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 
116,371 
192,115 
171,200 
156,275 
155,025 
431,371 
Not on farm operated 
36,502 
52,839 
43,045 
35,147 
31,166 
170,748 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
57,248 
84,299 
69,016 
58,335 
54,616 
207,217 
Any 
95,625 
160,655 
145,229 
133,087 
131,575 
394,902 
1 to 49 days 
11,683 
17,825 
16,417 
15,241 
15,774 
52,028 
50 to 99 days 
7,393 
1 1 ,684 
10,582 
9,300 
9,173 
25,447 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
15,158 
24,771 
21,611 
19,016 
17,724 
48,008 
200 days or more 
61,391 
106,375 
96,619 
89,530 
88,904 
269,419 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
4,469 
7,757 
7,245 
6,931 
7,668 
23,512 
3 or 4 years 
6,967 
12,121 
11,696 
1 1 ,452 
12,750 
31,709 
5 to 9 years 
19,066 
34,040 
33,858 
33,051 
34,355 
94,667 
1 0 years or more 
122,371 
191,036 
161,446 
139,988 
131,418 
452,231 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
23.0 
21.4 
20.2 
18.9 
20.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3,023 
5,333 
5,131 
4,963 
5,632 
1 7,242 
3 or 4 years 
5,242 
9,403 
9,403 
9,348 
10,496 
26,657 
5 to 9 years 
15,346 
28,251 
28,777 
28,500 
30,157 
83,174 
1 0 years or more 
129,262 
201,967 
170,934 
148,611 
139,906 
475,046 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
25.6 
23.7 
22.3 
21.0 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
971 
1,509 
1,155 
912 
955 
1,892 
25 to 34 years 
9,681 
13,294 
10,692 
9,439 
9,368 
20,032 
35 to 44 years 
14,997 
23,187 
21,208 
20,205 
20,717 
53,422 
45 to 49 years 
12,011 
19,897 
18,708 
1 7,982 
18,346 
50,727 
50 to 54 years 
18,535 
30,207 
27,071 
25,166 
25,667 
77,029 
55 to 59 years 
20,790 
32,978 
30,005 
27,080 
26,868 
85,837 
60 to 64 years 
21,088 
35,177 
30,479 
27,120 
26,800 
88,415 
65 to 69 years 
18,514 
30,917 
26,696 
23,654 
22,148 
77,554 
70 years and over 
36,286 
57,788 
48,231 
39,864 
35,322 
147,211 
Average age 
58.7 
59.0 
58.7 
58.2 
57.6 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4,078 
7,398 
7,307 
7,430 
8,149 
22,938 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,713 
3,690 
3,679 
3,858 
4,109 
1 7,934 
Asian 
1,184 
1,864 
1,343 
1,250 
1,083 
2,255 
Black or African American 
1,607 
3,590 
4,500 
4,871 
4,417 
12,531 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
120 
207 
168 
145 
159 
448 
White 
147,571 
234,256 
203,271 
180,128 
175,285 
565,692 
More than one race reported 
678 
1,347 
1,284 
1,170 
1,138 
3,259 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
21,158 
34,222 
29,767 
26,128 
25,109 
105,649 
2 people 
80,037 
129,029 
111,315 
97,718 
92,322 
309,097 
3 people 
20,803 
34,101 
31,013 
28,348 
28,302 
78,811 
4 people 
17,055 
27,530 
24,654 
22,968 
23,345 
64,874 
5 or more people 
13,820 
20,072 
17,496 
16,260 
17,113 
43,688 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
86,024 
184,145 
187,227 
176,090 
175,524 
549,797 
25 to 49 percent 
28,924 
30,745 
13,523 
6,967 
4,354 
20,856 
50 to 74 percent 
23,036 
19,016 
8,378 
5,232 
3,991 
18,277 
75 to 99 percent 
9,254 
6,152 
2,688 
1,661 
1,130 
7,898 
1 00 percent 
5,635 
4,896 
2,429 
1,472 
1,192 
5,291 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
4,507 
5,485 
3,827 
2,862 
2,509 
12,533 
acres 
2,434,507 
13,320,123 
828,007 
3,884,985 
1,854,447 
17,045,995 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
103,597 
165,989 
145,592 
132,557 
131,076 
395,458 
Dial-up service 
10,665 
17,231 
14,533 
13,554 
12,462 
37,909 
DSL service 
40,777 
65,181 
57,734 
52,749 
52,407 
155,629 
Cable modem service 
15,665 
25,654 
22,898 
20,597 
20,601 
70,398 
Fiber-optic service 
5,537 
7,563 
6,015 
4,998 
4,961 
17,411 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
18,814 
30,251 
26,020 
23,968 
23,466 
68,887 
Satellite service 
19,788 
31,872 
27,623 
24,608 
24,249 
70,370 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,607 
4,274 
3,791 
3,357 
3,464 
9,959 
Other Internet service 
2,412 
4,037 
3,796 
3,619 
3,752 
10,098 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
120,288 
198,492 
178,078 
162,153 
160,376 
513,025 
2 households 
25,639 
37,809 
29,738 
23,936 
20,998 
65,834 
3 households 
4,300 
5,289 
3,716 
3,075 
2,709 
12,830 
4 households 
1,618 
2,134 
1,603 
1,379 
1,282 
5,981 
5 or more households 
1,028 
1,230 
1,110 
879 
826 
4,449 
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 
147,855 
238,469 
209,438 
187,686 
183,308 
583,171 
acres 
45,940,345 
46,431,683 
24,224,116 
16,583,331 
12,229,277 
89,247,169 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
8,239 
1 1 ,458 
8,051 
6,486 
5,777 
24,550 
acres 
3,563,004 
3,677,905 
1,365,426 
814,885 
562,355 
11,143,737 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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