Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
63,873 
6,097 
2,988 
3,813 
6,149 
5,730 
Female 
13,984 
270 
209 
319 
802 
968 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
42,469 
5,511 
2,553 
3,116 
4,780 
3,884 
Other 
35,388 
856 
644 
1,016 
2,171 
2,814 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
54,775 
2,957 
1,602 
2,140 
4,126 
4,356 
Not on farm operated 
23,082 
3,410 
1,595 
1,992 
2,825 
2,342 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,311 
3,978 
1,740 
1,980 
3,034 
2,540 
Any 
46,546 
2,389 
1,457 
2,152 
3,917 
4,158 
1 to 49 days 
7,304 
386 
203 
294 
614 
583 
50 to 99 days 
4,230 
143 
127 
216 
394 
440 
100 to 199 days 
7,065 
224 
182 
332 
697 
730 
200 days or more 
27,947 
1,636 
945 
1,310 
2,212 
2,405 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,151 
135 
70 
101 
236 
270 
3 or 4 years 
4,634 
208 
115 
150 
370 
360 
5 to 9 years 
12,863 
606 
383 
637 
1,023 
1,234 
10 years or more 
57,209 
5,418 
2,629 
3,244 
5,322 
4,834 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
25.5 
24.3 
23.5 
21.9 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,182 
50 
35 
50 
150 
177 
3 or 4 years 
3,648 
130 
82 
108 
265 
285 
5 to 9 years 
10,663 
410 
232 
421 
763 
1,019 
10 years or more 
61,364 
5,777 
2,848 
3,553 
5,773 
5,217 
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 
235 
179 
211 
292 
281 
35 to 44 years 
6,255 
646 
263 
320 
540 
535 
45 to 49 years 
6,107 
639 
263 
320 
537 
500 
50 to 54 years 
9,839 
900 
396 
540 
874 
839 
55 to 59 years 
11,513 
1,060 
573 
687 
1,094 
1,022 
60 to 64 years 
11,869 
1,032 
499 
663 
1,063 
1,027 
65 to 69 years 
10,683 
645 
380 
499 
861 
864 
70 years and over 
18,370 
1,204 
634 
887 
1,659 
1,610 
Average age 
60.1 
58.2 
58.6 
59.3 
60.0 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,815 
605 
401 
519 
984 
1,086 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,192 
29 
31 
56 
102 
86 
Asian 
4,802 
429 
339 
418 
712 
599 
Black or African American 
345 
7 
2 
5 
20 
19 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
321 
20 
15 
3 
31 
37 
White 
70,537 
5,855 
2,790 
3,630 
6,045 
5,912 
More than one race reported 
660 
27 
20 
20 
41 
45 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,856 
563 
383 
532 
951 
956 
2 people 
39,377 
3,136 
1,556 
2,051 
3,502 
3,373 
3 people 
10,481 
877 
383 
522 
846 
870 
4 people 
9,895 
940 
514 
603 
901 
882 
5 or more people 
7,248 
851 
361 
424 
751 
617 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53,231 
1,441 
841 
1,393 
2,845 
3,561 
25 to 49 percent 
6,732 
643 
404 
598 
1,088 
1,115 
50 to 74 percent 
8,038 
1,351 
712 
902 
1,473 
1,109 
75 to 99 percent 
5,290 
1,413 
701 
678 
978 
497 
1 00 percent 
4,566 
1,519 
539 
561 
567 
416 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
7,130 
1,894 
681 
628 
923 
643 
acres 
5,266,987 
3,540,445 
345,868 
468,163 
503,623 
140,362 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
59,543 
5,651 
2,620 
3,262 
5,160 
4,840 
Dial-up service 
4,703 
286 
141 
193 
326 
414 
DSL service 
20,030 
1,999 
944 
1,187 
1,711 
1,602 
Cable modem service 
9,578 
870 
464 
537 
799 
711 
Fiber-optic service 
1,719 
236 
90 
119 
204 
122 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,454 
1,504 
673 
805 
1,242 
1,010 
Satellite service 
15,193 
1,564 
718 
886 
1,378 
1,133 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,135 
362 
146 
173 
234 
216 
Other Internet service 
2,805 
380 
84 
94 
258 
265 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
61,016 
3,282 
1,878 
2,623 
4,924 
5,123 
2 households 
11,316 
1,580 
757 
929 
1,349 
1,098 
3 households 
3,013 
793 
320 
315 
360 
254 
4 households 
1,351 
358 
126 
157 
192 
145 
5 or more households 
1,161 
354 
116 
108 
126 
78 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
132 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
