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 
921 
1,122 
1,133 
1,081 
1,132 
1,676 
Female 
110 
207 
286 
259 
326 
887 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
595 
570 
574 
416 
444 
893 
Other 
436 
759 
845 
924 
1,014 
1,670 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
799 
1,039 
1,136 
1,073 
1,180 
2,167 
Not on farm operated 
232 
290 
283 
267 
278 
396 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
406 
447 
477 
443 
480 
776 
Any 
625 
882 
942 
897 
978 
1,787 
1 to 49 days 
98 
128 
142 
112 
159 
203 
50 to 99 days 
40 
63 
60 
43 
39 
88 
100 to 199 days 
91 
113 
121 
108 
122 
226 
200 days or more 
396 
578 
619 
634 
658 
1,270 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
25 
40 
46 
62 
63 
87 
3 or 4 years 
29 
73 
74 
62 
53 
121 
5 to 9 years 
107 
162 
209 
184 
213 
385 
10 years or more 
870 
1,054 
1,090 
1,032 
1,129 
1,970 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
23.8 
22.8 
21.3 
21.0 
20.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
22 
29 
38 
50 
51 
64 
3 or 4 years 
25 
52 
57 
56 
49 
93 
5 to 9 years 
88 
127 
187 
152 
186 
325 
1 0 years or more 
896 
1,121 
1,137 
1,082 
1,172 
2,081 
Average years operating any farm 
28.6 
26.4 
25.0 
23.5 
22.4 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
11 
6 
15 
14 
18 
25 to 34 years 
68 
49 
77 
44 
53 
96 
35 to 44 years 
87 
121 
97 
122 
115 
210 
45 to 49 years 
76 
109 
127 
106 
131 
240 
50 to 54 years 
135 
165 
191 
155 
204 
382 
55 to 59 years 
146 
196 
180 
183 
202 
424 
60 to 64 years 
123 
181 
179 
174 
200 
350 
65 to 69 years 
137 
161 
190 
197 
207 
354 
70 years and over 
257 
336 
372 
344 
332 
489 
Average age 
59.4 
59.7 
60.1 
60.3 
59.5 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
7 
17 
18 
18 
40 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
10 
4 
4 
10 
Asian 
3 
5 
3 
10 
4 
13 
Black or African American 
12 
15 
27 
20 
14 
42 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
3 
White 
1,012 
1,308 
1,377 
1,301 
1,422 
2,477 
More than one race reported 
4 
1 
2 
3 
13 
18 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
128 
180 
197 
188 
215 
345 
2 people 
504 
660 
700 
674 
697 
1,235 
3 people 
163 
213 
226 
213 
227 
411 
4 people 
130 
163 
174 
154 
190 
356 
5 or more people 
106 
113 
122 
111 
129 
216 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
616 
1,078 
1,250 
1,247 
1,389 
2,373 
25 to 49 percent 
155 
135 
74 
30 
25 
48 
50 to 74 percent 
142 
56 
61 
42 
28 
58 
75 to 99 percent 
72 
33 
20 
11 
7 
36 
100 percent 
46 
27 
14 
10 
9 
48 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
41 
30 
24 
17 
36 
46 
acres 
7,603 
4,128 
2,120 
1,492 
4,240 
5,072 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
635 
886 
1,036 
949 
1,041 
2,007 
Dial-up service 
74 
92 
126 
90 
103 
188 
DSL service 
138 
183 
181 
215 
217 
442 
Cable modem service 
170 
248 
314 
250 
297 
609 
Fiber-optic service 
42 
76 
73 
71 
80 
204 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
153 
195 
227 
215 
208 
433 
Satellite service 
95 
130 
160 
150 
152 
291 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
23 
29 
37 
17 
35 
67 
Other Internet service 
12 
25 
17 
28 
29 
39 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
812 
1,112 
1,222 
1,160 
1,288 
2,317 
2 households 
148 
156 
158 
128 
141 
209 
3 households 
42 
32 
20 
31 
15 
25 
4 households 
16 
18 
12 
12 
11 
7 
5 or more households 
13 
11 
7 
9 
3 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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