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 
2,467 
1,768 
1,567 
5,928 
6,164 
4,445 
1,962 
Not on farm operated 
1,444 
1,010 
791 
2,152 
1,453 
822 
507 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,597 
1,113 
1,009 
3,871 
4,520 
3,705 
1,822 
Any 
2,314 
1,665 
1,349 
4,209 
3,097 
1,562 
647 
1 to 49 days 
361 
248 
196 
736 
720 
494 
192 
50 to 99 days 
176 
122 
116 
440 
369 
183 
67 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
298 
234 
247 
729 
576 
230 
68 
200 days or more 
1,479 
1,061 
790 
2,304 
1,432 
655 
320 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
109 
60 
33 
122 
60 
33 
26 
3 or 4 years 
171 
125 
73 
209 
107 
64 
24 
5 to 9 years 
378 
259 
226 
578 
376 
183 
90 
1 0 years or more 
3,253 
2,334 
2,026 
7,171 
7,074 
4,987 
2,329 
Average years on present farm 
27.2 
27.5 
28.7 
30.2 
32.3 
32.1 
31.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
82 
44 
26 
83 
33 
22 
16 
3 or 4 years 
131 
102 
63 
174 
83 
40 
22 
5 to 9 years 
311 
212 
199 
466 
297 
143 
64 
1 0 years or more 
3,387 
2,420 
2,070 
7,357 
7,204 
5,062 
2,367 
Average years operating any farm 
29.4 
29.4 
30.7 
32.1 
33.8 
33.5 
32.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
26 
26 
12 
75 
18 
14 
- 
25 to 34 years 
243 
209 
167 
499 
408 
212 
109 
35 to 44 years 
365 
256 
220 
699 
691 
510 
283 
45 to 49 years 
292 
252 
183 
622 
654 
572 
274 
50 to 54 years 
454 
333 
269 
1,053 
1,128 
997 
500 
55 to 59 years 
474 
313 
303 
1,106 
1,363 
1,073 
483 
60 to 64 years 
510 
365 
326 
1,204 
1,253 
924 
364 
65 to 69 years 
412 
285 
281 
927 
831 
459 
216 
70 years and over 
1,135 
739 
597 
1,895 
1,271 
506 
240 
Average age 
59.9 
58.7 
59.0 
58.7 
57.5 
55.7 
55.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
17 
9 
11 
36 
17 
14 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
8 
1 
13 
3 
3 
1 
Asian 
3 
- 
- 
5 
7 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
3 
5 
- 
6 
4 
5 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
3 
- 
White 
3,893 
2,764 
2,352 
8,039 
7,591 
5,249 
2,461 
More than one race reported 
7 
1 
3 
17 
10 
7 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
642 
451 
433 
1,097 
860 
467 
175 
2 people 
2,014 
1,380 
1,183 
4,305 
4,086 
2,714 
1,185 
3 people 
496 
364 
298 
1,054 
1,077 
805 
389 
4 people 
455 
358 
258 
981 
952 
740 
397 
5 or more people 
304 
225 
186 
643 
642 
541 
323 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,112 
1,272 
896 
2,176 
1,129 
499 
221 
25 to 49 percent 
637 
538 
433 
1,256 
705 
312 
162 
50 to 74 percent 
708 
536 
574 
2,014 
1,779 
1,032 
457 
75 to 99 percent 
323 
297 
331 
1,860 
2,630 
1,966 
916 
1 00 percent 
131 
135 
124 
774 
1,374 
1,458 
713 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
123 
86 
76 
237 
272 
341 
248 
acres 
19,202 
16,824 
18,008 
87,458 
197,340 
473,868 
759,778 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,527 
1,882 
1,595 
5,878 
6,011 
4,574 
2,244 
Dial-up service 
209 
155 
117 
444 
445 
260 
138 
DSL service 
881 
719 
580 
2,120 
2,200 
1,677 
854 
Cable modem service 
389 
262 
206 
662 
541 
377 
177 
Fiber-optic service 
67 
35 
58 
176 
155 
127 
54 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
539 
388 
372 
1,392 
1,505 
1,212 
661 
Satellite service 
590 
464 
385 
1,496 
1,534 
1,276 
619 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
79 
51 
40 
167 
164 
142 
83 
Other Internet service 
68 
65 
53 
207 
254 
225 
99 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,883 
1,968 
1,681 
5,772 
5,431 
3,372 
1,220 
2 households 
728 
600 
479 
1,650 
1,495 
1,267 
708 
3 households 
162 
128 
131 
376 
376 
367 
348 
4 households 
69 
49 
41 
184 
160 
131 
99 
5 or more households 
69 
33 
26 
98 
155 
130 
94 
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 
3,739 
2,665 
2,257 
7,818 
7,325 
5,019 
2,249 
acres 
588,596 
526,638 
536,707 
2,845,672 
5,152,331 
6,826,259 
7,027,419 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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