Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
39,586 
26,272 
10,495 
2,819 
21,171 
18,415 
Female 
5,485 
4,481 
764 
240 
2,906 
2,579 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
21,315 
13,044 
6,353 
1,918 
1 1 ,473 
9,842 
Other 
23,756 
17,709 
4,906 
1,141 
12,604 
11,152 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,537 
25,126 
9,247 
1,164 
18,269 
17,268 
Not on farm operated 
9,534 
5,627 
2,012 
1,895 
5,808 
3,726 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
18,308 
12,298 
4,623 
1,387 
10,403 
7,905 
Any 
26,763 
18,455 
6,636 
1,672 
13,674 
13,089 
1 to 49 days 
2,492 
1,711 
601 
180 
1,412 
1,080 
50 to 99 days 
1,766 
1,263 
401 
102 
953 
813 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,648 
2,516 
924 
208 
2,014 
1,634 
200 days or more 
18,857 
12,965 
4,710 
1,182 
9,295 
9,562 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,550 
1,051 
238 
261 
778 
772 
3 or 4 years 
2,394 
1,492 
508 
394 
1,168 
1,226 
5 to 9 years 
6,724 
4,631 
1,463 
630 
3,059 
3,665 
1 0 years or more 
34,403 
23,579 
9,050 
1,774 
19,072 
15,331 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
22.1 
23.5 
15.8 
23.4 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,068 
781 
132 
155 
513 
555 
3 or 4 years 
1,905 
1,223 
378 
304 
943 
962 
5 to 9 years 
5,763 
4,050 
1,184 
529 
2,634 
3,129 
1 0 years or more 
36,335 
24,699 
9,565 
2,071 
19,987 
16,348 
Average years operating any farm 
24.2 
24.0 
25.9 
19.3 
25.4 
22.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
192 
66 
34 
92 
108 
84 
25 to 34 years 
2,401 
1,158 
692 
551 
1,067 
1,334 
35 to 44 years 
4,958 
2,863 
1,528 
567 
2,337 
2,621 
45 to 49 years 
4,115 
2,602 
1,172 
341 
1,920 
2,195 
50 to 54 years 
5,671 
3,715 
1,571 
385 
2,931 
2,740 
55 to 59 years 
6,053 
4,111 
1,618 
324 
2,997 
3,056 
60 to 64 years 
6,381 
4,476 
1,611 
294 
3,371 
3,010 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
4,270 
1,301 
217 
3,333 
2,455 
70 years and over 
9,512 
7,492 
1,732 
288 
6,013 
3,499 
Average age 
58.1 
59.8 
56.0 
49.0 
59.6 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
509 
369 
116 
24 
280 
229 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
507 
375 
108 
24 
226 
281 
Asian 
354 
339 
15 
- 
138 
216 
Black or African American 
1,064 
652 
258 
154 
763 
301 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
42,866 
29,188 
10,815 
2,863 
22,817 
20,049 
More than one race reported 
280 
199 
63 
18 
133 
147 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,757 
4,245 
1,115 
397 
4,919 
838 
2 people 
24,321 
17,197 
5,926 
1,198 
12,371 
1 1 ,950 
3 people 
6,674 
4,232 
1,799 
643 
3,039 
3,635 
4 people 
5,402 
3,185 
1,631 
586 
2,455 
2,947 
5 or more people 
2,917 
1,894 
788 
235 
1,293 
1,624 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
24,408 
6,385 
1,524 
17,460 
14,857 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
2,228 
1,322 
310 
2,125 
1,735 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
1,922 
1,384 
403 
1,959 
1,750 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
1,258 
1,132 
354 
1,296 
1,448 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
937 
1,036 
468 
1,237 
1,204 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
701 
319 
169 
639 
550 
acres 
1,116,296 
394,259 
422,394 
299,643 
519,123 
597,173 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
30,201 
19,923 
7,957 
2,321 
14,307 
15,894 
Dial-up service 
3,002 
2,080 
780 
142 
1,520 
1,482 
DSL service 
14,300 
9,523 
3,839 
938 
6,545 
7,755 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
2,608 
988 
461 
2,161 
1,896 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
340 
169 
35 
252 
292 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,689 
3,485 
1,590 
614 
2,454 
3,235 
Satellite service 
5,305 
3,448 
1,408 
449 
2,458 
2,847 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
312 
79 
33 
185 
239 
Other Internet service 
384 
260 
88 
36 
167 
217 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
36,793 
25,629 
8,866 
2,298 
20,802 
15,991 
2 households 
6,619 
4,206 
1,879 
534 
2,632 
3,987 
3 households 
970 
534 
301 
135 
315 
655 
4 households 
446 
240 
134 
72 
225 
221 
5 or more households 
243 
144 
79 
20 
103 
140 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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