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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1 ,821 ,039 
79,174 
74,858 
92,153 
133,896 
123,218 
Female 
288,264 
2,486 
2,704 
3,500 
7,779 
10,770 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,007,904 
75,579 
70,441 
81,872 
105,875 
83,187 
Other 
1,101,399 
6,081 
7,121 
13,781 
35,800 
50,801 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,621,591 
60,187 
62,845 
76,049 
109,169 
99,962 
Not on farm operated 
487,712 
21,473 
14,717 
19,604 
32,506 
34,026 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
823,659 
59,490 
52,991 
58,217 
72,469 
55,527 
Any 
1 ,285,644 
22,170 
24,571 
37,436 
69,206 
78,461 
1 to 49 days 
169,761 
4,880 
5,952 
8,225 
1 1 ,989 
10,752 
50 to 99 days 
92,876 
1,639 
2,299 
3,560 
6,102 
6,320 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
180,407 
2,311 
3,352 
5,877 
1 1 ,236 
12,475 
200 days or more 
842,600 
13,340 
12,968 
19,774 
39,879 
48,914 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68,180 
1,053 
937 
1,626 
3,307 
4,041 
3 or 4 years 
103,370 
1,605 
1,619 
2,726 
5,298 
6,005 
5 to 9 years 
297,548 
6,351 
5,757 
8,066 
14,104 
15,538 
1 0 years or more 
1,640,205 
72,651 
69,249 
83,235 
118,966 
108,404 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
27.5 
28.6 
28.2 
27.3 
25.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47,782 
536 
491 
979 
2,108 
2,580 
3 or 4 years 
82,324 
952 
1,058 
1,844 
3,809 
4,541 
5 to 9 years 
252,290 
4,580 
4,280 
6,307 
1 1 ,300 
12,711 
1 0 years or more 
1,726,907 
75,592 
71,733 
86,523 
124,458 
114,156 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
29.7 
30.6 
30.4 
29.7 
28.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10,714 
147 
303 
723 
1,138 
1,081 
25 to 34 years 
109,119 
3,680 
4,816 
7,456 
11,566 
9,712 
35 to 44 years 
214,106 
1 1 ,073 
9,443 
11,190 
15,520 
14,151 
45 to 49 years 
186,605 
9,590 
7,960 
9,317 
12,128 
10,801 
50 to 54 years 
279,431 
14,398 
12,756 
14,520 
18,910 
16,637 
55 to 59 years 
306,011 
15,002 
14,249 
15,668 
20,976 
18,170 
60 to 64 years 
302,041 
11,814 
11,785 
13,648 
19,584 
17,951 
65 to 69 years 
251,976 
7,173 
7,218 
9,334 
15,070 
15,388 
70 years and over 
449,300 
8,783 
9,032 
13,797 
26,783 
30,097 
Average age 
58.3 
55.0 
55.2 
55.4 
56.6 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
67,000 
1,376 
1,048 
1,469 
2,933 
3,189 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
37,851 
247 
271 
449 
903 
1,198 
Asian 
13,669 
1,251 
674 
647 
1,102 
1,058 
Black or African American 
33,371 
172 
168 
214 
556 
907 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1,468 
28 
30 
27 
55 
83 
White 
2,012,652 
79,805 
76,243 
94,117 
138,670 
130,191 
More than one race reported 
10,292 
157 
176 
199 
389 
551 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
300,435 
6,033 
7,251 
10,645 
18,034 
18,518 
2 people 
1,070,365 
37,889 
37,170 
45,755 
69,410 
67,764 
3 people 
294,277 
12,069 
1 1 ,594 
13,611 
19,160 
18,056 
4 people 
250,753 
13,380 
11,521 
13,157 
17,767 
15,821 
5 or more people 
193,473 
12,289 
10,026 
12,485 
17,304 
13,829 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,483,837 
10,015 
9,920 
16,661 
38,139 
55,945 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
5,727 
5,747 
9,093 
20,178 
25,008 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
15,110 
15,689 
21,315 
33,212 
28,162 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
24,350 
23,993 
26,173 
28,807 
15,619 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
26,458 
22,213 
22,411 
21,339 
9,254 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67,939 
1 1 ,898 
6,374 
6,201 
6,948 
5,280 
acres 
132,807,072 
46,764,168 
16,920,276 
15,834,132 
20,177,107 
9,834,671 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
72,849 
64,404 
73,520 
100,066 
91,865 
Dial-up service 
139,677 
4,484 
4,775 
6,321 
9,416 
9,233 
DSL service 
584,384 
31,406 
27,360 
29,714 
38,887 
35,932 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
8,367 
7,116 
8,560 
13,732 
13,668 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
6,007 
5,400 
5,919 
7,222 
5,578 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267,804 
15,726 
12,609 
14,047 
18,864 
16,765 
Satellite service 
282,776 
17,061 
14,264 
16,016 
20,731 
18,019 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37,580 
2,254 
1,583 
1,785 
2,440 
2,272 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
2,242 
1,593 
1,738 
2,369 
2,167 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,700,363 
46,471 
52,419 
68,874 
106,688 
103,198 
2 households 
308,216 
20,507 
17,139 
19,275 
26,253 
23,509 
3 households 
59,080 
8,535 
4,910 
4,631 
5,292 
4,329 
4 households 
24,207 
3,277 
1,781 
1,662 
1,925 
1,791 
5 or more households 
17,437 
2,870 
1,313 
1,211 
1,517 
1,161 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
132 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
