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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,950 
7,499 
5,875 
4,824 
4,448 
5,177 
Female 
597 
1,040 
1,049 
1,037 
935 
1,171 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,113 
3,036 
1,939 
1,471 
1,256 
1,576 
Other 
3,434 
5,503 
4,985 
4,390 
4,127 
4,772 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,313 
5,384 
4,166 
3,519 
3,527 
4,534 
Not on farm operated 
2,234 
3,155 
2,758 
2,342 
1,856 
1,814 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,235 
2,576 
2,028 
1,666 
1,459 
1,703 
Any 
4,312 
5,963 
4,896 
4,195 
3,924 
4,645 
1 to 49 days 
502 
659 
541 
484 
435 
503 
50 to 99 days 
266 
331 
299 
209 
228 
219 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
604 
661 
431 
409 
322 
460 
200 days or more 
2,940 
4,312 
3,625 
3,093 
2,939 
3,463 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
178 
296 
261 
222 
242 
265 
3 or 4 years 
359 
485 
458 
357 
331 
341 
5 to 9 years 
873 
1,259 
1,028 
918 
840 
1,075 
1 0 years or more 
5,137 
6,499 
5,177 
4,364 
3,970 
4,667 
Average years on present farm 
25.8 
23.3 
21.7 
20.9 
20.3 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
115 
199 
185 
158 
169 
186 
3 or 4 years 
273 
398 
366 
317 
299 
308 
5 to 9 years 
731 
1,085 
885 
821 
744 
957 
1 0 years or more 
5,428 
6,857 
5,488 
4,565 
4,171 
4,897 
Average years operating any farm 
28.3 
25.7 
23.9 
22.8 
22.1 
21.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
46 
53 
38 
18 
34 
45 
25 to 34 years 
597 
597 
367 
306 
259 
314 
35 to 44 years 
602 
945 
713 
578 
548 
676 
45 to 49 years 
444 
666 
541 
514 
464 
601 
50 to 54 years 
790 
1,045 
948 
738 
793 
895 
55 to 59 years 
824 
1,110 
921 
791 
781 
1,003 
60 to 64 years 
832 
1,058 
894 
820 
666 
829 
65 to 69 years 
732 
899 
736 
684 
597 
710 
70 years and over 
1,680 
2,166 
1,766 
1,412 
1,241 
1,275 
Average age 
58.6 
58.7 
59.3 
59.4 
58.8 
58.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
83 
113 
67 
76 
92 
100 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
20 
64 
51 
41 
47 
112 
Asian 
4 
9 
12 
5 
13 
20 
Black or African American 
20 
11 
27 
17 
25 
48 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
5 
4 
- 
- 
1 
White 
6,478 
8,412 
6,780 
5,760 
5,275 
6,122 
More than one race reported 
25 
38 
50 
38 
23 
45 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
995 
1,271 
1,211 
1,078 
937 
1,093 
2 people 
3,465 
4,514 
3,471 
2,987 
2,779 
3,195 
3 people 
837 
986 
804 
652 
552 
725 
4 people 
678 
1,052 
809 
642 
645 
781 
5 or more people 
572 
716 
629 
502 
470 
554 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,593 
6,457 
5,993 
5,293 
5,045 
6,004 
25 to 49 percent 
1,362 
1,044 
463 
270 
136 
143 
50 to 74 percent 
1,053 
703 
301 
195 
120 
121 
75 to 99 percent 
403 
232 
110 
66 
52 
49 
1 00 percent 
136 
103 
57 
37 
30 
31 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
155 
165 
131 
101 
83 
113 
acres 
102,104 
44,992 
26,580 
23,200 
28,247 
34,056 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,419 
5,930 
4,676 
3,956 
3,642 
4,329 
Dial-up service 
316 
505 
330 
292 
251 
353 
DSL service 
1,439 
1,994 
1,695 
1,341 
1,233 
1,390 
Cable modem service 
700 
1,002 
817 
661 
638 
707 
Fiber-optic service 
616 
634 
436 
370 
312 
333 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
865 
1,134 
849 
745 
660 
856 
Satellite service 
831 
1,063 
821 
780 
756 
926 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
133 
84 
82 
66 
100 
Other Internet service 
131 
191 
191 
145 
145 
183 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,102 
6,794 
5,616 
4,766 
4,462 
5,457 
2 households 
1,080 
1,255 
898 
796 
683 
718 
3 households 
235 
302 
236 
182 
150 
91 
4 households 
78 
127 
101 
68 
46 
35 
5 or more households 
52 
61 
73 
49 
42 
47 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 123 
