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 
775 
969 
1,026 
839 
865 
2,956 
Not on farm operated 
218 
257 
181 
127 
124 
853 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
394 
411 
380 
294 
262 
1,309 
Any 
599 
815 
827 
672 
727 
2,500 
1 to 49 days 
94 
121 
118 
67 
103 
345 
50 to 99 days 
44 
63 
56 
30 
37 
108 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
85 
99 
108 
86 
93 
310 
200 days or more 
376 
532 
545 
489 
494 
1,737 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
21 
32 
51 
45 
47 
130 
3 or 4 years 
33 
67 
59 
46 
40 
171 
5 to 9 years 
100 
154 
180 
158 
168 
503 
1 0 years or more 
839 
973 
917 
717 
734 
3,005 
Average years on present farm 
25.8 
24.0 
22.8 
20.6 
20.9 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
18 
25 
40 
36 
36 
101 
3 or 4 years 
25 
49 
42 
41 
39 
136 
5 to 9 years 
82 
122 
161 
128 
142 
434 
10 years or more 
868 
1,030 
964 
761 
772 
3,138 
Average years operating any farm 
28.7 
26.5 
25.3 
22.7 
22.6 
22.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
11 
5 
15 
15 
18 
25 to 34 years 
64 
55 
69 
43 
53 
108 
35 to 44 years 
84 
111 
98 
102 
86 
274 
45 to 49 years 
70 
98 
117 
90 
104 
311 
50 to 54 years 
129 
162 
171 
117 
147 
510 
55 to 59 years 
147 
181 
149 
135 
139 
584 
60 to 64 years 
116 
164 
151 
132 
144 
504 
65 to 69 years 
133 
146 
155 
122 
117 
578 
70 years and over 
248 
298 
292 
210 
184 
922 
Average age 
59.5 
59.2 
59.3 
58.3 
57.2 
60.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
6 
15 
18 
13 
48 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
10 
4 
4 
10 
Asian 
3 
5 
1 
10 
- 
19 
Black or African American 
12 
15 
24 
5 
6 
68 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
3 
White 
974 
1,206 
1,170 
942 
965 
3,690 
More than one race reported 
4 
" 
2 
3 
13 
19 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
118 
166 
143 
110 
113 
606 
2 people 
493 
600 
585 
462 
462 
1,903 
3 people 
161 
194 
203 
167 
160 
574 
4 people 
117 
162 
159 
124 
144 
463 
5 or more people 
104 
104 
117 
103 
110 
263 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
586 
986 
1,069 
895 
947 
3,497 
25 to 49 percent 
152 
122 
55 
28 
10 
109 
50 to 74 percent 
134 
65 
54 
28 
22 
91 
75 to 99 percent 
74 
27 
16 
8 
5 
53 
1 00 percent 
47 
26 
13 
7 
5 
59 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
40 
30 
16 
12 
19 
83 
acres 
5,889 
4,072 
749 
2,087 
505 
12,376 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
611 
812 
883 
700 
718 
2,864 
Dial-up service 
72 
83 
110 
73 
64 
272 
DSL service 
143 
147 
141 
127 
127 
701 
Cable modem service 
157 
237 
290 
203 
241 
769 
Fiber-optic service 
43 
71 
60 
67 
73 
233 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
135 
193 
192 
162 
140 
616 
Satellite service 
93 
115 
130 
109 
100 
433 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
27 
26 
37 
9 
22 
92 
Other Internet service 
15 
24 
12 
13 
17 
73 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
783 
1,022 
1,054 
845 
875 
3,366 
2 households 
141 
157 
131 
92 
92 
340 
3 households 
43 
24 
10 
19 
12 
60 
4 households 
15 
15 
8 
8 
5 
25 
5 or more households 
11 
8 
4 
2 
5 
18 
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 
916 
1,181 
1,186 
948 
972 
3,665 
acres 
111,898 
106,448 
66,092 
40,280 
31,936 
205,549 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
78 
109 
85 
51 
42 
261 
acres 
16,950 
11,127 
5,213 
1,518 
1,407 
17,931 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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