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 
258 
607 
576 
727 
622 
1,590 
Not on farm operated 
94 
136 
133 
93 
127 
313 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
146 
281 
219 
206 
196 
614 
Any 
206 
462 
490 
614 
553 
1,289 
1 to 49 days 
21 
45 
53 
93 
48 
172 
50 to 99 days 
11 
48 
49 
56 
49 
74 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
20 
91 
71 
114 
64 
165 
200 days or more 
154 
278 
317 
351 
392 
878 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
60 
45 
34 
51 
54 
3 or 4 years 
30 
64 
32 
47 
50 
76 
5 to 9 years 
37 
95 
113 
108 
167 
348 
1 0 years or more 
278 
524 
519 
631 
481 
1,425 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
20.7 
21.3 
21.8 
18.6 
21.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
52 
28 
29 
39 
38 
3 or 4 years 
11 
52 
25 
37 
40 
65 
5 to 9 years 
41 
81 
113 
102 
147 
269 
10 years or more 
294 
558 
543 
652 
523 
1,531 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
23.2 
24.1 
23.9 
21.1 
23.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
2 
9 
- 
11 
12 
25 to 34 years 
26 
50 
11 
20 
44 
47 
35 to 44 years 
28 
31 
49 
68 
58 
129 
45 to 49 years 
25 
66 
76 
65 
91 
178 
50 to 54 years 
53 
120 
101 
114 
114 
308 
55 to 59 years 
53 
115 
132 
143 
116 
338 
60 to 64 years 
31 
139 
118 
126 
97 
271 
65 to 69 years 
50 
93 
86 
100 
59 
214 
70 years and over 
78 
127 
127 
184 
159 
406 
Average age 
57.9 
58.0 
58.8 
59.9 
57.2 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
1 
15 
15 
6 
30 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
1 
9 
1 
- 
10 
Asian 
- 
4 
6 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
352 
727 
685 
814 
746 
1,880 
More than one race reported 
- 
5 
9 
3 
3 
12 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
60 
65 
67 
89 
95 
295 
2 people 
133 
374 
366 
395 
345 
904 
3 people 
57 
134 
106 
125 
141 
348 
4 people 
80 
118 
99 
101 
87 
221 
5 or more people 
22 
52 
71 
110 
81 
135 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
233 
549 
630 
728 
721 
1,678 
25 to 49 percent 
32 
42 
38 
59 
9 
114 
50 to 74 percent 
40 
65 
17 
21 
10 
31 
75 to 99 percent 
20 
16 
3 
5 
2 
20 
1 00 percent 
27 
71 
21 
7 
7 
60 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
14 
42 
38 
26 
4 
80 
acres 
691 
2,311 
3,961 
697 
237 
8,329 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
271 
613 
556 
661 
593 
1,523 
Dial-up service 
7 
46 
20 
30 
33 
58 
DSL service 
111 
208 
224 
268 
243 
601 
Cable modem service 
132 
340 
310 
362 
299 
825 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
16 
17 
1 
13 
25 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
22 
76 
55 
40 
71 
144 
Satellite service 
8 
25 
18 
20 
9 
79 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
15 
11 
19 
6 
26 
Other Internet service 
" 
8 
4 
13 
1 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
293 
653 
639 
721 
669 
1,731 
2 households 
39 
60 
40 
78 
74 
131 
3 households 
13 
16 
25 
12 
5 
24 
4 households 
7 
12 
2 
8 
- 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
2 
3 
1 
1 
12 
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 
330 
704 
665 
789 
718 
1,850 
acres 
27,578 
40,684 
31,114 
28,406 
20,425 
71,011 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
92 
158 
108 
120 
116 
262 
acres 
7,013 
7,647 
5,191 
5,041 
3,756 
13,408 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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