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 
858 
617 
448 
1,206 
781 
374 
381 
Not on farm operated 
401 
355 
262 
640 
478 
287 
392 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
548 
427 
337 
830 
602 
365 
461 
Any 
711 
545 
373 
1,016 
657 
296 
312 
1 to 49 days 
100 
83 
45 
122 
113 
42 
47 
50 to 99 days 
55 
53 
38 
88 
75 
34 
37 
100 to 199 days 
127 
88 
61 
157 
87 
46 
44 
200 days or more 
429 
321 
229 
649 
382 
174 
184 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
26 
38 
12 
54 
31 
10 
16 
3 or 4 years 
65 
42 
39 
107 
46 
28 
21 
5 to 9 years 
169 
135 
85 
226 
118 
60 
41 
1 0 years or more 
999 
757 
574 
1,459 
1,064 
563 
695 
Average years on present farm 
23.7 
22.5 
24.3 
24.2 
26.2 
26.1 
28.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
18 
28 
12 
30 
23 
8 
7 
3 or 4 years 
52 
26 
24 
62 
20 
18 
17 
5 to 9 years 
118 
105 
71 
185 
78 
40 
31 
1 0 years or more 
1,071 
813 
603 
1,569 
1,138 
595 
718 
Average years operating any farm 
26.5 
26.2 
26.7 
27.0 
29.3 
29.0 
31.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
5 
2 
8 
1 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
49 
38 
36 
85 
50 
18 
19 
35 to 44 years 
71 
79 
45 
142 
132 
58 
52 
45 to 49 years 
102 
85 
61 
135 
92 
44 
48 
50 to 54 years 
151 
73 
103 
230 
149 
89 
107 
55 to 59 years 
162 
116 
95 
281 
166 
107 
125 
60 to 64 years 
176 
183 
94 
264 
185 
104 
112 
65 to 69 years 
159 
121 
79 
228 
172 
88 
100 
70 years and over 
382 
272 
195 
473 
312 
151 
210 
Average age 
61.7 
61.0 
60.2 
60.1 
60.0 
59.9 
61.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
36 
53 
20 
80 
58 
15 
32 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
3 
8 
10 
15 
1 
3 
Asian 
14 
3 
14 
11 
5 
2 
1 
Black or African American 
44 
18 
19 
47 
17 
7 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
White 
1,184 
946 
666 
1,763 
1,215 
649 
768 
More than one race reported 
9 
2 
3 
15 
6 
2 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
179 
169 
88 
234 
139 
78 
105 
2 people 
680 
526 
371 
1,024 
718 
370 
399 
3 people 
186 
110 
110 
249 
150 
91 
102 
4 people 
128 
105 
95 
213 
151 
69 
104 
5 or more people 
86 
62 
46 
126 
101 
53 
63 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
978 
713 
494 
1,152 
613 
295 
305 
25 to 49 percent 
106 
78 
52 
227 
155 
58 
94 
50 to 74 percent 
95 
93 
90 
226 
222 
96 
125 
75 to 99 percent 
42 
37 
35 
109 
146 
99 
146 
100 percent 
38 
51 
39 
132 
123 
113 
103 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
84 
75 
50 
146 
141 
108 
231 
acres 
13,236 
15,230 
12,016 
52,166 
99,059 
151,110 
2,567,380 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
870 
702 
515 
1,310 
966 
519 
675 
Dial-up service 
73 
64 
44 
113 
78 
35 
35 
DSL service 
421 
383 
289 
661 
465 
244 
297 
Cable modem service 
146 
109 
74 
189 
142 
82 
137 
Fiber-optic service 
48 
21 
25 
41 
39 
37 
60 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
180 
113 
75 
257 
218 
102 
150 
Satellite service 
134 
82 
63 
180 
141 
95 
123 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
15 
11 
6 
42 
32 
10 
20 
Other Internet service 
12 
8 
4 
21 
16 
8 
13 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
968 
730 
530 
1,389 
891 
426 
434 
2 households 
225 
173 
133 
327 
232 
151 
177 
3 households 
36 
36 
29 
79 
79 
41 
72 
4 households 
16 
17 
7 
33 
23 
26 
45 
5 or more households 
14 
16 
11 
18 
34 
17 
45 
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 
1,195 
904 
657 
1,700 
1,148 
562 
608 
acres 
187,171 
179,068 
156,444 
601,449 
778,901 
760,351 
3,555,435 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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