Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,857 
2,977 
2,621 
2,535 
2,833 
10,277 
Not on farm operated 
511 
548 
444 
354 
343 
3,144 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
951 
1,150 
960 
848 
949 
4,361 
Any 
1,417 
2,375 
2,105 
2,041 
2,227 
9,060 
1 to 49 days 
227 
269 
229 
221 
273 
1,284 
50 to 99 days 
112 
187 
177 
149 
183 
655 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
276 
502 
384 
357 
356 
1,386 
200 days or more 
802 
1,417 
1,315 
1,314 
1,415 
5,735 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
58 
111 
94 
100 
100 
399 
3 or 4 years 
118 
199 
182 
152 
220 
708 
5 to 9 years 
370 
581 
614 
556 
666 
2,277 
1 0 years or more 
1,822 
2,634 
2,175 
2,081 
2,190 
10,037 
Average years on present farm 
22.5 
20.2 
18.6 
18.0 
17.3 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
36 
71 
53 
71 
66 
299 
3 or 4 years 
77 
148 
158 
98 
175 
599 
5 to 9 years 
258 
486 
497 
458 
566 
1,921 
10 years or more 
1,997 
2,820 
2,357 
2,262 
2,369 
10,602 
Average years operating any farm 
26.3 
23.2 
21.3 
20.6 
19.6 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
17 
7 
20 
20 
26 
25 to 34 years 
163 
216 
175 
137 
135 
410 
35 to 44 years 
218 
325 
296 
263 
285 
989 
45 to 49 years 
169 
287 
238 
272 
264 
930 
50 to 54 years 
311 
487 
427 
405 
476 
1,910 
55 to 59 years 
341 
543 
460 
463 
477 
2,059 
60 to 64 years 
340 
433 
447 
436 
498 
1,961 
65 to 69 years 
294 
462 
376 
346 
405 
1,850 
70 years and over 
520 
755 
639 
547 
616 
3,286 
Average age 
58.4 
58.2 
58.3 
58.0 
58.4 
60.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
140 
279 
230 
239 
261 
881 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
18 
34 
33 
30 
108 
Asian 
11 
10 
13 
14 
9 
78 
Black or African American 
8 
8 
2 
- 
6 
20 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
3 
7 
2 
- 
15 
White 
2,323 
3,462 
2,992 
2,822 
3,103 
13,147 
More than one race reported 
10 
24 
17 
18 
28 
53 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
371 
560 
449 
428 
499 
2,602 
2 people 
1,265 
1,853 
1,624 
1,505 
1,650 
7,287 
3 people 
306 
456 
391 
392 
437 
1,570 
4 people 
251 
394 
397 
347 
376 
1,238 
5 or more people 
175 
262 
204 
217 
214 
724 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,287 
2,547 
2,630 
2,631 
2,966 
12,140 
25 to 49 percent 
436 
428 
203 
97 
82 
580 
50 to 74 percent 
365 
332 
128 
81 
67 
427 
75 to 99 percent 
196 
112 
56 
43 
20 
168 
1 00 percent 
84 
106 
48 
37 
41 
106 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
117 
95 
69 
63 
65 
422 
acres 
77,033 
85,954 
31,378 
33,903 
13,824 
496,015 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,792 
2,747 
2,446 
2,379 
2,521 
10,010 
Dial-up service 
177 
221 
200 
210 
195 
816 
DSL service 
552 
949 
819 
825 
930 
3,337 
Cable modem service 
150 
246 
231 
243 
247 
1,282 
Fiber-optic service 
86 
90 
58 
40 
54 
296 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
365 
468 
438 
371 
399 
1,639 
Satellite service 
603 
873 
786 
752 
698 
2,886 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
41 
118 
118 
93 
127 
355 
Other Internet service 
57 
128 
106 
120 
138 
382 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,869 
2,962 
2,679 
2,540 
2,820 
11,563 
2 households 
395 
470 
312 
299 
301 
1,431 
3 households 
60 
58 
39 
38 
37 
230 
4 households 
25 
21 
24 
7 
9 
116 
5 or more households 
19 
14 
11 
5 
9 
81 
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 
2,257 
3,419 
2,980 
2,804 
3,130 
12,923 
acres 
1,445,946 
1,081,556 
541,591 
344,529 
258,284 
3,824,218 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
258 
361 
274 
201 
226 
958 
acres 
175,828 
119,437 
73,495 
26,105 
23,266 
757,296 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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