Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,006 
1,272 
565 
169 
1,120 
886 
Female 
445 
394 
24 
27 
226 
219 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,565 
937 
476 
152 
854 
711 
Other 
886 
729 
113 
44 
492 
394 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,954 
1,376 
490 
88 
1,045 
909 
Not on farm operated 
497 
290 
99 
108 
301 
196 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,366 
870 
397 
99 
783 
583 
Any 
1,085 
796 
192 
97 
563 
522 
1 to 49 days 
143 
104 
21 
18 
72 
71 
50 to 99 days 
50 
35 
6 
9 
30 
20 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
136 
100 
26 
10 
67 
69 
200 days or more 
756 
557 
139 
60 
394 
362 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
40 
3 
11 
31 
23 
3 or 4 years 
88 
66 
9 
13 
34 
54 
5 to 9 years 
302 
230 
44 
28 
145 
157 
1 0 years or more 
2,007 
1,330 
533 
144 
1,136 
871 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
22.1 
30.4 
18.5 
24.1 
23.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
30 
- 
7 
26 
11 
3 or 4 years 
66 
57 
7 
2 
21 
45 
5 to 9 years 
247 
177 
41 
29 
126 
121 
1 0 years or more 
2,101 
1,402 
541 
158 
1,173 
928 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
24.1 
32.2 
20.7 
25.8 
25.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
- 
- 
5 
4 
1 
25 to 34 years 
105 
60 
20 
25 
54 
51 
35 to 44 years 
233 
141 
49 
43 
130 
103 
45 to 49 years 
214 
132 
50 
32 
117 
97 
50 to 54 years 
361 
233 
110 
18 
208 
153 
55 to 59 years 
338 
239 
77 
22 
188 
150 
60 to 64 years 
375 
262 
90 
23 
187 
188 
65 to 69 years 
335 
257 
64 
14 
195 
140 
70 years and over 
485 
342 
129 
14 
263 
222 
Average age 
58.4 
59.4 
58.6 
49.2 
58.4 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
17 
6 
- 
19 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
1 
2 
- 
1 
2 
Asian 
30 
30 
- 
- 
7 
23 
Black or African American 
22 
16 
3 
3 
13 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,392 
1,617 
583 
192 
1,324 
1,068 
More than one race reported 
4 
2 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
233 
150 
61 
22 
194 
39 
2 people 
1,304 
895 
297 
112 
720 
584 
3 people 
361 
246 
97 
18 
166 
195 
4 people 
379 
271 
81 
27 
200 
179 
5 or more people 
174 
104 
53 
17 
66 
108 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
1,035 
145 
83 
707 
556 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
164 
69 
30 
143 
120 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
185 
124 
32 
182 
159 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
162 
135 
29 
176 
150 
1 00 percent 
258 
120 
116 
22 
138 
120 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
acres 
125 
62,076 
70 
7,646 
46 
46,076 
9 
8,354 
58 
19,353 
67 
42,723 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,676 
1,118 
418 
140 
826 
850 
Dial-up service 
156 
107 
42 
7 
77 
79 
DSL service 
296 
196 
78 
22 
150 
146 
Cable modem service 
482 
312 
123 
47 
255 
227 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
164 
28 
21 
116 
97 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
405 
252 
106 
47 
162 
243 
Satellite service 
255 
168 
79 
8 
98 
157 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
37 
8 
2 
20 
27 
Other Internet service 
17 
13 
4 
- 
9 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,969 
1,376 
434 
159 
1,191 
778 
2 households 
365 
235 
104 
26 
126 
239 
3 households 
67 
35 
28 
4 
8 
59 
4 households 
32 
10 
17 
5 
14 
18 
5 or more households 
18 
10 
6 
2 
7 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
