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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
146 
193 
143 
116 
134 
236 
Female 
49 
51 
15 
45 
32 
125 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
118 
128 
67 
96 
62 
140 
Other 
77 
116 
91 
65 
104 
221 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
145 
193 
100 
145 
132 
301 
Not on farm operated 
50 
51 
58 
16 
34 
60 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
110 
118 
87 
80 
72 
157 
Any 
85 
126 
71 
81 
94 
204 
1 to 49 days 
5 
13 
14 
18 
16 
19 
50 to 99 days 
2 
6 
2 
1 
4 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
16 
20 
6 
8 
9 
13 
200 days or more 
62 
87 
49 
54 
65 
164 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
8 
3 
3 
5 
- 
7 
3 or 4 years 
5 
21 
5 
5 
13 
17 
5 to 9 years 
28 
42 
20 
27 
13 
48 
1 0 years or more 
154 
178 
130 
124 
140 
289 
Average years on present farm 
24.0 
20.7 
22.9 
20.8 
19.3 
18.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
8 
3 
1 
1 
- 
7 
3 or 4 years 
1 
16 
5 
4 
13 
11 
5 to 9 years 
19 
39 
17 
27 
13 
40 
1 0 years or more 
167 
186 
135 
129 
140 
303 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
22.0 
24.1 
22.8 
20.5 
20.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
9 
14 
1 
2 
1 
29 
35 to 44 years 
18 
35 
10 
2 
21 
31 
45 to 49 years 
18 
20 
7 
8 
10 
27 
50 to 54 years 
16 
25 
11 
26 
35 
59 
55 to 59 years 
31 
36 
33 
24 
17 
43 
60 to 64 years 
37 
32 
39 
39 
18 
55 
65 to 69 years 
28 
51 
10 
29 
28 
55 
70 years and over 
37 
30 
47 
30 
36 
62 
Average age 
58.7 
56.6 
62.8 
61.9 
59.5 
57.3 
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 
195 
237 
154 
152 
166 
353 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
17 
23 
17 
16 
15 
38 
2 people 
119 
130 
85 
88 
83 
177 
3 people 
35 
38 
23 
26 
24 
40 
4 people 
18 
34 
19 
23 
30 
89 
5 or more people 
6 
19 
14 
8 
14 
17 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
95 
175 
137 
140 
154 
317 
25 to 49 percent 
48 
33 
15 
7 
4 
21 
50 to 74 percent 
14 
24 
3 
7 
5 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
18 
9 
2 
7 
1 
9 
1 00 percent 
20 
3 
1 
- 
2 
12 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
15 
1 
5 
3 
2 
9 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
301 
(D) 
(D) 
520 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
118 
157 
89 
121 
107 
240 
Dial-up service 
4 
16 
9 
7 
7 
34 
DSL service 
24 
15 
18 
24 
13 
22 
Cable modem service 
16 
51 
22 
35 
23 
56 
Fiber-optic service 
40 
20 
22 
23 
16 
38 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
24 
36 
23 
43 
31 
63 
Satellite service 
8 
19 
5 
20 
22 
43 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
9 
6 
4 
1 
1 
9 
Other Internet service 
1 
4 
- 
1 
2 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
148 
222 
126 
143 
150 
341 
2 households 
46 
20 
28 
11 
12 
9 
3 households 
- 
2 
- 
4 
2 
11 
4 households 
1 
- 
2 
3 
2 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 119 
