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 
2,868 
3,960 
3,477 
3,242 
3,110 
12,577 
Not on farm operated 
1,695 
1,948 
1,383 
1,014 
839 
8,499 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,540 
1,948 
1,421 
1,247 
1,089 
7,887 
Any 
3,023 
3,960 
3,439 
3,009 
2,860 
13,189 
1 to 49 days 
387 
510 
436 
367 
373 
2,167 
50 to 99 days 
213 
218 
224 
206 
152 
642 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
395 
474 
466 
331 
295 
1,345 
200 days or more 
2,028 
2,758 
2,313 
2,105 
2,040 
9,035 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
181 
231 
207 
175 
156 
684 
3 or 4 years 
262 
365 
290 
262 
276 
876 
5 to 9 years 
524 
831 
716 
698 
588 
2,889 
1 0 years or more 
3,596 
4,481 
3,647 
3,121 
2,929 
16,627 
Average years on present farm 
24.4 
22.9 
21.5 
20.3 
20.2 
22.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
140 
162 
150 
129 
120 
483 
3 or 4 years 
222 
298 
253 
213 
229 
793 
5 to 9 years 
462 
742 
651 
619 
522 
2,564 
1 0 years or more 
3,739 
4,706 
3,806 
3,295 
3,078 
1 7,236 
Average years operating any farm 
26.7 
25.1 
23.4 
22.3 
22.0 
24.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
50 
64 
65 
41 
25 
85 
25 to 34 years 
414 
482 
371 
308 
253 
590 
35 to 44 years 
493 
695 
588 
582 
463 
1,701 
45 to 49 years 
334 
486 
446 
382 
364 
1,662 
50 to 54 years 
607 
734 
653 
499 
662 
2,747 
55 to 59 years 
578 
767 
693 
601 
576 
2,621 
60 to 64 years 
580 
795 
613 
639 
607 
3,264 
65 to 69 years 
474 
671 
534 
464 
382 
2,528 
70 years and over 
1,033 
1,214 
897 
740 
617 
5,878 
Average age 
57.2 
56.9 
56.1 
56.1 
56.2 
61.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
30 
48 
33 
30 
59 
164 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
7 
14 
9 
13 
35 
Asian 
5 
5 
7 
6 
- 
55 
Black or African American 
2 
9 
13 
9 
6 
45 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
White 
4,537 
5,866 
4,811 
4,224 
3,930 
20,893 
More than one race reported 
15 
19 
15 
8 
- 
42 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
715 
909 
660 
559 
524 
4,562 
2 people 
2,258 
2,845 
2,385 
2,073 
1,937 
10,774 
3 people 
656 
833 
737 
648 
618 
2,229 
4 people 
553 
765 
636 
561 
495 
2,206 
5 or more people 
381 
556 
442 
415 
375 
1,305 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,551 
4,389 
4,210 
3,849 
3,633 
18,344 
25 to 49 percent 
974 
794 
303 
175 
154 
1,128 
50 to 74 percent 
711 
505 
215 
167 
98 
1,089 
75 to 99 percent 
217 
143 
72 
42 
36 
372 
1 00 percent 
110 
77 
60 
23 
28 
143 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
155 
168 
108 
67 
64 
598 
acres 
19,409 
14,001 
5,572 
4,163 
2,976 
59,286 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,120 
4,059 
3,411 
3,015 
2,809 
13,044 
Dial-up service 
244 
325 
244 
265 
229 
1,025 
DSL service 
1,059 
1,398 
1,198 
1,085 
977 
4,816 
Cable modem service 
490 
544 
441 
303 
306 
1,887 
Fiber-optic service 
98 
116 
107 
68 
87 
274 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
677 
956 
782 
752 
621 
2,831 
Satellite service 
660 
883 
768 
641 
645 
2,590 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
91 
110 
90 
61 
75 
321 
Other Internet service 
108 
130 
115 
120 
101 
509 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,367 
4,539 
3,807 
3,470 
3,290 
16,690 
2 households 
934 
1,061 
807 
645 
546 
3,108 
3 households 
154 
188 
144 
85 
71 
697 
4 households 
52 
67 
66 
29 
19 
351 
5 or more households 
56 
53 
36 
27 
23 
230 
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 
4,396 
5,701 
4,739 
4,159 
3,868 
20,116 
acres 
563,340 
472,119 
265,277 
172,751 
137,335 
1,461,208 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
110 
135 
118 
61 
61 
555 
acres 
13,336 
10,080 
8,125 
2,902 
2,254 
68,188 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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