Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
33,570 
1,226 
1,546 
578 
706 
1,143 
Not on farm operated 
9,653 
236 
208 
111 
241 
367 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
16,775 
995 
1,157 
444 
515 
685 
Any 
26,448 
467 
597 
245 
432 
825 
1 to 49 days 
3,033 
59 
49 
37 
51 
81 
50 to 99 days 
1,523 
26 
46 
15 
29 
60 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,200 
64 
110 
43 
80 
137 
200 days or more 
17,692 
318 
392 
150 
272 
547 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,425 
21 
52 
10 
28 
63 
3 or 4 years 
2,205 
49 
57 
17 
40 
65 
5 to 9 years 
6,195 
198 
242 
71 
89 
150 
1 0 years or more 
33,398 
1,194 
1,403 
591 
790 
1,232 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
23.3 
23.1 
25.2 
27.2 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,056 
15 
35 
5 
15 
46 
3 or 4 years 
1,790 
34 
42 
8 
28 
51 
5 to 9 years 
5,473 
162 
184 
52 
64 
122 
1 0 years or more 
34,904 
1,251 
1,493 
624 
840 
1,291 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
25.5 
25.3 
27.2 
29.7 
28.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
231 
3 
13 
4 
4 
12 
25 to 34 years 
1,814 
70 
105 
33 
42 
103 
35 to 44 years 
4,289 
247 
202 
103 
125 
164 
45 to 49 years 
3,572 
169 
189 
62 
73 
106 
50 to 54 years 
5,111 
234 
280 
108 
117 
163 
55 to 59 years 
5,991 
238 
292 
128 
127 
207 
60 to 64 years 
6,388 
203 
278 
85 
148 
206 
65 to 69 years 
5,764 
146 
196 
76 
125 
163 
70 years and over 
10,063 
152 
199 
90 
186 
386 
Average age 
59.3 
54.4 
55.3 
55.3 
58.1 
58.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
332 
5 
14 
3 
5 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
488 
7 
21 
9 
19 
12 
Asian 
67 
12 
14 
2 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
2,779 
5 
7 
9 
22 
38 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
39,586 
1,430 
1,698 
662 
897 
1,451 
More than one race reported 
301 
8 
14 
7 
8 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,143 
105 
197 
76 
109 
223 
2 people 
23,475 
703 
884 
339 
530 
847 
3 people 
6,259 
243 
303 
137 
121 
196 
4 people 
5,061 
292 
271 
110 
134 
168 
5 or more people 
2,285 
119 
99 
27 
53 
76 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
34,353 
165 
217 
134 
333 
722 
25 to 49 percent 
2,899 
135 
223 
87 
132 
252 
50 to 74 percent 
2,791 
306 
431 
190 
234 
314 
75 to 99 percent 
1,657 
443 
431 
132 
134 
114 
1 00 percent 
1,523 
413 
452 
146 
114 
108 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
162 
115 
37 
64 
52 
acres 
671 ,273 
202,400 
127,646 
67,152 
64,007 
31,852 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
27,925 
1,206 
1,296 
492 
667 
1,017 
Dial-up service 
2,613 
87 
83 
57 
55 
106 
DSL service 
1 1 ,978 
612 
618 
205 
305 
402 
Cable modem service 
5,564 
160 
183 
62 
91 
220 
Fiber-optic service 
658 
47 
55 
13 
13 
23 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,027 
232 
262 
125 
133 
205 
Satellite service 
4,427 
218 
188 
74 
135 
168 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
435 
14 
23 
9 
11 
13 
Other Internet service 
344 
19 
25 
13 
7 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
35,276 
960 
1,307 
523 
676 
1,146 
2 households 
6,423 
336 
332 
133 
197 
316 
3 households 
901 
106 
78 
16 
40 
31 
4 households 
399 
24 
35 
8 
19 
7 
5 or more households 
224 
36 
2 
9 
15 
10 
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 
42,203 
1,366 
1,677 
661 
909 
1,463 
acres 
8,209,594 
1,012,921 
685,279 
368,231 
542,994 
620,356 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,651 
140 
102 
67 
77 
89 
acres 
920,093 
157,455 
97,560 
69,591 
56,622 
50,316 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
