Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,320 
20,282 
7,072 
1,966 
13,664 
1 5,656 
Female 
6,860 
5,823 
767 
270 
3,412 
3,448 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,962 
11,231 
5,358 
1,373 
8,762 
9,200 
Other 
18,218 
14,874 
2,481 
863 
8,314 
9,904 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
29,176 
21,160 
6,770 
1,246 
13,026 
16,150 
Not on farm operated 
7,004 
4,945 
1,069 
990 
4,050 
2,954 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
13,721 
9,282 
3,581 
858 
7,171 
6,550 
Any 
22,459 
16,823 
4,258 
1,378 
9,905 
12,554 
1 to 49 days 
3,153 
2,337 
640 
176 
1,565 
1,588 
50 to 99 days 
1,765 
1,317 
322 
126 
828 
937 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,819 
2,796 
782 
241 
1,660 
2,159 
200 days or more 
13,722 
10,373 
2,514 
835 
5,852 
7,870 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
982 
669 
178 
135 
459 
523 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
1,291 
272 
265 
778 
1,050 
5 to 9 years 
5,834 
4,496 
866 
472 
2,467 
3,367 
1 0 years or more 
27,536 
19,649 
6,523 
1,364 
13,372 
14,164 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
20.1 
25.0 
17.1 
22.1 
20.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
669 
465 
109 
95 
331 
338 
3 or 4 years 
1,427 
1,044 
203 
180 
642 
785 
5 to 9 years 
4,737 
3,687 
662 
388 
2,028 
2,709 
1 0 years or more 
29,347 
20,909 
6,865 
1,573 
14,075 
15,272 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
22.6 
27.8 
20.5 
24.6 
22.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
64 
20 
63 
96 
51 
25 to 34 years 
1,762 
867 
524 
371 
786 
976 
35 to 44 years 
3,182 
2,020 
810 
352 
1,287 
1,895 
45 to 49 years 
2,838 
1,955 
690 
193 
1,130 
1,708 
50 to 54 years 
5,052 
3,690 
1,077 
285 
2,190 
2,862 
55 to 59 years 
5,640 
3,981 
1,300 
359 
2,680 
2,960 
60 to 64 years 
5,233 
3,881 
1,117 
235 
2,451 
2,782 
65 to 69 years 
4,524 
3,508 
869 
147 
2,176 
2,348 
70 years and over 
7,802 
6,139 
1,432 
231 
4,280 
3,522 
Average age 
58.9 
60.1 
57.2 
50.4 
60.1 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2,318 
1,733 
492 
93 
1,338 
980 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
270 
191 
63 
16 
114 
156 
Asian 
170 
127 
23 
20 
87 
83 
Black or African American 
47 
34 
11 
2 
24 
23 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
32 
28 
4 
- 
15 
17 
White 
35,498 
25,600 
7,715 
2,183 
16,754 
18,744 
More than one race reported 
163 
125 
23 
15 
82 
81 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,813 
4,433 
1,010 
370 
4,704 
1,109 
2 people 
19,296 
14,172 
4,124 
1,000 
7,985 
11,311 
3 people 
4,582 
3,176 
1,091 
315 
1,769 
2,813 
4 people 
4,042 
2,739 
980 
323 
1,610 
2,432 
5 or more people 
2,447 
1,585 
634 
228 
1,008 
1,439 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,203 
21,266 
3,710 
1,227 
12,256 
13,947 
25 to 49 percent 
2,742 
1,659 
858 
225 
1,286 
1,456 
50 to 74 percent 
2,953 
1,578 
1,101 
274 
1,405 
1,548 
75 to 99 percent 
2,446 
912 
1,273 
261 
1,180 
1,266 
1 00 percent 
1,836 
690 
897 
249 
949 
887 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,613 
1,006 
406 
201 
806 
807 
acres 
4,656,982 
2,404,511 
1,752,900 
499,571 
2,656,368 
2,000,614 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,363 
20,136 
6,398 
1,829 
12,205 
16,158 
Dial-up service 
2,293 
1,672 
517 
104 
1,074 
1,219 
DSL service 
9,631 
6,743 
2,221 
667 
4,043 
5,588 
Cable modem service 
2,845 
2,178 
465 
202 
1,344 
1,501 
Fiber-optic service 
1,032 
640 
308 
84 
400 
632 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,079 
3,400 
1,289 
390 
2,099 
2,980 
Satellite service 
8,858 
6,170 
2,166 
522 
3,708 
5,150 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,026 
773 
183 
70 
425 
601 
Other Internet service 
1,159 
848 
240 
71 
451 
708 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,617 
22,034 
5,890 
1,693 
14,951 
14,666 
2 households 
4,891 
3,144 
1,383 
364 
1,574 
3,317 
3 households 
1,021 
559 
348 
114 
304 
717 
4 households 
367 
199 
137 
31 
155 
212 
5 or more households 
284 
169 
81 
34 
92 
192 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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