Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,199 
1,561 
1,072 
2,804 
1,564 
609 
409 
Not on farm operated 
698 
480 
310 
1,011 
666 
302 
170 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,222 
834 
582 
1,638 
1,123 
486 
325 
Any 
1,675 
1,207 
800 
2,177 
1,107 
425 
254 
1 to 49 days 
188 
100 
108 
262 
157 
58 
41 
50 to 99 days 
103 
84 
44 
117 
83 
34 
25 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
303 
184 
135 
382 
165 
69 
42 
200 days or more 
1,081 
839 
513 
1,416 
702 
264 
146 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
80 
42 
28 
82 
40 
13 
9 
3 or 4 years 
94 
63 
66 
97 
81 
26 
10 
5 to 9 years 
281 
223 
116 
349 
151 
78 
31 
1 0 years or more 
2,442 
1,713 
1,172 
3,287 
1,958 
794 
529 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
25.8 
26.2 
27.7 
28.4 
28.6 
31.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
54 
28 
21 
55 
22 
4 
7 
3 or 4 years 
76 
48 
59 
65 
58 
13 
8 
5 to 9 years 
234 
194 
91 
301 
122 
49 
18 
1 0 years or more 
2,533 
1,771 
1,211 
3,394 
2,028 
845 
546 
Average years operating any farm 
27.2 
27.6 
28.4 
29.6 
30.2 
31.3 
33.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
6 
14 
8 
15 
5 
- 
25 to 34 years 
76 
86 
21 
98 
84 
36 
16 
35 to 44 years 
236 
185 
105 
311 
199 
82 
39 
45 to 49 years 
174 
133 
91 
251 
161 
64 
48 
50 to 54 years 
318 
223 
154 
431 
223 
108 
69 
55 to 59 years 
435 
254 
179 
511 
347 
146 
78 
60 to 64 years 
377 
338 
233 
551 
319 
131 
101 
65 to 69 years 
410 
256 
200 
578 
293 
136 
73 
70 years and over 
867 
560 
385 
1,076 
589 
203 
155 
Average age 
61.8 
60.9 
61.7 
61.6 
60.4 
59.7 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
13 
18 
12 
22 
26 
5 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
25 
29 
13 
38 
17 
8 
4 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
168 
103 
85 
136 
55 
11 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
White 
2,678 
1,893 
1,279 
3,623 
2,144 
882 
566 
More than one race reported 
25 
16 
5 
17 
12 
10 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
451 
343 
223 
633 
315 
118 
62 
2 people 
1,658 
1,115 
779 
2,073 
1,257 
513 
336 
3 people 
385 
271 
182 
507 
275 
126 
82 
4 people 
280 
225 
145 
435 
265 
110 
70 
5 or more people 
123 
87 
53 
167 
118 
44 
29 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,213 
1,535 
982 
2,482 
1,235 
418 
217 
25 to 49 percent 
248 
218 
151 
455 
244 
93 
67 
50 to 74 percent 
233 
157 
138 
481 
301 
146 
108 
75 to 99 percent 
104 
58 
65 
204 
207 
134 
108 
1 00 percent 
99 
73 
46 
193 
243 
120 
79 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
63 
27 
31 
84 
90 
62 
105 
acres 
9,810 
5,249 
7,210 
29,767 
67,626 
85,096 
440,315 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,792 
1,257 
851 
2,415 
1,528 
672 
461 
Dial-up service 
188 
118 
87 
252 
133 
52 
43 
DSL service 
751 
519 
385 
986 
638 
253 
183 
Cable modem service 
330 
241 
153 
507 
284 
135 
61 
Fiber-optic service 
37 
24 
23 
66 
48 
30 
18 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
318 
202 
140 
428 
324 
144 
117 
Satellite service 
314 
247 
125 
417 
274 
135 
95 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
32 
22 
13 
42 
23 
16 
11 
Other Internet service 
11 
13 
10 
30 
11 
8 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,316 
1,669 
1,114 
2,964 
1,677 
608 
330 
2 households 
488 
318 
217 
665 
421 
185 
139 
3 households 
64 
30 
42 
100 
96 
75 
59 
4 households 
17 
17 
6 
59 
27 
28 
25 
5 or more households 
12 
7 
3 
27 
9 
15 
26 
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 
2,835 
1,997 
1,343 
3,678 
2,116 
850 
491 
acres 
443,573 
393,391 
320,282 
1,287,343 
1 ,442,778 
1,132,539 
1,713,589 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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