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 
279 
568 
544 
619 
560 
1,275 
Female 
80 
192 
179 
214 
186 
566 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
227 
438 
313 
307 
228 
656 
Other 
132 
322 
410 
526 
518 
1,185 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
262 
623 
583 
729 
630 
1,540 
Not on farm operated 
97 
137 
140 
104 
116 
301 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
149 
282 
220 
205 
200 
602 
Any 
210 
478 
503 
628 
546 
1,239 
1 to 49 days 
20 
44 
54 
92 
48 
171 
50 to 99 days 
12 
49 
49 
54 
48 
74 
100 to 199 days 
20 
97 
81 
114 
54 
159 
200 days or more 
158 
288 
319 
368 
396 
835 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
64 
45 
34 
52 
49 
3 or 4 years 
25 
68 
32 
46 
56 
67 
5 to 9 years 
44 
93 
115 
104 
163 
348 
10 years or more 
283 
535 
531 
649 
475 
1,377 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
20.5 
21.2 
21.8 
18.7 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
56 
27 
30 
40 
33 
3 or 4 years 
11 
56 
25 
36 
46 
56 
5 to 9 years 
47 
79 
116 
98 
143 
269 
10 years or more 
295 
569 
555 
669 
517 
1,483 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
23.1 
23.9 
24.0 
21.2 
23.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
2 
9 
- 
11 
12 
25 to 34 years 
28 
52 
11 
23 
37 
47 
35 to 44 years 
25 
31 
49 
72 
60 
122 
45 to 49 years 
26 
67 
74 
65 
91 
178 
50 to 54 years 
58 
118 
115 
110 
118 
288 
55 to 59 years 
53 
119 
132 
148 
115 
330 
60 to 64 years 
35 
140 
119 
130 
91 
267 
65 to 69 years 
48 
97 
89 
99 
57 
208 
70 years and over 
78 
134 
125 
186 
166 
389 
Average age 
57.8 
58.2 
58.8 
59.8 
57.5 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
2 
15 
14 
6 
30 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
3 
9 
1 
- 
8 
Asian 
- 
4 
6 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
359 
742 
699 
827 
743 
1,820 
More than one race reported 
- 
5 
9 
3 
3 
12 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
61 
66 
68 
86 
101 
287 
2 people 
137 
390 
366 
405 
351 
864 
3 people 
59 
136 
106 
138 
134 
335 
4 people 
79 
118 
106 
94 
85 
220 
5 or more people 
23 
50 
77 
110 
75 
135 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
238 
568 
637 
750 
716 
1,622 
25 to 49 percent 
36 
44 
44 
50 
12 
108 
50 to 74 percent 
36 
64 
17 
21 
10 
31 
75 to 99 percent 
21 
15 
4 
5 
1 
20 
100 percent 
28 
69 
21 
7 
7 
60 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
15 
42 
38 
26 
7 
76 
acres 
715 
3,827 
3,961 
697 
297 
6,729 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
279 
623 
561 
667 
595 
1,480 
Dial-up service 
10 
43 
19 
30 
37 
54 
DSL service 
117 
210 
224 
266 
244 
592 
Cable modem service 
131 
351 
310 
375 
302 
791 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
16 
17 
1 
14 
24 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
20 
76 
55 
44 
71 
139 
Satellite service 
8 
27 
17 
20 
10 
76 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
9 
14 
11 
19 
7 
25 
Other Internet service 
- 
8 
10 
7 
1 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
298 
660 
657 
729 
674 
1,674 
2 households 
41 
70 
36 
83 
66 
126 
3 households 
13 
16 
25 
12 
5 
24 
4 households 
7 
12 
2 
8 
- 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
2 
3 
1 
1 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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