
5 
11 
15 
25 to 34 years 
2,401 
204 
95 
92 
111 
92 
35 to 44 years 
4,958 
625 
212 
145 
171 
194 
45 to 49 years 
4,115 
461 
192 
119 
113 
164 
50 to 54 years 
5,671 
577 
210 
119 
154 
227 
55 to 59 years 
6,053 
614 
234 
154 
177 
230 
60 to 64 years 
6,381 
490 
219 
161 
197 
333 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
334 
168 
142 
155 
315 
70 years and over 
9,512 
330 
189 
163 
314 
597 
Average age 
58.1 
53.7 
54.7 
55.6 
57.3 
60.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
23 
15 
5 
18 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
11 
11 
2 
2 
14 
Asian 
354 
171 
49 
15 
13 
- 
Black or African American 
1,064 
13 
12 
14 
48 
53 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
3,435 
1,454 
1,061 
1,331 
2,093 
More than one race reported 
280 
10 
10 
8 
9 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
238 
164 
144 
152 
266 
2 people 
24,321 
1,735 
757 
559 
751 
1,279 
3 people 
6,674 
553 
256 
164 
237 
319 
4 people 
5,402 
703 
249 
168 
167 
223 
5 or more people 
2,917 
411 
110 
65 
96 
80 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
393 
251 
241 
506 
876 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
287 
149 
145 
205 
438 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
694 
340 
250 
294 
469 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
1,073 
406 
233 
211 
274 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
1,193 
390 
231 
187 
110 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
360 
103 
63 
76 
60 
acres 
1,116,296 
719,609 
93,080 
80,328 
60,018 
45,315 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
3,135 
1,161 
807 
985 
1,386 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
192 
102 
83 
62 
152 
DSL service 
14,300 
1,357 
529 
343 
447 
696 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
453 
127 
108 
159 
188 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
47 
19 
17 
28 
31 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
733 
249 
163 
237 
203 
Satellite service 
5,305 
790 
273 
190 
188 
229 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
27 
16 
3 
3 
24 
Other Internet service 
384 
39 
17 
9 
12 
23 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
2,386 
1,131 
813 
1,061 
1,681 
2 households 
6,619 
798 
328 
231 
272 
404 
3 households 
970 
240 
37 
36 
58 
53 
4 households 
446 
123 
30 
10 
8 
19 
5 or more households 
243 
93 
10 
10 
4 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
120 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
