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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,006 
350 
317 
102 
149 
120 
Female 
445 
24 
57 
17 
8 
22 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,565 
340 
297 
90 
124 
103 
Other 
886 
34 
77 
29 
33 
39 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,954 
296 
332 
89 
121 
100 
Not on farm operated 
497 
78 
42 
30 
36 
42 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,366 
275 
226 
73 
85 
83 
Any 
1,085 
99 
148 
46 
72 
59 
1 to 49 days 
143 
12 
20 
7 
13 
6 
50 to 99 days 
50 
5 
10 
4 
6 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
136 
10 
22 
10 
12 
10 
200 days or more 
756 
72 
96 
25 
41 
41 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
9 
10 
2 
1 
6 
3 or 4 years 
88 
3 
9 
2 
2 
6 
5 to 9 years 
302 
48 
22 
13 
17 
24 
1 0 years or more 
2,007 
314 
333 
102 
137 
106 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
26.6 
29.1 
27.5 
27.6 
23.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
3 
8 
2 
- 
4 
3 or 4 years 
66 
2 
8 
1 
- 
5 
5 to 9 years 
247 
34 
15 
10 
8 
25 
1 0 years or more 
2,101 
335 
343 
106 
149 
108 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
28.6 
31.2 
30.5 
30.8 
25.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
105 
13 
14 
6 
8 
8 
35 to 44 years 
233 
48 
29 
10 
6 
23 
45 to 49 years 
214 
34 
30 
12 
28 
20 
50 to 54 years 
361 
59 
73 
24 
22 
11 
55 to 59 years 
338 
61 
51 
12 
18 
12 
60 to 64 years 
375 
59 
45 
12 
15 
24 
65 to 69 years 
335 
47 
45 
20 
15 
7 
70 years and over 
485 
52 
87 
23 
45 
36 
Average age 
58.4 
56.8 
58.7 
58.0 
58.8 
57.4 
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 
354 
367 
117 
155 
142 
More than one race reported 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
19 
49 
11 
16 
12 
2 people 
1,304 
187 
201 
68 
91 
75 
3 people 
361 
76 
58 
12 
21 
8 
4 people 
379 
61 
44 
12 
14 
35 
5 or more people 
174 
31 
22 
16 
15 
12 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
36 
58 
33 
53 
65 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
43 
46 
14 
15 
17 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
87 
106 
30 
37 
26 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
93 
113 
19 
32 
23 
1 00 percent 
258 
115 
51 
23 
20 
11 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
125 
42 
21 
10 
14 
3 
acres 
62,076 
44,296 
8,417 
3,999 
2,440 
995 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
307 
271 
90 
99 
77 
Dial-up service 
156 
21 
29 
8 
15 
6 
DSL service 
296 
67 
53 
29 
17 
14 
Cable modem service 
482 
104 
86 
28 
39 
22 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
24 
7 
9 
7 
7 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
80 
57 
12 
18 
18 
Satellite service 
255 
46 
60 
13 
11 
8 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
4 
1 
3 
2 
7 
Other Internet service 
17 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
217 
295 
78 
130 
119 
2 households 
365 
93 
65 
36 
25 
20 
3 households 
67 
35 
9 
3 
1 
- 
4 households 
32 
15 
4 
1 
1 
3 
5 or more households 
18 
14 
1 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
