Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,196 
38,147 
23,180 
6,869 
43,884 
24,312 
Female 
6,891 
5,910 
669 
312 
4,005 
2,886 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
37,835 
15,893 
17,664 
4,278 
24,348 
13,487 
Other 
37,252 
28,164 
6,185 
2,903 
23,541 
13,711 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
52,037 
28,860 
19,664 
3,513 
32,343 
19,694 
Not on farm operated 
23,050 
15,197 
4,185 
3,668 
15,546 
7,504 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,838 
16,887 
12,335 
2,616 
20,699 
11,139 
Any 
43,249 
27,170 
11,514 
4,565 
27,190 
16,059 
1 to 49 days 
7,028 
4,218 
2,118 
692 
4,730 
2,298 
50 to 99 days 
3,029 
1,626 
1,062 
341 
1,915 
1,114 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,510 
3,069 
1,787 
654 
3,568 
1,942 
200 days or more 
27,682 
18,257 
6,547 
2,878 
16,977 
10,705 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,135 
1,355 
301 
479 
1,306 
829 
3 or 4 years 
3,191 
1,906 
587 
698 
1,845 
1,346 
5 to 9 years 
8,270 
5,585 
1,559 
1,126 
4,724 
3,546 
1 0 years or more 
61,491 
35,211 
21,402 
4,878 
40,014 
21,477 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
23.9 
29.9 
20.2 
26.2 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,539 
955 
196 
388 
973 
566 
3 or 4 years 
2,697 
1,612 
475 
610 
1,568 
1,129 
5 to 9 years 
7,206 
4,930 
1,297 
979 
4,133 
3,073 
1 0 years or more 
63,645 
36,560 
21,881 
5,204 
41,215 
22,430 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
25.8 
31.5 
22.5 
27.9 
26.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
515 
134 
135 
246 
360 
155 
25 to 34 years 
4,552 
1,661 
1,552 
1,339 
2,933 
1,619 
35 to 44 years 
7,677 
3,894 
2,589 
1,194 
4,676 
3,001 
45 to 49 years 
6,408 
3,422 
2,307 
679 
3,908 
2,500 
50 to 54 years 
10,480 
5,659 
3,804 
1,017 
6,531 
3,949 
55 to 59 years 
10,709 
5,828 
4,027 
854 
6,780 
3,929 
60 to 64 years 
11,044 
6,626 
3,645 
773 
7,070 
3,974 
65 to 69 years 
8,108 
5,309 
2,384 
415 
5,198 
2,910 
70 years and over 
15,594 
11,524 
3,406 
664 
10,433 
5,161 
Average age 
57.8 
60.3 
55.9 
49.2 
58.2 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
475 
355 
86 
34 
282 
193 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
102 
76 
11 
15 
53 
49 
Asian 
94 
87 
7 
- 
22 
72 
Black or African American 
110 
80 
28 
2 
60 
50 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
6 
7 
3 
12 
4 
White 
74,631 
43,714 
23,757 
7,160 
47,656 
26,975 
More than one race reported 
134 
94 
39 
1 
86 
48 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
11,504 
7,898 
2,452 
1,154 
9,974 
1,530 
2 people 
37,704 
22,813 
12,076 
2,815 
22,707 
14,997 
3 people 
10,092 
5,269 
3,593 
1,230 
5,998 
4,094 
4 people 
9,344 
4,821 
3,333 
1,190 
5,651 
3,693 
5 or more people 
6,443 
3,256 
2,395 
792 
3,559 
2,884 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
42,888 
33,578 
6,479 
2,831 
26,935 
15,953 
25 to 49 percent 
7,547 
3,807 
2,687 
1,053 
4,906 
2,641 
50 to 74 percent 
9,966 
3,780 
4,763 
1,423 
6,508 
3,458 
75 to 99 percent 
9,340 
2,001 
6,189 
1,150 
6,025 
3,315 
1 00 percent 
5,346 
891 
3,731 
724 
3,515 
1,831 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,556 
1,409 
796 
351 
1,484 
1,072 
acres 
1,623,907 
303,735 
1,030,526 
289,646 
71 1 ,779 
912,128 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
53,381 
28,868 
18,766 
5,747 
32,175 
21,206 
Dial-up service 
3,962 
2,352 
1,305 
305 
2,439 
1,523 
DSL service 
19,202 
10,272 
6,959 
1,971 
11,466 
7,736 
Cable modem service 
6,549 
4,025 
1,614 
910 
4,051 
2,498 
Fiber-optic service 
1,392 
753 
510 
129 
804 
588 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,634 
6,342 
4,721 
1,571 
7,318 
5,316 
Satellite service 
12,418 
6,168 
4,966 
1,284 
7,418 
5,000 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,455 
780 
533 
142 
820 
635 
Other Internet service 
2,023 
1,091 
704 
228 
1,093 
930 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
55,990 
33,949 
17,026 
5,015 
39,025 
16,965 
2 households 
13,637 
7,393 
4,730 
1,514 
6,427 
7,210 
3 households 
3,188 
1,540 
1,259 
389 
1,263 
1,925 
4 households 
1,291 
683 
480 
128 
717 
574 
5 or more households 
981 
492 
354 
135 
457 
524 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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