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 
5,960 
7,732 
6,835 
6,369 
6,566 
4,590 
Female 
541 
955 
1,066 
1,107 
1,345 
796 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,839 
2,988 
2,208 
1,879 
1,787 
1,313 
Other 
3,662 
5,699 
5,693 
5,597 
6,124 
4,073 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,259 
5,764 
5,100 
4,800 
4,991 
4,071 
Not on farm operated 
2,242 
2,923 
2,801 
2,676 
2,920 
1,315 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,061 
2,625 
2,405 
2,345 
2,581 
1,401 
Any 
4,440 
6,062 
5,496 
5,131 
5,330 
3,985 
1 to 49 days 
543 
723 
629 
628 
633 
385 
50 to 99 days 
245 
329 
278 
241 
222 
179 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
580 
748 
531 
516 
587 
385 
200 days or more 
3,072 
4,262 
4,058 
3,746 
3,888 
3,036 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
265 
263 
265 
231 
271 
254 
3 or 4 years 
414 
489 
427 
387 
383 
291 
5 to 9 years 
806 
1,225 
1,181 
1,208 
1,213 
828 
1 0 years or more 
5,016 
6,710 
6,028 
5,650 
6,044 
4,013 
Average years on present farm 
24.2 
23.3 
22.1 
21.8 
21.8 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
191 
194 
192 
192 
218 
204 
3 or 4 years 
307 
379 
326 
303 
327 
238 
5 to 9 years 
725 
1,017 
996 
1,053 
1,022 
729 
1 0 years or more 
5,278 
7,097 
6,387 
5,928 
6,344 
4,215 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
26.0 
24.5 
24.0 
24.2 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
96 
58 
60 
28 
16 
25 
25 to 34 years 
581 
563 
382 
337 
344 
311 
35 to 44 years 
732 
869 
786 
790 
757 
661 
45 to 49 years 
455 
725 
658 
598 
616 
549 
50 to 54 years 
803 
1,125 
1,068 
1,012 
1,037 
813 
55 to 59 years 
816 
1,210 
1,102 
1,097 
1,062 
805 
60 to 64 years 
835 
1,153 
1,093 
978 
1,091 
779 
65 to 69 years 
672 
942 
859 
814 
907 
556 
70 years and over 
1,511 
2,042 
1,893 
1,822 
2,081 
887 
Average age 
57.2 
58.4 
58.9 
59.2 
60.1 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
21 
32 
56 
48 
61 
56 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
11 
6 
6 
7 
7 
Asian 
7 
13 
18 
19 
6 
1 
Black or African American 
1 
4 
- 
13 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
6,483 
8,648 
7,865 
7,423 
7,889 
5,360 
More than one race reported 
3 
10 
12 
15 
9 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
974 
1,435 
1,365 
1,367 
1,505 
835 
2 people 
3,385 
4,431 
4,082 
3,780 
4,011 
2,708 
3 people 
749 
1,035 
915 
823 
895 
704 
4 people 
780 
1,050 
851 
878 
929 
666 
5 or more people 
613 
736 
688 
628 
571 
473 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,498 
6,022 
6,361 
6,197 
6,645 
4,892 
25 to 49 percent 
1,310 
1,245 
665 
504 
470 
204 
50 to 74 percent 
1,073 
911 
524 
474 
472 
173 
75 to 99 percent 
492 
379 
263 
237 
241 
81 
1 00 percent 
128 
130 
88 
64 
83 
36 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
183 
248 
214 
146 
218 
124 
acres 
27,087 
32,595 
15,298 
10,309 
11,021 
1 1 ,634 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,566 
5,971 
5,584 
5,157 
5,355 
3,856 
Dial-up service 
472 
647 
548 
536 
527 
441 
DSL service 
1,875 
2,350 
2,375 
2,236 
2,192 
1,455 
Cable modem service 
650 
792 
775 
655 
740 
456 
Fiber-optic service 
371 
439 
448 
399 
442 
287 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
869 
1,155 
1,038 
954 
1,079 
800 
Satellite service 
785 
1,105 
917 
896 
902 
667 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
75 
96 
100 
89 
75 
87 
Other Internet service 
92 
117 
121 
100 
126 
108 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,109 
6,794 
6,361 
6,035 
6,493 
4,552 
2 households 
1,063 
1,438 
1,128 
1,102 
1,012 
650 
3 households 
215 
273 
235 
200 
259 
115 
4 households 
70 
107 
90 
76 
96 
41 
5 or more households 
44 
75 
87 
63 
51 
28 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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