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 
560 
1,000 
1,016 
1,250 
1,285 
5,374 
Female 
140 
507 
506 
645 
1,012 
4,760 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
481 
976 
966 
1,164 
1,413 
6,618 
Other 
219 
531 
556 
731 
884 
3,516 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
543 
1,198 
1,271 
1,588 
2,002 
8,761 
Not on farm operated 
157 
309 
251 
307 
295 
1,373 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
254 
617 
621 
820 
938 
4,819 
Any 
446 
890 
901 
1,075 
1,359 
5,315 
1 to 49 days 
60 
136 
100 
171 
198 
629 
50 to 99 days 
41 
75 
82 
117 
179 
629 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
89 
191 
203 
171 
239 
881 
200 days or more 
256 
488 
516 
616 
743 
3,176 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
6 
54 
39 
80 
55 
293 
3 or 4 years 
30 
91 
56 
131 
134 
351 
5 to 9 years 
131 
195 
230 
240 
292 
965 
1 0 years or more 
533 
1,167 
1,197 
1,444 
1,816 
8,525 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
22.9 
23.6 
23.4 
23.6 
26.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5 
41 
26 
53 
36 
236 
3 or 4 years 
24 
75 
47 
115 
117 
328 
5 to 9 years 
98 
160 
188 
208 
226 
855 
1 0 years or more 
573 
1,231 
1,261 
1,519 
1,918 
8,715 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
25.2 
25.6 
25.4 
25.5 
27.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
9 
1 
8 
16 
83 
25 to 34 years 
23 
37 
17 
58 
26 
166 
35 to 44 years 
45 
111 
107 
130 
169 
717 
45 to 49 years 
40 
129 
113 
130 
176 
839 
50 to 54 years 
91 
188 
192 
234 
275 
1,222 
55 to 59 years 
114 
207 
257 
268 
384 
1,442 
60 to 64 years 
99 
195 
216 
275 
336 
1,490 
65 to 69 years 
104 
234 
230 
265 
318 
1,311 
70 years and over 
177 
397 
389 
527 
597 
2,864 
Average age 
60.5 
60.6 
61.5 
61.6 
61.2 
61.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
36 
65 
78 
80 
85 
178 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
115 
571 
676 
966 
1,319 
7,400 
Asian 
12 
10 
6 
17 
25 
15 
Black or African American 
6 
4 
- 
4 
2 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
566 
916 
835 
903 
940 
2,674 
More than one race reported 
1 
6 
5 
5 
11 
36 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
105 
204 
292 
396 
423 
1,975 
2 people 
373 
742 
714 
762 
841 
3,621 
3 people 
99 
193 
190 
255 
398 
1,513 
4 people 
69 
153 
108 
213 
299 
1,296 
5 or more people 
54 
215 
218 
269 
336 
1,729 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
460 
1,138 
1,226 
1,645 
2,067 
9,267 
25 to 49 percent 
92 
162 
129 
123 
67 
324 
50 to 74 percent 
66 
100 
89 
63 
99 
194 
75 to 99 percent 
45 
33 
28 
32 
34 
102 
1 00 percent 
37 
74 
50 
32 
30 
247 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
55 
63 
60 
57 
79 
344 
acres 
132,444 
263,659 
28,497 
3,058 
916 
996,154 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
508 
862 
815 
914 
1,040 
3,163 
Dial-up service 
29 
57 
63 
81 
69 
527 
DSL service 
191 
245 
243 
290 
309 
809 
Cable modem service 
46 
114 
118 
122 
147 
458 
Fiber-optic service 
17 
26 
22 
16 
28 
39 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
94 
198 
102 
180 
189 
577 
Satellite service 
149 
264 
292 
248 
299 
829 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
41 
44 
30 
22 
26 
102 
Other Internet service 
20 
23 
27 
42 
60 
153 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
546 
1,058 
1,063 
1,419 
1,689 
7,652 
2 households 
104 
276 
324 
318 
363 
1,629 
3 households 
24 
96 
60 
69 
116 
440 
4 households 
22 
30 
35 
56 
75 
256 
5 or more households 
4 
47 
40 
33 
54 
157 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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