Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
140 
193 
95 
124 
109 
362 
Not on farm operated 
48 
47 
50 
13 
18 
96 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
112 
109 
85 
64 
45 
216 
Any 
76 
131 
60 
73 
82 
242 
1 to 49 days 
6 
11 
12 
16 
13 
28 
50 to 99 days 
2 
6 
1 
1 
4 
9 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
15 
19 
6 
8 
8 
16 
200 days or more 
53 
95 
41 
48 
57 
189 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
6 
4 
4 
5 
- 
8 
3 or 4 years 
5 
20 
4 
4 
12 
22 
5 to 9 years 
26 
44 
20 
22 
11 
55 
1 0 years or more 
151 
172 
117 
106 
104 
373 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
20.1 
22.8 
20.6 
17.6 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
4 
2 
1 
- 
7 
3 or 4 years 
- 
16 
4 
3 
12 
16 
5 to 9 years 
17 
41 
17 
22 
11 
47 
1 0 years or more 
165 
179 
122 
111 
104 
388 
Average years operating any farm 
28.2 
21.3 
24.3 
22.6 
19.4 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
7 
16 
1 
1 
1 
30 
35 to 44 years 
19 
34 
8 
2 
22 
34 
45 to 49 years 
13 
24 
4 
8 
6 
35 
50 to 54 years 
14 
26 
11 
26 
29 
66 
55 to 59 years 
31 
36 
31 
21 
14 
52 
60 to 64 years 
35 
32 
36 
35 
18 
64 
65 to 69 years 
28 
46 
9 
23 
17 
79 
70 years and over 
40 
25 
45 
20 
20 
98 
Average age 
59.9 
55.7 
63.1 
60.9 
57.3 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
- 
- 
6 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
7 
4 
2 
- 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
188 
233 
141 
128 
127 
450 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
16 
20 
14 
11 
5 
61 
2 people 
119 
127 
80 
74 
64 
225 
3 people 
35 
35 
23 
24 
17 
52 
4 people 
11 
40 
16 
22 
25 
100 
5 or more people 
7 
18 
12 
6 
16 
20 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
92 
172 
124 
116 
119 
404 
25 to 49 percent 
44 
34 
15 
6 
3 
26 
50 to 74 percent 
13 
24 
3 
6 
4 
5 
75 to 99 percent 
19 
7 
3 
8 
- 
10 
1 00 percent 
20 
3 
- 
1 
1 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
15 
1 
4 
1 
- 
15 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,403 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
109 
160 
79 
108 
92 
288 
Dial-up service 
4 
16 
9 
5 
6 
37 
DSL service 
23 
17 
16 
20 
11 
30 
Cable modem service 
13 
51 
21 
34 
17 
68 
Fiber-optic service 
40 
19 
20 
23 
16 
41 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
18 
39 
18 
42 
30 
73 
Satellite service 
6 
21 
4 
16 
16 
56 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
6 
4 
1 
1 
9 
Other Internet service 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
140 
221 
115 
122 
115 
425 
2 households 
47 
18 
27 
6 
10 
20 
3 households 
- 
1 
- 
5 
1 
12 
4 households 
1 
- 
1 
4 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
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 
182 
232 
141 
137 
126 
447 
acres 
13,126 
8,765 
4,099 
4,343 
2,547 
18,052 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
13 
30 
9 
11 
6 
17 
acres 
809 
579 
214 
404 
(D) 
514 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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