Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,116 
4,575 
4,583 
3,833 
3,489 
9,775 
Not on farm operated 
546 
998 
1,008 
949 
757 
4,232 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,097 
2,133 
2,003 
1,633 
1,260 
4,853 
Any 
1,565 
3,440 
3,588 
3,149 
2,986 
9,154 
1 to 49 days 
145 
365 
393 
340 
310 
1,203 
50 to 99 days 
113 
194 
222 
202 
158 
458 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
277 
606 
629 
516 
460 
1,278 
200 days or more 
1,030 
2,275 
2,344 
2,091 
2,058 
6,215 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
56 
167 
131 
156 
205 
536 
3 or 4 years 
76 
209 
284 
296 
310 
802 
5 to 9 years 
265 
678 
761 
790 
844 
2,107 
1 0 years or more 
2,265 
4,519 
4,415 
3,540 
2,887 
10,562 
Average years on present farm 
27.1 
24.8 
23.2 
21.5 
18.5 
21.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
113 
95 
96 
176 
423 
3 or 4 years 
57 
160 
246 
234 
250 
680 
5 to 9 years 
220 
581 
658 
705 
786 
1,939 
1 0 years or more 
2,348 
4,719 
4,592 
3,747 
3,034 
10,965 
Average years operating any farm 
29.3 
26.8 
25.1 
23.4 
20.2 
22.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
24 
36 
29 
46 
51 
25 to 34 years 
92 
234 
247 
181 
250 
457 
35 to 44 years 
257 
482 
515 
477 
482 
1,235 
45 to 49 years 
184 
412 
425 
449 
371 
1,132 
50 to 54 years 
294 
548 
639 
567 
597 
1,564 
55 to 59 years 
363 
765 
712 
631 
589 
1,939 
60 to 64 years 
363 
821 
825 
722 
633 
2,104 
65 to 69 years 
389 
838 
748 
645 
493 
1,945 
70 years and over 
711 
1,449 
1,444 
1,081 
785 
3,580 
Average age 
60.4 
60.4 
59.9 
59.1 
57.1 
60.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
18 
52 
21 
45 
35 
122 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
19 
65 
49 
56 
69 
162 
Asian 
3 
1 
3 
2 
6 
22 
Black or African American 
137 
333 
403 
437 
369 
1,019 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
White 
2,482 
5,121 
5,092 
4,262 
3,771 
12,720 
More than one race reported 
21 
52 
44 
25 
30 
84 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
350 
700 
774 
609 
479 
2,521 
2 people 
1,437 
3,249 
3,103 
2,686 
2,297 
7,400 
3 people 
444 
744 
789 
701 
676 
1,905 
4 people 
312 
596 
669 
538 
551 
1,420 
5 or more people 
119 
284 
256 
248 
243 
761 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,615 
4,446 
4,998 
4,495 
4,070 
13,158 
25 to 49 percent 
546 
615 
326 
145 
79 
359 
50 to 74 percent 
333 
315 
182 
101 
66 
319 
75 to 99 percent 
101 
118 
35 
19 
17 
113 
1 00 percent 
67 
79 
50 
22 
14 
58 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
52 
89 
67 
64 
42 
286 
acres 
30,827 
26,960 
11,189 
8,728 
3,005 
97,507 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,691 
3,528 
3,487 
3,102 
2,781 
8,658 
Dial-up service 
184 
408 
340 
295 
279 
719 
DSL service 
715 
1,483 
1,491 
1,288 
1,226 
3,633 
Cable modem service 
324 
631 
657 
647 
523 
2,066 
Fiber-optic service 
57 
74 
61 
72 
62 
181 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
310 
579 
677 
563 
476 
1,465 
Satellite service 
301 
613 
576 
478 
396 
1,280 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
76 
57 
56 
33 
123 
Other Internet service 
15 
46 
35 
29 
34 
107 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,088 
4,474 
4,578 
4,029 
3,514 
11,981 
2 households 
459 
909 
864 
654 
598 
1,625 
3 households 
89 
107 
81 
58 
83 
212 
4 households 
20 
64 
42 
26 
30 
124 
5 or more households 
6 
19 
26 
15 
21 
65 
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 
2,584 
5,471 
5,495 
4,710 
4,206 
13,661 
acres 
730,848 
979,294 
588,777 
392,175 
270,615 
2,018,104 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
102 
212 
124 
102 
99 
537 
acres 
61,376 
67,871 
15,697 
13,314 
21,215 
309,076 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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