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 
2,460 
4,685 
4,200 
4,007 
4,103 
11,400 
Female 
543 
1,074 
1,023 
1,106 
1,203 
4,124 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,716 
2,846 
2,403 
2,145 
2,156 
6,144 
Other 
1,287 
2,913 
2,820 
2,968 
3,150 
9,380 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,005 
4,318 
4,031 
4,045 
4,226 
12,503 
Not on farm operated 
998 
1,441 
1,192 
1,068 
1,080 
3,021 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,225 
2,332 
1,986 
1,900 
1,967 
5,774 
Any 
1,778 
3,427 
3,237 
3,213 
3,339 
9,750 
1 to 49 days 
316 
474 
440 
421 
460 
1,689 
50 to 99 days 
183 
355 
304 
293 
295 
696 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
288 
568 
575 
521 
502 
1,273 
200 days or more 
991 
2,030 
1,918 
1,978 
2,082 
6,092 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
84 
147 
154 
172 
171 
637 
3 or 4 years 
150 
325 
286 
310 
363 
1,056 
5 to 9 years 
538 
1,011 
950 
1,027 
1,104 
3,106 
1 0 years or more 
2,231 
4,276 
3,833 
3,604 
3,668 
10,725 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
20.3 
19.3 
18.7 
17.9 
17.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
55 
114 
109 
117 
137 
514 
3 or 4 years 
108 
262 
218 
260 
304 
817 
5 to 9 years 
408 
837 
796 
902 
971 
2,773 
1 0 years or more 
2,432 
4,546 
4,100 
3,834 
3,894 
1 1 ,420 
Average years operating any farm 
23.1 
22.7 
21.5 
20.9 
19.9 
19.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
19 
25 
12 
10 
37 
25 to 34 years 
106 
212 
154 
194 
159 
361 
35 to 44 years 
257 
381 
474 
397 
433 
1,369 
45 to 49 years 
254 
440 
454 
401 
479 
1,532 
50 to 54 years 
417 
724 
594 
692 
716 
2,276 
55 to 59 years 
382 
756 
662 
689 
749 
2,142 
60 to 64 years 
419 
854 
818 
776 
738 
2,298 
65 to 69 years 
385 
763 
664 
721 
711 
2,061 
70 years and over 
771 
1,610 
1,378 
1,231 
1,311 
3,448 
Average age 
60.3 
61.1 
60.3 
60.1 
60.1 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
338 
646 
527 
460 
466 
1,188 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
39 
46 
26 
69 
139 
Asian 
65 
141 
88 
97 
83 
163 
Black or African American 
56 
159 
190 
201 
218 
551 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
8 
3 
6 
7 
16 
White 
2,841 
5,388 
4,873 
4,759 
4,903 
14,579 
More than one race reported 
10 
24 
23 
24 
26 
76 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
459 
878 
825 
784 
793 
2,647 
2 people 
1,613 
3,109 
2,727 
2,689 
2,744 
7,777 
3 people 
433 
740 
784 
762 
793 
2,218 
4 people 
292 
629 
528 
505 
595 
1,837 
5 or more people 
206 
403 
359 
373 
381 
1,045 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,983 
4,568 
4,637 
4,756 
5,014 
14,728 
25 to 49 percent 
348 
541 
273 
111 
109 
267 
50 to 74 percent 
371 
369 
195 
170 
96 
278 
75 to 99 percent 
123 
114 
59 
30 
42 
117 
1 00 percent 
178 
167 
59 
46 
45 
134 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
184 
196 
156 
80 
82 
269 
acres 
46,455 
15,445 
1 1 ,672 
13,694 
1,765 
37,940 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,201 
4,082 
3,742 
3,686 
3,758 
10,802 
Dial-up service 
174 
331 
342 
283 
288 
836 
DSL service 
1,152 
2,012 
1,826 
1,755 
1,787 
5,501 
Cable modem service 
419 
727 
654 
676 
693 
1,779 
Fiber-optic service 
75 
227 
150 
182 
150 
442 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
373 
661 
616 
670 
649 
1,707 
Satellite service 
228 
491 
486 
475 
444 
1,269 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
69 
142 
113 
97 
124 
288 
Other Internet service 
19 
32 
33 
55 
50 
161 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,353 
4,685 
4,318 
4,245 
4,481 
13,828 
2 households 
472 
862 
768 
664 
674 
1,398 
3 households 
104 
117 
88 
116 
92 
173 
4 households 
45 
58 
36 
69 
43 
96 
5 or more households 
29 
37 
13 
19 
16 
29 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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