Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
213 
121 
94 
218 
100 
20 
11 
Not on farm operated 
28 
22 
13 
44 
15 
1 
5 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
107 
56 
38 
108 
55 
17 
8 
Any 
134 
87 
69 
154 
60 
4 
8 
1 to 49 days 
22 
9 
22 
35 
15 
- 
1 
50 to 99 days 
11 
9 
12 
18 
8 
- 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
26 
11 
3 
39 
9 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
75 
58 
32 
62 
28 
4 
5 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
9 
- 
3 
8 
2 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
5 
3 
3 
12 
2 
2 
- 
5 to 9 years 
33 
21 
18 
19 
11 
2 
- 
1 0 years or more 
194 
119 
83 
223 
100 
16 
16 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
25.2 
24.4 
27.2 
31.3 
29.5 
26.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
- 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
3 
2 
5 
7 
- 
2 
- 
5 to 9 years 
25 
20 
15 
21 
7 
2 
- 
1 0 years or more 
207 
121 
86 
231 
106 
17 
16 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
27.5 
26.0 
28.8 
33.1 
(D) 
(D) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1 
1 
5 
4 
4 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
18 
13 
8 
24 
3 
3 
- 
45 to 49 years 
14 
9 
13 
21 
12 
1 
2 
50 to 54 years 
30 
8 
9 
29 
11 
7 
2 
55 to 59 years 
28 
29 
25 
47 
16 
1 
5 
60 to 64 years 
53 
28 
19 
36 
23 
3 
3 
65 to 69 years 
21 
15 
10 
33 
9 
- 
2 
70 years and over 
76 
40 
18 
67 
37 
6 
2 
Average age 
62.6 
61.9 
58.5 
60.4 
62.7 
(D) 
(D) 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
241 
143 
106 
261 
115 
21 
16 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
35 
30 
11 
41 
23 
3 
4 
2 people 
133 
81 
55 
128 
55 
10 
6 
3 people 
39 
14 
19 
48 
12 
3 
4 
4 people 
15 
16 
16 
31 
11 
4 
1 
5 or more people 
19 
2 
6 
14 
14 
1 
1 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
191 
101 
70 
161 
55 
12 
8 
25 to 49 percent 
11 
14 
13 
13 
9 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
22 
9 
8 
34 
18 
1 
5 
75 to 99 percent 
5 
5 
7 
24 
16 
5 
1 
1 00 percent 
12 
14 
9 
30 
17 
3 
2 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
9 
7 
3 
22 
8 
6 
10 
acres 
1,421 
1,310 
688 
7,395 
6,054 
8,000 
43,011 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
201 
122 
88 
212 
86 
15 
15 
Dial-up service 
16 
11 
8 
31 
6 
1 
- 
DSL service 
62 
51 
33 
92 
46 
6 
6 
Cable modem service 
96 
41 
33 
57 
23 
1 
4 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
3 
6 
10 
4 
2 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
15 
12 
6 
35 
8 
3 
3 
Satellite service 
24 
11 
4 
16 
12 
3 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
3 
4 
8 
4 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
2 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
211 
126 
88 
214 
89 
15 
10 
2 households 
19 
15 
15 
32 
15 
2 
4 
3 households 
8 
- 
1 
9 
6 
4 
2 
4 households 
2 
2 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
231 
138 
103 
242 
106 
18 
8 
acres 
36,630 
27,319 
24,568 
82,987 
68,208 
24,626 
22,539 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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