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 
9,088 
6,716 
4,573 
14,899 
10,211 
6,565 
6,619 
Not on farm operated 
5,732 
3,733 
2,714 
9,367 
7,098 
4,574 
4,191 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
5,348 
3,819 
2,772 
9,384 
7,395 
5,440 
5,761 
Any 
9,472 
6,630 
4,515 
14,882 
9,914 
5,699 
5,049 
1 to 49 days 
1,197 
850 
540 
1,951 
1,334 
898 
938 
50 to 99 days 
827 
616 
436 
1,325 
920 
515 
489 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,440 
1,024 
746 
2,234 
1,536 
839 
697 
200 days or more 
6,008 
4,140 
2,793 
9,372 
6,124 
3,447 
2,925 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
495 
301 
215 
677 
465 
240 
176 
3 or 4 years 
738 
495 
316 
1,036 
788 
443 
309 
5 to 9 years 
2,262 
1,490 
970 
3,148 
2,136 
1,273 
957 
1 0 years or more 
11,325 
8,163 
5,786 
19,405 
13,920 
9,183 
9,368 
Average years on present farm 
21.4 
22.5 
23.1 
23.9 
24.9 
26.7 
27.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
339 
192 
144 
423 
288 
147 
106 
3 or 4 years 
590 
386 
226 
758 
575 
337 
216 
5 to 9 years 
1,859 
1,214 
847 
2,479 
1,690 
978 
697 
1 0 years or more 
12,032 
8,657 
6,070 
20,606 
14,756 
9,677 
9,791 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
25.0 
25.7 
26.8 
27.9 
29.3 
30.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
33 
48 
39 
71 
76 
49 
21 
25 to 34 years 
469 
366 
230 
845 
715 
535 
466 
35 to 44 years 
989 
703 
461 
1,591 
1,214 
877 
928 
45 to 49 years 
993 
742 
424 
1,540 
1,182 
774 
774 
50 to 54 years 
1,603 
1,097 
839 
2,628 
1,935 
1,194 
1,290 
55 to 59 years 
1,943 
1,315 
950 
3,034 
2,184 
1,513 
1,623 
60 to 64 years 
2,244 
1,453 
1,004 
3,536 
2,485 
1,630 
1,644 
65 to 69 years 
2,110 
1,420 
992 
3,309 
2,243 
1,404 
1,354 
70 years and over 
4,436 
3,305 
2,348 
7,712 
5,275 
3,163 
2,710 
Average age 
62.1 
62.0 
62.4 
62.3 
61.6 
60.8 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,067 
755 
518 
1,667 
1,197 
720 
551 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
150 
55 
80 
194 
121 
74 
43 
Asian 
33 
26 
11 
36 
21 
9 
13 
Black or African American 
435 
339 
165 
401 
140 
25 
28 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
White 
14,142 
9,975 
7,003 
23,498 
16,945 
10,989 
10,687 
More than one race reported 
59 
54 
28 
137 
82 
42 
35 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,566 
1,843 
1,256 
4,308 
3,037 
1,753 
1,508 
2 people 
8,303 
5,898 
4,081 
13,642 
9,561 
6,352 
6,121 
3 people 
1,886 
1,323 
863 
2,894 
2,086 
1,298 
1,247 
4 people 
1,317 
892 
682 
2,254 
1,692 
1,098 
1,250 
5 or more people 
748 
493 
405 
1,168 
933 
638 
684 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
12,877 
8,747 
5,915 
18,338 
11,005 
5,806 
4,531 
25 to 49 percent 
901 
791 
592 
2,522 
2,036 
1,291 
1,241 
50 to 74 percent 
612 
532 
466 
1,967 
2,106 
1,661 
1,714 
75 to 99 percent 
262 
226 
187 
914 
1,339 
1,394 
1,973 
1 00 percent 
168 
153 
127 
525 
823 
987 
1,351 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
297 
230 
173 
670 
643 
639 
1,107 
acres 
47,387 
45,613 
41,140 
237,811 
455,011 
885,058 
15,733,776 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
9,599 
6,773 
4,668 
15,935 
11,850 
8,125 
8,582 
Dial-up service 
974 
678 
468 
1,607 
1,148 
674 
649 
DSL service 
3,179 
2,326 
1,682 
5,430 
4,202 
2,832 
3,106 
Cable modem service 
1,353 
835 
630 
2,178 
1,613 
1,070 
1,044 
Fiber-optic service 
357 
196 
175 
604 
576 
402 
485 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,977 
1,422 
851 
2,995 
2,304 
1,551 
1,530 
Satellite service 
2,452 
1,790 
1,186 
4,242 
3,183 
2,299 
2,875 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
268 
179 
129 
435 
321 
276 
292 
Other Internet service 
335 
213 
159 
517 
279 
233 
165 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
12,139 
8,615 
5,936 
19,383 
13,552 
8,462 
7,430 
2 households 
2,060 
1,408 
1,050 
3,733 
2,740 
1,942 
2,159 
3 households 
380 
262 
181 
734 
606 
457 
687 
4 households 
147 
115 
71 
233 
244 
159 
277 
5 or more households 
94 
49 
49 
183 
167 
119 
257 
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 
14,381 
10,159 
7,083 
23,334 
16,465 
10,446 
9,900 
acres 
2,271,483 
2,012,076 
1,684,195 
8,304,050 
11,386,499 
14,348,520 
71,529,023 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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