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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,371 
6,391 
5,100 
4,375 
3,706 
7,502 
Female 
353 
832 
788 
631 
646 
1,530 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,037 
3,363 
2,217 
1,593 
1,292 
2,715 
Other 
1,687 
3,860 
3,671 
3,413 
3,060 
6,317 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,971 
5,889 
4,670 
4,019 
3,511 
7,401 
Not on farm operated 
753 
1,334 
1,218 
987 
841 
1,631 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,547 
2,743 
2,022 
1,549 
1,365 
2,958 
Any 
2,177 
4,480 
3,866 
3,457 
2,987 
6,074 
1 to 49 days 
178 
346 
362 
329 
267 
532 
50 to 99 days 
165 
300 
248 
182 
188 
389 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
324 
698 
536 
484 
358 
751 
200 days or more 
1,510 
3,136 
2,720 
2,462 
2,174 
4,402 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
78 
189 
169 
172 
215 
475 
3 or 4 years 
142 
284 
337 
329 
317 
548 
5 to 9 years 
380 
946 
968 
836 
776 
1,640 
1 0 years or more 
3,124 
5,804 
4,414 
3,669 
3,044 
6,369 
Average years on present farm 
26.0 
23.9 
21.6 
20.1 
19.0 
18.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
42 
121 
135 
118 
171 
348 
3 or 4 years 
112 
228 
272 
290 
250 
479 
5 to 9 years 
337 
797 
861 
705 
740 
1,431 
1 0 years or more 
3,233 
6,077 
4,620 
3,893 
3,191 
6,774 
Average years operating any farm 
28.4 
26.2 
23.6 
22.0 
20.8 
20.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
29 
37 
24 
23 
20 
25 to 34 years 
164 
317 
306 
285 
269 
466 
35 to 44 years 
322 
625 
588 
508 
496 
1,072 
45 to 49 years 
278 
568 
509 
498 
387 
826 
50 to 54 years 
452 
869 
677 
623 
593 
1,170 
55 to 59 years 
486 
895 
812 
669 
589 
1,193 
60 to 64 years 
544 
1,043 
786 
692 
577 
1,339 
65 to 69 years 
488 
963 
797 
673 
569 
1,184 
70 years and over 
984 
1,914 
1,376 
1,034 
849 
1,762 
Average age 
60.1 
60.1 
58.9 
58.1 
57.5 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
63 
58 
62 
64 
158 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
40 
75 
50 
67 
67 
168 
Asian 
5 
11 
12 
27 
2 
49 
Black or African American 
83 
147 
178 
138 
135 
243 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,568 
6,935 
5,614 
4,752 
4,119 
8,504 
More than one race reported 
28 
55 
34 
22 
29 
68 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
450 
937 
807 
682 
578 
1,339 
2 people 
2,176 
4,096 
3,260 
2,629 
2,348 
4,731 
3 people 
505 
1,048 
847 
759 
622 
1,364 
4 people 
418 
744 
635 
618 
511 
966 
5 or more people 
175 
398 
339 
318 
293 
632 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,053 
5,356 
5,178 
4,622 
4,139 
8,702 
25 to 49 percent 
780 
1,042 
396 
206 
82 
130 
50 to 74 percent 
603 
545 
209 
106 
85 
114 
75 to 99 percent 
195 
172 
64 
45 
23 
48 
1 00 percent 
93 
108 
41 
27 
23 
38 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
78 
132 
80 
59 
57 
121 
acres 
35,880 
28,185 
21,461 
9,635 
5,293 
17,492 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,399 
4,534 
3,748 
3,237 
2,979 
5,830 
Dial-up service 
267 
528 
365 
314 
291 
646 
DSL service 
1,124 
2,274 
1,881 
1,595 
1,395 
2,659 
Cable modem service 
293 
561 
447 
421 
420 
880 
Fiber-optic service 
67 
89 
53 
46 
64 
83 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
480 
747 
732 
583 
574 
988 
Satellite service 
393 
693 
585 
519 
432 
1,013 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
74 
61 
51 
45 
73 
Other Internet service 
19 
66 
44 
51 
28 
76 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,978 
5,843 
4,867 
4,293 
3,747 
7,993 
2 households 
625 
1,158 
850 
575 
509 
869 
3 households 
79 
142 
97 
86 
47 
95 
4 households 
32 
69 
47 
29 
38 
41 
5 or more households 
10 
11 
27 
23 
11 
34 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 121 
