Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,828 
1,342 
891 
2,336 
1,733 
1,049 
491 
Not on farm operated 
588 
503 
322 
940 
551 
326 
243 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,123 
803 
561 
1,585 
1,327 
894 
479 
Any 
1,293 
1,042 
652 
1,691 
957 
481 
255 
1 to 49 days 
172 
139 
78 
220 
141 
87 
31 
50 to 99 days 
95 
82 
53 
148 
97 
26 
24 
100 to 199 days 
152 
143 
100 
236 
123 
64 
36 
200 days or more 
874 
678 
421 
1,087 
596 
304 
164 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
56 
54 
16 
85 
46 
14 
6 
3 or 4 years 
112 
83 
44 
116 
76 
26 
13 
5 to 9 years 
307 
188 
137 
346 
218 
102 
53 
1 0 years or more 
1,941 
1,520 
1,016 
2,729 
1,944 
1,233 
662 
Average years on present farm 
24.8 
24.9 
25.9 
26.5 
27.5 
29.0 
29.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
44 
41 
14 
66 
31 
7 
4 
3 or 4 years 
92 
69 
31 
83 
56 
12 
9 
5 to 9 years 
255 
153 
118 
274 
175 
78 
34 
1 0 years or more 
2,025 
1,582 
1,050 
2,853 
2,022 
1,278 
687 
Average years operating any farm 
26.8 
26.6 
27.5 
28.6 
29.3 
30.9 
31.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
4 
5 
15 
5 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
72 
61 
27 
119 
116 
31 
17 
35 to 44 years 
160 
106 
74 
230 
209 
135 
63 
45 to 49 years 
143 
124 
111 
226 
204 
121 
72 
50 to 54 years 
261 
174 
121 
309 
282 
176 
98 
55 to 59 years 
315 
270 
149 
482 
351 
230 
128 
60 to 64 years 
339 
271 
161 
476 
315 
233 
119 
65 to 69 years 
356 
306 
235 
427 
306 
211 
79 
70 years and over 
755 
529 
330 
992 
496 
236 
158 
Average age 
62.2 
61.9 
62.0 
61.6 
58.8 
58.8 
59.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
31 
30 
9 
31 
12 
6 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
4 
2 
5 
8 
7 
1 
Asian 
5 
1 
1 
11 
3 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
90 
78 
41 
100 
45 
32 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,298 
1,749 
1,168 
3,148 
2,214 
1,334 
731 
More than one race reported 
13 
13 
1 
12 
14 
2 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
367 
267 
197 
479 
310 
127 
61 
2 people 
1,374 
1,016 
675 
1,786 
1,180 
780 
387 
3 people 
314 
252 
166 
410 
353 
216 
110 
4 people 
239 
219 
117 
399 
320 
170 
107 
5 or more people 
122 
91 
58 
202 
121 
82 
69 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,759 
1,278 
807 
1,937 
891 
378 
232 
25 to 49 percent 
225 
186 
130 
359 
225 
78 
50 
50 to 74 percent 
203 
190 
123 
476 
422 
251 
116 
75 to 99 percent 
95 
106 
74 
262 
307 
338 
165 
100 percent 
134 
85 
79 
242 
439 
330 
171 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
61 
43 
33 
107 
113 
104 
113 
acres 
9,424 
8,652 
7,669 
38,930 
78,918 
138,217 
573,451 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,602 
1,223 
845 
2,223 
1,667 
1,070 
591 
Dial-up service 
108 
71 
65 
149 
142 
89 
43 
DSL service 
932 
754 
497 
1,273 
910 
585 
319 
Cable modem service 
192 
146 
98 
281 
171 
98 
65 
Fiber-optic service 
93 
45 
42 
106 
68 
40 
37 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
230 
208 
129 
380 
324 
178 
112 
Satellite service 
242 
142 
126 
285 
265 
173 
115 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
24 
18 
14 
46 
21 
13 
14 
Other Internet service 
9 
14 
4 
13 
4 
4 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,971 
1,519 
994 
2,476 
1,664 
979 
432 
2 households 
361 
236 
179 
588 
395 
274 
176 
3 households 
50 
55 
26 
113 
153 
72 
78 
4 households 
21 
31 
11 
42 
32 
33 
32 
5 or more households 
13 
4 
3 
57 
40 
17 
16 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
2,333 
1,778 
1,170 
3,113 
2,156 
1,262 
650 
acres 
366,828 
352,359 
279,785 
1,089,279 
1,495,435 
1,666,881 
2,264,707 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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