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 
1,773 
2,552 
2,293 
2,378 
2,227 
4,093 
Female 
191 
356 
414 
435 
475 
802 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,096 
1,224 
975 
916 
800 
1,605 
Other 
868 
1,684 
1,732 
1,897 
1,902 
3,290 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,588 
2,283 
2,242 
2,408 
2,312 
4,278 
Not on farm operated 
376 
625 
465 
405 
390 
617 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
706 
922 
780 
794 
701 
1,540 
Any 
1,258 
1,986 
1,927 
2,019 
2,001 
3,355 
1 to 49 days 
173 
249 
283 
267 
309 
402 
50 to 99 days 
96 
128 
140 
156 
151 
189 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
216 
296 
269 
263 
212 
381 
200 days or more 
773 
1,313 
1,235 
1,333 
1,329 
2,383 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
80 
114 
87 
101 
106 
224 
3 or 4 years 
83 
173 
136 
148 
213 
176 
5 to 9 years 
264 
494 
538 
509 
527 
871 
1 0 years or more 
1,537 
2,127 
1,946 
2,055 
1,856 
3,624 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
22.0 
19.9 
19.6 
17.7 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
59 
62 
57 
81 
85 
161 
3 or 4 years 
61 
136 
121 
118 
167 
133 
5 to 9 years 
213 
404 
437 
445 
468 
718 
1 0 years or more 
1,631 
2,306 
2,092 
2,169 
1,982 
3,883 
Average years operating any farm 
26.7 
24.8 
22.6 
21.9 
20.0 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
24 
14 
12 
4 
16 
25 to 34 years 
140 
180 
82 
107 
125 
157 
35 to 44 years 
182 
255 
269 
316 
312 
464 
45 to 49 years 
116 
219 
221 
253 
224 
473 
50 to 54 years 
275 
355 
352 
381 
368 
619 
55 to 59 years 
280 
473 
417 
433 
483 
809 
60 to 64 years 
283 
415 
421 
441 
429 
773 
65 to 69 years 
233 
350 
326 
342 
247 
622 
70 years and over 
449 
637 
605 
528 
510 
962 
Average age 
58.7 
58.6 
59.3 
58.2 
57.7 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
83 
79 
66 
74 
149 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11 
17 
22 
24 
10 
45 
Asian 
2 
16 
- 
7 
- 
3 
Black or African American 
7 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
2 
2 
- 
6 
White 
1,938 
2,857 
2,664 
2,766 
2,675 
4,801 
More than one race reported 
6 
12 
17 
14 
16 
40 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
242 
343 
333 
373 
311 
677 
2 people 
1,033 
1,577 
1,477 
1,504 
1,402 
2,515 
3 people 
230 
328 
313 
323 
339 
635 
4 people 
190 
290 
258 
293 
301 
570 
5 or more people 
269 
370 
326 
320 
349 
498 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,114 
2,186 
2,369 
2,561 
2,561 
4,638 
25 to 49 percent 
331 
361 
160 
114 
69 
81 
50 to 74 percent 
318 
231 
116 
98 
48 
93 
75 to 99 percent 
110 
84 
30 
24 
13 
43 
1 00 percent 
91 
46 
32 
16 
11 
40 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
69 
61 
50 
41 
19 
77 
acres 
32,276 
31,187 
8,252 
13,341 
3,028 
93,410 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,486 
2,155 
2,064 
2,103 
2,039 
3,684 
Dial-up service 
139 
179 
148 
165 
139 
289 
DSL service 
579 
837 
758 
818 
820 
1,540 
Cable modem service 
164 
245 
220 
227 
288 
375 
Fiber-optic service 
46 
43 
39 
42 
44 
86 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
266 
382 
328 
351 
328 
626 
Satellite service 
356 
607 
629 
556 
583 
944 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
27 
31 
41 
52 
24 
71 
Other Internet service 
50 
84 
88 
84 
72 
130 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,566 
2,440 
2,308 
2,487 
2,371 
4,326 
2 households 
292 
356 
309 
267 
255 
480 
3 households 
63 
48 
55 
38 
50 
49 
4 households 
27 
38 
19 
14 
12 
22 
5 or more households 
16 
26 
16 
7 
14 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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