Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,821,039 
1,189,583 
502,357 
129,099 
1 ,028,948 
792,091 
Female 
288,264 
238,768 
30,713 
18,783 
152,204 
136,060 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,007,904 
578,590 
345,005 
84,309 
574,217 
433,687 
Other 
1,101,399 
849,761 
188,065 
63,573 
606,935 
494,464 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,621,591 
1,099,613 
446,595 
75,383 
875,423 
746,168 
Not on farm operated 
487,712 
328,738 
86,475 
72,499 
305,729 
181,983 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
823,659 
527,984 
242,847 
52,828 
486,284 
337,375 
Any 
1 ,285,644 
900,367 
290,223 
95,054 
694,868 
590,776 
1 to 49 days 
169,761 
117,231 
39,752 
12,778 
99,342 
70,419 
50 to 99 days 
92,876 
63,787 
21,559 
7,530 
51,886 
40,990 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
180,407 
122,853 
44,061 
13,493 
97,442 
82,965 
200 days or more 
842,600 
596,496 
184,851 
61,253 
446,198 
396,402 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68,180 
46,346 
10,365 
1 1 ,469 
35,648 
32,532 
3 or 4 years 
103,370 
69,362 
17,733 
16,275 
51,140 
52,230 
5 to 9 years 
297,548 
214,915 
54,360 
28,273 
146,042 
151,506 
1 0 years or more 
1,640,205 
1 ,097,728 
450,612 
91,865 
948,322 
691 ,883 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
22.0 
26.1 
17.8 
24.0 
21.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47,782 
33,337 
6,498 
7,947 
25,391 
22,391 
3 or 4 years 
82,324 
56,365 
12,826 
13,133 
40,891 
41,433 
5 to 9 years 
252,290 
183,987 
43,323 
24,980 
123,769 
128,521 
1 0 years or more 
1,726,907 
1,154,662 
470,423 
101,822 
991,101 
735,806 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
24.2 
28.4 
20.4 
26.1 
23.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10,714 
4,100 
2,308 
4,306 
6,462 
4,252 
25 to 34 years 
109,119 
50,247 
33,456 
25,416 
56,216 
52,903 
35 to 44 years 
214,106 
125,937 
64,235 
23,934 
108,517 
105,589 
45 to 49 years 
186,605 
118,545 
53,499 
14,561 
97,059 
89,546 
50 to 54 years 
279,431 
180,991 
79,349 
19,091 
148,648 
130,783 
55 to 59 years 
306,011 
203,341 
84,476 
18,194 
166,074 
139,937 
60 to 64 years 
302,041 
210,299 
76,901 
14,841 
167,912 
134,129 
65 to 69 years 
251,976 
184,707 
57,106 
10,163 
145,919 
106,057 
70 years and over 
449,300 
350,184 
81,740 
17,376 
284,345 
164,955 
Average age 
58.3 
60.0 
56.1 
50.4 
59.3 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
67,000 
51,376 
10,785 
4,839 
39,769 
27,231 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
37,851 
16,905 
7,283 
13,663 
20,050 
17,801 
Asian 
13,669 
9,998 
1,232 
2,439 
7,108 
6,561 
Black or African American 
33,371 
22,505 
7,782 
3,084 
22,866 
10,505 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1,468 
996 
186 
286 
813 
655 
White 
2,012,652 
1,370,470 
514,429 
127,753 
1,125,142 
887,510 
More than one race reported 
10,292 
7,477 
2,158 
657 
5,173 
5,119 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
300,435 
218,972 
57,914 
23,549 
254,542 
45,893 
2 people 
1,070,365 
750,249 
263,088 
57,028 
563,366 
506,999 
3 people 
294,277 
189,922 
80,171 
24,184 
146,416 
147,861 
4 people 
250,753 
153,639 
73,406 
23,708 
123,466 
127,287 
5 or more people 
193,473 
115,569 
58,491 
19,413 
93,362 
100,111 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 ,483,837 
1,150,774 
247,499 
85,564 
824,486 
659,351 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
95,575 
57,477 
15,454 
97,323 
71,183 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
91,051 
79,012 
18,667 
107,966 
80,764 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
52,408 
79,582 
14,259 
82,061 
64,188 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
38,543 
69,500 
13,938 
69,316 
52,665 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67,939 
40,274 
19,262 
8,403 
37,039 
30,900 
acres 
132,807,072 
72,633,435 
48,707,513 
11,466,124 
77,855,696 
54,951,376 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
970,066 
395,667 
102,373 
750,276 
717,830 
Dial-up service 
139,677 
95,960 
37,074 
6,643 
74,467 
65,210 
DSL service 
584,384 
383,249 
160,130 
41,005 
295,176 
289,208 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
158,575 
48,946 
18,396 
121,173 
104,744 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
44,248 
25,455 
6,279 
39,519 
36,463 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267,804 
168,938 
76,480 
22,386 
126,562 
141,242 
Satellite service 
282,776 
183,302 
82,236 
17,238 
137,492 
145,284 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37,580 
25,356 
9,672 
2,552 
18,542 
19,038 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
25,805 
9,355 
2,467 
17,509 
20,118 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,700,363 
1,182,557 
405,782 
112,024 
1,016,917 
683,446 
2 households 
308,216 
188,633 
94,269 
25,314 
123,425 
184,791 
3 households 
59,080 
32,855 
20,219 
6,006 
21,351 
37,729 
4 households 
24,207 
14,006 
7,645 
2,556 
1 1 ,663 
12,544 
5 or more households 
17,437 
10,300 
5,155 
1,982 
7,796 
9,641 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
238 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
