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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
145,077 
236,529 
21 1 ,433 
193,141 
193,760 
337,800 
Female 
16,862 
34,982 
37,183 
38,247 
42,741 
91,010 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
85,563 
119,890 
93,675 
77,641 
72,559 
141,622 
Other 
76,376 
151,621 
154,941 
153,747 
163,942 
287,188 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
121,129 
205,238 
187,458 
175,551 
181,255 
342,748 
Not on farm operated 
40,810 
66,273 
61,158 
55,837 
55,246 
86,062 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
60,505 
94,755 
82,441 
73,940 
74,281 
139,043 
Any 
101,434 
176,756 
166,175 
157,448 
162,220 
289,767 
1 to 49 days 
12,492 
20,352 
19,802 
19,350 
20,668 
35,299 
50 to 99 days 
7,858 
12,567 
11,781 
10,528 
10,727 
19,495 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
15,973 
26,554 
23,685 
21,205 
20,432 
37,307 
200 days or more 
65,111 
117,283 
110,907 
106,365 
110,393 
197,666 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
4,797 
8,562 
8,258 
8,114 
9,203 
18,282 
3 or 4 years 
7,399 
13,314 
13,265 
13,228 
14,754 
24,157 
5 to 9 years 
20,204 
37,398 
38,404 
38,418 
40,760 
72,548 
1 0 years or more 
129,539 
212,237 
188,689 
171,628 
171,784 
313,823 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
23.2 
21.7 
20.8 
19.8 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3,277 
5,908 
5,901 
5,870 
6,855 
13,277 
3 or 4 years 
5,592 
10,346 
10,699 
10,846 
12,282 
20,355 
5 to 9 years 
16,284 
31,200 
32,826 
33,289 
35,844 
63,669 
1 0 years or more 
136,786 
224,057 
199,190 
181,383 
181,520 
331,509 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
25.7 
24.0 
22.8 
21.7 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
992 
1,534 
1,249 
962 
1,014 
1,571 
25 to 34 years 
9,859 
13,772 
11,214 
10,190 
10,358 
16,496 
35 to 44 years 
15,565 
24,717 
23,243 
22,578 
23,929 
42,697 
45 to 49 years 
12,458 
21,468 
20,668 
20,485 
21,502 
40,228 
50 to 54 years 
19,360 
32,876 
30,549 
29,568 
31,009 
58,848 
55 to 59 years 
21,899 
36,360 
34,222 
32,279 
33,825 
63,361 
60 to 64 years 
22,413 
38,893 
35,359 
32,784 
34,202 
63,608 
65 to 69 years 
19,723 
34,365 
31,470 
29,113 
28,890 
54,232 
70 years and over 
39,670 
67,526 
60,642 
53,429 
51,772 
87,769 
Average age 
59.0 
59.5 
59.5 
59.1 
58.8 
58.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4,352 
7,856 
7,794 
7,911 
8,744 
20,328 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,816 
3,815 
3,841 
4,111 
4,682 
16,518 
Asian 
1,217 
1,916 
1,419 
1,337 
1,121 
1,927 
Black or African American 
1,745 
4,084 
5,009 
5,356 
5,230 
9,930 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
137 
216 
167 
151 
166 
408 
White 
156,323 
259,988 
236,773 
219,144 
224,042 
397,356 
More than one race reported 
701 
1,492 
1,407 
1,289 
1,260 
2,671 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
23,042 
40,078 
37,682 
35,523 
36,474 
67,155 
2 people 
85,120 
143,524 
129,690 
119,102 
119,029 
215,912 
3 people 
21,692 
36,898 
34,273 
32,271 
33,286 
61,367 
4 people 
17,801 
29,659 
27,764 
26,221 
28,078 
49,584 
5 or more people 
14,284 
21,352 
19,207 
18,271 
19,634 
34,792 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
93,276 
205,647 
216,294 
211,227 
220,770 
405,943 
25 to 49 percent 
30,003 
33,183 
15,914 
9,077 
6,197 
8,379 
50 to 74 percent 
23,640 
20,689 
10,243 
6,960 
6,013 
7,697 
75 to 99 percent 
9,355 
6,947 
3,507 
2,386 
2,000 
3,112 
1 00 percent 
5,665 
5,045 
2,658 
1,738 
1,521 
3,679 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
4,871 
6,253 
4,602 
3,873 
3,621 
8,018 
acres 
2,915,475 
2,725,551 
1,308,261 
850,461 
1,403,581 
14,073,389 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
109,482 
182,645 
166,840 
156,858 
161,278 
288,299 
Dial-up service 
11,137 
18,726 
16,475 
15,646 
15,291 
28,173 
DSL service 
43,062 
71,877 
65,999 
62,593 
64,496 
113,058 
Cable modem service 
16,954 
29,320 
27,584 
25,821 
26,811 
47,984 
Fiber-optic service 
5,948 
8,791 
7,353 
6,468 
6,553 
10,743 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
19,740 
32,709 
29,583 
27,734 
28,287 
51,740 
Satellite service 
20,823 
34,330 
30,728 
28,162 
28,842 
53,800 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,761 
4,653 
4,284 
3,998 
4,111 
7,439 
Other Internet service 
2,539 
4,452 
4,295 
4,206 
4,584 
7,442 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
127,270 
219,066 
205,127 
194,103 
201,539 
375,608 
2 households 
26,984 
41,656 
34,567 
29,302 
27,228 
41 ,796 
3 households 
4,730 
6,373 
5,068 
4,462 
4,341 
6,409 
4 households 
1,775 
2,701 
2,204 
2,090 
2,021 
2,980 
5 or more households 
1,180 
1,715 
1,650 
1,431 
1,372 
2,017 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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