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 
52,950 
2,705 
2,615 
3,546 
5,297 
4,011 
Female 
5,745 
47 
64 
100 
193 
230 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
25,630 
2,602 
2,366 
2,889 
3,687 
2,363 
Other 
33,065 
150 
313 
757 
1,803 
1,878 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
47,869 
2,243 
2,315 
3,109 
4,498 
3,281 
Not on farm operated 
10,826 
509 
364 
537 
992 
960 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,864 
2,091 
1,764 
1,977 
2,421 
1,585 
Any 
37,831 
661 
915 
1,669 
3,069 
2,656 
1 to 49 days 
4,451 
164 
223 
291 
444 
270 
50 to 99 days 
1,992 
44 
65 
143 
198 
203 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,657 
89 
176 
284 
473 
418 
200 days or more 
26,731 
364 
451 
951 
1,954 
1,765 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,739 
39 
14 
65 
132 
122 
3 or 4 years 
2,457 
31 
39 
85 
181 
203 
5 to 9 years 
7,100 
133 
172 
268 
501 
500 
1 0 years or more 
47,399 
2,549 
2,454 
3,228 
4,676 
3,416 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
30.1 
30.8 
30.0 
27.7 
25.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,265 
18 
7 
45 
96 
97 
3 or 4 years 
1,977 
19 
24 
59 
130 
159 
5 to 9 years 
6,099 
92 
129 
227 
428 
424 
1 0 years or more 
49,354 
2,623 
2,519 
3,315 
4,836 
3,561 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
31.9 
32.4 
31.6 
29.8 
28.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
315 
10 
6 
25 
58 
39 
25 to 34 years 
4,449 
135 
149 
294 
591 
445 
35 to 44 years 
7,818 
387 
392 
508 
837 
649 
45 to 49 years 
6,075 
347 
244 
343 
476 
347 
50 to 54 years 
7,686 
459 
445 
479 
683 
543 
55 to 59 years 
8,897 
556 
563 
590 
741 
566 
60 to 64 years 
7,536 
374 
402 
535 
691 
444 
65 to 69 years 
5,788 
240 
219 
377 
491 
395 
70 years and over 
10,131 
244 
259 
495 
922 
813 
Average age 
55.8 
54.3 
54.5 
54.9 
54.5 
55.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
276 
7 
10 
10 
13 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
91 
2 
3 
2 
5 
3 
Asian 
30 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
53 
- 
- 
3 
2 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
58,408 
2,748 
2,674 
3,635 
5,475 
4,227 
More than one race reported 
110 
1 
2 
4 
8 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,263 
149 
219 
377 
643 
510 
2 people 
26,875 
1,297 
1,217 
1,708 
2,436 
1,903 
3 people 
8,102 
382 
416 
486 
752 
527 
4 people 
7,321 
475 
390 
454 
653 
516 
5 or more people 
9,134 
449 
437 
621 
1,006 
785 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
38,302 
234 
294 
634 
1,481 
1,710 
25 to 49 percent 
5,561 
210 
184 
462 
950 
933 
50 to 74 percent 
6,248 
577 
596 
806 
1,361 
826 
75 to 99 percent 
4,786 
785 
829 
1,022 
1,042 
498 
1 00 percent 
3,798 
946 
776 
722 
656 
274 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,509 
280 
180 
137 
162 
100 
acres 
903,025 
476,591 
199,780 
80,220 
57,387 
15,808 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
38,403 
2,432 
2,106 
2,615 
3,523 
2,547 
Dial-up service 
4,132 
132 
140 
253 
391 
272 
DSL service 
14,389 
963 
818 
970 
1,195 
912 
Cable modem service 
4,265 
206 
147 
192 
343 
256 
Fiber-optic service 
1,566 
103 
73 
121 
134 
99 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,640 
644 
509 
611 
886 
593 
Satellite service 
7,633 
624 
549 
625 
785 
547 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,161 
110 
91 
75 
99 
60 
Other Internet service 
1,282 
134 
84 
102 
120 
85 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
46,007 
1,411 
1,706 
2,613 
4,141 
3,217 
2 households 
9,273 
753 
631 
712 
1,015 
746 
3 households 
1,949 
362 
217 
187 
198 
142 
4 households 
740 
128 
75 
71 
56 
72 
5 or more households 
726 
98 
50 
63 
80 
64 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Indiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
