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 
1,613 
3,433 
3,407 
3,139 
2,952 
5,786 
Female 
182 
429 
425 
493 
597 
1,108 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
982 
1,678 
1,423 
1,262 
1,077 
2,169 
Other 
813 
2,184 
2,409 
2,370 
2,472 
4,725 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,244 
2,808 
2,826 
2,687 
2,604 
5,204 
Not on farm operated 
551 
1,054 
1,006 
945 
945 
1,690 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
697 
1,331 
1,265 
1,233 
1,196 
2,158 
Any 
1,098 
2,531 
2,567 
2,399 
2,353 
4,736 
1 to 49 days 
115 
274 
299 
309 
255 
435 
50 to 99 days 
82 
176 
197 
182 
146 
305 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
206 
468 
408 
376 
394 
792 
200 days or more 
695 
1,613 
1,663 
1,532 
1,558 
3,204 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
48 
93 
133 
133 
143 
315 
3 or 4 years 
109 
224 
205 
231 
269 
543 
5 to 9 years 
214 
620 
652 
589 
611 
1,154 
1 0 years or more 
1,424 
2,925 
2,842 
2,679 
2,526 
4,882 
Average years on present farm 
23.5 
22.7 
21.1 
21.3 
19.7 
19.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
36 
74 
102 
97 
126 
266 
3 or 4 years 
80 
162 
161 
201 
213 
477 
5 to 9 years 
156 
513 
577 
520 
566 
1,074 
1 0 years or more 
1,523 
3,113 
2,992 
2,814 
2,644 
5,077 
Average years operating any farm 
26.2 
24.8 
22.7 
22.9 
21.1 
20.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
17 
9 
25 
32 
15 
25 to 34 years 
79 
178 
187 
123 
152 
297 
35 to 44 years 
177 
359 
361 
399 
368 
740 
45 to 49 years 
111 
280 
296 
307 
320 
740 
50 to 54 years 
219 
411 
454 
423 
410 
783 
55 to 59 years 
233 
536 
571 
504 
517 
1,039 
60 to 64 years 
261 
607 
518 
483 
557 
1,024 
65 to 69 years 
254 
471 
469 
450 
409 
783 
70 years and over 
457 
1,003 
967 
918 
784 
1,473 
Average age 
59.9 
60.0 
59.6 
59.7 
58.6 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
42 
58 
103 
75 
54 
146 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11 
12 
43 
20 
39 
52 
Asian 
2 
11 
3 
5 
6 
10 
Black or African American 
108 
276 
317 
360 
393 
808 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
1,663 
3,545 
3,440 
3,217 
3,094 
5,978 
More than one race reported 
7 
15 
29 
27 
17 
46 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
220 
561 
578 
561 
612 
1,042 
2 people 
990 
2,136 
2,063 
1,919 
1,782 
3,439 
3 people 
306 
560 
589 
511 
532 
1,069 
4 people 
164 
419 
378 
434 
400 
899 
5 or more people 
115 
186 
224 
207 
223 
445 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,219 
3,190 
3,411 
3,418 
3,349 
6,634 
25 to 49 percent 
291 
370 
226 
92 
75 
62 
50 to 74 percent 
183 
175 
110 
77 
81 
123 
75 to 99 percent 
60 
56 
53 
21 
29 
29 
100 percent 
42 
71 
32 
24 
15 
46 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
45 
86 
76 
62 
48 
103 
acres 
17,487 
54,815 
12,156 
15,751 
16,399 
15,224 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,204 
2,489 
2,447 
2,197 
2,293 
4,325 
Dial-up service 
98 
231 
239 
242 
217 
407 
DSL service 
463 
952 
1,021 
879 
875 
1,783 
Cable modem service 
224 
446 
466 
406 
532 
842 
Fiber-optic service 
32 
85 
93 
62 
68 
151 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
216 
399 
353 
333 
322 
562 
Satellite service 
256 
593 
465 
472 
508 
917 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
27 
26 
60 
33 
27 
66 
Other Internet service 
24 
34 
35 
34 
46 
42 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,396 
3,116 
3,166 
3,027 
2,986 
5,942 
2 households 
309 
579 
531 
453 
373 
758 
3 households 
57 
73 
64 
65 
105 
92 
4 households 
25 
59 
32 
66 
55 
72 
5 or more households 
8 
35 
39 
21 
30 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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