Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
29,176 
652 
717 
1,198 
1,842 
1,667 
Not on farm operated 
7,004 
279 
177 
281 
487 
436 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
13,721 
688 
615 
928 
1,303 
968 
Any 
22,459 
243 
279 
551 
1,026 
1,135 
1 to 49 days 
3,153 
50 
73 
119 
215 
193 
50 to 99 days 
1,765 
16 
19 
60 
105 
102 
100 to 199 days 
3,819 
26 
37 
94 
185 
216 
200 days or more 
13,722 
151 
150 
278 
521 
624 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
982 
5 
12 
12 
55 
36 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
21 
19 
36 
82 
91 
5 to 9 years 
5,834 
70 
77 
105 
214 
304 
1 0 years or more 
27,536 
835 
786 
1,326 
1,978 
1,672 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
28.6 
27.4 
27.8 
27.2 
24.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
669 
- 
10 
7 
35 
21 
3 or 4 years 
1,427 
11 
15 
22 
55 
69 
5 to 9 years 
4,737 
41 
64 
74 
130 
242 
10 years or more 
29,347 
879 
805 
1,376 
2,109 
1,771 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
31.4 
30.0 
30.6 
30.3 
28.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
1 
6 
7 
13 
18 
25 to 34 years 
1,762 
42 
68 
112 
149 
155 
35 to 44 years 
3,182 
102 
104 
179 
216 
205 
45 to 49 years 
2,838 
104 
85 
142 
178 
169 
50 to 54 years 
5,052 
144 
118 
228 
315 
231 
55 to 59 years 
5,640 
179 
174 
252 
368 
324 
60 to 64 years 
5,233 
136 
133 
189 
349 
311 
65 to 69 years 
4,524 
83 
81 
144 
266 
217 
70 years and over 
7,802 
140 
125 
226 
475 
473 
Average age 
58.9 
56.6 
55.5 
55.6 
58.0 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2,318 
24 
20 
36 
84 
124 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
270 
4 
1 
3 
6 
19 
Asian 
170 
8 
11 
3 
3 
10 
Black or African American 
47 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
32 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
White 
35,498 
918 
881 
1,469 
2,312 
2,069 
More than one race reported 
163 
- 
4 
4 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,813 
88 
93 
145 
258 
320 
2 people 
19,296 
469 
466 
776 
1,295 
1,106 
3 people 
4,582 
114 
114 
226 
321 
255 
4 people 
4,042 
158 
139 
209 
289 
244 
5 or more people 
2,447 
102 
82 
123 
166 
178 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,203 
136 
143 
282 
577 
864 
25 to 49 percent 
2,742 
66 
73 
136 
326 
315 
50 to 74 percent 
2,953 
161 
147 
287 
488 
470 
75 to 99 percent 
2,446 
279 
286 
440 
570 
276 
1 00 percent 
1,836 
289 
245 
334 
368 
178 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,613 
184 
134 
149 
161 
154 
acres 
4,656,982 
1,647,595 
861,064 
751,930 
393,886 
264,400 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,363 
871 
817 
1,275 
1,883 
1,622 
Dial-up service 
2,293 
37 
27 
97 
161 
152 
DSL service 
9,631 
347 
299 
436 
611 
526 
Cable modem service 
2,845 
71 
36 
76 
139 
124 
Fiber-optic service 
1,032 
66 
69 
80 
110 
83 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,079 
227 
205 
278 
411 
278 
Satellite service 
8,858 
327 
325 
432 
627 
549 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,026 
43 
18 
31 
37 
45 
Other Internet service 
1,159 
44 
33 
42 
57 
52 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,617 
468 
516 
986 
1,619 
1,595 
2 households 
4,891 
231 
229 
334 
518 
371 
3 households 
1,021 
121 
102 
104 
139 
93 
4 households 
367 
58 
28 
27 
28 
24 
5 or more households 
284 
53 
19 
28 
25 
20 
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 
34,689 
798 
826 
1,370 
2,178 
2,004 
acres 
28,438,867 
4,868,795 
4,069,893 
4,820,540 
4,829,218 
2,354,297 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
3,345 
189 
156 
183 
318 
221 
acres 
5,178,565 
1,272,331 
912,398 
758,449 
780,772 
279,188 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
