Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,426 
3,471 
590 
1,365 
3,038 
2,388 
Female 
1,574 
1,165 
96 
313 
798 
776 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,642 
2,143 
457 
1,042 
1,957 
1,685 
Other 
3,358 
2,493 
229 
636 
1,879 
1,479 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,649 
3,437 
465 
747 
2,380 
2,269 
Not on farm operated 
2,351 
1,199 
221 
931 
1,456 
895 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,223 
1,439 
274 
510 
1,209 
1,014 
Any 
4,777 
3,197 
412 
1,168 
2,627 
2,150 
1 to 49 days 
690 
445 
59 
186 
386 
304 
50 to 99 days 
562 
389 
39 
134 
328 
234 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
927 
667 
61 
199 
488 
439 
200 days or more 
2,598 
1,696 
253 
649 
1,425 
1,173 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
290 
174 
20 
96 
144 
146 
3 or 4 years 
418 
264 
31 
123 
201 
217 
5 to 9 years 
1,338 
915 
94 
329 
681 
657 
1 0 years or more 
4,954 
3,283 
541 
1,130 
2,810 
2,144 
Average years on present farm 
18.5 
18.4 
21.9 
17.4 
19.1 
17.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
204 
126 
12 
66 
106 
98 
3 or 4 years 
294 
197 
11 
86 
119 
175 
5 to 9 years 
1,169 
829 
68 
272 
600 
569 
1 0 years or more 
5,333 
3,484 
595 
1,254 
3,011 
2,322 
Average years operating any farm 
20.8 
20.4 
25.1 
20.3 
21.5 
20.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
8 
- 
- 
5 
3 
25 to 34 years 
184 
111 
10 
63 
84 
100 
35 to 44 years 
486 
231 
52 
203 
252 
234 
45 to 49 years 
465 
294 
44 
127 
256 
209 
50 to 54 years 
925 
576 
107 
242 
463 
462 
55 to 59 years 
1,126 
736 
126 
264 
653 
473 
60 to 64 years 
1,408 
930 
153 
325 
836 
572 
65 to 69 years 
982 
714 
70 
198 
530 
452 
70 years and over 
1,416 
1,036 
124 
256 
757 
659 
Average age 
60.4 
61.5 
59.6 
57.8 
60.6 
60.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
383 
227 
52 
104 
197 
186 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
32 
20 
2 
10 
19 
13 
Asian 
2,824 
1,712 
265 
847 
1,721 
1,103 
Black or African American 
18 
13 
1 
4 
9 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
689 
379 
81 
229 
381 
308 
White 
2,749 
2,031 
269 
449 
1,402 
1,347 
More than one race reported 
688 
481 
68 
139 
304 
384 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,123 
794 
61 
268 
927 
196 
2 people 
3,328 
2,324 
349 
655 
1,647 
1,681 
3 people 
1,064 
681 
130 
253 
557 
507 
4 people 
863 
499 
73 
291 
441 
422 
5 or more people 
622 
338 
73 
211 
264 
358 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,191 
3,807 
420 
964 
2,883 
2,308 
25 to 49 percent 
619 
324 
73 
222 
356 
263 
50 to 74 percent 
572 
275 
81 
216 
290 
282 
75 to 99 percent 
262 
98 
55 
109 
116 
146 
100 percent 
356 
132 
57 
167 
191 
165 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
504 
257 
78 
169 
296 
208 
acres 
496,429 
68,562 
364,447 
63,420 
353,691 
142,738 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
3,239 
511 
1,063 
2,438 
2,375 
Dial-up service 
252 
178 
29 
45 
120 
132 
DSL service 
1,455 
946 
162 
347 
808 
647 
Cable modem service 
2,263 
1,490 
256 
517 
1,118 
1,145 
Fiber-optic service 
108 
70 
14 
24 
59 
49 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
838 
563 
82 
193 
379 
459 
Satellite service 
289 
217 
32 
40 
119 
170 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
204 
132 
17 
55 
89 
115 
Other Internet service 
112 
77 
19 
16 
51 
61 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,460 
3,733 
500 
1,227 
3,173 
2,287 
2 households 
1,117 
686 
124 
307 
484 
633 
3 households 
172 
91 
24 
57 
68 
104 
4 households 
169 
91 
17 
61 
91 
78 
5 or more households 
82 
35 
21 
26 
20 
62 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Hawaii 203 
