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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,320 
929 
889 
1,480 
2,251 
1,925 
Female 
6,860 
30 
36 
83 
183 
286 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,962 
885 
827 
1,370 
1,962 
1,507 
Other 
18,218 
74 
98 
193 
472 
704 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
29,176 
669 
745 
1,257 
1,929 
1,704 
Not on farm operated 
7,004 
290 
180 
306 
505 
507 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
13,721 
710 
637 
971 
1,356 
1,010 
Any 
22,459 
249 
288 
592 
1,078 
1,201 
1 to 49 days 
3,153 
50 
76 
126 
224 
201 
50 to 99 days 
1,765 
16 
21 
63 
113 
99 
100 to 199 days 
3,819 
27 
39 
102 
202 
220 
200 days or more 
13,722 
156 
152 
301 
539 
681 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
982 
5 
12 
14 
54 
42 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
22 
19 
36 
86 
100 
5 to 9 years 
5,834 
72 
77 
119 
223 
319 
10 years or more 
27,536 
860 
817 
1,394 
2,071 
1,750 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
28.6 
27.6 
27.9 
27.5 
24.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
669 
- 
10 
7 
36 
26 
3 or 4 years 
1,427 
11 
15 
24 
57 
71 
5 to 9 years 
4,737 
42 
65 
79 
143 
257 
10 years or more 
29,347 
906 
835 
1,453 
2,198 
1,857 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
31.5 
30.2 
30.6 
30.5 
27.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
1 
6 
7 
14 
21 
25 to 34 years 
1,762 
42 
73 
118 
152 
158 
35 to 44 years 
3,182 
105 
102 
189 
220 
210 
45 to 49 years 
2,838 
106 
88 
145 
191 
163 
50 to 54 years 
5,052 
149 
125 
238 
318 
243 
55 to 59 years 
5,640 
186 
174 
268 
375 
354 
60 to 64 years 
5,233 
144 
132 
209 
359 
321 
65 to 69 years 
4,524 
85 
89 
148 
285 
220 
70 years and over 
7,802 
141 
136 
241 
520 
521 
Average age 
58.9 
56.6 
55.8 
55.7 
58.3 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2,318 
24 
21 
35 
90 
127 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
270 
4 
1 
3 
9 
21 
Asian 
170 
9 
10 
3 
3 
10 
Black or African American 
47 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
32 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
White 
35,498 
945 
913 
1,552 
2,415 
2,175 
More than one race reported 
163 
- 
- 
5 
3 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,813 
88 
95 
158 
289 
350 
2 people 
19,296 
488 
489 
817 
1,348 
1,162 
3 people 
4,582 
119 
114 
241 
331 
266 
4 people 
4,042 
162 
142 
218 
291 
250 
5 or more people 
2,447 
102 
85 
129 
175 
183 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,203 
142 
147 
288 
619 
959 
25 to 49 percent 
2,742 
68 
75 
146 
359 
336 
50 to 74 percent 
2,953 
164 
150 
307 
527 
469 
75 to 99 percent 
2,446 
289 
298 
469 
570 
284 
1 00 percent 
1,836 
296 
255 
353 
359 
163 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,613 
190 
133 
155 
168 
159 
acres 
4,656,982 
1,685,336 
857,028 
776,240 
407,000 
248,977 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,363 
898 
843 
1,337 
1,953 
1,714 
Dial-up service 
2,293 
37 
34 
102 
173 
147 
DSL service 
9,631 
358 
310 
466 
619 
542 
Cable modem service 
2,845 
74 
39 
79 
145 
145 
Fiber-optic service 
1,032 
72 
73 
75 
120 
101 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,079 
239 
201 
293 
416 
314 
Satellite service 
8,858 
333 
330 
452 
644 
576 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,026 
43 
19 
31 
44 
38 
Other Internet service 
1,159 
44 
35 
42 
63 
57 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,617 
480 
544 
1,043 
1,708 
1,653 
2 households 
4,891 
241 
229 
359 
532 
400 
3 households 
1,021 
126 
104 
104 
143 
100 
4 households 
367 
58 
29 
28 
28 
33 
5 or more households 
284 
54 
19 
29 
23 
25 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
