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 
2,007 
4,268 
3,961 
3,970 
3,987 
13,010 
Not on farm operated 
991 
1,418 
1,164 
1,010 
913 
3,353 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,220 
2,299 
1,929 
1,846 
1,759 
6,183 
Any 
1,778 
3,387 
3,196 
3,134 
3,141 
10,180 
1 to 49 days 
312 
481 
433 
391 
429 
1,762 
50 to 99 days 
178 
353 
302 
278 
265 
752 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
292 
562 
566 
523 
476 
1,327 
200 days or more 
996 
1,991 
1,895 
1,942 
1,971 
6,339 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
83 
152 
146 
160 
156 
673 
3 or 4 years 
156 
311 
285 
298 
348 
1,106 
5 to 9 years 
536 
1,006 
937 
1,014 
1,059 
3,209 
1 0 years or more 
2,223 
4,217 
3,757 
3,508 
3,337 
11,375 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
20.3 
19.2 
18.6 
17.4 
17.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
56 
117 
104 
102 
122 
549 
3 or 4 years 
115 
248 
218 
251 
291 
856 
5 to 9 years 
399 
833 
781 
892 
939 
2,859 
10 years or more 
2,428 
4,488 
4,022 
3,735 
3,548 
12,099 
Average years operating any farm 
23.1 
22.6 
21.5 
20.9 
19.4 
19.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
19 
25 
12 
10 
37 
25 to 34 years 
105 
211 
154 
189 
160 
371 
35 to 44 years 
260 
372 
480 
395 
416 
1,401 
45 to 49 years 
261 
439 
452 
382 
471 
1,572 
50 to 54 years 
418 
721 
586 
680 
672 
2,365 
55 to 59 years 
382 
744 
645 
680 
693 
2,252 
60 to 64 years 
415 
833 
791 
761 
675 
2,439 
65 to 69 years 
385 
750 
646 
701 
642 
2,193 
70 years and over 
760 
1,597 
1,346 
1,180 
1,161 
3,733 
Average age 
60.2 
61.1 
60.2 
60.0 
59.6 
59.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
354 
661 
528 
465 
461 
1,210 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
40 
46 
23 
58 
153 
Asian 
72 
132 
92 
97 
83 
171 
Black or African American 
47 
150 
177 
197 
198 
609 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
8 
3 
6 
7 
16 
White 
2,839 
5,339 
4,783 
4,632 
4,534 
15,326 
More than one race reported 
9 
17 
24 
25 
20 
88 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
472 
874 
791 
748 
689 
2,845 
2 people 
1,610 
3,046 
2,667 
2,602 
2,526 
8,254 
3 people 
433 
738 
777 
754 
751 
2,297 
4 people 
278 
628 
528 
501 
563 
1,897 
5 or more people 
205 
400 
362 
375 
371 
1,070 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,960 
4,498 
4,553 
4,628 
4,653 
15,453 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
541 
272 
104 
90 
306 
50 to 74 percent 
369 
369 
187 
173 
79 
318 
75 to 99 percent 
132 
108 
56 
24 
34 
142 
1 00 percent 
176 
170 
57 
51 
44 
144 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
188 
202 
150 
72 
79 
291 
acres 
56,460 
11,751 
9,906 
6,156 
1,833 
53,852 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,188 
4,019 
3,679 
3,627 
3,499 
1 1 ,325 
Dial-up service 
175 
332 
335 
280 
276 
865 
DSL service 
1,139 
1,978 
1,800 
1,726 
1,648 
5,776 
Cable modem service 
412 
715 
645 
667 
648 
1,873 
Fiber-optic service 
75 
226 
150 
175 
148 
452 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
374 
648 
600 
663 
610 
1,789 
Satellite service 
227 
476 
467 
463 
414 
1,350 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
68 
140 
109 
97 
118 
301 
Other Internet service 
18 
32 
35 
47 
46 
175 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,363 
4,636 
4,232 
4,135 
4,148 
14,500 
2 households 
464 
845 
759 
654 
632 
1,502 
3 households 
100 
114 
86 
105 
65 
221 
4 households 
43 
55 
36 
68 
40 
106 
5 or more households 
28 
36 
12 
18 
15 
34 
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 
2,842 
5,469 
4,986 
4,855 
4,778 
15,893 
acres 
474,022 
460,357 
336,264 
239,280 
151,325 
871,701 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
277 
392 
288 
189 
193 
684 
acres 
57,172 
41,177 
29,812 
12,522 
7,921 
81,314 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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