Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
91,943 
62,751 
47,237 
147,124 
107,653 
69,469 
62,394 
Not on farm operated 
37,083 
21,566 
16,399 
50,961 
34,902 
21,804 
19,813 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
50,101 
34,005 
27,101 
91,072 
76,373 
56,086 
54,179 
Any 
78,925 
50,312 
36,535 
107,013 
66,182 
35,187 
28,028 
1 to 49 days 
10,128 
6,407 
4,793 
15,311 
1 1 ,484 
7,245 
6,181 
50 to 99 days 
5,682 
3,760 
2,825 
8,732 
5,868 
3,191 
2,555 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1 1 ,240 
7,818 
5,907 
16,541 
10,758 
5,204 
3,795 
200 days or more 
51,875 
32,327 
23,010 
66,429 
38,072 
19,547 
15,497 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,744 
2,089 
1,482 
4,295 
2,365 
1,335 
1,135 
3 or 4 years 
5,615 
3,287 
2,312 
6,491 
3,997 
2,068 
1,703 
5 to 9 years 
15,783 
9,319 
6,625 
19,344 
11,694 
6,603 
5,383 
1 0 years or more 
103,884 
69,622 
53,217 
167,955 
124,499 
81,267 
73,986 
Average years on present farm 
24.5 
25.4 
26.3 
27.3 
28.8 
29.4 
29.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,579 
1,433 
1,003 
2,718 
1,466 
783 
596 
3 or 4 years 
4,311 
2,511 
1,697 
4,746 
2,856 
1,408 
1,031 
5 to 9 years 
13,111 
7,535 
5,512 
15,544 
9,158 
5,009 
3,883 
1 0 years or more 
109,025 
72,838 
55,424 
175,077 
129,075 
84,073 
76,697 
Average years operating any farm 
26.8 
27.9 
28.7 
29.7 
31.0 
31.5 
31.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
726 
429 
259 
952 
735 
353 
165 
25 to 34 years 
6,348 
4,112 
3,113 
10,148 
7,453 
4,703 
3,385 
35 to 44 years 
11,174 
7,337 
5,295 
17,023 
13,171 
9,384 
8,717 
45 to 49 years 
9,640 
6,657 
4,885 
15,251 
11,690 
8,296 
7,352 
50 to 54 years 
15,408 
10,213 
7,943 
24,820 
19,486 
13,444 
12,167 
55 to 59 years 
1 7,279 
1 1 ,389 
8,812 
28,023 
22,039 
15,166 
14,179 
60 to 64 years 
18,256 
12,285 
9,098 
28,668 
21,022 
13,938 
12,627 
65 to 69 years 
16,277 
10,521 
7,885 
24,115 
16,381 
9,776 
8,739 
70 years and over 
33,918 
21,374 
16,346 
49,085 
30,578 
16,213 
14,876 
Average age 
60.0 
59.8 
59.9 
59.6 
58.5 
57.5 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2,643 
1,796 
1,226 
3,908 
2,954 
1,833 
1,702 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,791 
896 
689 
2,416 
1,691 
1,310 
1,620 
Asian 
414 
227 
148 
430 
273 
124 
109 
Black or African American 
1,777 
1,246 
720 
1,578 
630 
204 
112 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
54 
28 
19 
62 
30 
29 
31 
White 
124,412 
81,566 
61,786 
192,746 
139,397 
89,297 
80,092 
More than one race reported 
578 
354 
274 
853 
534 
309 
243 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
20,337 
12,834 
9,569 
29,186 
19,313 
11,050 
8,938 
2 people 
68,004 
44,279 
33,469 
104,520 
74,357 
47,239 
42,476 
3 people 
16,852 
1 1 ,207 
8,356 
26,217 
19,175 
12,198 
1 1 ,003 
4 people 
13,544 
9,273 
6,871 
22,016 
16,878 
1 1 ,725 
10,897 
5 or more people 
10,289 
6,724 
5,371 
16,146 
12,832 
9,061 
8,893 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
89,064 
53,781 
36,828 
97,976 
50,267 
24,030 
19,116 
25 to 49 percent 
14,737 
10,391 
8,480 
25,853 
16,097 
8,366 
6,863 
50 to 74 percent 
13,179 
9,986 
8,770 
32,425 
26,917 
1 7,276 
14,747 
75 to 99 percent 
6,948 
5,661 
5,408 
23,723 
27,876 
22,341 
21,874 
1 00 percent 
5,098 
4,498 
4,150 
18,108 
21,398 
19,260 
19,607 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
3,194 
2,209 
1,906 
7,090 
7,083 
6,476 
8,939 
acres 
503,619 
437,780 
451,763 
2,558,333 
5,040,447 
8,989,002 
113,500,363 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
83,205 
55,433 
41,855 
135,499 
104,847 
72,010 
68,491 
Dial-up service 
8,963 
5,932 
4,353 
13,747 
9,767 
5,734 
4,885 
DSL service 
32,646 
22,341 
16,765 
53,756 
41,669 
28,709 
27,687 
Cable modem service 
12,485 
7,966 
6,002 
18,467 
12,758 
8,068 
6,771 
Fiber-optic service 
4,410 
2,618 
2,286 
7,891 
7,397 
6,191 
7,578 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
14,892 
9,843 
7,585 
24,652 
19,687 
14,220 
12,339 
Satellite service 
16,203 
10,812 
8,193 
28,281 
23,490 
17,129 
18,093 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,996 
1,292 
1,011 
3,137 
2,515 
1,886 
1,846 
Other Internet service 
1,990 
1,224 
934 
3,251 
2,459 
1,845 
1,745 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
103,011 
66,855 
49,788 
151,486 
104,231 
63,277 
50,666 
2 households 
20,090 
13,392 
10,666 
35,340 
27,402 
18,987 
19,495 
3 households 
3,509 
2,357 
1,950 
7,003 
6,755 
5,468 
7,280 
4 households 
1,464 
1,030 
681 
2,509 
2,448 
1,984 
2,665 
5 or more households 
952 
683 
551 
1,747 
1,719 
1,557 
2,101 
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 
124,665 
81,429 
61,365 
190,039 
135,726 
85,787 
75,145 
acres 
19,620,802 
16,090,826 
14,593,734 
67,738,701 
94,235,608 
117,437,922 
422,600,075 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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