Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
12,170 
5,758 
1,657 
4,755 
5,746 
6,424 
Female 
7,835 
2,540 
996 
4,299 
3,955 
3,880 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
13,219 
4,477 
1,996 
6,746 
6,510 
6,709 
Other 
6,786 
3,821 
657 
2,308 
3,191 
3,595 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
16,512 
6,906 
2,202 
7,404 
7,852 
8,660 
Not on farm operated 
3,493 
1,392 
451 
1,650 
1,849 
1,644 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,186 
3,433 
1,286 
4,467 
4,272 
4,914 
Any 
10,819 
4,865 
1,367 
4,587 
5,429 
5,390 
1 to 49 days 
1,435 
540 
146 
749 
721 
714 
50 to 99 days 
1,191 
363 
142 
686 
557 
634 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,894 
842 
203 
849 
1,044 
850 
200 days or more 
6,299 
3,120 
876 
2,303 
3,107 
3,192 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
612 
367 
39 
206 
286 
326 
3 or 4 years 
882 
465 
86 
331 
457 
425 
5 to 9 years 
2,350 
1,288 
301 
761 
1,054 
1,296 
1 0 years or more 
16,161 
6,178 
2,227 
7,756 
7,904 
8,257 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
19.9 
27.1 
28.4 
25.2 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
460 
284 
32 
144 
215 
245 
3 or 4 years 
775 
408 
63 
304 
401 
374 
5 to 9 years 
1,958 
1,044 
265 
649 
875 
1,083 
1 0 years or more 
16,812 
6,562 
2,293 
7,957 
8,210 
8,602 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
22.2 
29.3 
29.7 
27.0 
26.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
136 
57 
7 
72 
76 
60 
25 to 34 years 
425 
168 
46 
211 
175 
250 
35 to 44 years 
1,472 
637 
171 
664 
627 
845 
45 to 49 years 
1,565 
547 
258 
760 
792 
773 
50 to 54 years 
2,432 
993 
332 
1,107 
1,164 
1,268 
55 to 59 years 
3,054 
1,316 
337 
1,401 
1,411 
1,643 
60 to 64 years 
2,863 
1,396 
402 
1,065 
1,409 
1,454 
65 to 69 years 
2,691 
1,247 
329 
1,115 
1,355 
1,336 
70 years and over 
5,367 
1,937 
771 
2,659 
2,692 
2,675 
Average age 
61.1 
60.6 
61.6 
61.3 
61.4 
60.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
716 
512 
93 
111 
377 
339 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11,190 
1,382 
1,617 
8,191 
5,536 
5,654 
Asian 
97 
89 
2 
6 
57 
40 
Black or African American 
25 
16 
3 
6 
13 
12 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,621 
6,764 
1,016 
841 
4,066 
4,555 
More than one race reported 
72 
47 
15 
10 
29 
43 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,671 
1,310 
446 
1,915 
2,957 
714 
2 people 
8,025 
4,420 
970 
2,635 
3,273 
4,752 
3 people 
2,933 
1,064 
365 
1,504 
1,246 
1,687 
4 people 
2,375 
790 
398 
1,187 
1,033 
1,342 
5 or more people 
3,001 
714 
474 
1,813 
1,192 
1,809 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
6,860 
2,059 
7,573 
8,010 
8,482 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
440 
152 
515 
518 
589 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
399 
181 
364 
480 
464 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
277 
146 
217 
300 
340 
1 00 percent 
822 
322 
115 
385 
393 
429 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
958 
515 
156 
287 
496 
462 
acres 
20,437,314 
19,949,063 
282,053 
206,198 
18,595,662 
1,841,652 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,936 
6,091 
1,000 
1,845 
3,854 
5,082 
Dial-up service 
895 
705 
57 
133 
344 
551 
DSL service 
2,662 
1,859 
315 
488 
1,124 
1,538 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
962 
145 
237 
602 
742 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
120 
22 
60 
85 
117 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,723 
1,107 
215 
401 
675 
1,048 
Satellite service 
2,493 
1,608 
315 
570 
1,076 
1,417 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
356 
231 
35 
90 
139 
217 
Other Internet service 
362 
264 
34 
64 
136 
226 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,700 
6,643 
1,723 
6,334 
7,829 
6,871 
2 households 
3,397 
1,244 
561 
1,592 
1,194 
2,203 
3 households 
951 
190 
176 
585 
367 
584 
4 households 
547 
136 
98 
313 
172 
375 
5 or more households 
410 
85 
95 
230 
139 
271 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
