Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,954 
355 
778 
103 
139 
113 
Not on farm operated 
497 
97 
155 
40 
19 
40 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,366 
211 
456 
83 
91 
81 
Any 
1,085 
241 
477 
60 
67 
72 
1 to 49 days 
143 
34 
58 
14 
6 
5 
50 to 99 days 
50 
10 
20 
6 
2 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
136 
39 
52 
2 
12 
7 
200 days or more 
756 
158 
347 
38 
47 
58 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
13 
24 
1 
7 
3 
3 or 4 years 
88 
35 
41 
3 
1 
1 
5 to 9 years 
302 
65 
132 
19 
22 
15 
1 0 years or more 
2,007 
339 
736 
120 
128 
134 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
19.8 
20.1 
27.0 
23.1 
27.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
12 
17 
- 
4 
- 
3 or 4 years 
66 
23 
36 
2 
- 
1 
5 to 9 years 
247 
64 
105 
14 
20 
12 
1 0 years or more 
2,101 
353 
775 
127 
134 
140 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
21.0 
22.0 
30.9 
24.6 
29.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
105 
45 
28 
2 
6 
3 
35 to 44 years 
233 
37 
111 
5 
29 
7 
45 to 49 years 
214 
49 
75 
7 
12 
14 
50 to 54 years 
361 
51 
157 
20 
23 
15 
55 to 59 years 
338 
82 
128 
16 
13 
15 
60 to 64 years 
375 
71 
154 
19 
23 
26 
65 to 69 years 
335 
61 
113 
20 
15 
36 
70 years and over 
485 
55 
164 
54 
36 
37 
Average age 
58.4 
55.5 
57.7 
64.8 
57.4 
61.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
1 
15 
5 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
30 
1 
26 
2 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
22 
10 
6 
3 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,392 
441 
896 
138 
155 
153 
More than one race reported 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
47 
80 
17 
7 
16 
2 people 
1,304 
231 
460 
88 
70 
106 
3 people 
361 
57 
159 
22 
29 
11 
4 people 
379 
90 
157 
11 
35 
11 
5 or more people 
174 
27 
77 
5 
17 
9 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
295 
588 
90 
88 
68 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
48 
85 
18 
15 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
41 
110 
17 
16 
35 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
39 
87 
11 
16 
19 
1 00 percent 
258 
29 
63 
7 
23 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
125 
18 
32 
6 
5 
7 
acres 
62,076 
90 
709 
365 
420 
800 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
303 
649 
89 
104 
100 
Dial-up service 
156 
36 
56 
2 
9 
8 
DSL service 
296 
53 
88 
24 
25 
24 
Cable modem service 
482 
94 
194 
27 
20 
13 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
40 
101 
10 
11 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
60 
170 
21 
34 
23 
Satellite service 
255 
40 
104 
5 
18 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
8 
20 
6 
- 
2 
Other Internet service 
17 
3 
6 
- 
1 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
398 
777 
116 
127 
121 
2 households 
365 
39 
123 
26 
28 
29 
3 households 
67 
11 
15 
1 
2 
- 
4 households 
32 
1 
11 
- 
1 
3 
5 or more households 
18 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
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 
2,356 
438 
903 
139 
154 
143 
acres 
477,123 
1,968 
20,261 
8,111 
12,875 
16,479 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
66 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
