Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,200 
4,974 
3,594 
2,834 
2,721 
7,597 
Not on farm operated 
1,947 
2,073 
1,441 
824 
694 
7,447 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,046 
2,032 
1,264 
886 
731 
5,038 
Any 
4,101 
5,015 
3,771 
2,772 
2,684 
10,006 
1 to 49 days 
485 
511 
421 
279 
309 
1,189 
50 to 99 days 
268 
261 
220 
128 
147 
558 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
583 
565 
365 
319 
231 
874 
200 days or more 
2,765 
3,678 
2,765 
2,046 
1,997 
7,385 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
179 
240 
214 
142 
170 
545 
3 or 4 years 
333 
410 
328 
252 
228 
810 
5 to 9 years 
824 
1,092 
795 
595 
612 
2,158 
1 0 years or more 
4,811 
5,305 
3,698 
2,669 
2,405 
11,531 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
22.8 
20.7 
19.9 
19.1 
22.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
113 
164 
141 
104 
110 
394 
3 or 4 years 
252 
335 
266 
220 
206 
700 
5 to 9 years 
676 
935 
677 
541 
527 
1,938 
10 years or more 
5,106 
5,613 
3,951 
2,793 
2,572 
12,012 
Average years operating any farm 
28.2 
25.2 
23.3 
21.9 
21.1 
24.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
44 
52 
29 
15 
37 
57 
25 to 34 years 
600 
586 
355 
269 
219 
456 
35 to 44 years 
576 
861 
581 
468 
421 
1,208 
45 to 49 years 
445 
582 
484 
394 
354 
1,030 
50 to 54 years 
768 
902 
734 
510 
576 
1,814 
55 to 59 years 
756 
956 
696 
475 
476 
2,147 
60 to 64 years 
765 
901 
641 
495 
446 
1,936 
65 to 69 years 
684 
699 
475 
382 
331 
1,886 
70 years and over 
1,509 
1,508 
1,040 
650 
555 
4,510 
Average age 
58.0 
57.0 
57.0 
56.3 
55.8 
62.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
72 
102 
56 
57 
43 
210 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
19 
62 
33 
37 
36 
149 
Asian 
4 
9 
7 
- 
3 
40 
Black or African American 
18 
13 
14 
12 
18 
75 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
4 
White 
6,086 
6,924 
4,936 
3,575 
3,337 
14,709 
More than one race reported 
20 
37 
41 
34 
21 
67 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
907 
982 
722 
497 
476 
3,144 
2 people 
3,208 
3,643 
2,453 
1,786 
1,692 
8,030 
3 people 
808 
830 
660 
483 
382 
1,471 
4 people 
679 
951 
672 
477 
485 
1,420 
5 or more people 
545 
641 
528 
415 
380 
979 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,228 
5,188 
4,413 
3,339 
3,230 
13,275 
25 to 49 percent 
1,312 
973 
302 
150 
92 
741 
50 to 74 percent 
1,074 
580 
191 
125 
56 
653 
75 to 99 percent 
400 
197 
85 
23 
22 
274 
1 00 percent 
133 
109 
44 
21 
15 
101 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
150 
116 
84 
57 
37 
336 
acres 
92,358 
27,572 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
107,042 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,186 
4,955 
3,520 
2,616 
2,472 
9,727 
Dial-up service 
306 
440 
285 
239 
183 
631 
DSL service 
1,394 
1,679 
1,270 
846 
868 
3,236 
Cable modem service 
627 
702 
477 
298 
349 
2,160 
Fiber-optic service 
558 
541 
318 
225 
213 
906 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
822 
965 
708 
556 
481 
1,658 
Satellite service 
787 
973 
669 
585 
531 
1,725 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
95 
99 
58 
46 
37 
246 
Other Internet service 
124 
160 
169 
138 
112 
294 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,793 
5,663 
4,132 
3,131 
2,928 
12,091 
2 households 
1,028 
1,057 
682 
413 
392 
1,987 
3 households 
212 
212 
137 
84 
54 
546 
4 households 
72 
82 
51 
17 
15 
228 
5 or more households 
42 
33 
33 
13 
26 
192 
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 
5,988 
6,891 
4,916 
3,588 
3,371 
14,489 
acres 
2,201,044 
1,420,786 
644,220 
364,561 
284,982 
2,569,450 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
169 
237 
126 
80 
74 
510 
acres 
103,343 
49,878 
25,673 
14,297 
12,155 
119,727 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 97 
