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 
1,170 
2,533 
2,473 
2,345 
2,099 
6,860 
Not on farm operated 
462 
729 
667 
589 
456 
3,335 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
624 
1,141 
1,003 
952 
792 
3,419 
Any 
1,008 
2,121 
2,137 
1,982 
1,763 
6,776 
1 to 49 days 
94 
199 
218 
223 
159 
803 
50 to 99 days 
73 
149 
160 
169 
113 
432 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
205 
446 
380 
338 
328 
984 
200 days or more 
636 
1,327 
1,379 
1,252 
1,163 
4,557 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
44 
71 
97 
105 
109 
444 
3 or 4 years 
96 
197 
158 
184 
191 
765 
5 to 9 years 
199 
496 
546 
473 
444 
1,696 
1 0 years or more 
1,293 
2,498 
2,339 
2,172 
1,811 
7,290 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
22.9 
21.1 
21.2 
19.4 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
36 
56 
76 
77 
98 
363 
3 or 4 years 
70 
138 
130 
163 
161 
634 
5 to 9 years 
140 
415 
476 
410 
415 
1,562 
1 0 years or more 
1,386 
2,653 
2,458 
2,284 
1,881 
7,636 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
25.0 
22.6 
22.9 
20.6 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
14 
9 
23 
13 
39 
25 to 34 years 
70 
161 
183 
113 
113 
380 
35 to 44 years 
166 
341 
303 
340 
316 
953 
45 to 49 years 
106 
227 
269 
269 
242 
952 
50 to 54 years 
198 
362 
377 
363 
319 
1,104 
55 to 59 years 
211 
443 
481 
411 
349 
1,527 
60 to 64 years 
231 
521 
400 
368 
400 
1,548 
65 to 69 years 
223 
388 
377 
374 
299 
1,191 
70 years and over 
417 
805 
741 
673 
504 
2,501 
Average age 
59.6 
59.3 
58.7 
58.8 
57.7 
59.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
35 
49 
76 
57 
55 
207 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
9 
45 
18 
32 
66 
Asian 
6 
11 
2 
5 
4 
13 
Black or African American 
91 
195 
277 
364 
311 
1,028 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
1,514 
3,037 
2,792 
2,518 
2,194 
9,025 
More than one race reported 
7 
7 
24 
26 
14 
63 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
182 
418 
409 
379 
341 
1,860 
2 people 
924 
1,803 
1,676 
1,562 
1,317 
5,141 
3 people 
269 
497 
547 
439 
413 
1,420 
4 people 
142 
368 
316 
361 
309 
1,210 
5 or more people 
115 
176 
192 
193 
175 
564 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,053 
2,689 
2,816 
2,780 
2,434 
9,518 
25 to 49 percent 
299 
311 
174 
67 
56 
251 
50 to 74 percent 
178 
149 
83 
63 
52 
246 
75 to 99 percent 
66 
49 
42 
10 
7 
92 
1 00 percent 
36 
64 
25 
14 
6 
88 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
48 
67 
61 
41 
27 
184 
acres 
15,509 
41,963 
8,155 
3,662 
1,337 
62,078 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,106 
2,154 
2,076 
1,824 
1,719 
6,181 
Dial-up service 
94 
193 
212 
190 
169 
586 
DSL service 
430 
834 
844 
763 
660 
2,483 
Cable modem service 
213 
364 
395 
321 
372 
1,268 
Fiber-optic service 
32 
74 
82 
56 
53 
197 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
198 
359 
282 
277 
266 
827 
Satellite service 
227 
516 
421 
390 
379 
1,298 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
29 
25 
51 
23 
20 
98 
Other Internet service 
21 
34 
32 
25 
31 
77 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,290 
2,637 
2,615 
2,459 
2,188 
8,572 
2 households 
276 
500 
438 
379 
281 
1,150 
3 households 
45 
60 
49 
38 
50 
214 
4 households 
15 
37 
14 
42 
19 
185 
5 or more households 
6 
28 
24 
16 
17 
74 
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 
1,568 
3,186 
3,070 
2,880 
2,515 
9,842 
acres 
441,021 
482,365 
278,455 
193,268 
124,178 
1,025,439 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
193 
249 
191 
162 
122 
567 
acres 
59,869 
46,537 
15,654 
15,062 
5,751 
138,390 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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