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 
485 
327 
249 
664 
457 
222 
82 
Not on farm operated 
144 
100 
57 
197 
96 
43 
32 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
281 
199 
141 
486 
348 
188 
80 
Any 
348 
228 
165 
375 
205 
77 
34 
1 to 49 days 
44 
47 
33 
62 
32 
22 
2 
50 to 99 days 
15 
9 
9 
24 
17 
8 
2 
100 to 199 days 
46 
27 
19 
54 
29 
8 
7 
200 days or more 
243 
145 
104 
235 
127 
39 
23 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
9 
9 
1 
8 
8 
3 
1 
3 or 4 years 
9 
20 
7 
15 
10 
1 
- 
5 to 9 years 
61 
38 
19 
87 
25 
13 
4 
10 years or more 
550 
360 
279 
751 
510 
248 
109 
Average years on present farm 
27.3 
26.6 
30.1 
28.6 
31.9 
31.7 
33.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
7 
8 
- 
5 
1 
- 
1 
3 or 4 years 
7 
15 
7 
13 
8 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
45 
33 
17 
55 
20 
7 
2 
1 0 years or more 
570 
371 
282 
788 
524 
258 
111 
Average years operating any farm 
30.3 
29.1 
31.7 
31.0 
35.0 
34.7 
35.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
2 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
37 
26 
7 
33 
14 
4 
2 
35 to 44 years 
53 
36 
22 
66 
31 
14 
10 
45 to 49 years 
41 
39 
25 
65 
61 
32 
8 
50 to 54 years 
53 
50 
54 
160 
69 
51 
13 
55 to 59 years 
86 
49 
40 
136 
79 
45 
28 
60 to 64 years 
85 
65 
30 
117 
83 
51 
15 
65 to 69 years 
76 
65 
33 
85 
70 
32 
21 
70 years and over 
195 
95 
95 
197 
144 
36 
17 
Average age 
60.6 
59.4 
61.3 
59.2 
60.2 
58.3 
59.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
2 
1 
3 
- 
1 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
624 
425 
305 
857 
552 
262 
113 
More than one race reported 
" 
- 
" 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
68 
51 
35 
90 
67 
29 
8 
2 people 
332 
208 
162 
417 
265 
126 
67 
3 people 
94 
66 
35 
145 
103 
50 
16 
4 people 
65 
51 
38 
122 
71 
36 
11 
5 or more people 
70 
51 
36 
87 
47 
24 
12 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
385 
245 
138 
311 
146 
44 
30 
25 to 49 percent 
83 
49 
43 
103 
63 
27 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
73 
53 
43 
162 
110 
59 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
47 
43 
42 
134 
125 
53 
28 
100 percent 
41 
37 
40 
151 
109 
82 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
21 
18 
13 
62 
37 
32 
15 
acres 
3,247 
3,583 
3,098 
22,992 
26,962 
43,388 
42,777 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
418 
267 
196 
578 
404 
221 
99 
Dial-up service 
47 
36 
30 
74 
59 
14 
5 
DSL service 
89 
62 
41 
119 
70 
39 
24 
Cable modem service 
89 
57 
46 
108 
63 
49 
25 
Fiber-optic service 
34 
22 
14 
36 
20 
17 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
109 
61 
52 
180 
136 
65 
35 
Satellite service 
54 
47 
26 
110 
96 
62 
16 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
8 
3 
8 
13 
11 
5 
Other Internet service 
14 
6 
2 
18 
10 
5 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
494 
344 
219 
597 
318 
127 
48 
2 households 
107 
51 
62 
183 
145 
84 
33 
3 households 
17 
25 
12 
50 
48 
36 
21 
4 households 
5 
4 
3 
19 
23 
10 
8 
5 or more households 
6 
3 
10 
12 
19 
8 
4 
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 
601 
405 
291 
803 
499 
252 
106 
acres 
95,692 
79,633 
69,025 
280,546 
345,518 
338,616 
325,798 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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