Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,182 
4,438 
5,153 
4,890 
4,581 
10,389 
Not on farm operated 
688 
1,141 
1,154 
1,001 
876 
3,448 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,151 
2,031 
2,191 
1,961 
1,678 
4,606 
Any 
1,719 
3,548 
4,116 
3,930 
3,779 
9,231 
1 to 49 days 
227 
482 
516 
474 
526 
1,085 
50 to 99 days 
178 
323 
313 
270 
268 
698 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
281 
537 
699 
627 
540 
1,135 
200 days or more 
1,033 
2,206 
2,588 
2,559 
2,445 
6,313 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
76 
162 
187 
149 
245 
613 
3 or 4 years 
115 
300 
328 
303 
382 
702 
5 to 9 years 
354 
678 
843 
894 
977 
2,213 
1 0 years or more 
2,325 
4,439 
4,949 
4,545 
3,853 
10,309 
Average years on present farm 
25.6 
24.4 
23.6 
22.7 
20.0 
20.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
55 
125 
143 
109 
203 
482 
3 or 4 years 
100 
244 
259 
267 
315 
614 
5 to 9 years 
297 
557 
707 
753 
874 
1,939 
1 0 years or more 
2,418 
4,653 
5,198 
4,762 
4,065 
10,802 
Average years operating any farm 
27.7 
26.5 
25.9 
24.8 
22.0 
22.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
16 
47 
21 
24 
12 
31 
25 to 34 years 
152 
243 
225 
204 
244 
435 
35 to 44 years 
276 
497 
544 
533 
558 
1,269 
45 to 49 years 
208 
389 
464 
496 
459 
1,178 
50 to 54 years 
343 
642 
659 
717 
683 
1,605 
55 to 59 years 
398 
739 
827 
787 
777 
2,053 
60 to 64 years 
445 
875 
1,032 
876 
864 
2,213 
65 to 69 years 
385 
785 
925 
854 
772 
1,962 
70 years and over 
647 
1,362 
1,610 
1,400 
1,088 
3,091 
Average age 
58.9 
59.9 
60.5 
59.7 
58.6 
59.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
26 
64 
66 
44 
150 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
35 
55 
63 
99 
67 
157 
Asian 
10 
14 
13 
10 
16 
34 
Black or African American 
126 
179 
238 
201 
131 
554 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,689 
5,320 
5,967 
5,557 
5,213 
13,029 
More than one race reported 
10 
11 
26 
24 
30 
63 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
382 
754 
859 
793 
706 
2,251 
2 people 
1,606 
3,154 
3,634 
3,281 
3,035 
7,420 
3 people 
413 
867 
944 
873 
829 
2,038 
4 people 
314 
563 
612 
681 
639 
1,448 
5 or more people 
155 
241 
258 
263 
248 
680 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,643 
4,218 
5,464 
5,431 
5,148 
13,023 
25 to 49 percent 
536 
665 
419 
254 
130 
279 
50 to 74 percent 
390 
434 
268 
120 
121 
304 
75 to 99 percent 
151 
145 
90 
58 
30 
111 
1 00 percent 
150 
117 
66 
28 
28 
120 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
84 
108 
85 
82 
52 
169 
acres 
21,843 
11,862 
3,586 
6,527 
2,536 
33,426 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,972 
3,812 
4,160 
3,927 
3,816 
9,330 
Dial-up service 
182 
282 
324 
292 
228 
678 
DSL service 
1,027 
1,999 
2,111 
2,063 
2,054 
4,868 
Cable modem service 
411 
735 
879 
847 
797 
2,137 
Fiber-optic service 
86 
214 
234 
169 
163 
359 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
320 
511 
592 
548 
506 
1,141 
Satellite service 
170 
367 
383 
340 
324 
905 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
102 
91 
91 
74 
186 
Other Internet service 
11 
38 
34 
26 
27 
92 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,224 
4,434 
5,096 
4,869 
4,605 
11,767 
2 households 
528 
948 
1,047 
855 
741 
1,554 
3 households 
97 
131 
103 
133 
65 
274 
4 households 
14 
54 
40 
23 
34 
173 
5 or more households 
7 
12 
21 
11 
12 
69 
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 
2,763 
5,421 
6,157 
5,767 
5,372 
13,485 
acres 
396,086 
536,339 
428,277 
312,652 
227,991 
895,954 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
167 
256 
242 
215 
161 
527 
acres 
27,012 
30,005 
18,777 
15,547 
9,890 
63,099 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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