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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,229 
3,368 
2,936 
2,584 
2,833 
7,896 
Female 
478 
768 
856 
721 
750 
2,669 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,597 
1,911 
1,602 
1,234 
1,286 
3,781 
Other 
1,110 
2,225 
2,190 
2,071 
2,297 
6,784 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,003 
3,222 
2,929 
2,730 
3,041 
8,947 
Not on farm operated 
704 
914 
863 
575 
542 
1,618 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,085 
1,373 
1,232 
1,028 
1,073 
3,246 
Any 
1,622 
2,763 
2,560 
2,277 
2,510 
7,319 
1 to 49 days 
247 
330 
305 
256 
323 
1,015 
50 to 99 days 
134 
207 
222 
160 
198 
532 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
306 
554 
431 
385 
376 
1,177 
200 days or more 
935 
1,672 
1,602 
1,476 
1,613 
4,595 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
62 
128 
115 
114 
110 
326 
3 or 4 years 
128 
205 
233 
168 
242 
589 
5 to 9 years 
409 
692 
704 
589 
746 
1,884 
1 0 years or more 
2,108 
3,111 
2,740 
2,434 
2,485 
7,766 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
21.0 
19.4 
18.6 
17.6 
18.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
39 
86 
73 
81 
67 
244 
3 or 4 years 
90 
152 
195 
114 
187 
511 
5 to 9 years 
294 
569 
574 
486 
639 
1,589 
1 0 years or more 
2,284 
3,329 
2,950 
2,624 
2,690 
8,221 
Average years operating any farm 
27.0 
24.0 
22.0 
21.2 
19.9 
20.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
17 
14 
18 
20 
21 
25 to 34 years 
178 
216 
183 
152 
159 
331 
35 to 44 years 
230 
346 
330 
283 
316 
851 
45 to 49 years 
195 
305 
269 
288 
292 
796 
50 to 54 years 
331 
562 
515 
460 
530 
1,581 
55 to 59 years 
360 
619 
594 
496 
526 
1,688 
60 to 64 years 
388 
498 
529 
514 
538 
1,601 
65 to 69 years 
335 
560 
464 
398 
463 
1,477 
70 years and over 
682 
1,013 
894 
696 
739 
2,219 
Average age 
59.5 
59.5 
59.4 
58.8 
58.7 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
153 
296 
252 
257 
291 
772 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
9 
27 
42 
35 
27 
92 
Asian 
13 
13 
18 
21 
13 
57 
Black or African American 
8 
9 
2 
2 
11 
12 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
3 
7 
2 
- 
15 
White 
2,664 
4,056 
3,707 
3,226 
3,504 
10,341 
More than one race reported 
11 
28 
16 
19 
28 
48 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
457 
735 
647 
561 
608 
1,825 
2 people 
1,449 
2,185 
1,990 
1,727 
1,872 
5,769 
3 people 
351 
523 
465 
420 
468 
1,284 
4 people 
270 
414 
462 
380 
400 
1,053 
5 or more people 
180 
279 
228 
217 
235 
634 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,495 
3,009 
3,230 
3,035 
3,343 
9,936 
25 to 49 percent 
496 
504 
278 
108 
90 
282 
50 to 74 percent 
424 
382 
164 
81 
82 
203 
75 to 99 percent 
199 
142 
69 
44 
23 
59 
100 percent 
93 
99 
51 
37 
45 
85 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
124 
125 
100 
79 
81 
299 
acres 
89,972 
169,501 
47,083 
36,858 
16,902 
322,085 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,011 
3,122 
2,911 
2,641 
2,796 
8,137 
Dial-up service 
195 
239 
249 
236 
211 
670 
DSL service 
630 
1,127 
988 
917 
1,011 
2,663 
Cable modem service 
217 
323 
326 
282 
305 
910 
Fiber-optic service 
94 
100 
95 
48 
67 
187 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
397 
505 
513 
408 
445 
1,348 
Satellite service 
641 
938 
869 
819 
772 
2,484 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
46 
126 
131 
106 
131 
311 
Other Internet service 
55 
142 
117 
115 
152 
337 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,137 
3,445 
3,235 
2,866 
3,154 
9,352 
2 households 
431 
545 
431 
358 
348 
1,017 
3 households 
85 
83 
73 
57 
46 
100 
4 households 
30 
37 
32 
15 
20 
57 
5 or more households 
24 
26 
21 
9 
15 
39 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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