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 
1,790 
1,230 
815 
2,083 
1,299 
792 
438 
Not on farm operated 
536 
374 
240 
645 
407 
275 
191 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
988 
718 
540 
1,499 
1,156 
795 
514 
Any 
1,338 
886 
515 
1,229 
550 
272 
115 
1 to 49 days 
191 
128 
67 
163 
81 
47 
26 
50 to 99 days 
105 
88 
47 
115 
55 
21 
8 
100 to 199 days 
221 
141 
87 
198 
77 
31 
9 
200 days or more 
821 
529 
314 
753 
337 
173 
72 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
57 
25 
23 
53 
24 
16 
5 
3 or 4 years 
71 
48 
30 
65 
26 
15 
12 
5 to 9 years 
235 
120 
83 
198 
103 
50 
22 
1 0 years or more 
1,963 
1,411 
919 
2,412 
1,553 
986 
590 
Average years on present farm 
26.8 
28.0 
28.4 
29.2 
29.9 
29.9 
31.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
36 
17 
18 
43 
17 
12 
1 
3 or 4 years 
65 
46 
24 
48 
19 
7 
4 
5 to 9 years 
195 
98 
71 
151 
71 
41 
17 
1 0 years or more 
2,030 
1,443 
942 
2,486 
1,599 
1,007 
607 
Average years operating any farm 
28.8 
30.1 
30.3 
31.1 
31.9 
31.7 
34.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
13 
4 
3 
10 
6 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
70 
42 
39 
115 
79 
28 
15 
35 to 44 years 
198 
149 
74 
220 
154 
116 
60 
45 to 49 years 
151 
98 
82 
199 
141 
122 
62 
50 to 54 years 
243 
158 
139 
374 
226 
177 
78 
55 to 59 years 
342 
216 
121 
401 
344 
185 
125 
60 to 64 years 
342 
277 
161 
407 
267 
175 
114 
65 to 69 years 
348 
217 
148 
370 
193 
107 
71 
70 years and over 
619 
443 
288 
632 
296 
155 
104 
Average age 
61.0 
61.2 
61.0 
59.7 
58.0 
57.0 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
16 
17 
10 
24 
13 
9 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
18 
15 
14 
34 
21 
13 
8 
Asian 
- 
- 
7 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
63 
51 
29 
69 
22 
14 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,233 
1,533 
1,003 
2,619 
1,659 
1,039 
618 
More than one race reported 
12 
5 
2 
5 
3 
1 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
316 
193 
126 
390 
203 
96 
64 
2 people 
1,318 
928 
563 
1,448 
865 
554 
312 
3 people 
343 
220 
182 
394 
296 
170 
89 
4 people 
240 
193 
129 
359 
231 
166 
104 
5 or more people 
109 
70 
55 
137 
111 
81 
60 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,513 
975 
569 
1,125 
428 
183 
100 
25 to 49 percent 
279 
186 
112 
341 
185 
86 
42 
50 to 74 percent 
229 
221 
187 
514 
327 
236 
130 
75 to 99 percent 
173 
126 
83 
339 
337 
256 
170 
100 percent 
132 
96 
104 
409 
429 
306 
187 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
56 
42 
39 
148 
151 
112 
100 
acres 
8,619 
8,491 
9,251 
53,965 
103,226 
157,315 
464,229 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,542 
1,084 
695 
1,885 
1,287 
860 
550 
Dial-up service 
137 
94 
62 
187 
105 
61 
39 
DSL service 
797 
555 
335 
1,030 
710 
476 
300 
Cable modem service 
309 
217 
136 
320 
230 
124 
97 
Fiber-optic service 
70 
50 
42 
78 
46 
37 
30 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
216 
133 
123 
294 
184 
145 
93 
Satellite service 
134 
114 
87 
180 
138 
121 
83 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
36 
30 
8 
41 
28 
14 
16 
Other Internet service 
12 
9 
5 
10 
8 
7 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,778 
1,196 
792 
1,912 
1,113 
617 
310 
2 households 
422 
320 
194 
584 
411 
301 
182 
3 households 
72 
54 
51 
149 
126 
93 
85 
4 households 
39 
15 
12 
59 
33 
42 
22 
5 or more households 
15 
19 
6 
24 
23 
14 
30 
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 
2,248 
1,553 
1,015 
2,609 
1,593 
966 
543 
acres 
351,312 
306,651 
242,255 
920,551 
1,090,494 
1,319,356 
1,720,607 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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