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 
2,964 
1,425 
1,351 
5,160 
5,038 
4,657 
4,869 
Not on farm operated 
2,603 
815 
842 
2,985 
2,170 
1,441 
1,342 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,773 
703 
725 
3,068 
3,342 
3,567 
4,451 
Any 
3,794 
1,537 
1,468 
5,077 
3,866 
2,531 
1,760 
1 to 49 days 
439 
164 
156 
700 
583 
534 
444 
50 to 99 days 
229 
98 
97 
335 
288 
240 
134 
100 to 199 days 
413 
174 
184 
609 
609 
328 
213 
200 days or more 
2,713 
1,101 
1,031 
3,433 
2,386 
1,429 
969 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
199 
74 
72 
215 
125 
79 
58 
3 or 4 years 
338 
109 
116 
334 
253 
128 
77 
5 to 9 years 
851 
295 
249 
955 
632 
378 
246 
10 years or more 
4,179 
1,762 
1,756 
6,641 
6,198 
5,513 
5,830 
Average years on present farm 
22.5 
24.5 
25.3 
27.1 
29.9 
31.5 
32.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
135 
42 
45 
128 
66 
49 
32 
3 or 4 years 
262 
90 
96 
247 
194 
78 
41 
5 to 9 years 
735 
271 
228 
828 
542 
317 
179 
1 0 years or more 
4,435 
1,837 
1,824 
6,942 
6,406 
5,654 
5,959 
Average years operating any farm 
24.7 
26.4 
27.6 
29.4 
32.0 
33.3 
33.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
56 
18 
- 
46 
39 
36 
15 
25 to 34 years 
352 
175 
159 
620 
521 
341 
208 
35 to 44 years 
534 
203 
176 
738 
649 
656 
624 
45 to 49 years 
401 
185 
168 
593 
492 
484 
547 
50 to 54 years 
740 
270 
255 
918 
857 
817 
933 
55 to 59 years 
657 
298 
273 
993 
1,056 
986 
1,243 
60 to 64 years 
719 
296 
288 
1,006 
963 
892 
1,045 
65 to 69 years 
594 
244 
266 
950 
835 
652 
626 
70 years and over 
1,514 
551 
608 
2,281 
1,796 
1,234 
970 
Average age 
59.5 
58.6 
60.0 
59.7 
59.1 
57.8 
57.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
44 
20 
12 
64 
64 
45 
42 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
23 
12 
6 
41 
25 
17 
7 
Asian 
18 
2 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
17 
11 
10 
18 
15 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
6 
White 
5,490 
2,209 
2,161 
8,044 
7,149 
6,060 
6,186 
More than one race reported 
15 
6 
13 
37 
15 
20 
12 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,050 
392 
346 
1,369 
1,117 
788 
581 
2 people 
2,880 
1,171 
1,212 
4,288 
3,920 
3,234 
3,273 
3 people 
633 
250 
230 
921 
828 
715 
824 
4 people 
595 
214 
240 
907 
719 
702 
754 
5 or more people 
409 
213 
165 
660 
624 
659 
779 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,199 
1,487 
1,434 
4,414 
2,582 
1,393 
1,013 
25 to 49 percent 
677 
361 
327 
1,338 
1,111 
667 
489 
50 to 74 percent 
468 
231 
297 
1,360 
1,556 
1,427 
1,124 
75 to 99 percent 
158 
134 
98 
702 
1,308 
1,578 
1,933 
1 00 percent 
65 
27 
37 
331 
651 
1,033 
1,652 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
128 
36 
56 
239 
254 
253 
573 
acres 
20,330 
7,089 
13,388 
89,853 
186,563 
364,603 
3,321,725 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,627 
1,520 
1,431 
5,534 
5,070 
4,661 
5,342 
Dial-up service 
266 
129 
104 
431 
393 
300 
301 
DSL service 
1,257 
559 
469 
1,838 
1,773 
1,615 
2,084 
Cable modem service 
706 
196 
242 
924 
717 
575 
595 
Fiber-optic service 
401 
176 
190 
728 
784 
790 
897 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
666 
268 
243 
979 
921 
859 
1,014 
Satellite service 
668 
270 
288 
1,041 
924 
983 
1,163 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
71 
32 
44 
126 
107 
118 
134 
Other Internet service 
113 
32 
35 
155 
129 
118 
144 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,381 
1,738 
1,738 
6,371 
5,508 
4,585 
3,991 
2 households 
866 
365 
324 
1,275 
1,211 
1,108 
1,413 
3 households 
193 
81 
83 
282 
301 
240 
522 
4 households 
77 
24 
19 
127 
110 
85 
159 
5 or more households 
50 
32 
29 
90 
78 
80 
126 
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 
5,377 
2,160 
2,107 
7,848 
6,956 
5,895 
5,877 
acres 
849,818 
425,306 
500,730 
2,848,884 
4,955,889 
8,265,040 
24,423,714 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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