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 
2,121 
4,560 
4,104 
4,171 
4,183 
8,336 
Female 
219 
607 
662 
800 
1,127 
2,336 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,309 
2,438 
1,888 
1,798 
1,608 
3,576 
Other 
1,031 
2,729 
2,878 
3,173 
3,702 
7,096 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,782 
4,031 
3,719 
3,754 
3,834 
8,373 
Not on farm operated 
558 
1,136 
1,047 
1,217 
1,476 
2,299 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,020 
2,028 
1,825 
1,858 
1,934 
3,595 
Any 
1,320 
3,139 
2,941 
3,113 
3,376 
7,077 
1 to 49 days 
173 
353 
314 
380 
474 
900 
50 to 99 days 
94 
263 
240 
255 
270 
401 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
209 
504 
404 
466 
405 
944 
200 days or more 
844 
2,019 
1,983 
2,012 
2,227 
4,832 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
60 
192 
139 
167 
206 
464 
3 or 4 years 
103 
251 
239 
321 
371 
630 
5 to 9 years 
325 
663 
715 
792 
972 
1,816 
1 0 years or more 
1,852 
4,061 
3,673 
3,691 
3,761 
7,762 
Average years on present farm 
24.5 
23.9 
22.6 
21.0 
19.8 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
41 
157 
104 
123 
148 
340 
3 or 4 years 
79 
202 
179 
265 
314 
546 
5 to 9 years 
249 
578 
639 
684 
881 
1,607 
1 0 years or more 
1,971 
4,230 
3,844 
3,899 
3,967 
8,179 
Average years operating any farm 
26.9 
25.8 
24.6 
22.7 
21.4 
20.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
20 
12 
25 
33 
22 
25 to 34 years 
80 
159 
165 
189 
214 
352 
35 to 44 years 
156 
388 
326 
346 
393 
1,002 
45 to 49 years 
159 
359 
332 
398 
412 
935 
50 to 54 years 
235 
505 
484 
547 
575 
1,272 
55 to 59 years 
338 
631 
632 
665 
736 
1,612 
60 to 64 years 
330 
778 
708 
705 
778 
1,669 
65 to 69 years 
347 
794 
727 
768 
712 
1,567 
70 years and over 
686 
1,533 
1,380 
1,328 
1,457 
2,241 
Average age 
61.5 
61.8 
61.8 
61.0 
60.6 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
24 
42 
47 
67 
49 
149 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
5 
8 
12 
16 
39 
Asian 
8 
22 
7 
1 
8 
48 
Black or African American 
107 
234 
254 
303 
288 
541 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
3 
4 
- 
White 
2,206 
4,879 
4,487 
4,639 
4,966 
9,997 
More than one race reported 
5 
23 
10 
13 
28 
47 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
288 
708 
651 
709 
841 
1,680 
2 people 
1,358 
2,900 
2,680 
2,775 
2,795 
5,542 
3 people 
313 
725 
683 
697 
745 
1,477 
4 people 
235 
520 
498 
527 
601 
1,310 
5 or more people 
146 
314 
254 
263 
328 
663 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,464 
4,114 
4,225 
4,596 
4,992 
10,209 
25 to 49 percent 
401 
547 
287 
189 
135 
179 
50 to 74 percent 
279 
317 
154 
107 
122 
125 
75 to 99 percent 
134 
111 
45 
44 
31 
58 
100 percent 
62 
78 
55 
35 
30 
101 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
58 
97 
70 
75 
75 
157 
acres 
45,955 
30,889 
29,368 
10,545 
16,651 
50,756 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,590 
3,484 
3,175 
3,347 
3,574 
7,339 
Dial-up service 
95 
236 
192 
200 
258 
498 
DSL service 
955 
2,086 
1,852 
2,053 
2,104 
4,314 
Cable modem service 
209 
467 
456 
449 
473 
1,033 
Fiber-optic service 
79 
201 
122 
158 
129 
236 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
247 
581 
481 
488 
549 
1,120 
Satellite service 
182 
469 
382 
398 
417 
832 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
28 
52 
58 
61 
60 
165 
Other Internet service 
13 
27 
24 
13 
52 
58 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,811 
4,139 
3,958 
4,169 
4,580 
9,466 
2 households 
405 
842 
662 
631 
557 
1,006 
3 households 
90 
101 
92 
111 
102 
107 
4 households 
25 
44 
32 
32 
44 
58 
5 or more households 
9 
41 
22 
28 
27 
35 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 123 
