Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
9,960 
6,622 
2,446 
892 
5,456 
4,504 
Female 
2,296 
1,954 
225 
117 
1,107 
1,189 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,996 
3,611 
1,808 
577 
3,241 
2,755 
Other 
6,260 
4,965 
863 
432 
3,322 
2,938 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,898 
7,050 
2,307 
541 
5,103 
4,795 
Not on farm operated 
2,358 
1,526 
364 
468 
1,460 
898 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,860 
3,215 
1,281 
364 
2,698 
2,162 
Any 
7,396 
5,361 
1,390 
645 
3,865 
3,531 
1 to 49 days 
1,082 
769 
202 
111 
624 
458 
50 to 99 days 
426 
279 
104 
43 
212 
214 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
971 
708 
189 
74 
543 
428 
200 days or more 
4,917 
3,605 
895 
417 
2,486 
2,431 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
371 
257 
39 
75 
193 
178 
3 or 4 years 
480 
326 
74 
80 
219 
261 
5 to 9 years 
1,606 
1,149 
285 
172 
720 
886 
1 0 years or more 
9,799 
6,844 
2,273 
682 
5,431 
4,368 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
22.5 
28.0 
18.8 
24.7 
21.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
279 
205 
27 
47 
138 
141 
3 or 4 years 
378 
262 
57 
59 
168 
210 
5 to 9 years 
1,331 
971 
213 
147 
597 
734 
1 0 years or more 
10,268 
7,138 
2,374 
756 
5,660 
4,608 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
24.6 
30.6 
21.9 
26.8 
24.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
35 
11 
29 
36 
39 
25 to 34 years 
528 
236 
131 
161 
262 
266 
35 to 44 years 
1,037 
628 
243 
166 
482 
555 
45 to 49 years 
1,112 
763 
254 
95 
553 
559 
50 to 54 years 
1,741 
1,136 
431 
174 
939 
802 
55 to 59 years 
1,835 
1,291 
405 
139 
952 
883 
60 to 64 years 
1,640 
1,190 
351 
99 
799 
841 
65 to 69 years 
1,566 
1,180 
330 
56 
862 
704 
70 years and over 
2,722 
2,117 
515 
90 
1,678 
1,044 
Average age 
59.0 
60.4 
57.8 
50.0 
60.0 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
118 
92 
17 
9 
85 
33 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
26 
2 
1 
12 
17 
Asian 
99 
97 
1 
1 
37 
62 
Black or African American 
143 
109 
22 
12 
91 
52 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
7 
- 
- 
6 
1 
White 
11,932 
8,300 
2,637 
995 
6,399 
5,533 
More than one race reported 
46 
37 
9 
- 
18 
28 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,532 
1,122 
257 
153 
1,279 
253 
2 people 
5,942 
4,292 
1,273 
377 
3,038 
2,904 
3 people 
1,970 
1,341 
476 
153 
966 
1,004 
4 people 
1,617 
1,100 
347 
170 
739 
878 
5 or more people 
1,195 
721 
318 
156 
541 
654 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
6,913 
1,264 
579 
4,716 
4,040 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
481 
273 
104 
472 
386 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
541 
384 
107 
538 
494 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
316 
380 
82 
433 
345 
100 percent 
832 
325 
370 
137 
404 
428 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
422 
266 
101 
55 
193 
229 
acres 
155,759 
69,064 
76,668 
10,027 
58,165 
97,594 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,811 
6,240 
1,901 
670 
4,308 
4,503 
Dial-up service 
936 
665 
218 
53 
455 
481 
DSL service 
1,801 
1,303 
381 
117 
922 
879 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
1,690 
469 
203 
1,207 
1,155 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
472 
146 
69 
284 
403 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,127 
1,414 
519 
194 
969 
1,158 
Satellite service 
1,425 
1,035 
301 
89 
641 
784 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
178 
58 
36 
138 
134 
Other Internet service 
214 
157 
39 
18 
106 
108 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,993 
7,252 
1,945 
796 
5,779 
4,214 
2 households 
1,638 
994 
495 
149 
589 
1,049 
3 households 
365 
191 
143 
31 
108 
257 
4 households 
156 
86 
51 
19 
60 
96 
5 or more households 
104 
53 
37 
14 
27 
77 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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