Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
54,990 
2,386 
3,014 
4,118 
6,316 
5,383 
Female 
6,783 
42 
61 
125 
296 
430 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,857 
2,315 
2,861 
3,732 
5,076 
3,482 
Other 
31,916 
113 
214 
511 
1,536 
2,331 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
42,122 
1,826 
2,510 
3,269 
4,995 
4,079 
Not on farm operated 
19,651 
602 
565 
974 
1,617 
1,734 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,010 
1,893 
2,186 
2,604 
3,427 
2,233 
Any 
37,763 
535 
889 
1,639 
3,185 
3,580 
1 to 49 days 
4,963 
141 
236 
382 
564 
516 
50 to 99 days 
2,323 
35 
60 
153 
292 
231 
100 to 199 days 
4,264 
49 
92 
244 
497 
495 
200 days or more 
26,213 
310 
501 
860 
1,832 
2,338 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,845 
27 
31 
47 
100 
176 
3 or 4 years 
2,940 
36 
46 
105 
183 
239 
5 to 9 years 
7,643 
120 
113 
255 
557 
605 
10 years or more 
49,345 
2,245 
2,885 
3,836 
5,772 
4,793 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
30.7 
32.2 
30.7 
30.6 
28.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,220 
13 
15 
27 
57 
96 
3 or 4 years 
2,369 
19 
23 
61 
122 
183 
5 to 9 years 
6,578 
75 
95 
218 
452 
515 
10 years or more 
51,606 
2,321 
2,942 
3,937 
5,981 
5,019 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
32.7 
33.8 
32.5 
32.5 
30.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
352 
6 
13 
25 
35 
39 
25 to 34 years 
3,975 
87 
139 
307 
533 
469 
35 to 44 years 
6,383 
299 
329 
444 
671 
578 
45 to 49 years 
5,045 
234 
274 
366 
502 
439 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
385 
467 
615 
787 
707 
55 to 59 years 
9,031 
456 
618 
796 
972 
759 
60 to 64 years 
8,320 
412 
529 
611 
934 
735 
65 to 69 years 
6,697 
259 
287 
415 
755 
623 
70 years and over 
13,800 
290 
419 
664 
1,423 
1,464 
Average age 
58.2 
56.3 
56.6 
56.2 
57.6 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
693 
13 
13 
27 
63 
46 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
395 
2 
4 
14 
25 
15 
Asian 
71 
- 
- 
1 
5 
2 
Black or African American 
165 
- 
- 
1 
5 
11 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
17 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
White 
60,853 
2,421 
3,067 
4,224 
6,551 
5,763 
More than one race reported 
272 
5 
4 
3 
20 
21 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,369 
181 
247 
493 
918 
945 
2 people 
31,981 
1,216 
1,606 
2,234 
3,503 
3,011 
3 people 
7,254 
325 
399 
505 
784 
685 
4 people 
7,210 
321 
376 
493 
763 
650 
5 or more people 
5,959 
385 
447 
518 
644 
522 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
285 
406 
703 
1,706 
2,250 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
167 
249 
385 
945 
1,185 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
424 
580 
932 
1,632 
1,327 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
802 
978 
1,315 
1,500 
775 
1 00 percent 
4,019 
750 
862 
908 
829 
276 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,949 
418 
217 
215 
186 
165 
acres 
4,026,589 
2,110,264 
750,570 
477,242 
312,879 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,128 
2,254 
2,680 
3,386 
4,841 
4,015 
Dial-up service 
3,227 
82 
151 
239 
356 
352 
DSL service 
15,279 
924 
1,037 
1,201 
1,672 
1,353 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
262 
232 
387 
655 
537 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
325 
492 
599 
791 
580 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,304 
493 
478 
625 
922 
677 
Satellite service 
8,733 
479 
631 
701 
928 
817 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
969 
74 
77 
55 
94 
103 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
86 
58 
85 
114 
105 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
48,353 
1,388 
2,038 
3,155 
5,078 
4,497 
2 households 
9,611 
581 
727 
790 
1,138 
945 
3 households 
2,316 
279 
199 
184 
223 
235 
4 households 
834 
99 
55 
66 
84 
75 
5 or more households 
659 
81 
56 
48 
89 
61 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
