Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
987 
693 
537 
1,385 
821 
597 
450 
Not on farm operated 
381 
338 
234 
658 
502 
454 
425 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
518 
390 
321 
775 
623 
677 
620 
Any 
850 
641 
450 
1,268 
700 
374 
255 
1 to 49 days 
105 
66 
62 
157 
71 
58 
43 
50 to 99 days 
49 
47 
27 
93 
66 
35 
16 
100 to 199 days 
141 
95 
80 
220 
124 
55 
28 
200 days or more 
555 
433 
281 
798 
439 
226 
168 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
36 
20 
18 
46 
31 
26 
11 
3 or 4 years 
72 
36 
47 
110 
69 
40 
31 
5 to 9 years 
145 
137 
71 
278 
148 
81 
78 
1 0 years or more 
1,115 
838 
635 
1,609 
1,075 
904 
755 
Average years on present farm 
24.6 
24.7 
26.0 
24.4 
25.5 
25.6 
25.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
31 
17 
10 
37 
21 
7 
2 
3 or 4 years 
53 
26 
32 
81 
48 
30 
15 
5 to 9 years 
119 
111 
60 
235 
122 
70 
58 
1 0 years or more 
1,165 
877 
669 
1,690 
1,132 
944 
800 
Average years operating any farm 
26.6 
26.7 
28.0 
26.7 
27.8 
28.4 
28.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
6 
- 
7 
9 
6 
- 
25 to 34 years 
62 
33 
28 
108 
105 
60 
45 
35 to 44 years 
113 
79 
47 
188 
112 
151 
137 
45 to 49 years 
98 
81 
38 
190 
119 
103 
110 
50 to 54 years 
149 
117 
98 
227 
172 
164 
130 
55 to 59 years 
197 
135 
111 
277 
223 
190 
145 
60 to 64 years 
185 
165 
126 
314 
165 
148 
134 
65 to 69 years 
192 
118 
99 
226 
156 
88 
71 
70 years and over 
363 
297 
224 
506 
262 
141 
103 
Average age 
60.4 
61.0 
61.8 
59.2 
57.3 
55.3 
54.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
4 
4 
41 
28 
11 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
6 
- 
4 
12 
9 
5 
1 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
81 
50 
16 
54 
19 
15 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,271 
975 
748 
1,972 
1,291 
1,026 
865 
More than one race reported 
9 
6 
3 
4 
4 
4 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
202 
159 
117 
286 
187 
93 
58 
2 people 
747 
554 
474 
1,115 
655 
519 
430 
3 people 
220 
149 
98 
260 
229 
161 
128 
4 people 
126 
92 
54 
249 
175 
156 
136 
5 or more people 
73 
77 
28 
133 
77 
122 
123 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,103 
794 
538 
1,317 
590 
244 
169 
25 to 49 percent 
108 
115 
105 
245 
172 
76 
70 
50 to 74 percent 
93 
63 
63 
223 
202 
185 
150 
75 to 99 percent 
41 
37 
33 
160 
185 
272 
227 
100 percent 
23 
22 
32 
98 
174 
274 
259 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
24 
24 
20 
101 
90 
102 
139 
acres 
3,743 
4,753 
4,757 
37,093 
62,433 
139,352 
720,368 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
830 
673 
526 
1,421 
922 
798 
762 
Dial-up service 
107 
49 
54 
119 
74 
51 
45 
DSL service 
327 
275 
167 
553 
317 
309 
286 
Cable modem service 
148 
120 
89 
226 
163 
130 
113 
Fiber-optic service 
28 
21 
25 
37 
25 
16 
24 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
135 
100 
109 
242 
200 
198 
179 
Satellite service 
181 
145 
146 
414 
234 
217 
222 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
9 
11 
10 
22 
18 
12 
20 
Other Internet service 
11 
9 
10 
26 
14 
11 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,056 
822 
626 
1,594 
994 
727 
495 
2 households 
227 
147 
105 
338 
234 
246 
206 
3 households 
38 
31 
15 
56 
61 
46 
103 
4 households 
29 
17 
17 
39 
19 
15 
45 
5 or more households 
18 
14 
8 
16 
15 
17 
26 
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 
1,318 
991 
739 
1,945 
1,226 
962 
741 
acres 
207,424 
195,647 
175,676 
683,933 
845,743 
1,317,608 
2,629,044 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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