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 
195 
401 
393 
422 
441 
811 
Female 
60 
115 
155 
180 
175 
606 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
166 
286 
260 
213 
192 
630 
Other 
89 
230 
288 
389 
424 
787 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
208 
469 
505 
535 
552 
1,311 
Not on farm operated 
47 
47 
43 
67 
64 
106 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
116 
192 
181 
194 
163 
461 
Any 
139 
324 
367 
408 
453 
956 
1 to 49 days 
8 
41 
73 
47 
37 
108 
50 to 99 days 
5 
55 
33 
54 
55 
86 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
31 
60 
71 
66 
64 
173 
200 days or more 
95 
168 
190 
241 
297 
589 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
4 
18 
32 
59 
37 
58 
3 or 4 years 
12 
34 
31 
38 
76 
63 
5 to 9 years 
40 
86 
89 
85 
85 
243 
1 0 years or more 
199 
378 
396 
420 
418 
1,053 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
22.5 
20.7 
19.7 
18.0 
19.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2 
11 
19 
34 
27 
38 
3 or 4 years 
10 
29 
33 
44 
72 
47 
5 to 9 years 
24 
72 
77 
78 
65 
202 
1 0 years or more 
219 
404 
419 
446 
452 
1,130 
Average years operating any farm 
24.6 
24.2 
23.1 
21.1 
19.9 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
9 
- 
3 
1 
25 to 34 years 
18 
19 
8 
38 
34 
48 
35 to 44 years 
19 
43 
72 
57 
58 
143 
45 to 49 years 
22 
36 
38 
64 
62 
173 
50 to 54 years 
44 
71 
79 
69 
115 
233 
55 to 59 years 
44 
74 
86 
74 
83 
212 
60 to 64 years 
42 
77 
56 
98 
75 
216 
65 to 69 years 
12 
75 
54 
74 
60 
188 
70 years and over 
53 
120 
146 
128 
126 
203 
Average age 
57.5 
59.9 
59.3 
58.1 
57.0 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2 
7 
- 
1 
3 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
5 
8 
15 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
253 
511 
530 
583 
599 
1,414 
More than one race reported 
- 
5 
11 
7 
1 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
40 
41 
59 
98 
61 
172 
2 people 
126 
309 
306 
280 
311 
766 
3 people 
44 
62 
92 
78 
94 
193 
4 people 
21 
65 
52 
83 
81 
153 
5 or more people 
24 
39 
39 
63 
69 
133 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
134 
400 
471 
547 
588 
1,269 
25 to 49 percent 
28 
44 
27 
16 
5 
20 
50 to 74 percent 
43 
43 
19 
26 
10 
28 
75 to 99 percent 
19 
12 
12 
5 
2 
46 
1 00 percent 
31 
17 
19 
8 
11 
54 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
18 
7 
10 
5 
13 
55 
acres 
10,508 
2,896 
6,118 
24,220 
979 
5,772 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
214 
464 
476 
488 
513 
1,153 
Dial-up service 
20 
20 
33 
28 
54 
84 
DSL service 
55 
188 
152 
180 
163 
365 
Cable modem service 
102 
183 
238 
190 
213 
505 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
20 
27 
35 
19 
49 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
29 
60 
45 
38 
53 
143 
Satellite service 
10 
34 
26 
33 
64 
93 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
17 
19 
29 
26 
33 
Other Internet service 
1 
6 
3 
4 
2 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
200 
454 
496 
546 
554 
1,317 
2 households 
36 
49 
35 
49 
51 
63 
3 households 
10 
11 
9 
- 
6 
35 
4 households 
9 
2 
8 
2 
4 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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