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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,426 
76 
66 
97 
222 
279 
Female 
1,574 
4 
4 
11 
37 
59 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,642 
61 
60 
89 
212 
249 
Other 
3,358 
19 
10 
19 
47 
89 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,649 
26 
30 
54 
138 
202 
Not on farm operated 
2,351 
54 
40 
54 
121 
136 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,223 
40 
33 
56 
129 
140 
Any 
4,777 
40 
37 
52 
130 
198 
1 to 49 days 
690 
7 
4 
6 
22 
28 
50 to 99 days 
562 
2 
- 
1 
13 
17 
100 to 199 days 
927 
5 
2 
- 
20 
27 
200 days or more 
2,598 
26 
31 
45 
75 
126 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
290 
5 
- 
3 
13 
24 
3 or 4 years 
418 
7 
2 
5 
6 
7 
5 to 9 years 
1,338 
15 
9 
12 
28 
66 
10 years or more 
4,954 
53 
59 
88 
212 
241 
Average years on present farm 
18.5 
15.9 
25.2 
21.4 
22.7 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
204 
3 
- 
3 
11 
23 
3 or 4 years 
294 
3 
1 
2 
3 
7 
5 to 9 years 
1,169 
11 
5 
9 
15 
50 
10 years or more 
5,333 
63 
64 
94 
230 
258 
Average years operating any farm 
20.8 
20.8 
28.3 
25.7 
26.2 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
184 
- 
- 
2 
5 
21 
35 to 44 years 
486 
12 
4 
8 
17 
35 
45 to 49 years 
465 
6 
7 
12 
23 
25 
50 to 54 years 
925 
9 
11 
14 
41 
45 
55 to 59 years 
1,126 
20 
13 
28 
38 
37 
60 to 64 years 
1,408 
18 
18 
19 
50 
66 
65 to 69 years 
982 
11 
4 
10 
42 
54 
70 years and over 
1,416 
4 
13 
15 
43 
55 
Average age 
60.4 
56.7 
59.2 
57.7 
59.7 
58.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
383 
3 
1 
1 
16 
18 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
2,824 
27 
39 
55 
142 
174 
Black or African American 
18 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
689 
3 
- 
4 
6 
20 
White 
2,749 
44 
26 
44 
92 
124 
More than one race reported 
688 
5 
5 
4 
19 
20 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,123 
9 
5 
7 
31 
32 
2 people 
3,328 
35 
35 
49 
132 
161 
3 people 
1,064 
12 
19 
27 
36 
50 
4 people 
863 
14 
8 
14 
31 
43 
5 or more people 
622 
10 
3 
11 
29 
52 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,191 
36 
19 
28 
82 
130 
25 to 49 percent 
619 
5 
6 
10 
27 
42 
50 to 74 percent 
572 
6 
11 
16 
63 
69 
75 to 99 percent 
262 
15 
16 
27 
36 
39 
1 00 percent 
356 
18 
18 
27 
51 
58 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
504 
46 
32 
40 
56 
43 
acres 
496,429 
276,221 
90,063 
18,303 
46,806 
23,875 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
77 
64 
101 
204 
252 
Dial-up service 
252 
3 
- 
8 
11 
12 
DSL service 
1,455 
31 
18 
30 
53 
59 
Cable modem service 
2,263 
41 
36 
58 
98 
145 
Fiber-optic service 
108 
4 
- 
3 
11 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
838 
17 
11 
16 
41 
54 
Satellite service 
289 
- 
4 
6 
10 
10 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
204 
6 
2 
3 
10 
7 
Other Internet service 
112 
1 
2 
1 
6 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,460 
57 
35 
70 
176 
247 
2 households 
1,117 
15 
22 
19 
53 
53 
3 households 
172 
2 
7 
15 
9 
22 
4 households 
169 
1 
4 
- 
15 
7 
5 or more households 
82 
5 
2 
4 
6 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
112 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
