Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,934 
1,331 
1,074 
3,525 
3,017 
2,216 
1,141 
Not on farm operated 
559 
436 
304 
750 
545 
328 
255 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
963 
749 
567 
2,063 
2,093 
1,869 
1,132 
Any 
1,530 
1,018 
811 
2,212 
1,469 
675 
264 
1 to 49 days 
192 
135 
85 
277 
308 
182 
81 
50 to 99 days 
92 
77 
52 
171 
141 
49 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
208 
142 
157 
384 
258 
107 
30 
200 days or more 
1,038 
664 
517 
1,380 
762 
337 
137 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
52 
35 
28 
66 
40 
14 
8 
3 or 4 years 
84 
69 
50 
89 
42 
25 
8 
5 to 9 years 
246 
149 
135 
266 
178 
94 
46 
1 0 years or more 
2,111 
1,514 
1,165 
3,854 
3,302 
2,411 
1,334 
Average years on present farm 
27.3 
28.0 
29.0 
31.1 
32.1 
32.3 
32.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
18 
21 
44 
29 
8 
4 
3 or 4 years 
61 
54 
32 
65 
24 
18 
4 
5 to 9 years 
210 
126 
107 
210 
144 
71 
26 
1 0 years or more 
2,185 
1,569 
1,218 
3,956 
3,365 
2,447 
1,362 
Average years operating any farm 
29.5 
30.4 
31.4 
33.0 
33.7 
33.9 
33.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
15 
6 
24 
18 
4 
2 
25 to 34 years 
157 
146 
112 
253 
176 
108 
44 
35 to 44 years 
293 
205 
124 
433 
397 
308 
159 
45 to 49 years 
188 
125 
95 
343 
316 
250 
164 
50 to 54 years 
304 
194 
181 
558 
532 
407 
243 
55 to 59 years 
327 
230 
205 
638 
667 
565 
292 
60 to 64 years 
330 
226 
191 
632 
562 
386 
210 
65 to 69 years 
281 
194 
164 
478 
405 
241 
128 
70 years and over 
598 
432 
300 
916 
489 
275 
154 
Average age 
58.4 
57.9 
58.0 
58.1 
56.6 
55.7 
55.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
8 
5 
9 
8 
8 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
4 
- 
1 
1 
6 
- 
Asian 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
5 
1 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,477 
1,761 
1,375 
4,264 
3,550 
2,536 
1,395 
More than one race reported 
7 
1 
3 
8 
8 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
326 
280 
190 
541 
388 
216 
71 
2 people 
1,221 
859 
685 
2,202 
1,790 
1,279 
723 
3 people 
355 
211 
216 
614 
489 
391 
187 
4 people 
282 
231 
130 
509 
521 
364 
228 
5 or more people 
309 
186 
157 
409 
374 
294 
187 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,299 
819 
528 
1,270 
607 
269 
118 
25 to 49 percent 
423 
294 
273 
695 
394 
172 
101 
50 to 74 percent 
414 
356 
290 
960 
762 
526 
304 
75 to 99 percent 
224 
189 
187 
855 
1,047 
765 
363 
1 00 percent 
133 
109 
100 
495 
752 
812 
510 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
65 
40 
28 
142 
161 
188 
137 
acres 
10,340 
7,873 
6,640 
51,161 
118,757 
253,065 
422,887 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,596 
1,194 
940 
3,029 
2,784 
2,147 
1,264 
Dial-up service 
212 
129 
114 
354 
288 
136 
65 
DSL service 
549 
408 
327 
1,005 
1,087 
838 
500 
Cable modem service 
195 
129 
94 
277 
179 
156 
119 
Fiber-optic service 
66 
48 
41 
135 
118 
68 
60 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
341 
269 
255 
718 
655 
535 
333 
Satellite service 
309 
279 
182 
712 
667 
573 
323 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
48 
37 
18 
98 
81 
98 
62 
Other Internet service 
55 
44 
31 
104 
97 
94 
66 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,889 
1,293 
1,019 
3,150 
2,477 
1,526 
592 
2 households 
419 
350 
259 
852 
752 
655 
428 
3 households 
114 
63 
63 
179 
202 
225 
247 
4 households 
35 
32 
19 
53 
72 
82 
81 
5 or more households 
36 
29 
18 
41 
59 
56 
48 
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 
2,416 
1,694 
1,323 
4,086 
3,419 
2,380 
1,261 
acres 
379,414 
335,193 
316,207 
1,459,201 
2,389,509 
3,274,316 
3,927,822 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Indiana 71 
