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 
4,632 
6,954 
6,983 
6,978 
7,414 
5,255 
Female 
443 
822 
1,080 
1,130 
1,192 
1,147 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,233 
2,976 
2,512 
2,130 
2,153 
1,870 
Other 
2,842 
4,800 
5,551 
5,978 
6,453 
4,532 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,175 
5,030 
5,240 
5,136 
5,473 
4,824 
Not on farm operated 
1,900 
2,746 
2,823 
2,972 
3,133 
1,578 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,708 
2,740 
2,694 
2,777 
2,965 
2,008 
Any 
3,367 
5,036 
5,369 
5,331 
5,641 
4,394 
1 to 49 days 
450 
675 
820 
893 
826 
530 
50 to 99 days 
242 
266 
321 
315 
236 
251 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
454 
590 
658 
484 
556 
510 
200 days or more 
2,221 
3,505 
3,570 
3,639 
4,023 
3,103 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
204 
268 
305 
284 
298 
259 
3 or 4 years 
289 
421 
437 
381 
439 
332 
5 to 9 years 
588 
1,034 
1,106 
1,213 
1,241 
1,018 
1 0 years or more 
3,994 
6,053 
6,215 
6,230 
6,628 
4,793 
Average years on present farm 
24.4 
23.7 
22.3 
22.1 
21.7 
20.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
155 
184 
222 
213 
213 
185 
3 or 4 years 
241 
352 
380 
317 
388 
301 
5 to 9 years 
514 
911 
1,011 
1,074 
1,092 
915 
1 0 years or more 
4,165 
6,329 
6,450 
6,504 
6,913 
5,001 
Average years operating any farm 
26.7 
25.8 
24.1 
23.7 
23.4 
21.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
48 
70 
69 
56 
26 
52 
25 to 34 years 
421 
494 
467 
355 
360 
284 
35 to 44 years 
535 
816 
807 
766 
781 
762 
45 to 49 years 
377 
589 
703 
679 
699 
587 
50 to 54 years 
642 
944 
1,041 
987 
1,302 
913 
55 to 59 years 
647 
1,010 
1,036 
1,035 
1,119 
914 
60 to 64 years 
668 
1,078 
1,102 
1,275 
1,365 
949 
65 to 69 years 
540 
875 
921 
951 
996 
701 
70 years and over 
1,197 
1,900 
1,917 
2,004 
1,958 
1,240 
Average age 
57.8 
58.6 
58.6 
59.5 
59.3 
57.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
56 
55 
60 
87 
72 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
6 
14 
10 
22 
19 
11 
Asian 
5 
5 
11 
17 
3 
37 
Black or African American 
3 
11 
16 
15 
17 
22 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
White 
5,039 
7,726 
8,005 
8,041 
8,557 
6,313 
More than one race reported 
20 
20 
21 
11 
10 
15 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
830 
1,309 
1,416 
1,540 
1,702 
1,036 
2 people 
2,548 
3,846 
4,014 
4,059 
4,276 
3,240 
3 people 
679 
1,017 
1,060 
1,011 
1,084 
789 
4 people 
597 
957 
958 
896 
951 
788 
5 or more people 
421 
647 
615 
602 
593 
549 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,981 
5,885 
6,928 
7,190 
7,761 
5,940 
25 to 49 percent 
1,020 
962 
513 
412 
320 
171 
50 to 74 percent 
729 
634 
401 
367 
359 
189 
75 to 99 percent 
239 
201 
139 
96 
110 
56 
1 00 percent 
106 
94 
82 
43 
56 
46 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
176 
223 
198 
185 
197 
156 
acres 
26,974 
26,055 
16,032 
8,365 
8,791 
8,671 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,436 
5,208 
5,344 
5,279 
5,499 
4,302 
Dial-up service 
258 
401 
380 
426 
454 
379 
DSL service 
1,184 
1,802 
1,968 
1,909 
1,976 
1,555 
Cable modem service 
561 
757 
736 
695 
712 
470 
Fiber-optic service 
112 
147 
149 
118 
158 
57 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
728 
1,186 
1,190 
1,224 
1,197 
990 
Satellite service 
731 
1,083 
1,143 
1,034 
1,126 
983 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
93 
139 
129 
122 
159 
95 
Other Internet service 
121 
186 
177 
215 
200 
173 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,728 
5,951 
6,307 
6,425 
6,922 
5,410 
2 households 
1,059 
1,363 
1,300 
1,258 
1,261 
743 
3 households 
173 
262 
266 
235 
240 
141 
4 households 
57 
105 
105 
118 
122 
66 
5 or more households 
58 
95 
85 
72 
61 
42 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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