Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
285 
128 
101 
388 
338 
249 
418 
Not on farm operated 
89 
72 
41 
152 
175 
180 
253 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
165 
80 
76 
294 
316 
254 
351 
Any 
209 
120 
66 
246 
197 
175 
320 
1 to 49 days 
30 
9 
9 
30 
33 
25 
70 
50 to 99 days 
28 
16 
4 
38 
15 
16 
24 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
37 
25 
27 
31 
26 
36 
48 
200 days or more 
114 
70 
26 
147 
123 
98 
178 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
13 
8 
2 
21 
17 
14 
22 
3 or 4 years 
25 
7 
- 
26 
21 
10 
23 
5 to 9 years 
69 
16 
27 
63 
65 
38 
92 
1 0 years or more 
267 
169 
113 
430 
410 
367 
534 
Average years on present farm 
21.5 
24.0 
26.7 
24.0 
24.8 
24.2 
25.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
13 
8 
1 
19 
11 
10 
13 
3 or 4 years 
15 
6 
- 
22 
19 
6 
18 
5 to 9 years 
60 
12 
22 
54 
49 
23 
71 
1 0 years or more 
286 
174 
119 
445 
434 
390 
569 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
26.7 
28.7 
26.8 
27.8 
27.4 
29.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
12 
9 
5 
40 
17 
10 
12 
35 to 44 years 
21 
14 
11 
26 
26 
48 
66 
45 to 49 years 
21 
20 
6 
30 
28 
22 
28 
50 to 54 years 
40 
15 
16 
49 
51 
43 
74 
55 to 59 years 
52 
30 
29 
90 
96 
55 
119 
60 to 64 years 
47 
28 
11 
74 
103 
75 
103 
65 to 69 years 
63 
32 
15 
71 
54 
63 
73 
70 years and over 
106 
52 
49 
160 
138 
113 
196 
Average age 
61.0 
60.7 
62.1 
61.3 
61.8 
61.0 
61.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
24 
11 
15 
61 
46 
24 
35 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
70 
34 
113 
91 
89 
176 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
4 
3 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
291 
129 
108 
420 
412 
329 
490 
More than one race reported 
5 
1 
- 
- 
8 
7 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
68 
22 
31 
98 
73 
73 
98 
2 people 
183 
108 
49 
310 
264 
209 
348 
3 people 
65 
26 
21 
53 
88 
41 
76 
4 people 
29 
22 
22 
56 
37 
61 
58 
5 or more people 
29 
22 
19 
23 
51 
45 
91 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
284 
160 
89 
361 
236 
240 
331 
25 to 49 percent 
28 
4 
19 
42 
36 
36 
72 
50 to 74 percent 
26 
18 
11 
50 
84 
39 
104 
75 to 99 percent 
22 
7 
12 
51 
78 
59 
91 
1 00 percent 
14 
11 
11 
36 
79 
55 
73 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
21 
6 
6 
47 
54 
52 
117 
acres 
3,247 
1,173 
1,470 
15,347 
35,287 
68,961 
20,300,409 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
242 
101 
81 
322 
364 
276 
445 
Dial-up service 
19 
4 
2 
24 
24 
25 
26 
DSL service 
75 
32 
14 
99 
104 
95 
148 
Cable modem service 
24 
20 
19 
46 
60 
48 
73 
Fiber-optic service 
4 
1 
5 
10 
9 
7 
19 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
61 
21 
23 
62 
96 
58 
85 
Satellite service 
79 
24 
23 
94 
124 
67 
145 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
9 
5 
3 
11 
16 
16 
18 
Other Internet service 
18 
6 
3 
16 
9 
8 
13 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
303 
128 
112 
370 
355 
274 
419 
2 households 
37 
47 
21 
104 
119 
100 
125 
3 households 
21 
4 
4 
21 
23 
31 
67 
4 households 
7 
6 
4 
18 
5 
15 
39 
5 or more households 
6 
15 
1 
27 
11 
9 
21 
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 
352 
178 
135 
524 
481 
376 
555 
acres 
55,458 
35,827 
32,456 
186,956 
330,460 
510,797 
6,885,840 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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