Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
35,853 
25,817 
8,202 
1,834 
22,516 
13,337 
Female 
6,404 
5,727 
458 
219 
3,545 
2,859 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,858 
13,155 
5,626 
1,077 
12,592 
7,266 
Other 
22,399 
18,389 
3,034 
976 
13,469 
8,930 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
32,751 
24,428 
7,288 
1,035 
19,739 
13,012 
Not on farm operated 
9,506 
7,116 
1,372 
1,018 
6,322 
3,184 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,798 
12,835 
4,236 
727 
1 1 ,644 
6,154 
Any 
24,459 
18,709 
4,424 
1,326 
14,417 
10,042 
1 to 49 days 
3,017 
2,370 
532 
115 
1,931 
1,086 
50 to 99 days 
1,804 
1,406 
300 
98 
1,133 
671 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,439 
2,584 
651 
204 
1,972 
1,467 
200 days or more 
16,199 
12,349 
2,941 
909 
9,381 
6,818 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,397 
1,023 
183 
191 
754 
643 
3 or 4 years 
2,255 
1,625 
339 
291 
1,180 
1,075 
5 to 9 years 
6,331 
4,854 
983 
494 
3,324 
3,007 
1 0 years or more 
32,274 
24,042 
7,155 
1,077 
20,803 
11,471 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
21.6 
25.3 
13.9 
23.4 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,032 
751 
134 
147 
557 
475 
3 or 4 years 
1,836 
1,351 
254 
231 
966 
870 
5 to 9 years 
5,504 
4,268 
806 
430 
2,897 
2,607 
1 0 years or more 
33,885 
25,174 
7,466 
1,245 
21,641 
12,244 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
23.3 
27.2 
16.4 
25.1 
21.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
153 
61 
25 
67 
103 
50 
25 to 34 years 
1,689 
850 
444 
395 
950 
739 
35 to 44 years 
3,649 
2,361 
987 
301 
2,001 
1,648 
45 to 49 years 
3,535 
2,418 
856 
261 
2,002 
1,533 
50 to 54 years 
4,808 
3,496 
1,052 
260 
2,740 
2,068 
55 to 59 years 
6,052 
4,469 
1,328 
255 
3,582 
2,470 
60 to 64 years 
6,212 
4,780 
1,252 
180 
3,783 
2,429 
65 to 69 years 
5,995 
4,656 
1,201 
138 
3,849 
2,146 
70 years and over 
10,164 
8,453 
1,515 
196 
7,051 
3,113 
Average age 
59.9 
61.2 
57.5 
49.2 
60.9 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
443 
371 
52 
20 
268 
175 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
127 
98 
26 
3 
65 
62 
Asian 
239 
215 
15 
9 
112 
127 
Black or African American 
1,986 
1,378 
426 
182 
1,449 
537 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
12 
- 
- 
5 
7 
White 
39,736 
29,730 
8,157 
1,849 
24,315 
15,421 
More than one race reported 
157 
111 
36 
10 
115 
42 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,791 
4,545 
955 
291 
4,974 
817 
2 people 
22,496 
17,259 
4,460 
777 
13,402 
9,094 
3 people 
6,184 
4,391 
1,402 
391 
3,384 
2,800 
4 people 
5,137 
3,482 
1,252 
403 
2,905 
2,232 
5 or more people 
2,649 
1,867 
591 
191 
1,396 
1,253 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
31,824 
26,047 
4,523 
1,254 
19,380 
12,444 
25 to 49 percent 
2,774 
1,811 
800 
163 
1,725 
1,049 
50 to 74 percent 
3,129 
1,659 
1,212 
258 
1,974 
1,155 
75 to 99 percent 
2,213 
1,074 
982 
157 
1,420 
793 
1 00 percent 
2,317 
953 
1,143 
221 
1,562 
755 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,164 
804 
254 
106 
705 
459 
acres 
881,169 
518,798 
317,836 
44,535 
522,414 
358,755 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,395 
21,444 
6,413 
1,538 
16,572 
12,823 
Dial-up service 
1,954 
1,444 
419 
91 
1,190 
764 
DSL service 
17,631 
12,878 
3,867 
886 
9,918 
7,713 
Cable modem service 
3,679 
2,825 
639 
215 
2,135 
1,544 
Fiber-optic service 
1,147 
807 
281 
59 
662 
485 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,585 
3,254 
1,039 
292 
2,312 
2,273 
Satellite service 
3,610 
2,593 
846 
171 
1,904 
1,706 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
536 
419 
104 
13 
262 
274 
Other Internet service 
228 
178 
39 
11 
120 
108 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
34,620 
26,357 
6,648 
1,615 
22,657 
11,963 
2 households 
5,887 
4,058 
1,503 
326 
2,627 
3,260 
3 households 
1,052 
656 
339 
57 
422 
630 
4 households 
397 
256 
110 
31 
220 
177 
5 or more households 
301 
217 
60 
24 
135 
166 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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