Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
594 
385 
12 
3 
27 
57 
115 
171 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,218 
784 
- 
15 
34 
155 
193 
387 
$5,000 to $9,999 
546 
354 
- 
9 
14 
69 
100 
162 
$10,000 to $24,999 
604 
418 
- 
13 
27 
59 
128 
191 
$25,000 to $49,999 
375 
313 
6 
8 
18 
62 
88 
131 
$50,000 or more 
985 
818 
- 
30 
74 
157 
286 
271 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
15,683 
10,147 
75 
178 
629 
1,791 
2,842 
4,632 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
22,616 
25,020 
7,235 
93,069 
39,623 
29,950 
23,987 
19,437 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,235 
824 
1 
12 
42 
110 
206 
453 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,623 
3,879 
46 
46 
214 
669 
1,005 
1,899 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,771 
2,509 
14 
42 
147 
460 
691 
1,155 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,035 
1,744 
13 
44 
132 
312 
546 
697 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,144 
592 
- 
15 
38 
134 
192 
213 
$50,000 or more 
875 
599 
1 
19 
56 
106 
202 
215 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
20 
15 
5 
6 
4 
$1,000 
1,916 
1,129 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
811 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,991 
1,950 
6 
48 
169 
384 
611 
732 
$1,000 
95,875 
73,587 
499 
2,884 
6,885 
17,085 
28,191 
18,043 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
572 
451 
20 
39 
112 
129 
151 
$1,000 
19,799 
18,587 
- 
1,064 
1,564 
4,048 
6,877 
5,034 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
483 
298 
_ 
3 
21 
37 
91 
146 
$1,000 
13,367 
9,153 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,767 
3,366 
3,388 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
103 
80 
5 
5 
18 
21 
31 
$1,000 
162 
56 
- 
7 
4 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
323 
185 
3 
4 
52 
58 
68 
$1,000 
10,573 
3,722 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,190 
1,556 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
574 
408 
6 
16 
39 
70 
135 
142 
$1,000 
16,973 
15,613 
42 
888 
2,656 
3,778 
4,629 
3,620 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
162 
102 
6 
9 
5 
33 
27 
22 
$1,000 
10,363 
8,295 
457 
497 
337 
2,548 
2,888 
1,568 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
131 
111 
_ 
2 
11 
22 
41 
35 
$1,000 
876 
690 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
53 
236 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,107 
668 
7 
74 
116 
233 
238 
$1,000 
23,762 
1 7,472 
- 
357 
1,363 
3,534 
8,817 
3,401 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
8,144 
5,693 
17 
129 
336 
1,044 
1,672 
2,495 
acres 
1,150,811 
969,707 
1,022 
43,061 
124,724 
184,974 
329,683 
286,243 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,587 
3,978 
11 
82 
259 
722 
1,219 
1,685 
acres 
890,130 
799,755 
378 
37,054 
1 1 1 ,957 
153,399 
280,123 
216,844 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,538 
3,088 
5 
33 
171 
553 
913 
1,413 
50 to 99 acres 
211 
143 
6 
5 
4 
25 
38 
65 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
189 
160 
- 
8 
12 
38 
46 
56 
200 to 499 acres 
257 
226 
- 
16 
23 
26 
91 
70 
500 to 999 acres 
164 
147 
- 
10 
15 
38 
51 
33 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
109 
105 
- 
5 
21 
25 
37 
17 
2,000 acres or more 
119 
109 
- 
5 
13 
17 
43 
31 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
939 
565 
25 
26 
82 
177 
255 
acres 
85,278 
64,090 
- 
2,002 
1,664 
7,690 
10,626 
42,108 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,327 
978 
1 
19 
43 
211 
270 
434 
acres 
12,222 
8,834 
(D) 
(D) 
432 
2,324 
2,398 
3,618 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,628 
1,112 
12 
32 
67 
188 
307 
506 
acres 
143,067 
80,278 
(D) 
(D) 
9,053 
20,388 
29,858 
17,965 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
237 
158 
6 
4 
9 
22 
49 
68 
acres 
20,114 
16,750 
(D) 
(D) 
1,618 
1,173 
6,678 
5,708 
Total woodland 
farms 
520 
316 
_ 
5 
9 
57 
110 
135 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
116 
604 
(D) 
4,941 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
327 
203 
- 
5 
7 
41 
63 
87 
acres 
23,739 
15,132 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
204 
1 1 ,282 
3,346 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
243 
139 
- 
2 
2 
20 
59 
56 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
400 
(D) 
1,595 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
196 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
