Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,883 
7,695 
6,090 
4,629 
3,904 
12,460 
Not on farm operated 
2,160 
2,442 
1,628 
1,107 
686 
2,936 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,577 
3,515 
2,701 
1,926 
1,514 
5,838 
Any 
4,466 
6,622 
5,017 
3,810 
3,076 
9,558 
1 to 49 days 
715 
1,013 
922 
616 
459 
1,510 
50 to 99 days 
519 
656 
417 
323 
265 
737 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
726 
1,045 
740 
626 
434 
1,347 
200 days or more 
2,506 
3,908 
2,938 
2,245 
1,918 
5,964 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
255 
380 
323 
274 
302 
808 
3 or 4 years 
360 
617 
551 
387 
426 
1,091 
5 to 9 years 
1,219 
1,938 
1,504 
1,147 
829 
2,365 
1 0 years or more 
5,209 
7,202 
5,340 
3,928 
3,033 
11,132 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
18.7 
18.2 
18.4 
17.2 
19.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
183 
276 
259 
208 
237 
557 
3 or 4 years 
258 
483 
444 
335 
366 
893 
5 to 9 years 
1,009 
1,678 
1,344 
978 
764 
2,066 
1 0 years or more 
5,593 
7,700 
5,671 
4,215 
3,223 
11,880 
Average years operating any farm 
22.9 
21.0 
20.0 
20.4 
19.1 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
18 
57 
26 
21 
24 
35 
25 to 34 years 
253 
334 
244 
214 
227 
499 
35 to 44 years 
558 
805 
576 
413 
403 
1,201 
45 to 49 years 
503 
859 
590 
414 
404 
1,089 
50 to 54 years 
850 
1,250 
959 
723 
577 
1,957 
55 to 59 years 
954 
1,349 
1,138 
794 
685 
2,175 
60 to 64 years 
1,030 
1,482 
1,170 
833 
661 
2,434 
65 to 69 years 
1,041 
1,482 
1,090 
877 
596 
2,356 
70 years and over 
1,836 
2,519 
1,925 
1,447 
1,013 
3,650 
Average age 
60.9 
60.3 
60.6 
60.8 
59.0 
60.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,098 
1,373 
919 
700 
487 
1,670 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
107 
148 
140 
110 
88 
297 
Asian 
464 
570 
359 
247 
180 
489 
Black or African American 
32 
39 
38 
33 
23 
128 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
30 
33 
46 
20 
9 
77 
White 
6,350 
9,276 
7,076 
5,255 
4,226 
14,222 
More than one race reported 
60 
71 
59 
71 
64 
183 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,044 
1,468 
1,130 
806 
562 
2,474 
2 people 
3,583 
5,065 
3,954 
2,920 
2,239 
8,054 
3 people 
893 
1,443 
1,083 
834 
664 
2,086 
4 people 
923 
1,213 
976 
741 
635 
1,580 
5 or more people 
600 
948 
575 
435 
490 
1,202 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,565 
8,229 
6,857 
5,273 
4,215 
14,060 
25 to 49 percent 
1,052 
802 
342 
189 
115 
396 
50 to 74 percent 
854 
623 
282 
144 
158 
459 
75 to 99 percent 
337 
224 
109 
40 
46 
275 
1 00 percent 
235 
259 
128 
90 
56 
206 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
467 
620 
398 
288 
146 
452 
acres 
54,521 
38,225 
18,881 
10,442 
46,416 
103,311 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,211 
7,633 
5,928 
4,275 
3,655 
11,399 
Dial-up service 
479 
677 
513 
382 
305 
995 
DSL service 
1,643 
2,434 
1,974 
1,348 
1,260 
3,955 
Cable modem service 
831 
1,301 
1,098 
767 
616 
1,599 
Fiber-optic service 
113 
213 
141 
105 
91 
285 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,044 
1,530 
1,036 
830 
652 
2,146 
Satellite service 
1,287 
1,863 
1,306 
1,054 
857 
3,177 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
119 
232 
141 
99 
103 
313 
Other Internet service 
260 
359 
295 
176 
169 
468 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,511 
8,418 
6,656 
5,081 
3,977 
13,609 
2 households 
1,153 
1,346 
873 
527 
469 
1,262 
3 households 
191 
234 
131 
74 
72 
277 
4 households 
94 
74 
21 
29 
37 
123 
5 or more households 
94 
65 
37 
25 
35 
125 
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 
6,686 
9,784 
7,516 
5,614 
4,508 
14,769 
acres 
998,522 
1,152,239 
397,029 
297,600 
225,834 
1,725,646 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
462 
422 
222 
149 
86 
473 
acres 
74,598 
43,730 
49,517 
53,090 
6,740 
90,765 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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