Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
42,122 
1,737 
2,328 
3,210 
4,912 
4,015 
Not on farm operated 
19,651 
579 
536 
923 
1,540 
1,647 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,010 
1,804 
2,042 
2,580 
3,398 
2,189 
Any 
37,763 
512 
822 
1,553 
3,054 
3,473 
1 to 49 days 
4,963 
136 
226 
362 
549 
496 
50 to 99 days 
2,323 
33 
56 
149 
271 
232 
100 to 199 days 
4,264 
46 
83 
229 
480 
489 
200 days or more 
26,213 
297 
457 
813 
1,754 
2,256 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,845 
27 
31 
43 
97 
157 
3 or 4 years 
2,940 
31 
51 
83 
169 
245 
5 to 9 years 
7,643 
111 
115 
249 
523 
569 
1 0 years or more 
49,345 
2,147 
2,667 
3,758 
5,663 
4,691 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
30.8 
31.9 
30.9 
30.6 
28.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,220 
13 
15 
23 
54 
89 
3 or 4 years 
2,369 
15 
27 
49 
108 
191 
5 to 9 years 
6,578 
73 
92 
213 
421 
485 
10 years or more 
51,606 
2,215 
2,730 
3,848 
5,869 
4,897 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
32.8 
33.7 
32.6 
32.5 
30.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
352 
2 
17 
25 
34 
40 
25 to 34 years 
3,975 
84 
138 
272 
525 
471 
35 to 44 years 
6,383 
289 
297 
442 
677 
563 
45 to 49 years 
5,045 
222 
254 
369 
490 
421 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
375 
430 
605 
781 
675 
55 to 59 years 
9,031 
426 
571 
799 
956 
773 
60 to 64 years 
8,320 
392 
509 
589 
924 
722 
65 to 69 years 
6,697 
247 
268 
404 
732 
589 
70 years and over 
13,800 
279 
380 
628 
1,333 
1,408 
Average age 
58.2 
56.3 
56.5 
56.2 
57.4 
58.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
693 
13 
13 
24 
61 
42 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
395 
2 
4 
14 
20 
19 
Asian 
71 
- 
- 
1 
5 
2 
Black or African American 
165 
- 
- 
1 
- 
14 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
17 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
White 
60,853 
2,309 
2,856 
4,114 
6,401 
5,606 
More than one race reported 
272 
5 
4 
3 
20 
20 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,369 
173 
232 
465 
859 
912 
2 people 
31,981 
1,153 
1,490 
2,161 
3,431 
2,934 
3 people 
7,254 
314 
371 
501 
753 
681 
4 people 
7,210 
304 
361 
506 
736 
619 
5 or more people 
5,959 
372 
410 
500 
673 
516 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
275 
368 
686 
1,581 
2,152 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
154 
250 
357 
874 
1,144 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
410 
541 
887 
1,599 
1,272 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
763 
892 
1,293 
1,530 
803 
1 00 percent 
4,019 
714 
813 
910 
868 
291 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,949 
401 
220 
213 
183 
152 
acres 
4,026,589 
2,014,419 
809,267 
488,718 
323,840 
107,719 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,128 
2,150 
2,499 
3,327 
4,753 
3,923 
Dial-up service 
3,227 
80 
133 
226 
364 
340 
DSL service 
15,279 
878 
973 
1,195 
1,659 
1,281 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
253 
218 
362 
629 
523 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
294 
466 
595 
762 
610 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,304 
473 
444 
622 
895 
680 
Satellite service 
8,733 
470 
571 
698 
923 
801 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
969 
71 
69 
58 
89 
101 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
86 
54 
86 
110 
101 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
48,353 
1,324 
1,861 
3,082 
4,929 
4,419 
2 households 
9,611 
552 
694 
762 
1,125 
919 
3 households 
2,316 
266 
197 
184 
217 
207 
4 households 
834 
96 
56 
62 
89 
66 
5 or more households 
659 
78 
56 
43 
92 
51 
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 
2,080 
2,710 
3,983 
6,298 
5,482 
acres 
43,584,217 
9,868,549 
8,058,785 
7,621,581 
7,254,755 
3,295,504 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,177 
201 
183 
193 
190 
214 
acres 
2,598,879 
770,757 
610,008 
465,562 
293,072 
134,407 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Kansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
