Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,809 
26,238 
9,621 
1,950 
22,774 
15,035 
Female 
5,414 
4,671 
559 
184 
2,938 
2,476 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,114 
12,687 
5,501 
926 
11,654 
7,460 
Other 
24,109 
18,222 
4,679 
1,208 
14,058 
10,051 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
33,570 
24,105 
8,502 
963 
19,459 
14,111 
Not on farm operated 
9,653 
6,804 
1,678 
1,171 
6,253 
3,400 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
16,775 
12,164 
3,993 
618 
10,828 
5,947 
Any 
26,448 
18,745 
6,187 
1,516 
14,884 
1 1 ,564 
1 to 49 days 
3,033 
2,298 
579 
156 
1,817 
1,216 
50 to 99 days 
1,523 
1,091 
360 
72 
910 
613 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,200 
2,896 
1,050 
254 
2,456 
1,744 
200 days or more 
17,692 
12,460 
4,198 
1,034 
9,701 
7,991 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,425 
978 
266 
181 
726 
699 
3 or 4 years 
2,205 
1,452 
443 
310 
1,091 
1,114 
5 to 9 years 
6,195 
4,461 
1,275 
459 
3,095 
3,100 
1 0 years or more 
33,398 
24,018 
8,196 
1,184 
20,800 
12,598 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
22.7 
24.0 
15.3 
24.2 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,056 
755 
177 
124 
543 
513 
3 or 4 years 
1,790 
1,220 
329 
241 
877 
913 
5 to 9 years 
5,473 
3,985 
1,059 
429 
2,714 
2,759 
1 0 years or more 
34,904 
24,949 
8,615 
1,340 
21,578 
13,326 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
24.3 
26.0 
17.8 
25.9 
22.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
231 
89 
68 
74 
125 
106 
25 to 34 years 
1,814 
927 
534 
353 
868 
946 
35 to 44 years 
4,289 
2,564 
1,358 
367 
2,279 
2,010 
45 to 49 years 
3,572 
2,370 
974 
228 
1,941 
1,631 
50 to 54 years 
5,111 
3,512 
1,345 
254 
2,774 
2,337 
55 to 59 years 
5,991 
4,305 
1,467 
219 
3,429 
2,562 
60 to 64 years 
6,388 
4,727 
1,443 
218 
3,757 
2,631 
65 to 69 years 
5,764 
4,362 
1,235 
167 
3,620 
2,144 
70 years and over 
10,063 
8,053 
1,756 
254 
6,919 
3,144 
Average age 
59.3 
60.8 
56.6 
50.3 
60.7 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
332 
245 
55 
32 
234 
98 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
488 
364 
105 
19 
286 
202 
Asian 
67 
63 
1 
3 
25 
42 
Black or African American 
2,779 
1,734 
725 
320 
1,900 
879 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
White 
39,586 
28,532 
9,273 
1,781 
23,339 
16,247 
More than one race reported 
301 
214 
76 
11 
161 
140 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,143 
4,673 
1,161 
309 
5,212 
931 
2 people 
23,475 
17,329 
5,301 
845 
13,473 
10,002 
3 people 
6,259 
4,188 
1,653 
418 
3,279 
2,980 
4 people 
5,061 
3,179 
1,492 
390 
2,677 
2,384 
5 or more people 
2,285 
1,540 
573 
172 
1,071 
1,214 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
34,353 
26,040 
6,723 
1,590 
20,468 
13,885 
25 to 49 percent 
2,899 
1,651 
1,068 
180 
1,756 
1,143 
50 to 74 percent 
2,791 
1,573 
1,053 
165 
1,629 
1,162 
75 to 99 percent 
1,657 
911 
650 
96 
918 
739 
1 00 percent 
1,523 
734 
686 
103 
941 
582 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
674 
273 
83 
604 
426 
acres 
671 ,273 
252,005 
356,572 
62,696 
357,713 
313,560 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
27,925 
19,592 
6,901 
1,432 
15,126 
12,799 
Dial-up service 
2,613 
1,854 
662 
97 
1,470 
1,143 
DSL service 
11,978 
8,363 
3,003 
612 
6,370 
5,608 
Cable modem service 
5,564 
4,038 
1,228 
298 
3,164 
2,400 
Fiber-optic service 
658 
433 
186 
39 
344 
314 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,027 
3,364 
1,357 
306 
2,366 
2,661 
Satellite service 
4,427 
3,084 
1,156 
187 
2,397 
2,030 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
435 
312 
108 
15 
244 
191 
Other Internet service 
344 
261 
75 
8 
200 
144 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
35,276 
25,580 
7,937 
1,759 
22,219 
13,057 
2 households 
6,423 
4,376 
1,786 
261 
2,794 
3,629 
3 households 
901 
539 
292 
70 
372 
529 
4 households 
399 
261 
113 
25 
222 
177 
5 or more households 
224 
153 
52 
19 
105 
119 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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