Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
63,873 
48,572 
8,531 
6,770 
33,007 
30,866 
Female 
13,984 
11,920 
959 
1,105 
7,190 
6,794 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
42,469 
30,360 
6,829 
5,280 
22,518 
19,951 
Other 
35,388 
30,132 
2,661 
2,595 
17,679 
17,709 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
54,775 
45,137 
6,723 
2,915 
27,099 
27,676 
Not on farm operated 
23,082 
15,355 
2,767 
4,960 
13,098 
9,984 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,311 
23,566 
4,623 
3,122 
16,690 
14,621 
Any 
46,546 
36,926 
4,867 
4,753 
23,507 
23,039 
1 to 49 days 
7,304 
5,890 
715 
699 
3,834 
3,470 
50 to 99 days 
4,230 
3,403 
449 
378 
2,232 
1,998 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
7,065 
5,616 
703 
746 
3,498 
3,567 
200 days or more 
27,947 
22,017 
3,000 
2,930 
13,943 
14,004 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,151 
2,248 
226 
677 
1,642 
1,509 
3 or 4 years 
4,634 
3,400 
316 
918 
2,173 
2,461 
5 to 9 years 
12,863 
10,052 
1,131 
1,680 
6,373 
6,490 
1 0 years or more 
57,209 
44,792 
7,817 
4,600 
30,009 
27,200 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
20.1 
24.5 
16.0 
20.8 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,182 
1,641 
130 
411 
1,158 
1,024 
3 or 4 years 
3,648 
2,769 
212 
667 
1,741 
1,907 
5 to 9 years 
10,663 
8,375 
865 
1,423 
5,132 
5,531 
1 0 years or more 
61,364 
47,707 
8,283 
5,374 
32,166 
29,198 
Average years operating any farm 
22.7 
22.5 
27.4 
19.3 
23.3 
22.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
253 
124 
30 
99 
140 
113 
25 to 34 years 
2,968 
1,514 
454 
1,000 
1,465 
1,503 
35 to 44 years 
6,255 
4,198 
874 
1,183 
2,961 
3,294 
45 to 49 years 
6,107 
4,543 
831 
733 
3,040 
3,067 
50 to 54 years 
9,839 
7,314 
1,345 
1,180 
4,911 
4,928 
55 to 59 years 
11,513 
8,732 
1,559 
1,222 
5,890 
5,623 
60 to 64 years 
11,869 
9,303 
1,538 
1,028 
5,958 
5,911 
65 to 69 years 
10,683 
8,893 
1,125 
665 
5,564 
5,119 
70 years and over 
18,370 
15,871 
1,734 
765 
10,268 
8,102 
Average age 
60.1 
61.4 
58.1 
52.3 
60.7 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,815 
7,274 
1,080 
1,461 
5,771 
4,044 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,192 
967 
115 
110 
627 
565 
Asian 
4,802 
3,495 
457 
850 
2,602 
2,200 
Black or African American 
345 
303 
17 
25 
172 
173 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
321 
268 
32 
21 
189 
132 
White 
70,537 
54,960 
8,802 
6,775 
36,297 
34,240 
More than one race reported 
660 
499 
67 
94 
310 
350 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,856 
8,889 
924 
1,043 
8,835 
2,021 
2 people 
39,377 
31,457 
4,841 
3,079 
18,174 
21,203 
3 people 
10,481 
7,923 
1,262 
1,296 
4,915 
5,566 
4 people 
9,895 
7,112 
1,424 
1,359 
4,764 
5,131 
5 or more people 
7,248 
5,111 
1,039 
1,098 
3,509 
3,739 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53,231 
45,078 
4,146 
4,007 
27,457 
25,774 
25 to 49 percent 
6,732 
4,797 
1,057 
878 
3,595 
3,137 
50 to 74 percent 
8,038 
5,271 
1,576 
1,191 
4,090 
3,948 
75 to 99 percent 
5,290 
3,128 
1,358 
804 
2,623 
2,667 
1 00 percent 
4,566 
2,218 
1,353 
995 
2,432 
2,134 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
7,130 
5,030 
1,062 
1,038 
4,180 
2,950 
acres 
5,266,987 
2,600,302 
1,877,348 
789,337 
2,181,419 
3,085,568 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
59,543 
45,528 
7,879 
6,136 
28,371 
31,172 
Dial-up service 
4,703 
3,804 
613 
286 
2,383 
2,320 
DSL service 
20,030 
14,939 
2,699 
2,392 
9,411 
10,619 
Cable modem service 
9,578 
7,352 
1,003 
1,223 
4,911 
4,667 
Fiber-optic service 
1,719 
1,279 
230 
210 
838 
881 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,454 
8,986 
2,022 
1,446 
5,496 
6,958 
Satellite service 
15,193 
11,720 
2,253 
1,220 
6,713 
8,480 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,135 
1,544 
354 
237 
997 
1,138 
Other Internet service 
2,805 
2,245 
336 
224 
1,120 
1,685 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
61,016 
48,951 
6,527 
5,538 
33,611 
27,405 
2 households 
11,316 
8,000 
1,830 
1,486 
4,333 
6,983 
3 households 
3,013 
1,953 
625 
435 
1,150 
1,863 
4 households 
1,351 
884 
270 
197 
602 
749 
5 or more households 
1,161 
704 
238 
219 
501 
660 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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