Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,954 
296 
328 
84 
128 
95 
Not on farm operated 
497 
77 
42 
31 
35 
40 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,366 
274 
226 
67 
91 
77 
Any 
1,085 
99 
144 
48 
72 
58 
1 to 49 days 
143 
12 
20 
7 
13 
5 
50 to 99 days 
50 
5 
9 
5 
6 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
136 
10 
22 
8 
14 
10 
200 days or more 
756 
72 
93 
28 
39 
41 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
9 
10 
2 
1 
5 
3 or 4 years 
88 
3 
9 
2 
2 
5 
5 to 9 years 
302 
48 
22 
11 
19 
24 
1 0 years or more 
2,007 
313 
329 
100 
141 
101 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
26.6 
29.0 
28.5 
27.3 
22.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
3 
8 
2 
- 
4 
3 or 4 years 
66 
2 
8 
1 
- 
4 
5 to 9 years 
247 
34 
15 
8 
10 
25 
1 0 years or more 
2,101 
334 
339 
104 
153 
102 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
28.6 
31.1 
31.3 
30.6 
24.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
105 
13 
14 
4 
10 
8 
35 to 44 years 
233 
47 
29 
11 
6 
21 
45 to 49 years 
214 
34 
30 
6 
33 
21 
50 to 54 years 
361 
59 
73 
24 
22 
11 
55 to 59 years 
338 
61 
48 
15 
17 
12 
60 to 64 years 
375 
59 
45 
12 
15 
24 
65 to 69 years 
335 
47 
45 
20 
15 
6 
70 years and over 
485 
52 
86 
23 
45 
31 
Average age 
58.4 
56.8 
58.6 
59.1 
58.0 
56.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
2 
2 
- 
- 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Asian 
30 
16 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
22 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,392 
353 
363 
113 
161 
135 
More than one race reported 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
19 
47 
13 
16 
11 
2 people 
1,304 
187 
199 
69 
91 
69 
3 people 
361 
76 
58 
12 
20 
9 
4 people 
379 
60 
44 
11 
16 
34 
5 or more people 
174 
31 
22 
10 
20 
12 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
36 
57 
34 
52 
57 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
43 
46 
13 
15 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
86 
106 
29 
39 
26 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
93 
110 
22 
31 
23 
1 00 percent 
258 
115 
51 
17 
26 
11 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
125 
42 
20 
11 
14 
2 
acres 
62,076 
44,296 
7,290 
5,126 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
306 
268 
85 
106 
75 
Dial-up service 
156 
21 
29 
8 
15 
6 
DSL service 
296 
67 
53 
22 
24 
13 
Cable modem service 
482 
104 
84 
30 
38 
22 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
23 
8 
9 
7 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
80 
56 
13 
17 
19 
Satellite service 
255 
46 
59 
14 
11 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
4 
- 
2 
4 
6 
Other Internet service 
17 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
217 
290 
75 
135 
114 
2 households 
365 
92 
66 
36 
25 
18 
3 households 
67 
35 
9 
2 
2 
- 
4 households 
32 
15 
4 
1 
1 
3 
5 or more households 
18 
14 
1 
1 
- 
- 
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 
352 
349 
106 
149 
135 
acres 
477,123 
248,117 
93,222 
33,733 
35,747 
15,372 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
190 
39 
37 
15 
3 
10 
acres 
60,378 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
92 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
