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 
12,170 
398 
215 
230 
463 
379 
Female 
7,835 
12 
22 
36 
92 
103 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
13,219 
370 
217 
219 
445 
350 
Other 
6,786 
40 
20 
47 
110 
132 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
16,512 
156 
135 
148 
387 
323 
Not on farm operated 
3,493 
254 
102 
118 
168 
159 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,186 
286 
164 
157 
280 
230 
Any 
10,819 
124 
73 
109 
275 
252 
1 to 49 days 
1,435 
27 
13 
13 
41 
47 
50 to 99 days 
1,191 
4 
8 
12 
29 
15 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,894 
10 
9 
9 
47 
45 
200 days or more 
6,299 
83 
43 
75 
158 
145 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
612 
17 
13 
2 
24 
29 
3 or 4 years 
882 
19 
4 
18 
28 
20 
5 to 9 years 
2,350 
61 
32 
26 
108 
70 
1 0 years or more 
16,161 
313 
188 
220 
395 
363 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
20.8 
21.0 
25.9 
21.7 
22.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
460 
12 
9 
2 
20 
20 
3 or 4 years 
775 
12 
5 
10 
19 
23 
5 to 9 years 
1,958 
42 
23 
24 
79 
55 
1 0 years or more 
16,812 
344 
200 
230 
437 
384 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
25.7 
23.9 
29.3 
24.8 
25.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
136 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
25 to 34 years 
425 
23 
15 
18 
32 
10 
35 to 44 years 
1,472 
66 
22 
27 
58 
20 
45 to 49 years 
1,565 
33 
10 
18 
39 
38 
50 to 54 years 
2,432 
53 
37 
25 
62 
53 
55 to 59 years 
3,054 
75 
69 
56 
91 
91 
60 to 64 years 
2,863 
66 
27 
33 
52 
74 
65 to 69 years 
2,691 
37 
21 
31 
83 
57 
70 years and over 
5,367 
57 
36 
58 
138 
127 
Average age 
61.1 
55.7 
56.8 
58.6 
59.0 
60.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
716 
46 
32 
21 
50 
45 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11,190 
9 
9 
11 
24 
90 
Asian 
97 
8 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,621 
391 
225 
255 
527 
389 
More than one race reported 
72 
2 
2 
- 
1 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,671 
41 
34 
38 
87 
76 
2 people 
8,025 
195 
105 
138 
301 
233 
3 people 
2,933 
63 
33 
47 
79 
63 
4 people 
2,375 
53 
37 
19 
66 
62 
5 or more people 
3,001 
58 
28 
24 
22 
48 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
87 
37 
81 
194 
290 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
48 
18 
35 
55 
54 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
72 
38 
48 
108 
67 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
85 
63 
50 
129 
39 
1 00 percent 
822 
118 
81 
52 
69 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
958 
94 
46 
43 
75 
42 
acres 
20,437,314 
1,046,407 
109,185 
2,090,192 
10,387,532 
5,379,270 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,936 
391 
210 
217 
455 
361 
Dial-up service 
895 
10 
6 
14 
19 
20 
DSL service 
2,662 
129 
67 
72 
157 
150 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
82 
66 
40 
84 
67 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
13 
2 
13 
16 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,723 
105 
55 
51 
103 
69 
Satellite service 
2,493 
98 
47 
76 
116 
75 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
356 
32 
9 
7 
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 
195 
146 
171 
389 
372 
2 households 
3,397 
115 
63 
49 
91 
65 
3 households 
951 
41 
14 
26 
45 
20 
4 households 
547 
33 
6 
15 
6 
13 
5 or more households 
410 
26 
8 
5 
24 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
