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 
2,290 
1,657 
1,154 
3,268 
2,263 
1,224 
473 
Not on farm operated 
431 
277 
186 
498 
311 
193 
130 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,270 
923 
664 
2,045 
1,664 
1,075 
481 
Any 
1,451 
1,011 
676 
1,721 
910 
342 
122 
1 to 49 days 
219 
132 
111 
257 
186 
89 
31 
50 to 99 days 
109 
59 
49 
140 
74 
15 
7 
100 to 199 days 
199 
187 
126 
258 
153 
42 
13 
200 days or more 
924 
633 
390 
1,066 
497 
196 
71 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
47 
31 
18 
62 
20 
7 
4 
3 or 4 years 
67 
52 
33 
87 
42 
15 
9 
5 to 9 years 
234 
163 
83 
274 
141 
59 
26 
1 0 years or more 
2,373 
1,688 
1,206 
3,343 
2,371 
1,336 
564 
Average years on present farm 
29.1 
29.2 
30.2 
30.7 
31.8 
32.5 
32.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
24 
15 
40 
13 
3 
2 
3 or 4 years 
48 
39 
18 
58 
29 
10 
4 
5 to 9 years 
190 
123 
64 
228 
93 
38 
16 
1 0 years or more 
2,455 
1,748 
1,243 
3,440 
2,439 
1,366 
581 
Average years operating any farm 
31.1 
31.0 
32.3 
32.6 
33.8 
34.4 
34.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
14 
14 
2 
21 
12 
4 
2 
25 to 34 years 
104 
79 
67 
231 
110 
54 
14 
35 to 44 years 
240 
188 
125 
365 
281 
128 
67 
45 to 49 years 
211 
127 
97 
320 
230 
167 
73 
50 to 54 years 
288 
258 
171 
491 
443 
244 
110 
55 to 59 years 
413 
287 
194 
531 
444 
270 
117 
60 to 64 years 
368 
287 
197 
523 
353 
201 
86 
65 to 69 years 
340 
244 
159 
466 
284 
150 
58 
70 years and over 
743 
450 
328 
818 
417 
199 
76 
Average age 
60.5 
59.3 
59.7 
58.3 
57.0 
56.9 
56.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
8 
15 
25 
28 
5 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
6 
5 
10 
6 
2 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
4 
1 
- 
4 
1 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,706 
1,922 
1,331 
3,739 
2,557 
1,407 
602 
More than one race reported 
6 
5 
4 
12 
9 
7 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
394 
300 
196 
521 
276 
130 
42 
2 people 
1,363 
942 
679 
1,872 
1,237 
703 
304 
3 people 
369 
262 
161 
530 
403 
188 
71 
4 people 
304 
216 
155 
459 
354 
216 
82 
5 or more people 
291 
214 
149 
384 
304 
180 
104 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,650 
1,003 
634 
1,357 
530 
209 
71 
25 to 49 percent 
344 
236 
220 
461 
205 
111 
32 
50 to 74 percent 
390 
333 
224 
822 
571 
262 
115 
75 to 99 percent 
172 
172 
125 
606 
654 
378 
164 
100 percent 
165 
190 
137 
520 
614 
457 
221 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
71 
70 
47 
136 
135 
117 
83 
acres 
11,107 
13,837 
1 1 ,402 
47,532 
98,605 
163,074 
300,050 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,794 
1,261 
891 
2,588 
1,992 
1,215 
550 
Dial-up service 
327 
219 
146 
343 
250 
108 
27 
DSL service 
481 
394 
246 
767 
581 
387 
182 
Cable modem service 
248 
193 
152 
370 
266 
136 
81 
Fiber-optic service 
33 
16 
21 
52 
37 
28 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
457 
269 
236 
617 
513 
322 
178 
Satellite service 
326 
234 
157 
552 
485 
341 
141 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
48 
24 
32 
86 
50 
40 
21 
Other Internet service 
50 
35 
22 
79 
77 
50 
38 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,230 
1,585 
1,058 
2,925 
1,744 
738 
230 
2 households 
384 
281 
228 
669 
575 
440 
196 
3 households 
76 
37 
35 
100 
162 
151 
94 
4 households 
16 
16 
12 
41 
53 
55 
49 
5 or more households 
15 
15 
7 
31 
40 
33 
34 
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 
2,636 
1,868 
1,298 
3,593 
2,440 
1,291 
515 
acres 
414,048 
368,902 
308,141 
1,257,109 
1,684,239 
1,737,462 
1,723,248 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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