Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
44,785 
1,802 
1,672 
2,246 
3,508 
3,423 
Female 
7,409 
32 
43 
90 
160 
238 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
25,285 
1,748 
1,597 
1,993 
2,740 
2,408 
Other 
26,909 
86 
118 
343 
928 
1,253 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
43,740 
1,396 
1,475 
2,003 
3,129 
3,058 
Not on farm operated 
8,454 
438 
240 
333 
539 
603 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,550 
1,444 
1,268 
1,452 
1,972 
1,618 
Any 
30,644 
390 
447 
884 
1,696 
2,043 
1 to 49 days 
4,147 
93 
129 
168 
242 
292 
50 to 99 days 
2,069 
23 
40 
69 
126 
159 
100 to 199 days 
4,223 
35 
64 
133 
271 
360 
200 days or more 
20,205 
239 
214 
514 
1,057 
1,232 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,512 
8 
16 
42 
52 
88 
3 or 4 years 
2,350 
33 
27 
65 
108 
137 
5 to 9 years 
6,318 
94 
90 
199 
306 
359 
10 years or more 
42,014 
1,699 
1,582 
2,030 
3,202 
3,077 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
30.2 
30.6 
29.5 
29.1 
27.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,047 
4 
12 
22 
28 
50 
3 or 4 years 
1,948 
20 
17 
43 
77 
100 
5 to 9 years 
5,456 
60 
55 
160 
243 
282 
10 years or more 
43,743 
1,750 
1,631 
2,111 
3,320 
3,229 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
32.5 
32.5 
31.7 
31.2 
30.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
244 
8 
7 
32 
21 
18 
25 to 34 years 
2,736 
73 
109 
186 
256 
264 
35 to 44 years 
5,761 
223 
201 
295 
436 
385 
45 to 49 years 
4,997 
205 
203 
201 
365 
330 
50 to 54 years 
7,262 
359 
297 
377 
494 
496 
55 to 59 years 
7,945 
367 
300 
366 
568 
530 
60 to 64 years 
7,208 
257 
244 
311 
468 
492 
65 to 69 years 
5,968 
160 
163 
217 
422 
369 
70 years and over 
10,073 
182 
191 
351 
638 
777 
Average age 
57.6 
55.1 
55.0 
55.0 
56.6 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
674 
12 
7 
34 
25 
44 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
1 
6 
- 
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 
1,827 
1,702 
2,331 
3,648 
3,637 
More than one race reported 
165 
3 
7 
2 
11 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,884 
135 
158 
261 
444 
500 
2 people 
25,338 
833 
769 
1,079 
1,733 
1,698 
3 people 
7,398 
248 
268 
359 
523 
532 
4 people 
6,446 
271 
277 
339 
438 
447 
5 or more people 
6,128 
347 
243 
298 
530 
484 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
195 
220 
441 
1,009 
1,494 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
97 
141 
213 
472 
701 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
325 
353 
567 
916 
778 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
505 
451 
563 
671 
398 
1 00 percent 
3,316 
712 
550 
552 
600 
290 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,551 
235 
134 
107 
147 
118 
acres 
685,227 
375,685 
91,091 
55,746 
40,650 
18,963 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,426 
1,669 
1,410 
1,739 
2,584 
2,464 
Dial-up service 
5,184 
108 
132 
178 
347 
336 
DSL service 
10,092 
552 
456 
520 
743 
703 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
265 
178 
273 
408 
452 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
40 
32 
39 
46 
48 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,692 
462 
351 
432 
691 
576 
Satellite service 
6,947 
442 
343 
388 
483 
488 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
985 
66 
39 
48 
68 
73 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
91 
54 
65 
83 
77 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
43,472 
827 
1,047 
1,702 
2,837 
2,988 
2 households 
6,641 
556 
454 
478 
663 
558 
3 households 
1,252 
242 
137 
102 
114 
84 
4 households 
463 
111 
44 
38 
25 
13 
5 or more households 
366 
98 
33 
16 
29 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
