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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,706 
5,439 
4,585 
4,587 
5,142 
8,675 
Female 
354 
770 
698 
926 
1,224 
2,874 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,191 
2,860 
2,051 
1,812 
1,972 
3,913 
Other 
1,869 
3,349 
3,232 
3,701 
4,394 
7,636 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,416 
5,203 
4,447 
4,587 
5,275 
9,751 
Not on farm operated 
644 
1,006 
836 
926 
1,091 
1,798 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,587 
2,246 
1,819 
1,915 
2,217 
4,012 
Any 
2,473 
3,963 
3,464 
3,598 
4,149 
7,537 
1 to 49 days 
285 
464 
433 
455 
528 
1,058 
50 to 99 days 
176 
271 
201 
220 
271 
513 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
360 
577 
522 
453 
526 
922 
200 days or more 
1,652 
2,651 
2,308 
2,470 
2,824 
5,044 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
101 
231 
173 
184 
212 
405 
3 or 4 years 
161 
303 
300 
287 
364 
565 
5 to 9 years 
459 
788 
739 
759 
885 
1,640 
1 0 years or more 
3,339 
4,887 
4,071 
4,283 
4,905 
8,939 
Average years on present farm 
26.4 
24.0 
22.9 
22.0 
21.7 
20.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
69 
171 
122 
130 
169 
270 
3 or 4 years 
134 
244 
258 
241 
320 
494 
5 to 9 years 
374 
657 
671 
669 
786 
1,499 
1 0 years or more 
3,483 
5,137 
4,232 
4,473 
5,091 
9,286 
Average years operating any farm 
28.5 
26.2 
25.0 
23.9 
23.4 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
36 
35 
18 
13 
13 
43 
25 to 34 years 
214 
386 
293 
217 
281 
457 
35 to 44 years 
426 
657 
570 
594 
710 
1,264 
45 to 49 years 
356 
562 
472 
542 
647 
1,114 
50 to 54 years 
535 
800 
638 
794 
793 
1,679 
55 to 59 years 
595 
915 
757 
818 
960 
1,769 
60 to 64 years 
536 
807 
774 
726 
816 
1,777 
65 to 69 years 
512 
722 
623 
597 
810 
1,373 
70 years and over 
850 
1,325 
1,138 
1,212 
1,336 
2,073 
Average age 
58.0 
57.8 
58.2 
58.5 
58.4 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
84 
79 
62 
113 
93 
121 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
20 
17 
34 
31 
32 
55 
Asian 
2 
7 
10 
10 
15 
8 
Black or African American 
11 
27 
27 
25 
25 
81 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
- 
2 
2 
- 
4 
White 
4,010 
6,143 
5,194 
5,422 
6,273 
11,352 
More than one race reported 
12 
15 
16 
23 
21 
49 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
524 
808 
689 
763 
933 
1,669 
2 people 
1,956 
3,093 
2,607 
2,701 
3,066 
5,803 
3 people 
614 
861 
758 
807 
830 
1,598 
4 people 
482 
723 
641 
668 
800 
1,360 
5 or more people 
484 
724 
588 
574 
737 
1,119 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,237 
4,761 
4,643 
4,999 
5,965 
10,858 
25 to 49 percent 
822 
720 
303 
240 
145 
238 
50 to 74 percent 
626 
458 
212 
184 
179 
226 
75 to 99 percent 
189 
137 
56 
47 
33 
90 
100 percent 
186 
133 
69 
43 
44 
137 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
103 
123 
109 
109 
99 
267 
acres 
17,070 
31,795 
11,789 
7,410 
14,128 
20,900 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,767 
4,162 
3,551 
3,735 
4,347 
7,998 
Dial-up service 
457 
712 
542 
601 
640 
1,131 
DSL service 
795 
1,130 
884 
974 
1,187 
2,148 
Cable modem service 
486 
794 
704 
720 
845 
1,641 
Fiber-optic service 
58 
87 
72 
66 
79 
134 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
631 
935 
873 
883 
910 
1,948 
Satellite service 
508 
781 
659 
670 
813 
1,372 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
82 
91 
107 
71 
113 
227 
Other Internet service 
73 
151 
120 
144 
164 
221 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,363 
5,287 
4,561 
4,818 
5,660 
10,382 
2 households 
586 
771 
562 
537 
574 
902 
3 households 
59 
94 
80 
84 
69 
187 
4 households 
32 
33 
37 
50 
32 
48 
5 or more households 
20 
24 
43 
24 
31 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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