Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,821,039 
883,337 
5,338 
44,406 
72,548 
156,822 
242,677 
361,546 
Female 
288,264 
124,567 
680 
4,970 
10,329 
25,479 
34,486 
48,623 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1 ,007,904 
1,007,904 
6,018 
49,376 
82,877 
182,301 
277,163 
410,169 
Other 
1,101,399 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,621,591 
823,003 
3,784 
33,920 
63,471 
147,617 
230,048 
344,163 
Not on farm operated 
487,712 
184,901 
2,234 
15,456 
19,406 
34,684 
47,115 
66,006 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
823,659 
638,844 
2,177 
20,801 
39,715 
97,181 
169,010 
309,960 
Any 
1,285,644 
369,060 
3,841 
28,575 
43,162 
85,120 
108,153 
100,209 
1 to 49 days 
169,761 
91,207 
1,038 
6,900 
9,618 
18,174 
27,105 
28,372 
50 to 99 days 
92,876 
48,474 
489 
3,078 
4,936 
9,910 
14,875 
15,186 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
180,407 
66,375 
645 
4,613 
7,370 
15,307 
20,532 
17,908 
200 days or more 
842,600 
163,004 
1,669 
13,984 
21,238 
41,729 
45,641 
38,743 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68,180 
25,619 
1,837 
5,874 
4,186 
4,932 
5,101 
3,689 
3 or 4 years 
103,370 
38,336 
2,132 
9,018 
6,641 
7,265 
7,539 
5,741 
5 to 9 years 
297,548 
111,155 
2,049 
19,589 
18,341 
23,178 
25,520 
22,478 
1 0 years or more 
1,640,205 
832,794 
- 
14,895 
53,709 
146,926 
239,003 
378,261 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
26.1 
3.9 
7.4 
13.0 
20.0 
25.5 
34.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47,782 
16,420 
1,581 
3,792 
2,530 
3,031 
3,183 
2,303 
3 or 4 years 
82,324 
28,763 
2,084 
7,392 
4,770 
5,180 
5,347 
3,990 
5 to 9 years 
252,290 
90,193 
2,353 
19,096 
14,984 
18,033 
19,159 
16,568 
1 0 years or more 
1,726,907 
872,528 
- 
19,096 
60,593 
156,057 
249,474 
387,308 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
28.6 
4.1 
8.4 
14.5 
22.1 
28.1 
37.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10,714 
6,018 
6,018 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
109,119 
49,376 
- 
49,376 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
214,106 
82,877 
- 
- 
82,877 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
186,605 
71,007 
- 
- 
- 
71,007 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
279,431 
1 1 1 ,294 
- 
- 
- 
1 1 1 ,294 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
306,011 
130,792 
- 
- 
- 
- 
130,792 
- 
60 to 64 years 
302,041 
146,371 
- 
- 
- 
- 
146,371 
- 
65 to 69 years 
251,976 
142,219 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
142,219 
70 years and over 
449,300 
267,950 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
267,950 
Average age 
58.3 
60.2 
22.0 
30.4 
40.0 
50.2 
59.7 
73.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
67,000 
31,820 
242 
1,295 
3,189 
6,542 
8,407 
12,145 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
37,851 
20,763 
155 
732 
1,622 
3,874 
5,556 
8,824 
Asian 
13,669 
8,149 
18 
413 
993 
1,873 
2,583 
2,269 
Black or African American 
33,371 
16,119 
92 
319 
736 
2,113 
4,528 
8,331 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1,468 
732 
- 
33 
71 
170 
226 
232 
White 
2,012,652 
957,467 
5,723 
47,655 
79,033 
173,473 
262,998 
388,585 
More than one race reported 
10,292 
4,674 
30 
224 
422 
798 
1,272 
1,928 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
300,435 
149,356 
1,724 
6,826 
7,826 
20,710 
37,453 
74,817 
2 people 
1,070,365 
548,744 
1,633 
10,862 
13,814 
63,682 
173,305 
285,448 
3 people 
294,277 
126,176 
1,188 
9,601 
11,704 
35,832 
37,044 
30,807 
4 people 
250,753 
97,920 
856 
11,531 
23,014 
33,749 
17,610 
11,160 
5 or more people 
193,473 
85,708 
617 
10,556 
26,519 
28,328 
11,751 
7,937 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 ,483,837 
525,352 
2,540 
18,653 
34,973 
78,976 
133,526 
256,684 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
96,242 
525 
4,840 
6,812 
14,177 
22,982 
46,906 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
139,489 
918 
8,094 
24,704 
34,632 
58,885 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
130,096 
1,003 
8,547 
26,573 
34,023 
47,315 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
116,725 
1,032 
9,242 
16,201 
37,871 
52,000 
379 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67,939 
47,823 
402 
3,571 
5,949 
12,181 
14,445 
1 1 ,275 
acres 
132,807,072 
95,256,214 
451,700 
3,934,498 
12,335,955 
22,911,224 
30,796,518 
24,826,319 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
677,159 
4,245 
38,050 
64,190 
139,236 
203,026 
228,412 
Dial-up service 
139,677 
71,377 
193 
1,804 
4,255 
11,515 
21,438 
32,172 
DSL service 
584,384 
267,109 
1,578 
14,701 
27,456 
57,371 
80,052 
85,951 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
93,069 
559 
4,987 
7,757 
18,201 
27,505 
34,060 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
39,395 
281 
2,549 
3,736 
8,633 
12,306 
1 1 ,890 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267,804 
122,375 
1,232 
10,942 
14,561 
26,477 
35,364 
33,799 
Satellite service 
282,776 
142,615 
684 
6,437 
12,209 
28,605 
43,228 
51,452 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37,580 
18,015 
135 
971 
1,703 
3,555 
4,978 
6,673 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
16,636 
95 
996 
1,609 
3,574 
5,023 
5,339 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,700,363 
776,958 
5,047 
40,074 
65,637 
140,473 
211,725 
314,002 
2 households 
308,216 
173,855 
690 
6,605 
11,587 
28,629 
48,643 
77,701 
3 households 
59,080 
34,188 
164 
1,406 
2,678 
7,374 
10,499 
4 households 
24,207 
13,139 
65 
757 
1,562 
3,309 
3,652 
5 or more households 
17,437 
9,764 
52 
534 
1,413 
2,516 
2,644 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
218 United States 2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
