Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
27,259 
114 
1,975 
3,404 
7,026 
7,943 
6,797 
Female 
4,657 
19 
198 
326 
854 
1,146 
2,114 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
31,916 
133 
2,173 
3,730 
7,880 
9,089 
8,911 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,088 
42 
1,226 
2,451 
5,508 
5,741 
4,120 
Not on farm operated 
12,828 
91 
947 
1,279 
2,372 
3,348 
4,791 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
5,088 
3 
71 
142 
372 
815 
3,685 
Any 
26,828 
130 
2,102 
3,588 
7,508 
8,274 
5,226 
1 to 49 days 
2,023 
11 
74 
227 
433 
560 
718 
50 to 99 days 
961 
13 
45 
74 
173 
244 
412 
100 to 199 days 
2,629 
17 
202 
236 
611 
851 
712 
200 days or more 
21,215 
89 
1,781 
3,051 
6,291 
6,619 
3,384 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,183 
33 
304 
232 
262 
212 
140 
3 or 4 years 
1,975 
48 
507 
387 
443 
375 
215 
5 to 9 years 
5,090 
52 
927 
1,018 
1,291 
1,170 
632 
1 0 years or more 
23,668 
- 
435 
2,093 
5,884 
7,332 
7,924 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
4.2 
6.4 
11.2 
16.9 
21.2 
31.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
824 
30 
229 
153 
172 
147 
93 
3 or 4 years 
1,667 
48 
457 
332 
361 
288 
181 
5 to 9 years 
4,476 
55 
903 
904 
1,082 
1,015 
517 
1 0 years or more 
24,949 
- 
584 
2,341 
6,265 
7,639 
8,120 
Average years operating any farm 
22.7 
4.3 
7.2 
12.5 
18.7 
23.2 
34.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
133 
133 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,173 
- 
2,173 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,730 
- 
- 
3,730 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
3,065 
- 
- 
- 
3,065 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
4,815 
- 
- 
- 
4,815 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
4,935 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,935 
- 
60 to 64 years 
4,154 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,154 
- 
65 to 69 years 
3,089 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,089 
70 years and over 
5,822 
- 
" 
- 
- 
5,822 
Average age 
56.9 
22.0 
30.7 
40.0 
50.2 
59.2 
74.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
365 
- 
36 
60 
63 
104 
102 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
246 
- 
18 
48 
76 
54 
50 
Asian 
45 
- 
- 
6 
2 
17 
20 
Black or African American 
101 
- 
- 
6 
41 
27 
27 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
1 
White 
31,358 
133 
2,125 
3,640 
7,732 
8,942 
8,786 
More than one race reported 
158 
- 
30 
30 
27 
44 
27 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,736 
44 
259 
308 
826 
1,107 
2,192 
2 people 
15,454 
32 
421 
465 
2,820 
6,087 
5,629 
3 people 
3,946 
39 
458 
421 
1,482 
1,014 
532 
4 people 
4,433 
17 
607 
1,210 
1,622 
585 
392 
5 or more people 
3,347 
1 
428 
1,326 
1,130 
296 
166 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,297 
97 
1,721 
3,202 
6,702 
7,547 
7,028 
25 to 49 percent 
2,987 
20 
254 
349 
663 
820 
881 
50 to 74 percent 
1,832 
14 
154 
132 
384 
491 
657 
75 to 99 percent 
656 
2 
33 
28 
95 
158 
340 
1 00 percent 
144 
11 
19 
36 
73 
5 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
545 
- 
48 
66 
106 
155 
170 
acres 
418,756 
- 
28,552 
35,136 
75,611 
113,953 
165,504 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,229 
100 
1,733 
3,101 
6,226 
6,800 
5,269 
Dial-up service 
1,512 
9 
46 
126 
396 
518 
417 
DSL service 
7,940 
20 
551 
1,142 
2,154 
2,336 
1,737 
Cable modem service 
4,092 
20 
224 
425 
942 
1,129 
1,352 
Fiber-optic service 
2,518 
24 
233 
303 
630 
714 
614 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,343 
27 
487 
747 
1,184 
1,169 
729 
Satellite service 
4,265 
20 
243 
538 
1,201 
1,368 
895 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
478 
6 
32 
94 
103 
150 
93 
Other Internet service 
834 
- 
85 
112 
288 
182 
167 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
25,837 
115 
1,874 
3,204 
6,524 
7,217 
6,903 
2 households 
4,284 
12 
215 
342 
930 
1,332 
1,453 
3 households 
1,074 
6 
53 
105 
270 
301 
339 
4 households 
403 
- 
21 
33 
79 
146 
124 
5 or more households 
318 
- 
10 
46 
77 
93 
92 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 203 
