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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
35,853 
2,256 
2,635 
880 
1,144 
1,463 
Female 
6,404 
134 
184 
65 
103 
167 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,858 
2,122 
2,423 
784 
893 
1,019 
Other 
22,399 
268 
396 
161 
354 
611 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
32,751 
1,909 
2,402 
755 
951 
1,241 
Not on farm operated 
9,506 
481 
417 
190 
296 
389 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,798 
1,618 
1,911 
622 
653 
734 
Any 
24,459 
772 
908 
323 
594 
896 
1 to 49 days 
3,017 
84 
120 
43 
74 
102 
50 to 99 days 
1,804 
43 
80 
22 
52 
84 
100 to 199 days 
3,439 
88 
130 
41 
112 
136 
200 days or more 
16,199 
557 
578 
217 
356 
574 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,397 
29 
34 
23 
36 
47 
3 or 4 years 
2,255 
66 
71 
31 
76 
96 
5 to 9 years 
6,331 
293 
261 
102 
175 
217 
10 years or more 
32,274 
2,002 
2,453 
789 
960 
1,270 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
23.9 
26.1 
25.2 
25.4 
25.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,032 
16 
25 
13 
26 
39 
3 or 4 years 
1,836 
52 
48 
17 
56 
78 
5 to 9 years 
5,504 
242 
216 
83 
138 
187 
10 years or more 
33,885 
2,080 
2,530 
832 
1,027 
1,326 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
25.6 
27.9 
27.5 
27.6 
27.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
153 
5 
7 
6 
3 
11 
25 to 34 years 
1,689 
88 
171 
60 
104 
107 
35 to 44 years 
3,649 
368 
307 
103 
132 
128 
45 to 49 years 
3,535 
322 
311 
77 
90 
140 
50 to 54 years 
4,808 
377 
370 
124 
140 
179 
55 to 59 years 
6,052 
389 
484 
175 
177 
213 
60 to 64 years 
6,212 
333 
377 
121 
165 
248 
65 to 69 years 
5,995 
255 
363 
89 
176 
197 
70 years and over 
10,164 
253 
429 
190 
260 
407 
Average age 
59.9 
54.9 
56.5 
57.0 
57.7 
59.2 
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 
24 
61 
12 
63 
99 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
39,736 
2,252 
2,694 
922 
1,175 
1,519 
More than one race reported 
157 
6 
17 
2 
3 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,791 
138 
314 
88 
138 
236 
2 people 
22,496 
1,097 
1,355 
487 
643 
864 
3 people 
6,184 
403 
537 
160 
180 
264 
4 people 
5,137 
490 
430 
137 
193 
196 
5 or more people 
2,649 
262 
183 
73 
93 
70 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
31,824 
349 
406 
200 
455 
814 
25 to 49 percent 
2,774 
184 
272 
120 
169 
291 
50 to 74 percent 
3,129 
499 
670 
256 
304 
296 
75 to 99 percent 
2,213 
655 
688 
161 
168 
118 
1 00 percent 
2,317 
703 
783 
208 
151 
111 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,164 
281 
152 
47 
80 
72 
acres 
881,169 
433,976 
104,386 
29,746 
87,132 
41,765 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,395 
2,020 
2,190 
695 
858 
1,123 
Dial-up service 
1,954 
123 
172 
55 
62 
63 
DSL service 
17,631 
1,256 
1,422 
425 
495 
669 
Cable modem service 
3,679 
184 
134 
55 
85 
134 
Fiber-optic service 
1,147 
77 
48 
19 
37 
41 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,585 
341 
316 
118 
139 
205 
Satellite service 
3,610 
306 
285 
109 
111 
119 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
536 
34 
35 
6 
18 
19 
Other Internet service 
228 
20 
4 
1 
7 
9 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
34,620 
1,576 
2,030 
719 
920 
1,252 
2 households 
5,887 
523 
575 
160 
237 
289 
3 households 
1,052 
162 
148 
36 
55 
48 
4 households 
397 
74 
25 
23 
14 
26 
5 or more households 
301 
55 
41 
7 
21 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
