Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
706 
1 
37 
71 
152 
261 
184 
Female 
180 
- 
19 
22 
57 
44 
38 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
886 
1 
56 
93 
209 
305 
222 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
723 
- 
42 
75 
186 
248 
172 
Not on farm operated 
163 
1 
14 
18 
23 
57 
50 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
202 
- 
8 
18 
16 
59 
101 
Any 
684 
1 
48 
75 
193 
246 
121 
1 to 49 days 
42 
- 
- 
1 
11 
18 
12 
50 to 99 days 
19 
- 
- 
1 
2 
4 
12 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
66 
- 
8 
1 
15 
29 
13 
200 days or more 
557 
1 
40 
72 
165 
195 
84 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
29 
- 
8 
3 
5 
2 
11 
3 or 4 years 
42 
- 
10 
3 
14 
7 
8 
5 to 9 years 
118 
1 
20 
27 
32 
25 
13 
1 0 years or more 
697 
- 
18 
60 
158 
271 
190 
Average years on present farm 
19.3 
(D) 
(D) 
11.6 
15.3 
20.3 
27.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
21 
- 
8 
1 
4 
1 
7 
3 or 4 years 
40 
- 
9 
4 
12 
7 
8 
5 to 9 years 
100 
1 
16 
28 
27 
15 
13 
1 0 years or more 
725 
- 
23 
60 
166 
282 
194 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
(D) 
(D) 
11.7 
17.1 
22.0 
30.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
56 
- 
56 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
93 
- 
- 
93 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
81 
- 
- 
- 
81 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
128 
- 
- 
- 
128 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
175 
- 
- 
- 
- 
175 
- 
60 to 64 years 
130 
- 
- 
- 
- 
130 
- 
65 to 69 years 
106 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
106 
70 years and over 
116 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
116 
Average age 
56.2 
(D) 
(D) 
40.9 
50.2 
58.8 
71.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
7 
- 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
10 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
874 
1 
56 
93 
205 
304 
215 
More than one race reported 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
89 
- 
2 
2 
8 
36 
41 
2 people 
393 
1 
11 
19 
86 
145 
131 
3 people 
132 
- 
10 
5 
29 
65 
23 
4 people 
194 
- 
27 
36 
60 
51 
20 
5 or more people 
78 
- 
6 
31 
26 
8 
7 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
689 
- 
72 
170 
238 
169 
25 to 49 percent 
82 
1 
5 
14 
20 
30 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
75 
- 
2 
4 
13 
20 
36 
75 to 99 percent 
29 
- 
9 
2 
3 
10 
5 
1 00 percent 
11 
- 
- 
1 
3 
7 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
acres 
22 
4,425 
- 
1 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
8 
3,277 
1 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
586 
1 
44 
79 
170 
188 
104 
Dial-up service 
51 
- 
- 
3 
16 
19 
13 
DSL service 
77 
- 
2 
6 
20 
24 
25 
Cable modem service 
154 
- 
3 
14 
48 
58 
31 
Fiber-optic service 
71 
- 
- 
19 
16 
21 
15 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
166 
- 
18 
34 
50 
48 
16 
Satellite service 
96 
1 
24 
9 
31 
16 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
6 
Other Internet service 
9 
- 
- 
3 
5 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
776 
1 
47 
85 
178 
270 
195 
2 households 
97 
- 
9 
8 
24 
33 
23 
3 households 
8 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
3 
4 households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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