Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,478 
727 
527 
2,312 
2,016 
1,649 
2,933 
Not on farm operated 
677 
220 
169 
984 
914 
614 
669 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
799 
398 
281 
1,327 
1,338 
1,113 
2,203 
Any 
1,356 
549 
415 
1,969 
1,592 
1,150 
1,399 
1 to 49 days 
180 
83 
64 
314 
247 
181 
270 
50 to 99 days 
99 
45 
31 
195 
98 
96 
128 
100 to 199 days 
203 
95 
88 
336 
291 
223 
267 
200 days or more 
874 
326 
232 
1,124 
956 
650 
734 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
57 
25 
21 
94 
55 
57 
32 
3 or 4 years 
102 
38 
17 
113 
130 
76 
79 
5 to 9 years 
317 
141 
73 
435 
338 
257 
284 
1 0 years or more 
1,679 
743 
585 
2,654 
2,407 
1,873 
3,207 
Average years on present farm 
21.4 
22.5 
23.8 
23.7 
25.1 
26.8 
29.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
44 
13 
16 
63 
32 
41 
21 
3 or 4 years 
76 
36 
14 
83 
99 
54 
37 
5 to 9 years 
244 
113 
57 
363 
250 
212 
206 
1 0 years or more 
1,791 
785 
609 
2,787 
2,549 
1,956 
3,338 
Average years operating any farm 
24.5 
25.3 
26.6 
26.5 
28.2 
29.7 
32.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
16 
- 
5 
12 
14 
10 
9 
25 to 34 years 
103 
34 
20 
189 
179 
167 
193 
35 to 44 years 
173 
80 
44 
241 
241 
197 
327 
45 to 49 years 
116 
72 
44 
184 
228 
193 
279 
50 to 54 years 
275 
138 
99 
411 
366 
249 
443 
55 to 59 years 
295 
121 
94 
514 
408 
339 
610 
60 to 64 years 
331 
108 
95 
496 
412 
304 
540 
65 to 69 years 
291 
126 
89 
380 
346 
250 
386 
70 years and over 
555 
268 
206 
869 
736 
554 
815 
Average age 
60.4 
60.7 
61.5 
60.3 
59.4 
58.8 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
142 
85 
39 
214 
169 
111 
87 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
2 
10 
15 
17 
13 
13 
Asian 
6 
14 
3 
15 
11 
7 
6 
Black or African American 
6 
2 
- 
2 
1 
3 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
2 
White 
2,118 
921 
678 
3,250 
2,894 
2,234 
3,575 
More than one race reported 
10 
8 
5 
13 
5 
6 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
458 
182 
143 
579 
524 
404 
429 
2 people 
1,111 
484 
393 
1,836 
1,506 
1,150 
2,021 
3 people 
249 
130 
68 
362 
388 
285 
489 
4 people 
202 
108 
60 
343 
297 
265 
401 
5 or more people 
135 
43 
32 
176 
215 
159 
262 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,660 
679 
492 
2,082 
1,533 
906 
930 
25 to 49 percent 
158 
105 
69 
372 
366 
307 
404 
50 to 74 percent 
201 
64 
74 
400 
437 
377 
669 
75 to 99 percent 
83 
57 
48 
244 
338 
407 
951 
100 percent 
53 
42 
13 
198 
256 
266 
648 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
82 
27 
43 
165 
183 
180 
388 
acres 
13,077 
5,367 
10,046 
59,549 
126,865 
245,434 
4,172,744 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,521 
718 
488 
2,409 
2,220 
1,788 
2,951 
Dial-up service 
126 
70 
45 
221 
192 
131 
229 
DSL service 
490 
216 
144 
765 
766 
627 
1,026 
Cable modem service 
151 
66 
53 
214 
214 
176 
199 
Fiber-optic service 
61 
24 
22 
99 
114 
119 
223 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
273 
122 
88 
458 
431 
348 
623 
Satellite service 
499 
247 
169 
788 
696 
604 
1,057 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37 
22 
11 
57 
51 
38 
72 
Other Internet service 
52 
26 
13 
98 
66 
58 
77 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,763 
772 
565 
2,534 
2,204 
1,640 
2,278 
2 households 
304 
137 
111 
567 
535 
423 
804 
3 households 
44 
23 
15 
120 
130 
132 
331 
4 households 
25 
6 
2 
36 
37 
45 
98 
5 or more households 
19 
9 
3 
39 
24 
23 
91 
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 
2,057 
902 
658 
3,130 
2,763 
2,113 
3,285 
acres 
325,184 
178,261 
156,705 
1,127,273 
1,962,056 
2,940,649 
20,957,343 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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