Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,531 
865 
742 
2,342 
1,828 
1,160 
1,391 
Not on farm operated 
1,002 
612 
447 
1,641 
1,402 
880 
1,043 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,145 
700 
551 
2,056 
1,670 
1,102 
1,322 
Any 
1,388 
777 
638 
1,927 
1,560 
938 
1,112 
1 to 49 days 
202 
108 
103 
328 
242 
110 
192 
50 to 99 days 
149 
78 
64 
146 
120 
124 
100 
100 to 199 days 
181 
164 
82 
271 
214 
148 
168 
200 days or more 
856 
427 
389 
1,182 
984 
556 
652 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
81 
37 
34 
97 
65 
45 
33 
3 or 4 years 
143 
67 
62 
169 
116 
50 
64 
5 to 9 years 
392 
175 
168 
489 
355 
185 
189 
1 0 years or more 
1,917 
1,198 
925 
3,228 
2,694 
1,760 
2,148 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
23.8 
22.3 
24.3 
24.8 
26.4 
28.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
45 
32 
17 
39 
38 
25 
22 
3 or 4 years 
98 
51 
46 
115 
78 
45 
38 
5 to 9 years 
318 
117 
117 
357 
238 
141 
148 
1 0 years or more 
2,072 
1,277 
1,009 
3,472 
2,876 
1,829 
2,226 
Average years operating any farm 
24.6 
26.8 
25.5 
27.5 
28.3 
29.6 
31.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
18 
8 
3 
5 
4 
4 
2 
25 to 34 years 
107 
59 
61 
220 
128 
78 
66 
35 to 44 years 
199 
106 
92 
331 
270 
151 
178 
45 to 49 years 
199 
150 
94 
290 
286 
154 
200 
50 to 54 years 
319 
169 
136 
464 
419 
266 
290 
55 to 59 years 
342 
197 
185 
608 
544 
309 
357 
60 to 64 years 
414 
242 
203 
633 
532 
351 
384 
65 to 69 years 
353 
199 
147 
514 
369 
262 
309 
70 years and over 
582 
347 
268 
918 
678 
465 
648 
Average age 
60.0 
60.0 
59.7 
59.4 
59.1 
60.2 
61.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
251 
156 
88 
321 
246 
126 
105 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
21 
17 
50 
46 
36 
16 
Asian 
161 
96 
74 
185 
130 
50 
53 
Black or African American 
18 
1 
1 
10 
11 
3 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
13 
2 
11 
2 
10 
1 
White 
2,275 
1,334 
1,088 
3,711 
3,024 
1,935 
2,350 
More than one race reported 
38 
12 
7 
16 
17 
6 
12 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
326 
216 
187 
554 
375 
246 
278 
2 people 
1,333 
756 
603 
1,963 
1,653 
1,157 
1,336 
3 people 
340 
171 
152 
521 
451 
226 
323 
4 people 
283 
207 
147 
559 
435 
261 
301 
5 or more people 
251 
127 
100 
386 
316 
150 
196 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,414 
740 
581 
1,797 
1,339 
741 
899 
25 to 49 percent 
250 
148 
131 
447 
372 
249 
271 
50 to 74 percent 
398 
231 
173 
644 
554 
407 
469 
75 to 99 percent 
260 
201 
169 
535 
513 
318 
457 
1 00 percent 
211 
157 
135 
560 
452 
325 
338 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
256 
226 
167 
647 
559 
400 
481 
acres 
40,328 
44,680 
39,583 
233,925 
404,080 
550,285 
3,811,479 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,894 
1,167 
918 
3,231 
2,670 
1,701 
2,012 
Dial-up service 
160 
76 
64 
234 
188 
127 
132 
DSL service 
611 
411 
314 
1,066 
906 
580 
692 
Cable modem service 
260 
158 
121 
474 
353 
218 
252 
Fiber-optic service 
58 
51 
29 
107 
60 
52 
70 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
415 
249 
205 
822 
612 
418 
472 
Satellite service 
607 
333 
277 
953 
825 
541 
650 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
56 
40 
45 
132 
116 
69 
128 
Other Internet service 
80 
68 
37 
154 
135 
90 
89 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,796 
1,017 
827 
2,654 
2,063 
1,237 
1,414 
2 households 
496 
241 
213 
819 
669 
446 
540 
3 households 
135 
116 
75 
289 
281 
215 
246 
4 households 
50 
66 
36 
127 
126 
76 
122 
5 or more households 
56 
37 
38 
94 
91 
66 
112 
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 
2,261 
1,306 
1,036 
3,452 
2,725 
1,710 
2,007 
acres 
355,529 
258,740 
245,783 
1,238,022 
1,882,816 
2,344,066 
13,179,021 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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