Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,621,591 
58,228 
61,518 
74,924 
107,347 
97,217 
Not on farm operated 
487,712 
20,997 
14,435 
19,148 
31,536 
32,149 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
823,659 
57,641 
52,082 
57,649 
71,658 
53,898 
Any 
1,285,644 
21,584 
23,871 
36,423 
67,225 
75,468 
1 to 49 days 
169,761 
4,715 
5,736 
8,145 
1 1 ,784 
10,413 
50 to 99 days 
92,876 
1,588 
2,225 
3,476 
5,958 
6,050 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
180,407 
2,236 
3,241 
5,667 
10,897 
12,078 
200 days or more 
842,600 
13,045 
12,669 
19,135 
38,586 
46,927 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68,180 
1,031 
919 
1,590 
3,234 
3,824 
3 or 4 years 
103,370 
1,568 
1,575 
2,641 
5,107 
5,784 
5 to 9 years 
297,548 
6,248 
5,610 
7,887 
13,762 
15,004 
1 0 years or more 
1,640,205 
70,378 
67,849 
81,954 
116,780 
104,754 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
27.4 
28.6 
28.2 
27.3 
25.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47,782 
525 
482 
948 
2,061 
2,442 
3 or 4 years 
82,324 
928 
1,023 
1,778 
3,689 
4,357 
5 to 9 years 
252,290 
4,518 
4,138 
6,179 
1 1 ,002 
12,248 
1 0 years or more 
1,726,907 
73,254 
70,310 
85,167 
122,131 
110,319 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
29.6 
30.6 
30.3 
29.7 
28.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10,714 
142 
283 
705 
1,137 
1,053 
25 to 34 years 
109,119 
3,565 
4,673 
7,311 
1 1 ,387 
9,677 
35 to 44 years 
214,106 
10,760 
9,310 
11,126 
15,321 
13,853 
45 to 49 years 
186,605 
9,323 
7,865 
9,214 
12,005 
10,527 
50 to 54 years 
279,431 
13,981 
12,569 
14,276 
18,754 
16,176 
55 to 59 years 
306,011 
14,491 
13,953 
15,537 
20,795 
17,677 
60 to 64 years 
302,041 
11,449 
11,471 
13,496 
19,185 
17,361 
65 to 69 years 
251,976 
6,971 
7,070 
9,083 
14,669 
14,700 
70 years and over 
449,300 
8,543 
8,759 
13,324 
25,630 
28,342 
Average age 
58.3 
55.0 
55.1 
55.3 
56.5 
57.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
67,000 
1,357 
1,013 
1,480 
2,853 
2,997 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
37,851 
237 
267 
413 
864 
1,087 
Asian 
13,669 
1,250 
672 
646 
1,093 
1,029 
Black or African American 
33,371 
160 
170 
192 
521 
812 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1,468 
28 
30 
24 
57 
82 
White 
2,012,652 
77,394 
74,643 
92,604 
135,973 
125,835 
More than one race reported 
10,292 
156 
171 
193 
375 
521 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
300,435 
5,829 
7,025 
10,405 
17,441 
17,702 
2 people 
1,070,365 
36,695 
36,323 
44,813 
67,851 
65,165 
3 people 
294,277 
11,742 
11,357 
13,429 
18,786 
17,585 
4 people 
250,753 
12,981 
11,371 
13,040 
17,559 
15,376 
5 or more people 
193,473 
11,978 
9,877 
12,385 
17,246 
13,538 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 ,483,837 
9,787 
9,683 
16,131 
36,604 
52,825 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
5,597 
5,581 
8,776 
19,352 
23,831 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
14,634 
15,366 
20,782 
32,484 
27,534 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
23,525 
23,496 
25,937 
28,772 
15,736 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
25,682 
21,827 
22,446 
21,671 
9,440 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67,939 
11,718 
6,349 
6,144 
6,869 
5,136 
acres 
132,807,072 
46,045,006 
16,577,926 
14,548,686 
1 1 ,333,698 
4,933,692 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
70,667 
63,194 
72,650 
98,329 
88,997 
Dial-up service 
139,677 
4,328 
4,669 
6,162 
9,272 
8,892 
DSL service 
584,384 
30,477 
26,915 
29,432 
38,293 
34,790 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
8,148 
7,000 
8,417 
13,378 
13,161 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
5,803 
5,225 
5,911 
7,134 
5,424 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267,804 
15,277 
12,432 
13,885 
18,543 
16,261 
Satellite service 
282,776 
16,524 
14,028 
15,823 
20,352 
17,539 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37,580 
2,193 
1,559 
1,766 
2,421 
2,189 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
2,196 
1,568 
1,715 
2,328 
2,106 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,700,363 
44,883 
51,104 
67,690 
104,417 
99,857 
2 households 
308,216 
19,949 
16,884 
18,954 
25,848 
22,627 
3 households 
59,080 
8,332 
4,905 
4,594 
5,236 
4,094 
4 households 
24,207 
3,224 
1,760 
1,650 
1,883 
1,693 
5 or more households 
1 7,437 
2,837 
1,300 
1,184 
1,499 
1,095 
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 
2,039,093 
70,645 
71,473 
89,519 
132,975 
124,554 
acres 
810,233,654 
178,592,014 
118,668,506 
1 1 1 ,294,764 
107,033,203 
59,989,246 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
101,372 
8,505 
5,748 
6,250 
8,480 
7,828 
acres 
85,976,552 
23,738,545 
13,344,881 
12,151,996 
10,167,096 
5,446,722 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
106 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
