Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
32,751 
1,840 
2,431 
774 
902 
1,185 
Not on farm operated 
9,506 
467 
425 
182 
286 
367 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,798 
1,566 
1,928 
633 
621 
702 
Any 
24,459 
741 
928 
323 
567 
850 
1 to 49 days 
3,017 
79 
120 
47 
71 
96 
50 to 99 days 
1,804 
39 
84 
22 
49 
82 
100 to 199 days 
3,439 
88 
130 
40 
108 
129 
200 days or more 
16,199 
535 
594 
214 
339 
543 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,397 
29 
34 
23 
35 
43 
3 or 4 years 
2,255 
60 
75 
33 
71 
89 
5 to 9 years 
6,331 
293 
255 
104 
165 
206 
1 0 years or more 
32,274 
1,925 
2,492 
796 
917 
1,214 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
23.8 
26.1 
25.3 
25.2 
25.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,032 
16 
25 
13 
26 
37 
3 or 4 years 
1,836 
46 
52 
19 
55 
70 
5 to 9 years 
5,504 
242 
210 
86 
134 
168 
10 years or more 
33,885 
2,003 
2,569 
838 
973 
1,277 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
25.5 
27.8 
27.7 
27.1 
27.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
153 
5 
7 
6 
3 
8 
25 to 34 years 
1,689 
82 
170 
62 
108 
100 
35 to 44 years 
3,649 
355 
320 
98 
129 
128 
45 to 49 years 
3,535 
306 
320 
82 
88 
134 
50 to 54 years 
4,808 
363 
377 
128 
134 
172 
55 to 59 years 
6,052 
383 
482 
177 
173 
208 
60 to 64 years 
6,212 
314 
394 
121 
156 
240 
65 to 69 years 
5,995 
251 
361 
88 
169 
190 
70 years and over 
10,164 
248 
425 
194 
228 
372 
Average age 
59.9 
55.0 
56.4 
57.0 
57.1 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
443 
17 
19 
4 
17 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
127 
4 
18 
1 
1 
9 
Asian 
239 
104 
28 
8 
5 
- 
Black or African American 
1,986 
18 
67 
11 
50 
86 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
39,736 
2,175 
2,725 
934 
1,130 
1,453 
More than one race reported 
157 
6 
17 
2 
2 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,791 
134 
310 
95 
127 
221 
2 people 
22,496 
1,065 
1,361 
494 
601 
835 
3 people 
6,184 
384 
553 
158 
179 
252 
4 people 
5,137 
466 
451 
131 
191 
176 
5 or more people 
2,649 
258 
181 
78 
90 
68 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
31,824 
341 
411 
196 
417 
763 
25 to 49 percent 
2,774 
181 
266 
125 
158 
278 
50 to 74 percent 
3,129 
483 
679 
254 
297 
281 
75 to 99 percent 
2,213 
621 
714 
160 
167 
118 
1 00 percent 
2,317 
681 
786 
221 
149 
112 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,164 
280 
153 
44 
81 
59 
acres 
881,169 
429,976 
108,386 
28,854 
87,794 
31,422 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,395 
1,943 
2,234 
705 
823 
1,065 
Dial-up service 
1,954 
116 
179 
51 
63 
59 
DSL service 
17,631 
1,216 
1,451 
429 
464 
643 
Cable modem service 
3,679 
172 
144 
54 
84 
119 
Fiber-optic service 
1,147 
73 
51 
20 
36 
39 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,585 
320 
325 
123 
140 
197 
Satellite service 
3,610 
295 
293 
106 
107 
109 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
536 
34 
31 
10 
18 
19 
Other Internet service 
228 
20 
4 
1 
6 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
34,620 
1,509 
2,070 
720 
872 
1,212 
2 households 
5,887 
511 
570 
168 
228 
264 
3 households 
1,052 
158 
151 
37 
54 
39 
4 households 
397 
74 
25 
23 
13 
22 
5 or more households 
301 
55 
40 
8 
21 
15 
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 
40,891 
2,125 
2,712 
920 
1,136 
1,476 
acres 
8,906,536 
2,027,839 
1,495,948 
440,639 
529,775 
441,146 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,380 
242 
189 
71 
110 
126 
acres 
968,604 
278,834 
108,033 
38,077 
57,632 
38,988 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
