Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
54,990 
29,876 
20,668 
4,446 
31,885 
23,105 
Female 
6,783 
5,589 
896 
298 
3,979 
2,804 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,857 
12,365 
14,864 
2,628 
17,998 
11,859 
Other 
31,916 
23,100 
6,700 
2,116 
17,866 
14,050 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
42,122 
22,434 
17,478 
2,210 
23,342 
18,780 
Not on farm operated 
19,651 
13,031 
4,086 
2,534 
12,522 
7,129 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,010 
12,232 
10,198 
1,580 
14,888 
9,122 
Any 
37,763 
23,233 
11,366 
3,164 
20,976 
16,787 
1 to 49 days 
4,963 
2,867 
1,675 
421 
3,003 
1,960 
50 to 99 days 
2,323 
1,347 
801 
175 
1,273 
1,050 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,264 
2,440 
1,499 
325 
2,351 
1,913 
200 days or more 
26,213 
16,579 
7,391 
2,243 
14,349 
1 1 ,864 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,845 
1,180 
331 
334 
982 
863 
3 or 4 years 
2,940 
1,863 
543 
534 
1,496 
1,444 
5 to 9 years 
7,643 
4,874 
1,813 
956 
3,959 
3,684 
1 0 years or more 
49,345 
27,548 
18,877 
2,920 
29,427 
19,918 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
23.4 
29.1 
18.6 
26.2 
23.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,220 
807 
185 
228 
646 
574 
3 or 4 years 
2,369 
1,491 
434 
444 
1,173 
1,196 
5 to 9 years 
6,578 
4,236 
1,490 
852 
3,468 
3,110 
1 0 years or more 
51,606 
28,931 
19,455 
3,220 
30,577 
21,029 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
25.6 
30.8 
21.2 
28.2 
25.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
352 
123 
87 
142 
226 
126 
25 to 34 years 
3,975 
1,402 
1,576 
997 
2,199 
1,776 
35 to 44 years 
6,383 
3,153 
2,432 
798 
3,505 
2,878 
45 to 49 years 
5,045 
2,707 
1,905 
433 
2,850 
2,195 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
4,486 
3,106 
578 
4,618 
3,552 
55 to 59 years 
9,031 
4,871 
3,596 
564 
5,028 
4,003 
60 to 64 years 
8,320 
4,843 
3,045 
432 
4,711 
3,609 
65 to 69 years 
6,697 
4,203 
2,232 
262 
3,896 
2,801 
70 years and over 
13,800 
9,677 
3,585 
538 
8,831 
4,969 
Average age 
58.2 
60.6 
56.4 
49.1 
59.0 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
693 
471 
187 
35 
436 
257 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
395 
269 
111 
15 
219 
176 
Asian 
71 
62 
4 
5 
39 
32 
Black or African American 
165 
126 
32 
7 
101 
64 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
17 
9 
6 
2 
15 
2 
White 
60,853 
34,826 
21,322 
4,705 
35,344 
25,509 
More than one race reported 
272 
173 
89 
10 
146 
126 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,369 
6,117 
2,422 
830 
8,031 
1,338 
2 people 
31,981 
18,890 
11,194 
1,897 
17,393 
14,588 
3 people 
7,254 
3,826 
2,713 
715 
3,630 
3,624 
4 people 
7,210 
3,724 
2,774 
712 
3,758 
3,452 
5 or more people 
5,959 
2,908 
2,461 
590 
3,052 
2,907 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
27,309 
7,964 
2,462 
21,363 
16,372 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
3,104 
2,617 
628 
3,755 
2,594 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
2,800 
3,884 
704 
4,499 
2,889 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
1,562 
4,144 
576 
3,710 
2,572 
1 00 percent 
4,019 
690 
2,955 
374 
2,537 
1,482 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,949 
969 
722 
258 
1,070 
879 
acres 
4,026,589 
1,148,564 
2,221,335 
656,690 
1,719,789 
2,306,800 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,128 
23,948 
16,479 
3,701 
23,769 
20,359 
Dial-up service 
3,227 
1,794 
1,232 
201 
1,794 
1,433 
DSL service 
15,279 
8,128 
5,817 
1,334 
8,069 
7,210 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
4,247 
1,763 
588 
3,848 
2,750 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
2,498 
2,460 
530 
3,117 
2,371 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,304 
4,286 
3,245 
773 
4,122 
4,182 
Satellite service 
8,733 
4,694 
3,493 
546 
4,459 
4,274 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
969 
505 
378 
86 
508 
461 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
841 
474 
119 
656 
778 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
48,353 
28,297 
16,588 
3,468 
30,277 
18,076 
2 households 
9,611 
5,061 
3,613 
937 
4,089 
5,522 
3 households 
2,316 
1,253 
840 
223 
791 
1,525 
4 households 
834 
480 
289 
65 
411 
423 
5 or more households 
659 
374 
234 
51 
296 
363 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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