Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,724 
3,782 
3,415 
3,301 
2,989 
10,408 
Not on farm operated 
508 
922 
724 
650 
553 
4,422 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
994 
1,854 
1,580 
1,458 
1,182 
5,280 
Any 
1,238 
2,850 
2,559 
2,493 
2,360 
9,550 
1 to 49 days 
160 
326 
252 
264 
273 
1,329 
50 to 99 days 
86 
238 
213 
216 
173 
602 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
183 
474 
352 
389 
335 
1,211 
200 days or more 
809 
1,812 
1,742 
1,624 
1,579 
6,408 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
173 
109 
134 
161 
602 
3 or 4 years 
101 
220 
206 
253 
263 
884 
5 to 9 years 
308 
602 
637 
614 
698 
2,449 
1 0 years or more 
1,769 
3,709 
3,187 
2,950 
2,420 
10,895 
Average years on present farm 
24.6 
24.1 
22.5 
21.2 
19.1 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
35 
139 
84 
97 
109 
451 
3 or 4 years 
80 
177 
149 
205 
206 
777 
5 to 9 years 
244 
518 
570 
537 
642 
2,153 
10 years or more 
1,873 
3,870 
3,336 
3,112 
2,585 
1 1 ,449 
Average years operating any farm 
27.0 
26.1 
24.4 
22.9 
21.0 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
17 
13 
22 
31 
29 
25 to 34 years 
86 
142 
166 
164 
173 
436 
35 to 44 years 
147 
358 
306 
306 
310 
1,192 
45 to 49 years 
153 
333 
292 
331 
312 
1,184 
50 to 54 years 
227 
477 
440 
450 
449 
1,591 
55 to 59 years 
313 
571 
539 
536 
522 
2,148 
60 to 64 years 
304 
667 
617 
547 
521 
2,331 
65 to 69 years 
324 
717 
620 
601 
453 
2,221 
70 years and over 
666 
1,422 
1,146 
994 
771 
3,698 
Average age 
61.4 
61.8 
61.2 
60.3 
58.7 
60.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
24 
39 
39 
47 
33 
196 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
4 
6 
9 
13 
48 
Asian 
8 
18 
8 
1 
5 
54 
Black or African American 
115 
195 
212 
206 
180 
846 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
3 
4 
- 
White 
2,090 
4,460 
3,905 
3,721 
3,321 
13,822 
More than one race reported 
5 
23 
8 
11 
19 
60 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
268 
645 
546 
495 
474 
2,476 
2 people 
1,295 
2,636 
2,322 
2,206 
1,833 
7,848 
3 people 
296 
662 
606 
595 
551 
1,948 
4 people 
242 
471 
427 
434 
444 
1,704 
5 or more people 
131 
290 
238 
221 
240 
854 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,387 
3,691 
3,674 
3,692 
3,363 
13,889 
25 to 49 percent 
376 
550 
252 
131 
81 
376 
50 to 74 percent 
273 
295 
124 
70 
71 
302 
75 to 99 percent 
134 
101 
33 
25 
5 
135 
1 00 percent 
62 
67 
56 
33 
22 
128 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
59 
87 
54 
45 
42 
260 
acres 
41,728 
13,023 
6,291 
5,862 
1,866 
125,967 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,513 
3,156 
2,757 
2,704 
2,550 
9,945 
Dial-up service 
86 
220 
150 
174 
183 
673 
DSL service 
917 
1,880 
1,666 
1,680 
1,576 
5,709 
Cable modem service 
197 
411 
374 
329 
289 
1,506 
Fiber-optic service 
70 
194 
106 
123 
91 
344 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
227 
525 
404 
405 
379 
1,540 
Satellite service 
174 
423 
337 
321 
287 
1,158 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
27 
49 
50 
39 
35 
224 
Other Internet service 
12 
25 
24 
13 
35 
78 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,716 
3,771 
3,491 
3,341 
3,094 
12,824 
2 households 
401 
788 
554 
512 
360 
1,531 
3 households 
83 
80 
62 
63 
60 
265 
4 households 
26 
37 
22 
21 
17 
117 
5 or more households 
6 
28 
10 
14 
11 
93 
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 
2,159 
4,575 
4,041 
3,878 
3,476 
14,393 
acres 
494,183 
669,095 
391,042 
283,409 
230,270 
1,903,190 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
167 
252 
147 
129 
115 
832 
acres 
62,771 
44,125 
21,191 
16,412 
15,912 
286,629 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 97 
