Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
43,740 
3,401 
15,750 
3,769 
4,942 
3,549 
Not on farm operated 
8,454 
761 
3,014 
870 
1,107 
676 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,550 
1,249 
6,228 
1,708 
2,405 
1,838 
Any 
30,644 
2,913 
12,536 
2,931 
3,644 
2,387 
1 to 49 days 
4,147 
317 
1,588 
399 
464 
354 
50 to 99 days 
2,069 
164 
800 
199 
243 
210 
100 to 199 days 
4,223 
414 
1,603 
372 
521 
335 
200 days or more 
20,205 
2,018 
8,545 
1,961 
2,416 
1,488 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,512 
234 
705 
125 
169 
90 
3 or 4 years 
2,350 
412 
1,050 
209 
223 
151 
5 to 9 years 
6,318 
860 
2,944 
547 
621 
366 
10 years or more 
42,014 
2,656 
14,065 
3,758 
5,036 
3,618 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
16.1 
20.1 
23.3 
25.0 
27.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,047 
176 
469 
93 
121 
63 
3 or 4 years 
1,948 
366 
874 
171 
203 
128 
5 to 9 years 
5,456 
778 
2,643 
468 
510 
305 
10 years or more 
43,743 
2,842 
14,778 
3,907 
5,215 
3,729 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
17.8 
22.0 
25.2 
27.1 
29.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
244 
28 
84 
26 
11 
26 
25 to 34 years 
2,736 
397 
1,045 
234 
245 
156 
35 to 44 years 
5,761 
700 
2,328 
479 
504 
356 
45 to 49 years 
4,997 
519 
1,963 
413 
510 
367 
50 to 54 years 
7,262 
633 
2,698 
628 
788 
510 
55 to 59 years 
7,945 
593 
2,903 
749 
841 
603 
60 to 64 years 
7,208 
477 
2,575 
655 
861 
625 
65 to 69 years 
5,968 
371 
2,049 
493 
815 
539 
70 years and over 
10,073 
444 
3,119 
962 
1,474 
1,043 
Average age 
57.6 
52.8 
56.5 
58.1 
59.9 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
674 
128 
245 
61 
97 
37 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
31 
96 
33 
5 
7 
Asian 
54 
10 
33 
2 
7 
- 
Black or African American 
216 
40 
132 
16 
12 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
2 
10 
- 
2 
- 
White 
51,539 
4,058 
18,420 
4,577 
6,011 
4,209 
More than one race reported 
165 
21 
73 
11 
12 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,884 
468 
2,486 
625 
900 
546 
2 people 
25,338 
1,794 
8,907 
2,288 
3,058 
2,191 
3 people 
7,398 
663 
2,736 
641 
798 
576 
4 people 
6,446 
612 
2,417 
539 
654 
438 
5 or more people 
6,128 
625 
2,218 
546 
639 
474 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
3,609 
16,479 
3,793 
4,638 
2,849 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
161 
875 
371 
568 
508 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
169 
761 
245 
470 
462 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
90 
289 
95 
197 
198 
1 00 percent 
3,316 
133 
360 
135 
176 
208 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,551 
140 
437 
80 
116 
119 
acres 
685,227 
553 
11,105 
4,735 
9,551 
13,676 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,426 
3,075 
13,335 
3,097 
3,861 
2,767 
Dial-up service 
5,184 
352 
1,859 
500 
611 
442 
DSL service 
10,092 
846 
3,608 
836 
1,011 
753 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
829 
2,807 
565 
670 
449 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
60 
249 
54 
74 
61 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,692 
696 
3,182 
691 
923 
608 
Satellite service 
6,947 
463 
2,338 
618 
705 
587 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
985 
83 
346 
74 
108 
73 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
84 
452 
119 
142 
95 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
43,472 
3,660 
16,574 
3,954 
5,234 
3,540 
2 households 
6,641 
382 
1,720 
560 
652 
554 
3 households 
1,252 
68 
272 
76 
96 
85 
4 households 
463 
32 
101 
27 
38 
23 
5 or more households 
366 
20 
97 
22 
29 
23 
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 
50,628 
4,039 
18,407 
4,500 
5,909 
4,132 
acres 
9,225,892 
19,479 
488,761 
262,563 
480,636 
481,304 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
