Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,809 
1,392 
1,542 
630 
934 
1,459 
Female 
5,414 
94 
214 
68 
57 
130 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,114 
1,325 
1,480 
557 
745 
1,013 
Other 
24,109 
161 
276 
141 
246 
576 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
33,570 
1,245 
1,548 
584 
742 
1,208 
Not on farm operated 
9,653 
241 
208 
114 
249 
381 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
16,775 
1,008 
1,161 
450 
534 
711 
Any 
26,448 
478 
595 
248 
457 
878 
1 to 49 days 
3,033 
59 
51 
37 
56 
82 
50 to 99 days 
1,523 
27 
45 
15 
33 
68 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,200 
65 
110 
47 
78 
150 
200 days or more 
17,692 
327 
389 
149 
290 
578 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,425 
21 
53 
9 
30 
62 
3 or 4 years 
2,205 
49 
57 
22 
41 
66 
5 to 9 years 
6,195 
198 
244 
71 
98 
147 
1 0 years or more 
33,398 
1,218 
1,402 
596 
822 
1,314 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
23.3 
23.2 
25.4 
27.0 
26.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,056 
15 
36 
4 
17 
45 
3 or 4 years 
1,790 
34 
42 
13 
26 
52 
5 to 9 years 
5,473 
162 
185 
52 
71 
121 
1 0 years or more 
34,904 
1,275 
1,493 
629 
877 
1,371 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
25.5 
25.4 
27.5 
29.5 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
231 
3 
13 
5 
3 
12 
25 to 34 years 
1,814 
74 
101 
36 
53 
96 
35 to 44 years 
4,289 
253 
200 
102 
130 
175 
45 to 49 years 
3,572 
173 
188 
61 
71 
109 
50 to 54 years 
5,111 
238 
279 
113 
118 
179 
55 to 59 years 
5,991 
240 
302 
120 
131 
219 
60 to 64 years 
6,388 
205 
278 
86 
156 
218 
65 to 69 years 
5,764 
147 
195 
80 
134 
176 
70 years and over 
10,063 
153 
200 
95 
195 
405 
Average age 
59.3 
54.3 
55.4 
55.4 
58.0 
59.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
332 
5 
14 
3 
5 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
488 
7 
22 
8 
19 
13 
Asian 
67 
12 
14 
2 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
2,779 
5 
7 
9 
23 
41 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
39,586 
1,454 
1,699 
672 
940 
1,525 
More than one race reported 
301 
8 
14 
7 
8 
9 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,143 
107 
197 
76 
115 
225 
2 people 
23,475 
708 
892 
346 
552 
907 
3 people 
6,259 
247 
303 
136 
132 
206 
4 people 
5,061 
303 
266 
112 
134 
176 
5 or more people 
2,285 
121 
98 
28 
58 
75 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
34,353 
166 
218 
144 
350 
774 
25 to 49 percent 
2,899 
136 
223 
89 
151 
266 
50 to 74 percent 
2,791 
313 
430 
192 
241 
320 
75 to 99 percent 
1,657 
451 
432 
131 
130 
122 
1 00 percent 
1,523 
420 
453 
142 
119 
107 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
168 
111 
36 
67 
51 
acres 
671,273 
216,505 
115,141 
66,627 
73,143 
41,191 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
27,925 
1,228 
1,296 
497 
696 
1,067 
Dial-up service 
2,613 
87 
87 
54 
61 
104 
DSL service 
1 1 ,978 
626 
608 
210 
315 
427 
Cable modem service 
5,564 
160 
188 
58 
105 
225 
Fiber-optic service 
658 
47 
55 
13 
14 
34 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,027 
235 
265 
131 
142 
203 
Satellite service 
4,427 
226 
187 
76 
142 
167 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
435 
14 
23 
9 
11 
15 
Other Internet service 
344 
19 
25 
13 
8 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
35,276 
976 
1,313 
525 
711 
1,206 
2 households 
6,423 
338 
334 
134 
204 
329 
3 households 
901 
108 
76 
16 
45 
36 
4 households 
399 
28 
31 
13 
15 
9 
5 or more households 
224 
36 
2 
10 
16 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
