Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
42,122 
1,396 
7,355 
1,877 
3,689 
2,341 
Not on farm operated 
19,651 
579 
2,421 
988 
2,155 
1,310 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,010 
484 
2,440 
798 
1,627 
1,032 
Any 
37,763 
1,491 
7,336 
2,067 
4,217 
2,619 
1 to 49 days 
4,963 
160 
806 
208 
493 
276 
50 to 99 days 
2,323 
60 
352 
108 
253 
129 
100 to 199 days 
4,264 
164 
642 
248 
427 
253 
200 days or more 
26,213 
1,107 
5,536 
1,503 
3,044 
1,961 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,845 
128 
381 
94 
257 
163 
3 or 4 years 
2,940 
197 
649 
168 
356 
215 
5 to 9 years 
7,643 
410 
1,751 
483 
907 
486 
10 years or more 
49,345 
1,240 
6,995 
2,120 
4,324 
2,787 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
17.2 
19.1 
20.9 
20.8 
21.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,220 
100 
260 
76 
185 
102 
3 or 4 years 
2,369 
174 
570 
134 
306 
177 
5 to 9 years 
6,578 
369 
1,524 
398 
760 
427 
10 years or more 
51,606 
1,332 
7,422 
2,257 
4,593 
2,945 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
19.4 
21.1 
22.9 
23.0 
24.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
352 
44 
34 
9 
25 
30 
25 to 34 years 
3,975 
218 
509 
191 
441 
240 
35 to 44 years 
6,383 
271 
1,186 
345 
639 
362 
45 to 49 years 
5,045 
196 
988 
227 
481 
283 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
272 
1,529 
330 
764 
485 
55 to 59 years 
9,031 
277 
1,465 
420 
853 
510 
60 to 64 years 
8,320 
219 
1,322 
407 
687 
476 
65 to 69 years 
6,697 
171 
998 
333 
620 
408 
70 years and over 
13,800 
307 
1,745 
603 
1,334 
857 
Average age 
58.2 
53.8 
57.0 
58.1 
57.9 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
693 
25 
182 
49 
99 
47 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
395 
8 
120 
33 
78 
25 
Asian 
71 
4 
17 
3 
7 
12 
Black or African American 
165 
12 
38 
17 
20 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
17 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
White 
60,853 
1,942 
9,532 
2,788 
5,704 
3,588 
More than one race reported 
272 
9 
67 
24 
34 
20 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,369 
287 
1,448 
450 
967 
574 
2 people 
31,981 
894 
4,890 
1,406 
2,883 
1,930 
3 people 
7,254 
271 
1,143 
320 
695 
424 
4 people 
7,210 
294 
1,279 
398 
694 
414 
5 or more people 
5,959 
229 
1,016 
291 
605 
309 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
1,748 
8,985 
2,537 
4,948 
2,995 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
83 
348 
144 
451 
353 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
67 
267 
119 
276 
196 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
49 
90 
43 
116 
73 
100 percent 
4,019 
28 
86 
22 
53 
34 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,949 
40 
153 
52 
95 
70 
acres 
4,026,589 
113 
4,244 
3,050 
7,577 
8,054 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,128 
1,452 
7,086 
2,061 
3,880 
2,464 
Dial-up service 
3,227 
103 
542 
177 
311 
170 
DSL service 
15,279 
507 
2,398 
691 
1,298 
790 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
295 
1,018 
348 
575 
407 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
156 
567 
171 
361 
267 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,304 
249 
1,425 
414 
771 
495 
Satellite service 
8,733 
241 
1,490 
418 
755 
492 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
969 
28 
155 
41 
58 
55 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
37 
361 
57 
165 
88 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
48,353 
1,667 
8,308 
2,283 
4,789 
2,994 
2 households 
9,611 
239 
1,140 
424 
767 
479 
3 households 
2,316 
41 
197 
99 
165 
112 
4 households 
834 
17 
71 
32 
69 
44 
5 or more households 
659 
11 
60 
27 
54 
22 
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 
59,796 
1,926 
9,599 
2,790 
5,717 
3,544 
acres 
43,584,217 
7,747 
267,267 
162,608 
464,726 
412,488 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
