Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,543 
7 
61 
191 
562 
1,015 
707 
Female 
815 
- 
16 
40 
215 
298 
246 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
3,358 
7 
77 
231 
777 
1,313 
953 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,193 
4 
44 
120 
553 
806 
666 
Not on farm operated 
1,165 
3 
33 
111 
224 
507 
287 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
507 
- 
5 
6 
48 
141 
307 
Any 
2,851 
7 
72 
225 
729 
1,172 
646 
1 to 49 days 
362 
- 
2 
27 
90 
122 
121 
50 to 99 days 
307 
- 
13 
29 
57 
142 
66 
100 to 199 days 
567 
2 
19 
47 
182 
188 
129 
200 days or more 
1,615 
5 
38 
122 
400 
720 
330 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
139 
7 
15 
23 
31 
34 
29 
3 or 4 years 
209 
- 
11 
19 
66 
66 
47 
5 to 9 years 
721 
- 
40 
81 
200 
256 
144 
10 years or more 
2,289 
- 
11 
108 
480 
957 
733 
Average years on present farm 
16.8 
(D) 
(D) 
9.8 
14.6 
16.9 
21.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
87 
5 
15 
14 
19 
19 
15 
3 or 4 years 
152 
- 
11 
13 
40 
47 
41 
5 to 9 years 
655 
2 
34 
79 
167 
236 
137 
10 years or more 
2,464 
- 
17 
125 
551 
1,011 
760 
Average years operating any farm 
19.0 
3.0 
6.4 
11.0 
16.5 
19.5 
23.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
77 
- 
77 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
231 
- 
- 
231 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
214 
- 
- 
- 
214 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
563 
- 
- 
- 
563 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
621 
- 
- 
- 
- 
621 
- 
60 to 64 years 
692 
- 
- 
- 
- 
692 
- 
65 to 69 years 
435 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
435 
70 years and over 
518 
- 
" 
- 
- 
518 
Average age 
59.2 
23.7 
30.9 
40.7 
50.7 
59.5 
72.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
172 
3 
5 
8 
57 
57 
42 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
16 
- 
- 
2 
7 
7 
- 
Asian 
1,202 
- 
11 
84 
239 
506 
362 
Black or African American 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
350 
7 
10 
22 
96 
127 
88 
White 
1,390 
- 
41 
79 
287 
545 
438 
More than one race reported 
393 
- 
15 
44 
148 
121 
65 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
506 
2 
3 
9 
104 
214 
174 
2 people 
1,676 
- 
23 
50 
291 
717 
595 
3 people 
453 
3 
11 
27 
155 
192 
65 
4 people 
441 
- 
21 
72 
140 
123 
85 
5 or more people 
282 
2 
19 
73 
87 
67 
34 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,975 
7 
67 
212 
685 
1,151 
853 
25 to 49 percent 
208 
- 
3 
14 
42 
99 
50 
50 to 74 percent 
118 
- 
5 
5 
41 
33 
34 
75 to 99 percent 
33 
- 
2 
- 
3 
12 
16 
100 percent 
24 
- 
" 
6 
18 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
163 
- 
7 
19 
39 
62 
36 
acres 
44,804 
" 
563 
3,480 
26,100 
12,645 
2,016 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,454 
2 
67 
165 
602 
1,026 
592 
Dial-up service 
118 
- 
2 
7 
24 
48 
37 
DSL service 
821 
- 
23 
56 
173 
391 
178 
Cable modem service 
1,118 
2 
34 
66 
300 
427 
289 
Fiber-optic service 
48 
- 
- 
4 
5 
18 
21 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
395 
- 
17 
32 
98 
146 
102 
Satellite service 
128 
- 
2 
14 
42 
52 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
117 
- 
1 
3 
28 
53 
32 
Other Internet service 
57 
- 
10 
19 
17 
11 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,695 
7 
66 
176 
659 
1,052 
735 
2 households 
482 
- 
3 
31 
73 
218 
157 
3 households 
66 
- 
6 
2 
17 
24 
17 
4 households 
85 
- 
- 
12 
19 
17 
37 
5 or more households 
30 
- 
2 
10 
9 
2 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Hawaii 187 
