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 
2,703 
5,201 
5,858 
5,707 
5,636 
8,838 
Female 
282 
639 
829 
899 
1,107 
2,086 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,661 
2,985 
2,878 
2,631 
2,351 
3,550 
Other 
1,324 
2,855 
3,809 
3,975 
4,392 
7,374 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,262 
4,616 
5,385 
5,233 
5,261 
8,756 
Not on farm operated 
723 
1,224 
1,302 
1,373 
1,482 
2,168 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,165 
2,188 
2,341 
2,258 
2,245 
3,343 
Any 
1,820 
3,652 
4,346 
4,348 
4,498 
7,581 
1 to 49 days 
242 
492 
556 
545 
637 
828 
50 to 99 days 
186 
326 
330 
302 
318 
576 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
293 
542 
742 
653 
594 
982 
200 days or more 
1,099 
2,292 
2,718 
2,848 
2,949 
5,195 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
77 
181 
191 
171 
295 
508 
3 or 4 years 
127 
308 
342 
338 
438 
577 
5 to 9 years 
363 
708 
879 
1,012 
1,162 
1,820 
1 0 years or more 
2,418 
4,643 
5,275 
5,085 
4,848 
8,019 
Average years on present farm 
25.6 
24.5 
23.7 
22.7 
20.4 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
61 
141 
143 
132 
248 
392 
3 or 4 years 
103 
256 
273 
294 
364 
507 
5 to 9 years 
304 
583 
735 
856 
1,022 
1,612 
1 0 years or more 
2,517 
4,860 
5,536 
5,324 
5,109 
8,413 
Average years operating any farm 
27.7 
26.6 
26.0 
24.8 
22.5 
21.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
20 
43 
21 
24 
15 
28 
25 to 34 years 
158 
260 
223 
211 
247 
402 
35 to 44 years 
291 
506 
551 
555 
595 
1,171 
45 to 49 years 
212 
399 
510 
532 
514 
1,019 
50 to 54 years 
377 
640 
679 
795 
745 
1,402 
55 to 59 years 
397 
782 
883 
879 
955 
1,663 
60 to 64 years 
441 
913 
1,082 
972 
1,127 
1,738 
65 to 69 years 
401 
826 
997 
978 
980 
1,473 
70 years and over 
688 
1,471 
1,741 
1,660 
1,565 
2,028 
Average age 
58.9 
60.1 
60.7 
60.3 
60.1 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
33 
62 
65 
63 
127 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
40 
55 
70 
93 
80 
136 
Asian 
7 
17 
15 
8 
16 
31 
Black or African American 
139 
185 
254 
221 
241 
373 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,789 
5,573 
6,318 
6,253 
6,374 
10,334 
More than one race reported 
10 
10 
30 
31 
32 
50 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
402 
818 
933 
966 
1,004 
1,608 
2 people 
1,662 
3,292 
3,842 
3,707 
3,806 
5,722 
3 people 
432 
880 
1,014 
941 
985 
1,688 
4 people 
326 
596 
629 
723 
683 
1,292 
5 or more people 
163 
254 
269 
269 
265 
614 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,734 
4,469 
5,824 
6,087 
6,360 
10,386 
25 to 49 percent 
544 
667 
415 
277 
154 
181 
50 to 74 percent 
413 
436 
280 
148 
154 
185 
75 to 99 percent 
141 
155 
93 
63 
42 
74 
1 00 percent 
153 
113 
75 
31 
33 
98 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
92 
101 
91 
89 
69 
132 
acres 
23,779 
14,015 
11,214 
5,548 
12,107 
12,056 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,058 
3,945 
4,402 
4,341 
4,599 
7,575 
Dial-up service 
182 
298 
360 
317 
304 
513 
DSL service 
1,085 
2,062 
2,201 
2,275 
2,449 
4,010 
Cable modem service 
422 
768 
941 
989 
984 
1,679 
Fiber-optic service 
90 
218 
238 
187 
190 
299 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
324 
519 
640 
580 
606 
929 
Satellite service 
184 
386 
410 
362 
435 
704 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
104 
103 
94 
91 
148 
Other Internet service 
12 
41 
34 
28 
33 
79 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,311 
4,654 
5,378 
5,437 
5,616 
9,489 
2 households 
559 
971 
1,111 
939 
902 
1,160 
3 households 
94 
142 
126 
168 
141 
124 
4 households 
14 
57 
50 
44 
55 
115 
5 or more households 
7 
16 
22 
18 
29 
36 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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