Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
43,740 
1,362 
1,446 
1,984 
3,074 
3,041 
Not on farm operated 
8,454 
430 
244 
333 
523 
582 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,550 
1,409 
1,253 
1,458 
1,917 
1,628 
Any 
30,644 
383 
437 
859 
1,680 
1,995 
1 to 49 days 
4,147 
91 
126 
165 
240 
281 
50 to 99 days 
2,069 
22 
40 
67 
123 
153 
100 to 199 days 
4,223 
35 
63 
128 
269 
350 
200 days or more 
20,205 
235 
208 
499 
1,048 
1,211 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,512 
8 
15 
43 
50 
85 
3 or 4 years 
2,350 
33 
27 
63 
104 
136 
5 to 9 years 
6,318 
93 
87 
198 
306 
351 
10 years or more 
42,014 
1,658 
1,561 
2,013 
3,137 
3,051 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
30.1 
30.6 
29.5 
29.0 
27.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,047 
4 
12 
22 
27 
46 
3 or 4 years 
1,948 
20 
17 
41 
78 
95 
5 to 9 years 
5,456 
60 
51 
161 
243 
275 
10 years or more 
43,743 
1,708 
1,610 
2,093 
3,249 
3,207 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
32.4 
32.5 
31.6 
31.1 
30.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
244 
8 
7 
32 
21 
18 
25 to 34 years 
2,736 
71 
105 
183 
261 
255 
35 to 44 years 
5,761 
219 
198 
294 
432 
376 
45 to 49 years 
4,997 
200 
202 
202 
357 
328 
50 to 54 years 
7,262 
355 
285 
378 
493 
489 
55 to 59 years 
7,945 
360 
296 
364 
566 
517 
60 to 64 years 
7,208 
248 
247 
308 
453 
488 
65 to 69 years 
5,968 
157 
163 
212 
404 
379 
70 years and over 
10,073 
174 
187 
344 
610 
773 
Average age 
57.6 
55.0 
55.1 
54.9 
56.3 
57.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
674 
12 
7 
34 
22 
47 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
1 
4 
2 
2 
6 
Asian 
54 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
216 
- 
- 
3 
7 
10 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
White 
51,539 
1,785 
1,679 
2,310 
3,578 
3,598 
More than one race reported 
165 
3 
7 
2 
10 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,884 
130 
154 
264 
424 
498 
2 people 
25,338 
816 
758 
1,061 
1,702 
1,681 
3 people 
7,398 
242 
263 
355 
516 
523 
4 people 
6,446 
265 
271 
341 
427 
448 
5 or more people 
6,128 
339 
244 
296 
528 
473 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
192 
217 
426 
979 
1,463 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
94 
141 
210 
461 
689 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
315 
342 
563 
895 
790 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
491 
444 
563 
669 
389 
1 00 percent 
3,316 
700 
546 
555 
593 
292 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,551 
234 
134 
103 
147 
117 
acres 
685,227 
374,425 
91,601 
51,654 
42,862 
20,519 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,426 
1,632 
1,390 
1,726 
2,546 
2,434 
Dial-up service 
5,184 
105 
120 
179 
349 
327 
DSL service 
10,092 
541 
451 
521 
729 
706 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
262 
174 
266 
405 
448 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
40 
31 
40 
46 
41 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,692 
454 
348 
422 
679 
576 
Satellite service 
6,947 
429 
346 
383 
479 
476 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
985 
62 
41 
50 
64 
75 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
89 
55 
64 
82 
76 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
43,472 
805 
1,021 
1,685 
2,783 
2,941 
2 households 
6,641 
546 
448 
478 
649 
563 
3 households 
1,252 
236 
140 
100 
115 
84 
4 households 
463 
109 
46 
38 
23 
15 
5 or more households 
366 
96 
35 
16 
27 
20 
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 
1,588 
1,563 
2,212 
3,457 
3,509 
acres 
9,225,892 
2,683,240 
1,309,833 
1,096,742 
975,719 
576,546 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
3,867 
426 
276 
281 
312 
274 
acres 
1,384,201 
741,068 
222,566 
137,150 
88,771 
32,240 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
