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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
6,080 
8,383 
6,117 
4,528 
3,432 
10,556 
Female 
1,070 
1,882 
1,729 
1,376 
1,286 
4,073 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,867 
4,936 
3,505 
2,468 
1,896 
5,953 
Other 
3,283 
5,329 
4,341 
3,436 
2,822 
8,676 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,947 
7,776 
6,145 
4,705 
3,964 
12,057 
Not on farm operated 
2,203 
2,489 
1,701 
1,199 
754 
2,572 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,614 
3,569 
2,719 
2,011 
1,567 
5,559 
Any 
4,536 
6,696 
5,127 
3,893 
3,151 
9,070 
1 to 49 days 
715 
1,023 
938 
627 
466 
1,455 
50 to 99 days 
533 
665 
417 
328 
268 
699 
100 to 199 days 
738 
1,055 
760 
629 
447 
1,271 
200 days or more 
2,550 
3,953 
3,012 
2,309 
1,970 
5,645 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
266 
380 
335 
272 
308 
778 
3 or 4 years 
369 
635 
557 
393 
440 
1,037 
5 to 9 years 
1,244 
1,940 
1,532 
1,169 
828 
2,267 
10 years or more 
5,271 
7,310 
5,422 
4,070 
3,142 
10,547 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
18.8 
18.2 
18.5 
17.3 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
191 
282 
268 
209 
238 
532 
3 or 4 years 
266 
486 
454 
337 
382 
853 
5 to 9 years 
1,022 
1,697 
1,373 
997 
754 
1,975 
1 0 years or more 
5,671 
7,800 
5,751 
4,361 
3,344 
11,269 
Average years operating any farm 
22.9 
21.0 
20.0 
20.5 
19.3 
21.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
23 
52 
26 
23 
27 
30 
25 to 34 years 
263 
344 
244 
208 
227 
484 
35 to 44 years 
570 
822 
587 
433 
399 
1,140 
45 to 49 years 
516 
871 
604 
416 
419 
1,022 
50 to 54 years 
854 
1,258 
973 
747 
575 
1,883 
55 to 59 years 
967 
1,355 
1,167 
814 
711 
2,063 
60 to 64 years 
1,037 
1,505 
1,181 
861 
672 
2,329 
65 to 69 years 
1,052 
1,510 
1,094 
905 
621 
2,252 
70 years and over 
1,868 
2,548 
1,970 
1,497 
1,067 
3,426 
Average age 
60.8 
60.3 
60.7 
60.8 
59.2 
60.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,094 
1,394 
934 
727 
482 
1,589 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
106 
161 
142 
116 
87 
276 
Asian 
482 
563 
381 
250 
174 
455 
Black or African American 
31 
42 
42 
35 
27 
115 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
30 
39 
40 
24 
14 
68 
White 
6,440 
9,384 
7,183 
5,401 
4,348 
13,549 
More than one race reported 
61 
76 
58 
78 
68 
166 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,054 
1,482 
1,158 
837 
602 
2,338 
2 people 
3,637 
5,129 
4,006 
2,999 
2,314 
7,674 
3 people 
909 
1,449 
1,107 
859 
670 
1,989 
4 people 
943 
1,242 
984 
754 
640 
1,492 
5 or more people 
607 
963 
591 
455 
492 
1,136 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,669 
8,326 
6,956 
5,419 
4,336 
13,444 
25 to 49 percent 
1,065 
810 
361 
191 
110 
347 
50 to 74 percent 
843 
636 
291 
151 
163 
407 
75 to 99 percent 
338 
234 
110 
46 
51 
244 
1 00 percent 
235 
259 
128 
97 
58 
187 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
471 
616 
396 
297 
148 
433 
acres 
55,933 
39,379 
17,933 
12,467 
46,464 
96,350 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,296 
7,703 
6,020 
4,374 
3,711 
10,906 
Dial-up service 
480 
683 
519 
386 
319 
956 
DSL service 
1,686 
2,449 
1,994 
1,370 
1,273 
3,815 
Cable modem service 
839 
1,326 
1,111 
799 
629 
1,493 
Fiber-optic service 
119 
211 
142 
110 
96 
270 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,069 
1,552 
1,044 
831 
658 
2,066 
Satellite service 
1,300 
1,880 
1,349 
1,090 
861 
3,034 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
124 
232 
141 
98 
105 
304 
Other Internet service 
259 
360 
295 
181 
182 
447 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,598 
8,526 
6,752 
5,220 
4,075 
13,015 
2 households 
1,158 
1,365 
874 
528 
476 
1,202 
3 households 
198 
231 
137 
85 
75 
245 
4 households 
100 
73 
28 
39 
43 
90 
5 or more households 
96 
70 
55 
32 
49 
77 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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