Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,271 
4,500 
4,384 
4,186 
3,903 
12,374 
Not on farm operated 
830 
1,181 
820 
673 
510 
3,496 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,305 
1,537 
1,211 
1,164 
997 
4,905 
Any 
2,796 
4,144 
3,993 
3,695 
3,416 
10,965 
1 to 49 days 
323 
454 
425 
336 
349 
1,184 
50 to 99 days 
157 
187 
184 
151 
152 
520 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
386 
522 
432 
406 
377 
1,116 
200 days or more 
1,930 
2,981 
2,952 
2,802 
2,538 
8,145 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
141 
205 
167 
183 
158 
518 
3 or 4 years 
184 
270 
269 
299 
253 
646 
5 to 9 years 
454 
696 
721 
728 
687 
2,259 
1 0 years or more 
3,322 
4,510 
4,047 
3,649 
3,315 
12,447 
Average years on present farm 
25.4 
23.2 
21.9 
20.6 
20.1 
21.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
107 
137 
127 
138 
118 
380 
3 or 4 years 
153 
210 
233 
227 
223 
542 
5 to 9 years 
395 
577 
605 
648 
614 
1,977 
1 0 years or more 
3,446 
4,757 
4,239 
3,846 
3,458 
12,971 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
25.5 
23.9 
22.6 
21.9 
23.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
24 
38 
45 
18 
22 
32 
25 to 34 years 
425 
500 
456 
440 
307 
719 
35 to 44 years 
606 
725 
727 
714 
634 
1,666 
45 to 49 years 
391 
595 
555 
551 
568 
1,683 
50 to 54 years 
471 
723 
620 
611 
564 
2,114 
55 to 59 years 
526 
803 
725 
686 
706 
2,470 
60 to 64 years 
438 
717 
655 
607 
549 
2,153 
65 to 69 years 
388 
577 
547 
448 
398 
1,733 
70 years and over 
832 
1,003 
874 
784 
665 
3,300 
Average age 
55.6 
55.7 
55.2 
54.8 
55.0 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
29 
23 
20 
33 
111 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
3 
12 
16 
5 
33 
Asian 
- 
7 
3 
- 
4 
13 
Black or African American 
1 
4 
6 
6 
5 
23 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
White 
4,086 
5,659 
5,166 
4,823 
4,388 
15,767 
More than one race reported 
7 
8 
16 
14 
9 
34 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
526 
687 
635 
582 
485 
2,481 
2 people 
1,796 
2,558 
2,343 
2,108 
1,924 
7,704 
3 people 
575 
777 
750 
704 
650 
2,111 
4 people 
480 
731 
652 
656 
601 
1,742 
5 or more people 
724 
928 
824 
809 
753 
1,832 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,296 
4,257 
4,523 
4,405 
4,097 
14,469 
25 to 49 percent 
842 
748 
363 
200 
134 
599 
50 to 74 percent 
646 
454 
225 
188 
121 
507 
75 to 99 percent 
202 
132 
61 
39 
28 
160 
1 00 percent 
115 
90 
32 
27 
33 
135 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
78 
104 
53 
38 
40 
340 
acres 
9,244 
8,119 
2,999 
2,901 
1,196 
49,266 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,476 
3,474 
3,253 
3,118 
2,961 
10,053 
Dial-up service 
271 
418 
345 
359 
323 
1,243 
DSL service 
879 
1,252 
1,252 
1,164 
1,105 
3,944 
Cable modem service 
257 
438 
397 
361 
366 
1,315 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
139 
110 
125 
110 
437 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
557 
837 
719 
696 
636 
1,986 
Satellite service 
494 
611 
586 
588 
534 
1,724 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
69 
121 
103 
76 
106 
256 
Other Internet service 
90 
92 
106 
80 
73 
322 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,137 
4,422 
4,319 
4,095 
3,780 
13,342 
2 households 
739 
1,017 
741 
617 
511 
1,842 
3 households 
132 
136 
74 
69 
69 
373 
4 households 
56 
56 
29 
32 
30 
136 
5 or more households 
37 
50 
41 
46 
23 
177 
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 
3,973 
5,533 
5,071 
4,782 
4,328 
15,382 
acres 
426,215 
394,163 
243,341 
177,592 
130,432 
727,181 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
139 
216 
158 
89 
91 
483 
acres 
16,365 
17,033 
10,358 
5,100 
4,747 
36,321 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Indiana 97 
