Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
54,775 
2,942 
1,607 
2,120 
4,106 
4,339 
Not on farm operated 
23,082 
3,391 
1,579 
1,997 
2,816 
2,340 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,311 
3,958 
1,733 
1,984 
3,015 
2,550 
Any 
46,546 
2,375 
1,453 
2,133 
3,907 
4,129 
1 to 49 days 
7,304 
384 
204 
292 
612 
577 
50 to 99 days 
4,230 
142 
127 
216 
394 
434 
100 to 199 days 
7,065 
219 
182 
324 
700 
722 
200 days or more 
27,947 
1,630 
940 
1,301 
2,201 
2,396 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,151 
133 
68 
105 
235 
268 
3 or 4 years 
4,634 
204 
118 
144 
370 
366 
5 to 9 years 
12,863 
602 
383 
634 
1,012 
1,230 
1 0 years or more 
57,209 
5,394 
2,617 
3,234 
5,305 
4,815 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
25.6 
24.3 
23.5 
21.9 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,182 
48 
37 
50 
149 
178 
3 or 4 years 
3,648 
127 
84 
103 
264 
291 
5 to 9 years 
10,663 
406 
233 
419 
754 
1,012 
10 years or more 
61,364 
5,752 
2,832 
3,545 
5,755 
5,198 
Average years operating any farm 
22.7 
28.9 
28.0 
26.9 
25.3 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
253 
6 
10 
5 
31 
20 
25 to 34 years 
2,968 
231 
178 
212 
289 
287 
35 to 44 years 
6,255 
646 
257 
318 
543 
535 
45 to 49 years 
6,107 
634 
263 
323 
531 
497 
50 to 54 years 
9,839 
899 
391 
539 
875 
819 
55 to 59 years 
11,513 
1,055 
572 
679 
1,096 
1,016 
60 to 64 years 
11,869 
1,026 
496 
659 
1,056 
1,022 
65 to 69 years 
10,683 
641 
380 
497 
856 
867 
70 years and over 
18,370 
1,195 
639 
885 
1,645 
1,616 
Average age 
60.1 
58.2 
58.7 
59.3 
59.9 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,815 
604 
398 
517 
984 
1,065 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,192 
29 
31 
56 
102 
84 
Asian 
4,802 
429 
336 
419 
706 
603 
Black or African American 
345 
6 
3 
5 
20 
18 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
321 
20 
15 
3 
31 
37 
White 
70,537 
5,822 
2,781 
3,614 
6,022 
5,893 
More than one race reported 
660 
27 
20 
20 
41 
44 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,856 
562 
379 
535 
944 
952 
2 people 
39,377 
3,113 
1,556 
2,045 
3,484 
3,364 
3 people 
10,481 
872 
383 
517 
842 
864 
4 people 
9,895 
937 
509 
602 
898 
881 
5 or more people 
7,248 
849 
359 
418 
754 
618 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53,231 
1,428 
848 
1,384 
2,828 
3,544 
25 to 49 percent 
6,732 
641 
393 
607 
1,072 
1,123 
50 to 74 percent 
8,038 
1,338 
719 
888 
1,476 
1,097 
75 to 99 percent 
5,290 
1,409 
691 
681 
973 
505 
1 00 percent 
4,566 
1,517 
535 
557 
573 
410 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
7,130 
1,887 
685 
626 
922 
639 
acres 
5,266,987 
3,527,403 
357,633 
454,743 
468,542 
186,870 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
59,543 
5,620 
2,613 
3,251 
5,140 
4,818 
Dial-up service 
4,703 
284 
140 
193 
323 
412 
DSL service 
20,030 
1,996 
938 
1,185 
1,694 
1,603 
Cable modem service 
9,578 
863 
462 
539 
797 
705 
Fiber-optic service 
1,719 
234 
90 
116 
209 
122 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,454 
1,500 
658 
811 
1,238 
1,009 
Satellite service 
15,193 
1,550 
726 
877 
1,377 
1,119 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,135 
359 
149 
172 
234 
214 
Other Internet service 
2,805 
379 
84 
94 
259 
262 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
61,016 
3,262 
1,863 
2,624 
4,902 
5,113 
2 households 
11,316 
1,571 
760 
920 
1,354 
1,081 
3 households 
3,013 
791 
321 
309 
364 
249 
4 households 
1,351 
357 
126 
158 
181 
151 
5 or more households 
1,161 
352 
116 
106 
121 
85 
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 
72,641 
4,937 
2,701 
3,604 
6,278 
6,244 
acres 
20,951,605 
7,887,336 
2,085,452 
2,071,368 
2,664,096 
1,446,483 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
4,453 
702 
385 
420 
621 
511 
acres 
2,772,951 
1,080,690 
396,479 
342,518 
524,372 
110,452 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
106 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
