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 
6,635 
11,741 
9,244 
7,866 
6,945 
15,525 
Female 
629 
1,300 
1,252 
1,320 
1,151 
2,648 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,622 
5,369 
3,682 
3,070 
2,412 
5,473 
Other 
3,642 
7,672 
6,814 
6,116 
5,684 
12,700 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
5,565 
10,013 
7,994 
6,998 
6,210 
14,538 
Not on farm operated 
1,699 
3,028 
2,502 
2,188 
1,886 
3,635 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,623 
4,309 
3,234 
2,750 
2,304 
5,288 
Any 
4,641 
8,732 
7,262 
6,436 
5,792 
12,885 
1 to 49 days 
397 
729 
693 
638 
575 
1,227 
50 to 99 days 
285 
540 
400 
334 
331 
784 
100 to 199 days 
732 
1,231 
1,110 
828 
706 
1,494 
200 days or more 
3,227 
6,232 
5,059 
4,636 
4,180 
9,380 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
163 
332 
325 
321 
316 
953 
3 or 4 years 
370 
710 
611 
693 
666 
1,189 
5 to 9 years 
877 
1,970 
1,854 
1,713 
1,641 
3,387 
1 0 years or more 
5,854 
10,029 
7,706 
6,459 
5,473 
12,644 
Average years on present farm 
24.9 
22.6 
20.2 
19.1 
18.0 
18.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
111 
233 
202 
221 
217 
690 
3 or 4 years 
247 
530 
496 
521 
529 
966 
5 to 9 years 
677 
1,576 
1,519 
1,432 
1,408 
2,946 
1 0 years or more 
6,229 
10,702 
8,279 
7,012 
5,942 
13,571 
Average years operating any farm 
27.7 
25.2 
22.7 
21.4 
20.2 
20.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
32 
74 
60 
55 
47 
91 
25 to 34 years 
433 
846 
669 
664 
500 
961 
35 to 44 years 
720 
1,386 
1,090 
1,095 
1,066 
2,193 
45 to 49 years 
569 
1,008 
903 
813 
780 
1,670 
50 to 54 years 
793 
1,534 
1,287 
1,180 
1,037 
2,456 
55 to 59 years 
941 
1,562 
1,345 
1,180 
977 
2,467 
60 to 64 years 
923 
1,726 
1,373 
1,108 
1,008 
2,345 
65 to 69 years 
920 
1,603 
1,261 
1,059 
918 
2,324 
70 years and over 
1,933 
3,302 
2,508 
2,032 
1,763 
3,666 
Average age 
59.6 
58.9 
58.5 
57.5 
57.5 
57.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
97 
223 
154 
138 
138 
312 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
630 
1,343 
1,084 
950 
839 
1,905 
Asian 
16 
12 
29 
40 
19 
58 
Black or African American 
69 
216 
205 
221 
139 
416 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
2 
2 
4 
2 
13 
White 
6,373 
11,144 
8,941 
7,759 
6,894 
15,395 
More than one race reported 
175 
324 
235 
212 
203 
386 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
930 
1,725 
1,502 
1,366 
1,083 
2,713 
2 people 
4,075 
7,174 
5,535 
4,665 
4,072 
9,133 
3 people 
982 
1,805 
1,449 
1,274 
1,304 
2,601 
4 people 
830 
1,507 
1,240 
1,220 
1,038 
2,470 
5 or more people 
447 
830 
770 
661 
599 
1,256 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,294 
10,026 
9,285 
8,548 
7,710 
17,526 
25 to 49 percent 
1,422 
1,698 
685 
284 
149 
267 
50 to 74 percent 
1,070 
951 
366 
209 
169 
254 
75 to 99 percent 
310 
218 
106 
81 
32 
71 
1 00 percent 
168 
148 
54 
64 
36 
55 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
131 
198 
129 
111 
89 
197 
acres 
81,620 
51,764 
25,857 
15,940 
9,388 
91,956 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,879 
8,513 
6,729 
6,229 
5,405 
11,698 
Dial-up service 
500 
862 
628 
658 
544 
1,383 
DSL service 
1,760 
3,050 
2,399 
2,260 
1,934 
3,926 
Cable modem service 
540 
892 
744 
722 
616 
1,251 
Fiber-optic service 
142 
279 
206 
159 
116 
228 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
978 
1,783 
1,388 
1,286 
1,103 
2,340 
Satellite service 
1,309 
2,162 
1,703 
1,450 
1,294 
3,113 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
132 
206 
134 
166 
127 
256 
Other Internet service 
143 
259 
273 
234 
236 
400 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,779 
10,679 
8,625 
7,705 
6,850 
15,735 
2 households 
1,187 
1,982 
1,547 
1,203 
962 
1,940 
3 households 
181 
241 
196 
153 
195 
275 
4 households 
62 
81 
89 
72 
66 
135 
5 or more households 
55 
58 
39 
53 
23 
88 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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