Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
172,899 
1,944 
1,797 
2,336 
4,924 
6,211 
Not on farm operated 
75,910 
1,280 
991 
1,510 
2,707 
2,943 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
88,616 
2,155 
1,842 
2,351 
3,951 
3,860 
Any 
160,193 
1,069 
946 
1,495 
3,680 
5,294 
1 to 49 days 
20,437 
192 
189 
296 
656 
762 
50 to 99 days 
13,494 
78 
80 
159 
365 
480 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
23,315 
111 
99 
210 
525 
845 
200 days or more 
102,947 
688 
578 
830 
2,134 
3,207 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
8,601 
48 
39 
86 
196 
198 
3 or 4 years 
14,089 
98 
89 
166 
322 
344 
5 to 9 years 
42,857 
372 
305 
421 
866 
1,069 
1 0 years or more 
183,262 
2,706 
2,355 
3,173 
6,247 
7,543 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
24.7 
26.9 
26.9 
26.4 
26.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5,765 
29 
18 
47 
132 
127 
3 or 4 years 
11,217 
54 
53 
105 
246 
244 
5 to 9 years 
36,320 
246 
216 
339 
623 
797 
1 0 years or more 
195,507 
2,895 
2,501 
3,355 
6,630 
7,986 
Average years operating any farm 
22.6 
27.4 
29.5 
29.5 
29.5 
29.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
793 
6 
14 
41 
49 
36 
25 to 34 years 
9,298 
154 
221 
336 
501 
387 
35 to 44 years 
21,103 
454 
312 
392 
650 
673 
45 to 49 years 
20,987 
368 
281 
297 
606 
598 
50 to 54 years 
31,701 
523 
376 
492 
897 
1,048 
55 to 59 years 
33,866 
523 
457 
556 
1,077 
1,209 
60 to 64 years 
35,218 
451 
400 
568 
1,040 
1,296 
65 to 69 years 
32,716 
282 
269 
399 
913 
1,251 
70 years and over 
63,127 
463 
458 
765 
1,898 
2,656 
Average age 
60.1 
55.7 
56.1 
56.8 
59.0 
61.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23,689 
130 
98 
193 
398 
430 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2,693 
8 
12 
31 
54 
67 
Asian 
718 
63 
14 
10 
29 
23 
Black or African American 
8,551 
26 
6 
9 
52 
83 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
White 
235,449 
3,120 
2,746 
3,785 
7,471 
8,922 
More than one race reported 
1,371 
6 
9 
10 
25 
59 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
39,787 
315 
323 
527 
1,060 
1,387 
2 people 
132,811 
1,538 
1,445 
2,006 
4,217 
5,301 
3 people 
33,927 
446 
374 
477 
984 
1,109 
4 people 
26,342 
507 
385 
544 
895 
914 
5 or more people 
15,942 
418 
261 
292 
475 
443 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
209,217 
582 
544 
1,084 
2,968 
4,716 
25 to 49 percent 
13,999 
291 
249 
472 
972 
1,526 
50 to 74 percent 
12,588 
565 
518 
695 
1,518 
1,538 
75 to 99 percent 
7,529 
916 
780 
909 
1,282 
937 
1 00 percent 
5,476 
870 
697 
686 
891 
437 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
6,612 
529 
275 
376 
464 
465 
acres 
17,575,493 
5,632,251 
2,531,016 
3,059,989 
2,201,773 
1,171,089 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
169,720 
2,868 
2,371 
3,143 
5,781 
6,572 
Dial-up service 
16,767 
189 
174 
226 
515 
681 
DSL service 
57,358 
1,132 
906 
1,235 
2,069 
2,249 
Cable modem service 
20,469 
273 
258 
353 
654 
718 
Fiber-optic service 
6,007 
219 
122 
169 
305 
275 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
34,633 
551 
471 
662 
1,145 
1,388 
Satellite service 
44,390 
905 
683 
812 
1,664 
1,926 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5,016 
126 
95 
106 
199 
167 
Other Internet service 
6,375 
80 
56 
66 
118 
159 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
206,593 
2,011 
1,975 
2,778 
5,653 
7,056 
2 households 
32,700 
738 
528 
759 
1,482 
1,538 
3 households 
5,602 
260 
163 
193 
289 
327 
4 households 
2,321 
125 
70 
67 
114 
137 
5 or more households 
1,593 
90 
52 
49 
93 
96 
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 
241,785 
2,793 
2,585 
3,571 
7,181 
8,739 
acres 
118,358,872 
13,557,734 
12,411,793 
12,891,138 
17,387,542 
11,413,292 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
8,664 
290 
218 
255 
584 
603 
acres 
14,066,216 
2,340,109 
1 ,881 ,673 
2,460,882 
2,199,409 
1,210,657 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
