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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,953 
5,768 
5,660 
5,618 
5,928 
7,849 
Female 
284 
559 
688 
772 
1,062 
1,746 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,869 
2,255 
1,852 
1,668 
1,630 
2,449 
Other 
2,368 
4,072 
4,496 
4,722 
5,360 
7,146 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,333 
4,971 
5,148 
5,173 
5,544 
8,254 
Not on farm operated 
904 
1,356 
1,200 
1,217 
1,446 
1,341 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,353 
1,796 
1,606 
1,785 
1,971 
2,515 
Any 
2,884 
4,531 
4,742 
4,605 
5,019 
7,080 
1 to 49 days 
335 
518 
537 
444 
574 
651 
50 to 99 days 
166 
205 
224 
182 
237 
325 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
386 
572 
514 
512 
509 
724 
200 days or more 
1,997 
3,236 
3,467 
3,467 
3,699 
5,380 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
154 
222 
194 
211 
230 
356 
3 or 4 years 
198 
277 
312 
367 
351 
413 
5 to 9 years 
476 
773 
855 
861 
995 
1,566 
1 0 years or more 
3,409 
5,055 
4,987 
4,951 
5,414 
7,260 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
23.5 
22.3 
21.9 
21.3 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
119 
146 
150 
153 
177 
257 
3 or 4 years 
163 
217 
262 
281 
307 
356 
5 to 9 years 
412 
641 
735 
773 
889 
1,349 
1 0 years or more 
3,543 
5,323 
5,201 
5,183 
5,617 
7,633 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
25.8 
24.3 
23.8 
23.0 
21.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
23 
37 
49 
18 
27 
23 
25 to 34 years 
431 
516 
490 
450 
354 
594 
35 to 44 years 
604 
778 
778 
828 
819 
1,238 
45 to 49 years 
389 
645 
645 
664 
802 
1,173 
50 to 54 years 
497 
785 
756 
791 
827 
1,421 
55 to 59 years 
531 
902 
904 
910 
1,140 
1,494 
60 to 64 years 
461 
808 
796 
836 
946 
1,243 
65 to 69 years 
419 
652 
688 
651 
707 
949 
70 years and over 
882 
1,204 
1,242 
1,242 
1,368 
1,460 
Average age 
55.9 
56.3 
56.5 
56.7 
57.4 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
14 
35 
32 
37 
57 
53 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
3 
19 
16 
7 
24 
Asian 
2 
7 
5 
- 
5 
8 
Black or African American 
1 
4 
8 
8 
5 
19 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
White 
4,221 
6,303 
6,294 
6,354 
6,960 
9,517 
More than one race reported 
6 
10 
21 
12 
11 
27 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
554 
796 
868 
884 
978 
1,285 
2 people 
1,895 
2,903 
2,938 
2,948 
3,307 
4,323 
3 people 
603 
861 
866 
870 
964 
1,375 
4 people 
483 
786 
752 
779 
868 
1,165 
5 or more people 
702 
981 
924 
909 
873 
1,447 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,424 
4,837 
5,510 
5,700 
6,371 
9,107 
25 to 49 percent 
842 
778 
440 
290 
260 
212 
50 to 74 percent 
639 
485 
272 
290 
230 
166 
75 to 99 percent 
212 
137 
84 
63 
70 
44 
1 00 percent 
120 
90 
42 
47 
59 
66 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
87 
124 
92 
82 
117 
148 
acres 
28,455 
16,247 
9,434 
4,684 
6,896 
7,523 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,586 
3,881 
3,982 
4,125 
4,594 
6,012 
Dial-up service 
296 
477 
431 
474 
527 
739 
DSL service 
904 
1,410 
1,515 
1,560 
1,799 
2,343 
Cable modem service 
283 
488 
503 
515 
643 
689 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
162 
138 
186 
213 
215 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
576 
919 
881 
869 
895 
1,257 
Satellite service 
507 
690 
717 
757 
778 
1,054 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
70 
126 
121 
109 
145 
155 
Other Internet service 
91 
104 
125 
124 
127 
186 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,226 
4,985 
5,230 
5,304 
5,879 
8,295 
2 households 
775 
1,078 
885 
839 
847 
992 
3 households 
141 
148 
133 
124 
155 
142 
4 households 
56 
63 
47 
60 
55 
57 
5 or more households 
39 
53 
53 
63 
54 
109 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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