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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,636 
5,455 
5,652 
4,929 
4,766 
8,414 
Female 
197 
637 
659 
767 
1,049 
1,542 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,552 
2,846 
2,628 
1,975 
1,859 
3,134 
Other 
1,281 
3,246 
3,683 
3,721 
3,956 
6,822 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,238 
4,901 
4,941 
4,250 
4,230 
7,683 
Not on farm operated 
595 
1,191 
1,370 
1,446 
1,585 
2,273 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,165 
2,363 
2,237 
2,016 
1,906 
3,224 
Any 
1,668 
3,729 
4,074 
3,680 
3,909 
6,732 
1 to 49 days 
155 
417 
477 
423 
511 
765 
50 to 99 days 
116 
209 
252 
224 
198 
336 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
294 
651 
673 
582 
560 
990 
200 days or more 
1,103 
2,452 
2,672 
2,451 
2,640 
4,641 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
64 
182 
148 
186 
234 
436 
3 or 4 years 
85 
233 
319 
327 
375 
631 
5 to 9 years 
287 
714 
868 
892 
1,048 
1,628 
1 0 years or more 
2,397 
4,963 
4,976 
4,291 
4,158 
7,261 
Average years on present farm 
27.0 
25.0 
23.3 
22.0 
19.9 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
43 
124 
107 
128 
199 
338 
3 or 4 years 
66 
177 
278 
259 
305 
538 
5 to 9 years 
238 
616 
747 
798 
984 
1,499 
1 0 years or more 
2,486 
5,175 
5,179 
4,511 
4,327 
7,581 
Average years operating any farm 
29.2 
27.1 
25.1 
23.7 
21.5 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
18 
39 
29 
52 
42 
25 to 34 years 
97 
239 
263 
184 
274 
397 
35 to 44 years 
249 
511 
559 
518 
562 
1,030 
45 to 49 years 
210 
437 
460 
473 
430 
960 
50 to 54 years 
297 
599 
682 
633 
747 
1,226 
55 to 59 years 
390 
804 
799 
739 
794 
1,453 
60 to 64 years 
390 
911 
915 
859 
828 
1,542 
65 to 69 years 
417 
901 
890 
818 
693 
1,313 
70 years and over 
768 
1,672 
1,704 
1,443 
1,435 
1,993 
Average age 
60.6 
60.9 
60.5 
60.4 
59.3 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
19 
65 
30 
44 
42 
93 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
19 
71 
57 
55 
93 
124 
Asian 
3 
1 
4 
2 
7 
20 
Black or African American 
147 
438 
439 
452 
409 
809 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
White 
2,644 
5,523 
5,763 
5,152 
5,267 
8,947 
More than one race reported 
20 
58 
48 
35 
38 
56 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
382 
808 
919 
874 
904 
1,536 
2 people 
1,526 
3,538 
3,543 
3,192 
3,112 
5,159 
3 people 
455 
837 
838 
762 
843 
1,500 
4 people 
342 
612 
725 
611 
653 
1,127 
5 or more people 
128 
297 
286 
257 
303 
634 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,763 
4,900 
5,630 
5,329 
5,537 
9,542 
25 to 49 percent 
550 
655 
362 
183 
110 
174 
50 to 74 percent 
354 
327 
230 
131 
104 
149 
75 to 99 percent 
98 
130 
41 
24 
45 
53 
1 00 percent 
68 
80 
48 
29 
19 
38 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
58 
96 
88 
88 
78 
189 
acres 
53,418 
20,243 
18,169 
24,879 
9,262 
32,695 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,789 
3,833 
3,919 
3,637 
3,635 
6,328 
Dial-up service 
197 
440 
376 
330 
339 
538 
DSL service 
763 
1,609 
1,663 
1,505 
1,564 
2,688 
Cable modem service 
341 
718 
796 
810 
796 
1,367 
Fiber-optic service 
51 
77 
77 
78 
74 
138 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
329 
617 
752 
634 
600 
1,119 
Satellite service 
316 
665 
609 
554 
510 
975 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
24 
84 
58 
69 
41 
87 
Other Internet service 
14 
51 
37 
31 
38 
94 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,220 
4,886 
5,139 
4,794 
4,809 
8,697 
2 households 
496 
962 
979 
772 
814 
1,061 
3 households 
88 
137 
98 
75 
117 
105 
4 households 
21 
83 
56 
37 
38 
68 
5 or more households 
8 
24 
39 
18 
37 
25 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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