Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,362 
5,004 
3,964 
3,766 
4,033 
12,704 
Not on farm operated 
624 
942 
645 
537 
497 
3,097 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,559 
2,102 
1,500 
1,402 
1,397 
5,925 
Any 
2,427 
3,844 
3,109 
2,901 
3,133 
9,876 
1 to 49 days 
285 
436 
367 
314 
332 
1,510 
50 to 99 days 
180 
259 
189 
184 
220 
632 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
353 
571 
479 
389 
467 
1,119 
200 days or more 
1,609 
2,578 
2,074 
2,014 
2,114 
6,615 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
98 
226 
153 
151 
168 
515 
3 or 4 years 
155 
298 
282 
244 
302 
706 
5 to 9 years 
444 
769 
675 
652 
702 
2,041 
1 0 years or more 
3,289 
4,653 
3,499 
3,256 
3,358 
12,539 
Average years on present farm 
26.4 
23.7 
22.1 
21.2 
20.4 
22.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
66 
173 
104 
106 
131 
356 
3 or 4 years 
128 
245 
238 
213 
258 
615 
5 to 9 years 
359 
636 
618 
562 
613 
1,878 
10 years or more 
3,433 
4,892 
3,649 
3,422 
3,528 
12,952 
Average years operating any farm 
28.5 
25.9 
24.3 
23.2 
22.3 
23.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
29 
42 
18 
13 
10 
46 
25 to 34 years 
218 
385 
281 
194 
246 
537 
35 to 44 years 
427 
636 
556 
532 
553 
1,538 
45 to 49 years 
357 
543 
431 
437 
507 
1,433 
50 to 54 years 
519 
778 
580 
647 
635 
2,103 
55 to 59 years 
591 
872 
692 
636 
686 
2,365 
60 to 64 years 
507 
802 
668 
594 
615 
2,278 
65 to 69 years 
504 
683 
525 
470 
543 
1,928 
70 years and over 
834 
1,205 
858 
780 
735 
3,573 
Average age 
57.9 
57.4 
57.0 
57.1 
56.6 
59.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
83 
71 
54 
102 
68 
174 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
19 
16 
35 
22 
20 
77 
Asian 
2 
7 
5 
10 
13 
15 
Black or African American 
8 
29 
27 
25 
20 
87 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
- 
2 
- 
2 
4 
White 
3,941 
5,882 
4,527 
4,227 
4,461 
15,551 
More than one race reported 
11 
12 
13 
19 
14 
67 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
508 
744 
539 
471 
544 
2,608 
2 people 
1,910 
2,949 
2,250 
2,117 
2,158 
7,936 
3 people 
614 
839 
682 
669 
640 
2,055 
4 people 
471 
702 
587 
548 
580 
1,806 
5 or more people 
483 
712 
551 
498 
608 
1,396 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,160 
4,546 
4,022 
3,917 
4,260 
14,640 
25 to 49 percent 
799 
680 
285 
166 
116 
451 
50 to 74 percent 
632 
452 
182 
139 
104 
410 
75 to 99 percent 
203 
133 
55 
37 
13 
143 
1 00 percent 
192 
135 
65 
44 
37 
157 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
103 
111 
101 
83 
70 
348 
acres 
16,649 
12,425 
11,721 
8,282 
10,442 
44,647 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,730 
3,990 
3,113 
3,025 
3,242 
10,598 
Dial-up service 
449 
686 
489 
486 
482 
1,512 
DSL service 
766 
1,094 
763 
779 
903 
2,839 
Cable modem service 
476 
753 
614 
577 
646 
2,145 
Fiber-optic service 
62 
82 
66 
46 
48 
199 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
625 
895 
779 
757 
699 
2,458 
Satellite service 
505 
760 
579 
532 
600 
1,858 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
82 
88 
100 
61 
81 
281 
Other Internet service 
73 
138 
107 
113 
118 
328 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,312 
5,045 
4,000 
3,765 
4,041 
14,074 
2 households 
571 
752 
467 
425 
414 
1,328 
3 households 
54 
93 
71 
64 
33 
262 
4 households 
29 
34 
36 
25 
17 
91 
5 or more households 
20 
22 
35 
24 
25 
46 
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 
3,876 
5,815 
4,511 
4,217 
4,478 
15,402 
acres 
473,696 
503,316 
305,175 
234,107 
194,006 
873,512 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
256 
404 
296 
241 
249 
852 
acres 
30,734 
28,418 
18,764 
16,074 
10,390 
58,026 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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