Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,539 
31 
70 
191 
686 
910 
651 
Female 
672 
8 
43 
56 
196 
214 
155 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
3,211 
39 
113 
247 
882 
1,124 
806 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,599 
39 
54 
206 
711 
931 
658 
Not on farm operated 
612 
- 
59 
41 
171 
193 
148 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
398 
6 
2 
6 
60 
103 
221 
Any 
2,813 
33 
111 
241 
822 
1,021 
585 
1 to 49 days 
261 
- 
3 
11 
58 
103 
86 
50 to 99 days 
139 
6 
1 
3 
40 
31 
58 
100 to 199 days 
397 
6 
22 
30 
93 
129 
117 
200 days or more 
2,016 
21 
85 
197 
631 
758 
324 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
149 
9 
21 
23 
21 
72 
3 
3 or 4 years 
167 
18 
11 
37 
57 
35 
9 
5 to 9 years 
592 
12 
49 
93 
179 
192 
67 
10 years or more 
2,303 
- 
32 
94 
625 
825 
727 
Average years on present farm 
20.0 
3.9 
6.5 
9.2 
15.5 
19.1 
32.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
125 
8 
19 
16 
9 
71 
2 
3 or 4 years 
134 
19 
10 
29 
54 
15 
7 
5 to 9 years 
514 
12 
43 
87 
154 
151 
67 
10 years or more 
2,438 
- 
41 
115 
665 
887 
730 
Average years operating any farm 
22.0 
3.9 
7.3 
11.0 
17.4 
21.5 
33.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
39 
39 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
113 
- 
113 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
247 
- 
- 
247 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
345 
- 
- 
- 
345 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
537 
- 
- 
- 
537 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
627 
- 
- 
- 
- 
627 
- 
60 to 64 years 
497 
- 
- 
- 
- 
497 
- 
65 to 69 years 
308 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
308 
70 years and over 
498 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
498 
Average age 
57.3 
21.4 
30.0 
41.0 
50.3 
59.1 
73.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
35 
- 
1 
13 
7 
8 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
- 
- 
4 
9 
2 
- 
Asian 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
1 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,166 
39 
112 
238 
864 
1,110 
803 
More than one race reported 
22 
- 
1 
3 
8 
8 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
361 
8 
13 
16 
103 
79 
142 
2 people 
1,437 
13 
28 
51 
273 
561 
511 
3 people 
625 
6 
49 
62 
183 
240 
85 
4 people 
448 
- 
18 
73 
182 
133 
42 
5 or more people 
340 
12 
5 
45 
141 
111 
26 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,976 
33 
111 
227 
792 
1,049 
764 
25 to 49 percent 
149 
- 
- 
15 
58 
56 
20 
50 to 74 percent 
46 
- 
1 
3 
19 
8 
15 
75 to 99 percent 
21 
6 
1 
1 
4 
2 
7 
100 percent 
19 
- 
- 
1 
9 
9 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
acres 
88 
11,812 
- 
10 
2,182 
13 
(D) 
24 
1,952 
33 
4,105 
8 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,594 
38 
105 
224 
755 
901 
571 
Dial-up service 
80 
2 
2 
1 
19 
29 
27 
DSL service 
1,064 
19 
38 
72 
308 
364 
263 
Cable modem service 
1,361 
12 
55 
150 
358 
517 
269 
Fiber-optic service 
44 
5 
2 
4 
11 
15 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
275 
- 
27 
19 
77 
100 
52 
Satellite service 
64 
- 
- 
3 
29 
11 
21 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
52 
- 
4 
1 
19 
3 
25 
Other Internet service 
19 
- 
- 
10 
7 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,875 
27 
96 
224 
830 
995 
703 
2 households 
251 
6 
17 
15 
40 
84 
89 
3 households 
61 
6 
- 
1 
3 
40 
11 
4 households 
18 
- 
- 
7 
6 
3 
2 
5 or more households 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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