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 
24,636 
15,935 
6,255 
2,446 
14,930 
9,706 
Female 
3,457 
2,905 
366 
186 
1,890 
1,567 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,136 
7,018 
3,628 
1,490 
7,456 
4,680 
Other 
15,957 
11,822 
2,993 
1,142 
9,364 
6,593 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,115 
13,972 
5,074 
1,069 
11,566 
8,549 
Not on farm operated 
7,978 
4,868 
1,547 
1,563 
5,254 
2,724 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
10,482 
6,905 
2,543 
1,034 
6,902 
3,580 
Any 
17,611 
11,935 
4,078 
1,598 
9,918 
7,693 
1 to 49 days 
1,923 
1,357 
405 
161 
1,188 
735 
50 to 99 days 
1,237 
815 
306 
116 
755 
482 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,004 
1,947 
765 
292 
1,612 
1,392 
200 days or more 
11,447 
7,816 
2,602 
1,029 
6,363 
5,084 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
968 
622 
166 
180 
514 
454 
3 or 4 years 
1,799 
1,117 
338 
344 
1,017 
782 
5 to 9 years 
4,327 
2,939 
869 
519 
2,355 
1,972 
1 0 years or more 
20,999 
14,162 
5,248 
1,589 
12,934 
8,065 
Average years on present farm 
21.3 
21.4 
23.3 
16.3 
22.6 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
764 
501 
121 
142 
410 
354 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
907 
263 
278 
793 
655 
5 to 9 years 
3,816 
2,639 
739 
438 
2,076 
1,740 
1 0 years or more 
22,065 
14,793 
5,498 
1,774 
13,541 
8,524 
Average years operating any farm 
23.1 
22.9 
25.3 
18.9 
24.3 
21.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
31 
41 
75 
95 
52 
25 to 34 years 
1,338 
571 
333 
434 
704 
634 
35 to 44 years 
3,019 
1,786 
777 
456 
1,601 
1,418 
45 to 49 years 
2,538 
1,539 
731 
268 
1,357 
1,181 
50 to 54 years 
3,336 
2,144 
891 
301 
1,825 
1,511 
55 to 59 years 
4,151 
2,744 
1,073 
334 
2,386 
1,765 
60 to 64 years 
4,071 
2,907 
909 
255 
2,372 
1,699 
65 to 69 years 
3,242 
2,287 
768 
187 
2,061 
1,181 
70 years and over 
6,251 
4,831 
1,098 
322 
4,419 
1,832 
Average age 
58.5 
60.3 
56.6 
50.5 
59.9 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
538 
388 
106 
44 
289 
249 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
157 
40 
7 
98 
106 
Asian 
64 
50 
2 
12 
29 
35 
Black or African American 
2,359 
1,594 
509 
256 
1,693 
666 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
10 
10 
- 
- 
- 
10 
White 
25,305 
16,911 
6,047 
2,347 
14,891 
10,414 
More than one race reported 
151 
118 
23 
10 
109 
42 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,030 
2,964 
686 
380 
3,483 
547 
2 people 
14,585 
10,039 
3,471 
1,075 
8,361 
6,224 
3 people 
4,262 
2,710 
1,076 
476 
2,300 
1,962 
4 people 
3,353 
2,017 
920 
416 
1,736 
1,617 
5 or more people 
1,863 
1,110 
468 
285 
940 
923 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,483 
16,475 
4,413 
1,595 
13,454 
9,029 
25 to 49 percent 
1,648 
891 
571 
186 
963 
685 
50 to 74 percent 
1,625 
785 
557 
283 
975 
650 
75 to 99 percent 
1,174 
349 
562 
263 
696 
478 
1 00 percent 
1,163 
340 
518 
305 
732 
431 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
848 
462 
229 
157 
453 
395 
acres 
986,622 
369,782 
359,239 
257,601 
439,002 
547,620 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
18,484 
12,017 
4,625 
1,842 
10,026 
8,458 
Dial-up service 
1,667 
1,192 
362 
113 
963 
704 
DSL service 
7,235 
4,714 
1,786 
735 
3,822 
3,413 
Cable modem service 
3,494 
2,285 
811 
398 
2,017 
1,477 
Fiber-optic service 
576 
380 
154 
42 
302 
274 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,999 
1,799 
794 
406 
1,500 
1,499 
Satellite service 
4,214 
2,671 
1,152 
391 
2,239 
1,975 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
311 
194 
79 
38 
176 
135 
Other Internet service 
280 
191 
74 
15 
160 
120 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,831 
15,619 
5,251 
1,961 
14,527 
8,304 
2 households 
3,929 
2,427 
1,048 
454 
1,729 
2,200 
3 households 
686 
389 
178 
119 
273 
413 
4 households 
412 
257 
97 
58 
194 
218 
5 or more households 
235 
148 
47 
40 
97 
138 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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