Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
16,512 
154 
131 
145 
385 
300 
Not on farm operated 
3,493 
249 
99 
124 
164 
142 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,186 
279 
165 
158 
278 
213 
Any 
10,819 
124 
65 
111 
271 
229 
1 to 49 days 
1,435 
27 
13 
12 
41 
38 
50 to 99 days 
1,191 
4 
7 
13 
28 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,894 
10 
9 
8 
47 
38 
200 days or more 
6,299 
83 
36 
78 
155 
140 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
612 
17 
13 
1 
25 
26 
3 or 4 years 
882 
19 
4 
15 
31 
18 
5 to 9 years 
2,350 
61 
27 
30 
101 
69 
1 0 years or more 
16,161 
306 
186 
223 
392 
329 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
20.7 
21.1 
25.6 
22.0 
21.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
460 
12 
9 
1 
21 
17 
3 or 4 years 
775 
12 
5 
7 
22 
21 
5 to 9 years 
1,958 
42 
23 
23 
72 
55 
1 0 years or more 
16,812 
337 
193 
238 
434 
349 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
25.7 
23.7 
29.4 
25.1 
24.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
136 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
25 to 34 years 
425 
23 
15 
16 
33 
11 
35 to 44 years 
1,472 
65 
22 
26 
58 
17 
45 to 49 years 
1,565 
33 
10 
18 
36 
35 
50 to 54 years 
2,432 
53 
34 
27 
57 
50 
55 to 59 years 
3,054 
70 
65 
64 
91 
84 
60 to 64 years 
2,863 
65 
27 
34 
52 
66 
65 to 69 years 
2,691 
37 
21 
31 
81 
56 
70 years and over 
5,367 
57 
36 
53 
141 
111 
Average age 
61.1 
55.7 
56.9 
58.3 
59.2 
60.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
716 
43 
35 
20 
51 
45 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11,190 
6 
12 
8 
20 
69 
Asian 
97 
8 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,621 
387 
215 
261 
525 
370 
More than one race reported 
72 
2 
2 
- 
1 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,671 
40 
32 
40 
88 
66 
2 people 
8,025 
191 
102 
140 
300 
208 
3 people 
2,933 
63 
32 
46 
76 
65 
4 people 
2,375 
52 
38 
17 
64 
62 
5 or more people 
3,001 
57 
26 
26 
21 
41 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
87 
37 
77 
190 
262 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
47 
16 
37 
52 
55 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
71 
36 
48 
111 
57 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
84 
60 
51 
131 
34 
1 00 percent 
822 
114 
81 
56 
65 
34 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
958 
94 
45 
42 
71 
39 
acres 
20,437,314 
1,046,407 
108,670 
1,210,362 
1,271,677 
442,890 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,936 
388 
200 
220 
450 
349 
Dial-up service 
895 
10 
6 
12 
19 
18 
DSL service 
2,662 
129 
64 
71 
155 
141 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
82 
62 
43 
83 
68 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
12 
3 
13 
16 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,723 
105 
52 
54 
102 
64 
Satellite service 
2,493 
96 
49 
71 
114 
75 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
356 
32 
6 
10 
24 
19 
Other Internet service 
362 
18 
6 
6 
4 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,700 
194 
135 
177 
384 
338 
2 households 
3,397 
110 
67 
47 
92 
60 
3 households 
951 
40 
14 
26 
43 
20 
4 households 
547 
33 
6 
14 
6 
12 
5 or more households 
410 
26 
8 
5 
24 
12 
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 
19,288 
319 
211 
229 
490 
391 
acres 
8,240,659 
1 ,283,840 
317,361 
465,328 
955,846 
653,129 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,364 
76 
62 
63 
138 
75 
acres 
1,928,152 
183,944 
125,345 
166,961 
171,808 
97,871 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Arizona 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
